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  • Who's Up

Biggest Gain this week:

Jamie McMurray: 25th to 19th

New This Week :
Reed Sorenson

  • Who's Down

Biggest Drop this week:

Kurt Busch: 8th to 11th

Dropped Out :
Dave Blaney

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 2
    CHANGE : +1

  • 1

  • Jimmie Johnson

    Move over, Reggie. Here's the real Mr. October: Johnson has seven wins and 11 top-five finishes in the last four Octobers.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 1
    CHANGE : -1

  • 2

  • Jeff Gordon

    Before you start to panic, consider this:

    Points for Jimmie Johnson, last three races: 511

    Points for Jeff Gordon, last three races: 511

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 3
    CHANGE : 0

  • 3

  • Clint Bowyer

    The guy is bullet-proof right now. Clint ran like junk for much of the day and still came out of Atlanta with a sixth-place finish.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 5
    CHANGE : +1

  • 4

  • Carl Edwards

    Carl Edwards facts: All Carl has to do is make a fist and Chuck Norris turns into Matt Kenseth.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 6
    CHANGE : +1

  • 5

  • Kyle Busch

    If Kyle no longer wishes to talk to his crew, does that mean he's going to resort to giving them one-fingered hand signals from here on out?

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 4
    CHANGE : -2

  • 6

  • Tony Stewart

    That's OK. Tony only wins championships in three-year intervals, so he's not due until 2008.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 11
    CHANGE : +4

  • 7

  • Jeff Burton

    Three good runs in a row is just too little, too late for Jeff in 2007.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 12
    CHANGE : +4

  • 8

  • Matt Kenseth

    Dumb questions sometimes deserve a smart-aleck response: Matt was asked what he thought his Chase chances were and he replied, "Yeah, we're making a charge here. I'm pretty sure we're gonna win the championship."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 7
    CHANGE : -2

  • 9

  • Denny Hamlin

    Coincidence or cola conspiracy? Brown water was found in the fuel tank of Denny's car at Atlanta. And he's a member of the Coca-Cola Racing Family.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 14
    CHANGE : +4

  • 10

  • Kasey Kahne

    Kasey hasn't smiled this much at the track since he had to wear the Bozo wig for the Gillette commerical.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 8
    CHANGE : -3

  • 11

  • Kurt Busch

    Quote of the week:

    Kurt on the next-to-last restart: "Denny [Hamlin] had us real slow. Nobody's got any grip with the rear tires and it was just a junkyard derby after that."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 9
    CHANGE : -3

  • 12

  • Casey Mears

    Anybody else notice that Casey's up to 14th in the standings after passing Ryan Newman and Greg Biffle this week?

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 10
    CHANGE : -3

  • 13

  • Kevin Harvick

    Thursday is Kevin Harvick Day in Houston. In his honor, rush-hour traffic around the city will be gridlocked, just like every other day.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 13
    CHANGE : -1

  • 14

  • Greg Biffle

    Greg on how things have improved since he got married: "If I would have known I was gonna run this good, I would have gotten married about five years ago."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 16
    CHANGE : +1

  • 15

  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.

    Anybody else start singing that obscure Kenny Rogers hit, "You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel?"

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 17
    CHANGE : +1

  • 16

  • Martin Truex Jr.

    I don't think Martin meant it literally when he said he wanted to hit the FedEx on the way home.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 15
    CHANGE : -2

  • 17

  • Ryan Newman

    Boom goes the dynamite.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 18

  • Reed Sorenson

    Home cookin': Georgia native Reed has six top-10 finishes this season, and two have come at Atlanta.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 25
    CHANGE : +6

  • 19

  • Jamie McMurray

    Jamie was just out there, minding his own business, when Junior suddenly decided to make a beer run.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 18
    CHANGE : -2

  • 20

  • Juan Montoya

    Fenders? We don't need no stinking fenders!: Tire issues did their best to help Juan return to his open-wheel racing roots at Atlanta.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 19
    CHANGE : -2

  • 21

  • Bobby Labonte

    National Pancake Week is in February, but Bobby decided to celebrate a little early at Atlanta.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 22
    CHANGE : 0

  • 22

  • Tony Raines

    Fort Worth does cross Tony's mind: He's improved his finish at Texas in each of his four career starts, including a 13th-place effort in the spring.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 21
    CHANGE : -2

  • 23

  • J.J. Yeley

    Obviously not: On why he crashed at Atlanta, J.J. said, "We had a hole in the right rear tire and they don't have much grip when they're flat."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 24
    CHANGE : 0

  • 24

  • Michael Waltrip

    Physician, heal thyself: Since Dr. Eric Warren's been on board, Michael has had three consecutive lead-lap finishes.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 23
    CHANGE : -2

  • 25

  • David Stremme

    Charity case: David has crashed out of the last two races with not-for-profit organizations on the hood.

2007 Power Rankings

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