Local racers Keith Rocco of Wallingford and Ryan Preece of Berlin made up half of the top four this week in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national standings.
Anthony Anders continues to lead the national standings.
Anders has 23 wins, 35 top-five’s and 38 top-10’s in 40 starts this year between Greenville (S.C.) Pickens Speedway, Anderson (S.C.) Motor Speedway, Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Speedway and Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway. He has 710 points.
Under the point structure for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Division I standings, a race winner receives two points for every car in the event up to 18 cars. Second place receives two fewer points and so on through the field. Three bonus points will be awarded to a race winner with a single-digit starting position and five bonus points will be awarded to a race winner with a double-digit starting position.
Anders holds a 19-point lead over two-time defending national champion Lee Pulliam of Semora, N.C. Pulliam has 15 victories, 27 top-five’s and 28 top-10’s in 32 starts this year between Southern National Motorsports Park in Kenly, N.C., South Boston and Motor Mile. Has has 691 points.
Rocco, the 2010 national champion, competes full-time in the Whelen All-American Division I SK Modified ranks at the Waterford Speedbowl, Stafford Motor Speedway and Thompson Speedway. He is third in the country with 11 victories, 25 top-fives and 28 top-10’s in 32 starts this year for 691 points. In 17 starts at Waterford he has nine wins, six seconds and a third. His other two victories this year came at Thompson.
Preece moved from fifth to fourth in the country this week and has 629 points on the strength of 11 victories, 26 top-five’s and 30 top-10’s in 33 starts. Preece competes full-time in the SK Modified divisions at Stafford and Thompson and part-time in the Tour Type Modified division at Riverhead (N.Y.) Raceway and the SK Modified division at Waterford.
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