How many wins does the #18 need to be points leader?

May be...

It's not just how many races you win, it's how you do in the races you don't win.

That will all depend on the pace that the 24 team keeps going at. I suspect that Jeff Gordon will score a top 5 this week and have a shot at the win themselves. If Kyle gets in the top 10 to top 15 range he would need a couple or few more wins to take the overall lead. That's just an educated guess looking at the upcoming tracks. Jeff is also very good at Phoenix but Kyle has the edge at Texas, we will have to see how it plays out.
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As long as he is consistent, stays in the top 5, it won't be long. Remember, it's still early in the season where anything can happen! (Remember when Matt Kenseth won the championship a few years back? He didn't win any race, he was just consistent week after week. As I recall, a lot of people were upset but Matt was just consistent week in and week out. Also, Matt was the last driver to win under the old system.)

So far, the 18 has won twice but didn't do well in the other races. It'll come.

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Just another point that consistency pays off more than winning. Jeff has finished in the top 10 4 out of 5 races, could have been all 5, Kyle has not done as well. If Jeff can continue what he is doing, and Kyle continues what he is doing, this season is going to be very interesting.

It has nothing to do with wins. Getting a win only gives the driver 10 or 15 extra points over second. It will all depend on where each driver finishes in each race.

You would think since he already has two wins he would be the points leader. Do you think that's right?

Just one more> he needs 85 more points to tie Jeff who has 794. Kyle 709. (Providing Jeff, Kurt and Clint don't do so well this race...not likely though as Jeff has a better chance at taking the win than Kyle does.)

Yeah I guess its fair enough...Jeff has finished better in all the races where Kyle was wrecked at Daytona
Kyle has an average finish of 12.8 where Jeff has a 5.4.

Even with two wins under his belt.

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Uhhh...Kenseth has two wins as well. The points system is completely fair. Deal with it.guild wars review gamespot