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Power Rankings: Dover
September 20, 2005
10:15 AM EDT (1015 GMT)

Biggest Gain this week: Jeff Burton, up 10 spots

Biggest Drop this week: Kasey Kahne, down seven spots

New this week: Ricky Rudd (21), Jeff Green (23), Dale Jarrett (24), Scott Riggs (25).

Dropped out: Bobby Labonte (16), Sterling Marlin (20), Mike Bliss (21), Casey Mears (22).

Week 28 of 36, MBNA RacePoints 400 at Dover International Speedway
Rank Prev Number Driver Comments
 1  2 Tony Stewart Tony Stewart He was enraged he lost that race. He went home and kicked the pizza before he ate it.
 2  4 Greg Biffle Greg Biffle He’s going to be a wide-eyed Nextel Cup Series champion.
 3  1 Matt Kenseth Matt Kenseth Trouble! Turn 3! Stewart and Newman get together! Newman goes flying into the infield! He hits a motorhome! It’s Rusty’s motorhome! Kenseth comes off Turn 4! Kenseth wins at Loudon!
 4  8 Mark Martin Mark Martin Man, I have been busy. I didn’t even notice Mark Martin had stolen the Just for Men sponsorship from Michael Waltrip.
 5  9 Rusty Wallace Rusty Wallace That was nice of him to let Newman use his Loudon setup.
 6  3 Kurt Busch Kurt Busch That was a pretty entertaining race on Sunday. And it would have been more entertaining if Rodney Childers, Scott Riggs’ crew chief, had grabbed Busch by the ears.
 7  7 Brian Vickers Brian Vickers Are y’all sure someone at the shop didn’t accidentally load the Talladega car?
 8 12 Ryan Newman Ryan Newman He held a pizza box out the window to distract Tony with two to go, but that kind of tactic won’t work at an aero-sensitive track like Talladega.
 9  5 Jeremy Mayfield Jeremy Mayfield He’s got a stranglehold on the coveted 36-to-38-year old fan base.
10 15 Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon Report: Image of Steve Letarte caught on film
11 17 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Report: Harvick to make Goodwrench commercials with annoying Comedy Central guy for at least another year
12  6 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch That was the first time in his life Kasey Kahne had ever trimmed a shrub.
13 13 Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson He nearly got plowed when Kasey Kahne decided to go after Kyle Busch.
14 11 Carl Edwards Carl Edwards Yes! Amanda Beard at the banquet!
15 25 Jeff Burton Jeff Burton Man, he had a good run on Sunday, but again, he didn’t get a lot of camera time. I can almost hear what Ward was saying. “Man, I would call TNT myself to complain – IF my cell phone had service here in the woods!”
16 23 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt Jr. You can almost him hear him on the radio during the whole Robby-Waltrip deal. "Man, will you tell Robby to quit throwing things at my future race cars?!"
17 10 Kasey Kahne Kasey Kahne There is one thing drivers learned from the whole Jimmy Spencer-Kurt Busch thing: You pick on your drivers in your own weight class.
18 19 Elliott Sadler Elliott Sadler If he shaved his head, it would immediately set off a chain reaction of superfluous events that included multiple wins and a $1 million bonus for finishing 11th in the standings.
19 18 Jamie McMurray Jamie McMurray He is getting no attention now that he’s missed the Chase. His car wasn’t on TV at all on Sunday despite a decent run. He should just take next year off and appear on The Surreal Life.
20 14 Joe Nemechek Joe Nemechek I can almost hear what was on TNT’s producers’ minds. "Cut to Joe blaming Bliss for the wreck….whoa! Did Waltrip just take out Robby?!?!"
21 NR Ricky Rudd Ricky Rudd Sorry we forgot you last week. Won’t happen again.
22 24 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip Report: Robby Gordon’s comment leads to toilet paper sponsorship for Michael Waltrip
23 NR Jeff Green Jeff Green He’s got eight straight finishes of 25th or better, pulling him within four points of Mike Bliss for 26th in the standings, so Green needs to go out on Sunday and make sure he leads a lap to get those valuable bonus points.
24 NR Dale Jarrett Dale Jarrett Fans can buy the new EA Sports game and drive the actual Big Brown Truck. It won’t make the Chase for the Nextel Cup, but it sure does get in Ryan Newman’s way at Loudon.
25 NR Scott Riggs Scott Riggs His team didn’t look too scared when Busch entered the pit area.

The Power Rankings are written by Ryan Smithson and the opinions listed here are solely those of the writer. To email Ryan about the Rankings, click here.
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