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Jeff Gordon |
Wow. That is two straight restrictor plate wins. And one straight where he was not pelted with debris after the race. |
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1 |
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Jimmie Johnson |
Jeff Gordon says he will help repay Jimmie Johnson for the push at Daytona, which means he will help keep the 48 car from going a lap down at Watkins Glen. |
| 3 |
2 |
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
He gave 86-year-old 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace a ride around the speedway in a Corvette. Thankfully, Wallace survived. |
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4 |
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Michael Waltrip |
Well, he’s 0-for-3 in plate races since he won at Talladega last October. Which means that exiting through that escape hatch was bad luck. |
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8 |
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Ryan Newman |
He won at Chicago last year, and Harvick won the first two races there. Which means it must be really tough to win at Chicago if you have a full head of hair. |
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3 |
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Elliott Sadler |
Man, what a fantasy racing disappointment at Daytona. But all was not lost. Morgan Shepherd got us a solid top-35 finish for a mere 18 cents. |
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7 |
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Bobby Labonte |
The commercial says that Bobby Labonte says that he does not take Wellbutrin XL. So maybe he takes Wellbutrin XXXXXL. |
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12 |
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Mark Martin |
He said that finishing sixth at Daytona was nothing to brag about. Maybe it was because he couldn’t even outrun Kurt Busch. |
| 9 |
14 |
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Kurt Busch |
He’s now not the only member of the Nextel Cup Drivers Who Have Been The Victims of Post-Race Incidents with Older Drivers Club.
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| 10 |
6 |
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Matt Kenseth |
He’s finished worse than 20th in three of the last four races. The last time that happened, Jeff Burton had a sponsor. |
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9 |
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Jamie McMurray |
He’s got nine top-10s, a very high number for a sophomore driver, but four DNFs are threatening to keep him out of the Chase for the Nextel Cup. |
| 12 |
10 |
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Tony Stewart |
We’re almost sure Brian Vickers was laughing when he saw his teammates blow Stewart away on new tires. |
| 13 |
11 |
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Kasey Kahne |
His merchandise is selling so quickly that it’s becoming hard to find. But you have got to think that maybe people think his car is Dale Jr.’s. |
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16 |
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Brian Vickers |
He turns 21 in October. Which means he can buy Tony Stewart a beer at Martinsville, and they can forget the whole thing ever happened. |
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16 |
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Kevin Harvick |
He’s anchoring the final spot in the Chase for the Nextel Cup. Kahne’s over 100 points back, and unless he reels off some second-place finishes, he won’t get that final spot from Harvick. |
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15 |
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Dale Jarrett |
Question we got from a five-year-old this week after seeing the latest UPS commercial: “Does Dale Jarrett really wear his uniform everywhere he goes?” Yes, he does. And so does Michael Waltrip. |
| 17 |
13 |
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Jeremy Mayfield |
It seems like his performance has fallen off since his segment on NASCAR Drivers 360 ended. Which means he should win when the reruns kick in. |
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22 |
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Terry Labonte |
His car was sponsored by Spiderman 2 at Daytona, and it was arguably his best run of the year. Which means he took in $119,000 at Daytona, or $40.3 million less than Spiderman 2 took in on Wednesday. |
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19 |
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Casey Mears |
So he was on Days of Our Lives last week. We’d make a joke about his appearance, but that would be admitting we actually watched it. |
| 20 |
18 |
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Jeff Burton |
We figured he’d have an advantage at Daytona since he had no decals to weigh him down, but we were wrong. |
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25 |
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Sterling Marlin |
Forget Casey Mears. Now, if Sterling appeared on Days of Our Lives, we’d watch. |
| 22 |
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Joe Nemechek |
Every year, it seems that someone has more bad luck than anyone else – and Joe has had all the bad luck this year. This team is not a 26th-place team. |
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20 |
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Rusty Wallace |
He said last week that he didn’t like the new points system. Which means he wishes they took the top 25 instead of the top 10. |
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Greg Biffle |
He’s got as many top-10s as Scott Pruett and Boris Said. Which means Pruett and Said might overtake him at Watkins Glen. |
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21 |
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Robby Gordon |
He’s had the lowest finishing RCR car in three straight races, which means he really misses having Johnny Sauter as a teammate. |
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