31.   He needed Mobley at the point last season and asked him to do the best he could.

32.   He was seventh at Phoenix and is fifth in season points.

33.   He won once more and finished second in points that season.

34.   He will most likely be playing football after all at some point this season.

35.   His starting point each season is where a team finished the previous season.

36.   It got to a point last season that Gooden wondered if he was approaching the end of his career quicker than expected.

37.   It is almost a given that Zeier will play at some point this season.

38.   It is a measure of these two champions, leaders in overall World Cup points this season, that serious mishaps are left behind.

39.   It will be the first time in a stock car for Ward, who finished sixth in season points with the IRL this year. . . .

40.   Johnson finished third in rookie points last season behind the two California-born drivers.