2008 FLOPPER : Robby Gordon

Evidently, the early adventures in this blog relate to bottom feeding, so let's send our advance congratulations to Robby Gordon, who, with one more race to go, is well on his way to earning the title of 2008's FLOPPER, the driver who Finished with the Least Overall Points while Participating in Every Race.

Michael Waltrip leads him 2840 to 2685, so as long as Gordon starts at Homestead, he will win the coveted FLOPPER award.

Compare all the drivers that started each race of the year, and find the person with the fewest points. That driver is your FLOPPER. Quite a different crowd then the DNF list we saw yesterday. This is a much more exclusive league. You need pinpoint accuracy to find yourself in this spot on the standings: good enough to find a full-time ride and qualify for every race, yet bad enough enough to finish at the bottom of the standings within the rest of your high quality colleagues.

And major kudos go out to Sterling Marlin, who was able to accomplish this feat in three consecutive decades. That takes dedication.

2008	Robby Gordon
2007	David Gilliland
2006	Sterling Marlin
2005	Scott Riggs
2004	Ken Schrader
2003	Casey Mears
2002	Mike Skinner
2001	Brett Bodine
2000	Bobby Hamilton
1999	Jerry Nadeau
1998	Kyle Petty
1997	Sterling Marlin
1996	Darrell Waltrip
1995	Robert Pressley
1994	Greg Sacks
1993	Bobby Hillin, Jr.
1992	Dave Marcis
1991	Rick Wilson
1990	Richard Petty
1989	Dale Jarrett
1988	Dale Jarrett
1987	Harry Gant
1986	Dave Marcis
1985	Jimmy Means
1984	Trevor Boys
1983	Sterling Marlin
1982	Lake Speed
1981	Kyle Petty
1980	JD McDuffie
1979	Frank Warren
1978	Frank Warren
1977	DK Ulrich
1976	Frank Warren
1975	Walter Ballard