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Power Rankings: Chicagoland
July 8, 2003
9:41 AM EDT (0941 GMT)

Wow, what a swing for Roush Racing.

They start the year on a sour note -- their engines blowing left and right, and now, it seems like they can do no wrong.

Biggest Gain this week: Dale Jarrett, up seven spots

Biggest Drop this week: Tony Stewart, down five spots

Dropped out: Ward Burton (22), Joe Nemechek (23) Johnny Benson (24).

New this week: Greg Biffle (20), Ricky Rudd (24), Dave Blaney (25).

Week 18 of 36, Tropicana 400 at Chicagoland Speedway
Rank Prev Number Driver Comments
 1  2 Bobby Labonte Bobby Labonte No gas, no glory.
 2  3 Matt Kenseth Matt Kenseth Have you seen the commercial where he takes the Smirnoff Ice to the party? Does that mean Mark Martin has to bring the Viagra?
 3  6 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt Jr. No one wanted to draft with him Saturday night. Guess no one felt like finishing second.
 4  5 Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon He gave a speech about teen driving safety on the Today Show. To illustrate, he said that it’s never good to pass under caution on the way to school.
 5  1 Ryan Newman Ryan Newman Bad weekend for Indiana. Newman and Tony Stewart can't get their cars dialed in, and Tony Raines fails to qualify. Good thing Dan Quayle wasn't the grand marshal.
 6  8 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip When’s Talladega?
 7 12 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick He’s been the man to beat at Chicago the last two years, leading to speculation that when he gets in town, Sammy Sosa comes down and corks his car for him.
 8  7 Kurt Busch Kurt Busch How come they don’t penalize you at Daytona when you wreck below the yellow line?
 9  4 Tony Stewart Tony Stewart For the second straight year, he’s got Mark Martin right behind in the standings, but for some reason, it hasn’t matched the media hype of 2002.
10  9 Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson Buckshot Jones nipped him for 17th there at the end at Daytona. Two words: Confidence killer.
11 16 Jeremy Mayfield Jeremy Mayfield This guy has improved five weeks in a row. Does that mean he’s going to win at New Hampshire? No.
12 15 Terry Labonte Terry Labonte He beat his brother for the second time in four races. When was the last time that happened? We’re not sure, but we’re sure Monica Lewinsky was under 170 pounds.
13 17 Jeff Burton Jeff Burton "What! Biffle won? I figured he was a lap down!"
14 10 Sterling Marlin Sterling Marlin Things can’t be that bad – he’s finished on the lead lap in nine of the last 10 races. And he’s got Jeff Gordon to thank for that streak not being 10 of out 10.
15 11 Mark Martin Mark Martin He is back in 2001 mode again. Hope he doesn't wake up and purchase a million shares of Enron.
16 13 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon He was 40th at Daytona, which -- believe it or not -- was his first finish worse than 30th this year. It was also the first time his hood failed to finish the race.
17 14 Rusty Wallace Rusty Wallace His gas mileage was terrible at Daytona. Bet he wished he had an Insight instead of an Intrepid.
18 25 Dale Jarrett Dale Jarrett He’s a staggering 998 points behind Matt Kenseth. If Jarrett wins 19 races in a row and leads the most laps in each, Jarrett would win the title if Kenseth averaged a 13th-place finish the rest of the way. C’mon, anything’s possible.
19 18 Elliott Sadler Elliott Sadler Did you see his 1960s style, flowery scheme? How ironic. His car wilted after looking so beautiful for a few hours.
20 NR Greg Biffle Greg Biffle His win set off riots in his home state of Washington. At least 15 people were hurt by flying apples.
21 20 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Yep.
22 19 Ricky Craven Ricky Craven Man, what a tough night he had at Daytona. Things got so bad that he simply went home to Maine, where he hurt his foot kicking his frozen dog.
23 21 Jamie McMurray Jamie McMurray He ran that Terminator 3 scheme. To help promote the movie at Daytona, he said, “I’ll be in the back.”
24 NR Ricky Rudd Ricky Rudd Only four points behind Jamie McMurray in the standings. McMurray wasn’t even born when Rudd made his first Winston Cup start. Wait, was it Winston back then?
25 NR Dave Blaney Dave Blaney His crew chief has a new show called Bootie Call on SPEED. On the show, he sits at a desk, gets one phone call, leaves, and never comes back until morning.
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The opinions listed here are solely those of the writer.
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