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  • Who's Up

Biggest Gain this week:

Casey Mears: 17th to 13th

New This Week :
Reed Sorenson
Ricky Rudd

  • Who's Down

Biggest Drop this week:

Jamie McMurray: 14th to 16th

Dropped Out :
Elliott Sadler
David Stremme

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 1
    CHANGE : 0

  • 1

  • Jeff Gordon

    Mark Aumann is on vacation this week.

    Fitting that Jeff's bundle o' joy was born prior to Sonoma race weekend. He and Ingrid last year announced their engagement here, in the middle of whine country some would say. Not me, but some other folks. ... I'm saying congrats to the happy couple.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 2
    CHANGE : 0

  • 2

  • Denny Hamlin

    Denny is suffering from checkered-flag deficiency; he's been remarkably consistent (not unlike a few others on this list) but hasn't been able to break through. Yet.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 5
    CHANGE : +2

  • 3

  • Tony Stewart

    See: Hamlin, Denny. Apparently "checkered-flag deficiency" is contagious. ... With Sonoma's serpentine track up next, Smoke may prove to be the snake charmer.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 4
    CHANGE : 0

  • 4

  • Jimmie Johnson

    Oh the humanity; JJ is riding a five-race losing streak! ... Does NASCAR have a new script writer? Did Jimmie upset the brass? Inquiring minds want to know!

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 3
    CHANGE : -2

  • 5

  • Matt Kenseth

    If anyone in the garage were to pick up Jay Hickman's torch, it'd be Matt. Can't you just hear Kenseth asking, "Wanna go for a boat ride?"

    (And if you remember Jay Hickman, you're my kind of fan!)

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 7
    CHANGE : +1

  • 6

  • Martin Truex Jr.

    Potential marketing campaign for DEI and Martin: "Junior isn't going anywhere."

    Wow, there is truth in advertising ...

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 8
    CHANGE : +1

  • 7

  • Carl Edwards

    He's become such a fixture in the top 15 (six in a row) that you'd think other drivers would ask for some pointers. Maybe some Post It notes on their dashboards.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 6
    CHANGE : -2

  • 8

  • Jeff Burton

    NASCAR says it may nix competing sponsors of Nextel in 2008. Then RCR and Burton re-up with AT&T for three years. ... The lawsuit will be called the "Case for the Cup."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 10
    CHANGE : +1

  • 9

  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.

    One caveat to Junior's "lifestyle" apparel deal with adidas: No German beer at the keggers; Bud only. ... Mueslix is OK for breakfast; it's Kellogg's.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 9
    CHANGE : -1

  • 10

  • Clint Bowyer

    Nothing makes for better on-track racing than a quarrel, but no truth to the rumor that TNT has asked Hinder to cover Your Cheatin' Heart for this week.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 12
    CHANGE : +1

  • 11

  • Ryan Newman

    With the retirement of Bob Barker, The Price Is Right is looking for a new host. Ryan already has the "spay and neuter your pets" line down pat ...

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 11
    CHANGE : -1

  • 12

  • Kevin Harvick

    Kev, less face time on TV means less e-mail rants about DeLana not taking off her hat for the national anthem. ... On second thought, keep lurking in the shadows.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 17
    CHANGE : +4

  • 13

  • Casey Mears

    A few more top-10 finishes (three in four races) and people will remember that next year Junior will have a teammate other than just Jeff and Jimmie.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 15
    CHANGE : +1

  • 14

  • Kyle Busch

    Do not cry for Kyle; he will land on his feet. He isn't the marketing machine that the other guy is but Kyle is a better driver, which is what the sport is about.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 13
    CHANGE : -2

  • 15

  • Mark Martin

    Sitting out the Sonoma race will prove to be the final blow to Martin's chance to make the Chase. Kudos to him for making a decision and finally sticking to it, though.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 14
    CHANGE : -2

  • 16

  • Jamie McMurray

    Magic? Sleight of hand? Neither, he's the modern-day Claude Rains: The Invisible Man. But Jamie still is in the thick of the fight for earning a Chase berth.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 16
    CHANGE : -1

  • 17

  • Bobby Labonte

    The clock is ticking on Labonte but he's still not more than one race's points out of 12th place (-184). A couple good starts and the famed No. 43 will be back in the headlines.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 18
    CHANGE : 0

  • 18

  • Kurt Busch

    Pat Tryson becomes the third crew chief for the No. 2 this season. He might be the cure for Kurt's case of "checkered-flag deficiency."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 20
    CHANGE : +1

  • 19

  • Sterling Marlin

    Believe it or not, Mr. Ripley: Over the past six races, Sterling has as many points as Jamie McMurray (570).

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 19
    CHANGE : -1

  • 20

  • Greg Biffle

    Cue the duck jokes!

    Q: What do you call a cat that swallows a duck?
    A: A duck-filled-fatty-pus.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 22
    CHANGE : +1

  • 21

  • J.J. Yeley

    Congrats on winning the pole at Michigan. Now about that 28th-place finish. ... When does the pendulum swing from "potential" to "whatever happened to ... ?"

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 24
    CHANGE : +2

  • 22

  • David Ragan

    Roush Fenway Racing held its Aflac unveiling at Michigan and four of its five drivers were on hand. Guess who was left holding the feathers ...

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 23

  • Reed Sorenson

    One Ganassi driver exits (David Stremme), another enters. On the heels of three consecutive twentysomething finishes, Reed returns to the rankings, fittingly, in the twentysomethings.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 25
    CHANGE : +1

  • 24

  • Kasey Kahne

    Kasey appears several times in The Girl's Guide to Winning a NASCAR Driver -- including as No. 1 on the "Boys Next Door List." Makes you just want to hug him, girls!

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 25

  • Ricky Rudd

    He'll have a good run at Sonoma (two wins, 10 top-five finishes, 11 top-10s in 17 starts) and then everyone will be crowing about The Rooster. You read it here first ...

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