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  • Who's Up

Biggest Gain this week:

Clint Bowyer: 12th to 6th

New This Week :
Jamie McMurray
Mark Martin
Juan Montoya

  • Who's Down

Biggest Drop this week:

Kurt Busch: 3rd to 7th

Dropped Out :
Johnny Sauter
Brian Vickers
Jeff Green

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 1
    CHANGE : 0

  • 1

  • Jimmie Johnson

    For Jimmie's 32nd birthday, his wife and a friend took his high school yearbook photo and put it on T-shirts: "I thought, 'man, that is so wrong.' And within 20 or 30 minutes, everybody was wearing them. It was just wrong." Especially the mullet haircut.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 2
    CHANGE : 0

  • 2

  • Tony Stewart

    Aerospace engineer: Asked if he was surprised that the top seven finishers Sunday were all in the Chase, Tony said, "That's why they got in the Chase. It doesn't take much rocket science to figure out why they're all there."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 4
    CHANGE : +1

  • 3

  • Jeff Gordon

    Where -- other than a retirement community -- can you drive off in a golf cart to purchase diapers?

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 7
    CHANGE : +3

  • 4

  • Kyle Busch

    After Loudon: "That's just the COT. They're always evil." You don't have to date it, Kyle, just drive it.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 6
    CHANGE : +1

  • 5

  • Matt Kenseth

    The only times Matt's had 20 or more top-10 finishes in a season, he's finished first and second in the standings. He has 17 so far in 2007.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 12
    CHANGE : +6

  • 6

  • Clint Bowyer

    He became the first driver named Clint to win a Nextel Cup race, an astounding feat until you realize he's the only guy named Clint in drive in a Nextel Cup race.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 3
    CHANGE : -4

  • 7

  • Kurt Busch

    When the doctor told Kurt to "cut back on the carbs," I think he meant at the dinner table.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 9
    CHANGE : +1

  • 8

  • Martin Truex Jr.

    Is there anybody having more fun right now than Martin? And now he gets to go to his favorite racetrack.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 5
    CHANGE : -4

  • 9

  • Carl Edwards

    Carl's weekend went a lot like the Red Sox against the Yankees at Fenway: Hit the wall on Friday, not so hot on Sunday.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 8
    CHANGE : -2

  • 10

  • Denny Hamlin

    Dover's a perfect place for Denny to bounce back. He's never finished worse than 11th there.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 10
    CHANGE : -1

  • 11

  • Kevin Harvick

    Two flat tires took some of the air out of Kevin's Chase hopes last weekend.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 11
    CHANGE : -1

  • 12

  • Jeff Burton

    After winning at Dover but finishing poorly in the final five races last season, Jeff's going for the opposite strategy in 2007.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 13
    CHANGE : 0

  • 13

  • Ryan Newman

    Ryan and Junior are the only two drivers with 10 or more top-10 finishes this season who haven't won a race.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 17
    CHANGE : +3

  • 14

  • Casey Mears

    Sunday marked the first time Casey had led a lap in three consecutive races since the middle of the 2004 season.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 14
    CHANGE : -1

  • 15

  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.

    News flash: Junior unveiled his own brand of candy bars, which come in three flavors: caramel, peanut butter and burnt motor oil.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 18
    CHANGE : +2

  • 16

  • Greg Biffle

    Greg spent so many laps behind Jamie McMurray on Sunday, he wound up in a purple haze.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 15
    CHANGE : -2

  • 17

  • Kasey Kahne

    As an Anheuser-Busch employee, Kasey is now required to wear a hairnet on the job.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 16
    CHANGE : -2

  • 18

  • Bobby Labonte

    The Lucky Charms were anything but lucky for Bobby at Loudon.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 20
    CHANGE : +1

  • 19

  • J.J. Yeley

    Coincidence? Yeley posts back-to-back top-10 finishes on the same weekends as Coach Gibbs pulls out a pair of Redskins wins.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 20

  • Mark Martin

    Mark used the off weekend to organize his coin collection, although he's still missing the new Idaho and Wyoming state quarters.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 19
    CHANGE : -2

  • 21

  • David Ragan

    Forget the Chase: With three consecutive top-20 finishes, David's now only 13 points behind Juan in the Nextel Cup rookie of the year battle.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 25
    CHANGE : +3

  • 22

  • Reed Sorenson

    Had things going his way until the spin.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 23

  • Jamie McMurray

    Two signs things are getting better: The Fed cuts interest rates and Jamie finishes 11th.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 24

  • Juan Montoya

    You big dummy: "I was junk Friday and I was junk today." Too bad Juan wasn't around to guest star on "Sanford and Son."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 21
    CHANGE : -4

  • 25

  • David Stremme

    It's not a good day when the pit crew spends more time running than the car does.

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