TT&TB's PA Posse Dirty Dozen 8/18/2010

In this week: Stevie Smith & Rick Lafferty
Out this week: Tyler Walker & Doug Esh

Biggest move up: Brent Marks - Up 4 spots
Biggest move down: Tyler Walker - Out from #10

Last week's ranking in parentheses.
1. Greg Hodnett(1) - 9th @ Knoxville, 6th @ Knoxville Nationals A - Best week of all the Central PA teams at Knoxville, no surprise.
2. Lance Dewease(2) - 24th @ Osky, 14th @ Knoxville, 12th @ Knoxville Nationals B - Not the best week in Iowa, but I don't think anybody is better right now in PA, sans 22 car.
3. Brian Montieth(4) - 1st @ WG, 8th @ Lincoln - Capitalized on opportunity to cut Williams Grove points deficit in half, and then some.
4. Alan Krimes(5) - 3rd @ WG, 3rd @ Lincoln - Only Hodnett has more top-10s locally.
5. Chad Layton(3) - 17th @ WG, 3rd @ Port - Chances at winning Williams Grove points are slipping away. Still tops at Port.
6. Mark Smith(6) - 5th @ WG, 2nd @ Lincoln - First weekend pair of top-5s this season.
7. Daryn Pittman(7) - 22nd @ Osky, 10th @ Knoxville, 11th @ Knoxville Nationals A - Nationals were perhaps Daryn's best performance in the 13 car to date.
8. Brent Marks(12) - 4th @ WG, 1st @ Lincoln - Streak of top-10s is at 6, including 5 top-5s.
9. Danny Dietrich(9) - 8th @ WG, 6th @ Lincoln - Blew the motor, started a fire and then changed it between events Williams Grove. Still finished 8th.
10. Fred Rahmer(8) - 18th @ Osky, DNQ @ Knoxville, 14th @ Knoxville(non-qual), 3rd @ Knoxville Nationals D - Things just started bad at Knoxville with time trials and it was an uphill battle from there.
11. Stevie Smith(NR) - 4th @ Knoxville, 10th @ Knoxville Nationals A - Undoubtedly a great driver/car combo, but skips handicapping shows and is hard to gauge where they stand.
12. Rick Lafferty(NR) - 2nd @ WG, 4th @ Port - Led a significant number of laps at Williams Grove.

Honorable Mention. Keith Kauffman() - 6th @ WG, 7th @ Port - Top-10 in 5 of last 6. He's knocking on the Dirty Dozen door.
Hard Luck. Justin Henderson() - DNQ @ Knoxville, DNQ @ Knoxville(non-qual), 9th @ Knoxville D - Timed bad and had heat race issues on qualifying night, then just missed the non-qualifiers feature.