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Power Rankings: New Hampshire
September 9, 2003
12:34 PM EDT (1234 GMT)

Good morning. Sorry we're late. We got stuck behind all the wreckers hauling away Mike Skinner’s cars.

Biggest Gain this week: Jeff Burton, Jeremy Mayfield up four spots

Biggest Drop this week: Michael Waltrip down seven spots

New this week: Ricky Rudd (23), John Andretti (24)

Dropped out: Elliott Sadler (22), Ricky Craven (24)
Week 27 of 36, Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway
Rank Prev Number Driver Comments
 1  2 Ryan Newman Ryan Newman All he does is win races -- a good trait in a second-year driver. His win was the first for Dodge on a short track since Neil Bonnett at Richmond in ’77.
 2  3 Matt Kenseth Matt Kenseth When given lemons, he makes champagne.
 3  1 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Sure, he got gypped. But spare us the dramatics. What ever happened to the nice Kevin who starred in The Kellys?
 4  4 Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson This makes 59 straight races that he’s been ranked in the top-10 in points.
 5  7 Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon Led the most laps. Finished 10th. It seems he can’t decide whether to dominate or blend in.
 6  9 Terry Labonte Terry Labonte If you advance the video of Terry’s post-race interview frame-by-frame, you can actually see Terry smile for one frame.
 7 10 Bobby Labonte Bobby Labonte Slow all week, fast on race day. That’s one way to do it.
 8  5 Tony Stewart Tony Stewart Two words: ice cold.
 9  6 Kurt Busch Kurt Busch Two uninspired races since winning Bristol. So much for momentum.
10 11 Jamie McMurray Jamie McMurray He’s gained a position in the point standings in each of the past four weeks.
11  8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt Jr. A drop of three Power Ranking positions for a punctured tire is tough, but so are you, Dale.
12 16 Jeff Burton Jeff Burton He’s gellin’ like a felon -- a hit-and-run felon.
13 15 Mark Martin Mark Martin Third fastest in qualifying, started from the pole. Go figure.
14 14 Dale Jarrett Dale Jarrett When he runs mid-pack, it’s news.
15 19 Jeremy Mayfield Jeremy Mayfield This made three top-ten finishes in his last four races at Richmond. Anyone who knew his 300th Winston Cup start will come at Loudon, raise your hand.
16 17 Greg Biffle Greg Biffle McMurray finished one place better, but Greg earned two more points. It’s fun watching rookies duke it out.
17 20 Rusty Wallace Rusty Wallace His fifth-place finish was the highest in NASCAR history for somebody whose name was never mentioned during the entire telecast.
18 13 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there, and Robby was wearing Milk Bone underwear Saturday night.
19 12 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip On a scale of one-to-ten, his race sucked.
20 18 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott It’s like Bill and Jeremy have traded places.
21 23 Ward Burton Ward Burton Dodge technical support? You don’t need no stinkin’ Dodge technical support.
22 21 Sterling Marlin Sterling Marlin This team has dropped from ninth to 17th since Michigan. The Silver Bullet is showing a little tarnish.
23 NR Ricky Rudd Ricky Rudd He enjoyed bumping Harvick out of the way so much two years ago, he did it again Saturday night.
24 NR John Andretti John Andretti And to think, at the start of the year, DEI could have had the services of Christian Fittipaldi.
25 25 Jimmy Spencer Jimmy Spencer When will this guy catch a break? Oh wait, his engine did at Richmond after running in the top 10.
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The opinions listed here are solely those of the writer.
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