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Power Rankings: Texas
By Ryan Smithson, NASCAR.COM
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April 5, 2006
2:19 PM EDT (1419 GMT)

Biggest Gain this week: Elliott Sadler, up eight spots

Biggest Drop this week: Denny Hamlin, down seven spots

New this week: Scott Riggs (23), Clint Bowyer (24), Reed Sorenson (25).

Dropped out: Robby Gordon (18), Kyle Petty (22), Martin Truex Jr. (24).

Week 7 of 36, Samsung/RadioShack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway
Rank Prev Number Driver Comments
 1  4 Tony Stewart Tony Stewart Laps led at Martinsville: 288
Calories burned at Martinsville: 288,000
 2  3 Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson This is the first time Chad Knaus has led the points all year.
 3  1 Matt Kenseth Matt Kenseth His post-wreck Fusion looked like Clark Griswold's post-wreck Family Truckster.
 4  5 Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon He needed Jeff Burton's kid in the back to remind him, "Gas is on the right" before that final restart.
 5  2 Mark Martin Mark Martin "Here's Mark Martin in Victory Lane at Texas, standing 5-foot-5, with the cowboy hat, 6-9."
 6  6 Kasey Kahne Kasey Kahne Blown engine, you had me at 9,500.
 7  7 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch For the record, I love Larry Mac. I hope he is a the color commentator for FOX until he's Darrell Waltrip's age. But Larry was funny on Sunday when he made this comment directed at Kyle Busch: "When Kyle Petty [Petty!] wrecked Michel Jourdain."
 8  9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Junior probably would have confronted Chad Chaffin for that Lap 2 wreck if:
1. He hadn't rallied to finish fourth.
2. He actually knew what Chaffin looked like.
 9 10 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Post-race quotes after Bristol: 568 words
Post-race quotes after Martinsville: 40 words
10 15 Kurt Busch Kurt Busch The sun really reflected off his face with those new silver sunglasses of his. Even more so than usual.
11 11 Dale Jarrett Dale Jarrett Report: Jarrett considering return of mullet, mustache for farewell tour
12 19 Jamie McMurray Jamie McMurray If he scores just one more top-10, he'll statistically be the best driver ever to race the 26 car. Well, except for Brett Bodine.
13 21 Elliott Sadler Elliott Sadler He hadn't testuhed da Cah uh Tumah
14  8 Greg Biffle Greg Biffle That Martinsville wreck was karma's payback for Subway's hiring of Jon Lovitz to do its ads.
15 13 Jeff Burton Jeff Burton Kurt Busch only has to enrage Clint Bowyer now to complete the RCR hat trick.
16 14 Carl Edwards Carl Edwards So his name on 24 was Homeland Security expert Jim Hill. Come on, Carl. Hold out for a tougher name. This was your one chance to sound mean.
17 16 Bobby Labonte Bobby Labonte Come on, Dick Berggren. Why did you stop Bobby Labonte when he is trying to get a mid-race hot dog? He was clearly trying to get away from you.
18 17 Ryan Newman Ryan Newman If he needed a caution that bad, can't he just ask Kurt Busch to toss his silver sunglasses onto the track?
19 12 Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin He has been nailed by Mark Martin twice this year, which is twice more than Martin has hit anyone else.
20 25 Jeremy Mayfield Jeremy Mayfield Dude, hit the Easy button already.
21 23 J.J. Yeley J.J. Yeley He should have had a disposable camera in the car to catch the look on Kurt Busch's face when he passed him for position at Martinsville.
22 20 Casey Mears Casey Mears I was surprised that this wasn't on Jayski's on Monday morning: MEARS HATES SHORT TRACKS? Soreces telling me Casey Mears, newphew of 4-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears (the bestest driver evar) doesn't drive good on bullrings (tracks under mile long) UPDATE YES Mears was 25th at Bristol and 27th at Martinsville
23 NR Scott Riggs Scott Riggs He did a very good job of making sure that Joe Nemechek would leave Martinsville without a top-10 for the 22nd time in 23 races.
24 NR Clint Bowyer Clint Bowyer We're here on DirecTV network live from the DirecTV Speedway in DirecTV, Va., where the No. 07 DirecTV Chevrolet will be wheeled by Clint Bowyer. Stay tuned for the DirecTV pre-race show, followed by the national anthem, which you will see live right here on DirecTV.
25 NR Reed Sorenson Reed Sorenson Report: Sorenson quoted

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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