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4 |
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Ryan Newman |
He's fully awake now. Even if he still looks asleep. |
| 2 |
13 |
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Tony Stewart |
Can you fear me now? Good. |
| 3 |
3 |
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Matt Kenseth |
He has a 176-point lead in the standings -- the largest margin at this point in the season since 1993. Wouldn't it be cool if he got all cocky all of a sudden? |
| 4 |
1 |
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Bobby Labonte |
Miss the setup on Sunday, fall from top spot on Power Rankings on Tuesday. |
| 5 |
2 |
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Jeff Gordon |
www.toddbodineoutranme.com |
| 6 |
5 |
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
His run at Pocono on NASCAR's InDemand got higher ratings than Game 6 of the NHL Finals. |
| 7 |
6 |
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Jimmie Johnson |
He was pretty surprised he was on the pole at Pocono, but not as surprised as Casey Atwood would have been. |
| 8 |
10 |
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Sterling Marlin |
Jeff Gordon was on his tail for awhile at Pocono. If Gordon had wrecked him, Sterling swore that was going to get out of the car and pull some sheet metal off him. |
| 9 |
6 |
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Kurt Busch |
He and Dale Jarrett have a lot in common. Both are tall and drive Fords. Both have four-letter first names. Both of their dads have three-letter first names. Both exploded tires at Pocono.
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| 10 |
14 |
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Mark Martin |
After the race, he actually said that he wouldn't have celebrated if he had won. With one victory in the last three years, what would be a cause for celebration? |
| 11 |
10 |
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Rusty Wallace |
When's Richmond?
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| 12 |
12 |
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Terry Labonte |
Wonder if he thought Steve Park was still driving the No. 1 Chevy? |
| 13 |
20 |
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Elliott Sadler |
I'll represent, Dale! Don't you worry! |
| 14 |
9 |
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Michael Waltrip |
Crew member: "Hey Mikey, we're racing at the 2.5-mile Pocono Raceway." Mikey: "2.5 miles? Like Daytona? Crew member: "Not exactly."
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| 15 |
11 |
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Kevin Harvick |
His car was so tight, it had to wear shades.
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| 16 |
16 |
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Ricky Craven |
The Great Pontiac Hope. |
| 17 |
18 |
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Jeff Burton |
Good news: He led six laps. Bad news: That was only one more than Larry Foyt led.
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| 18 |
15 |
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Robby Gordon |
It took him six years to crack the top 10 in the standings, but only a week to fall out. |
| 19 |
NR |
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Ward Burton |
Dodge? We don't need no stinking Dodge! |
| 20 |
21 |
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Greg Biffle |
He had the quote of the week: "It's just Mike Skinner, as usual. He causes about half the wrecks in Winston Cup." |
| 21 |
20 |
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Joe Nemechek |
After his transmission failed on lap 166, he's sure to join the "Pocono should be a 400-mile race" ranks.
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| 22 |
23 |
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Bill Elliott |
He did an awesome job driving injured. Unfortunately, Sonoma's coming up, and he's looking forward to it almost as much as Jimmy Spencer is.
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| 23 |
19 |
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Jamie McMurray |
He says that Sterling only gives him one-word answers to his questions. Which means Sterling's pretty polite, since he's obviously not saying, "Beat it, kid."
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| 24 |
22 |
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Johnny Benson |
His lead-lap streak ended at one.
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| 25 |
NR |
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Jeremy Mayfield |
He's improved for three straight weeks. Then again, the first week (Charlotte) was a 43rd-place finish, making it pretty easy to improve. |
