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- Week 2 of 36 | Archive
- By: Mark Aumann
Who's Up
Biggest Gain this week:
Ryan Newman: 0 to 4th
New This Week :
Ryan Newman
Reed Sorenson
Kasey Kahne
Elliott Sadler
Who's Down
Biggest Drop this week:
Clint Bowyer: 8th to 15th
Dropped Out :
Carl Edwards
Denny Hamlin
Martin Truex Jr.
Casey Mears
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 5
CHANGE : +4
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1
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Kurt Busch
Quote of the week: "I'm not bitter at all for finishing second." Especially when that's one spot better than the guy who punched Kurt in the nose earlier in the month.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 4
CHANGE : +2
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2
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Tony Stewart
The three most dangerous jobs in sports:
1. Bullfighting
2. Downhill skiing
3. Interviewing Tony Stewart after the Daytona 500
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 6
CHANGE : +3
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3
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Kyle Busch
What if he hadn't overshot the pits on that last caution?
What if he had a better run on that final restart?
What if he had tied his brother's shoelaces together before the race?
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Rank
PREVIOUS : NR
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4
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Ryan Newman
Ryan's win in the 500 wasn't even the biggest sports story in West Lafayette, where the Boilermakers were on an 11-game winning streak and getting set to play arch-rival IU.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 7
CHANGE : +2
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5
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Kevin Harvick
Kevin was going along just fine until a black CAT crossed his path.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 1
CHANGE : -5
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6
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Jimmie Johnson
Anti-Hendrick fans, don't start celebrating prematurely. Jimmie finished 39th at Daytona last season, and promptly went out and won three of the next five races.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 3
CHANGE : -4
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7
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Matt Kenseth
That'll learn ya: Matt got an unexpected lesson in Raganomics on President's Day weekend.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 2
CHANGE : -6
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8
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Jeff Gordon
That's the first time Jeff watched the finish from the motorhome since that wild wreck at Lowe's back last May.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 10
CHANGE : +1
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9
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Junior's missed opportunity to get four fresh tires there at the end brought to mind a Toby Keith song: "Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action."
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 11
CHANGE : +1
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10
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Greg Biffle
Greg's 10th-place finish can be summed up in four words: Fastest Ford, few friends.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 14
CHANGE : +3
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11
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Jeff Burton
Was there a sadder moment than realizing that Jeff was a sitting duck on that restart there near the end?
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Rank
PREVIOUS : NR
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12
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Reed Sorenson
Taking the fifth: There's something about Georgia-born drivers finishing fifth in the Daytona 500. Bill Elliott did it in 2001, David Ragan in 2007 and Reed this year.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : NR
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13
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Kasey Kahne
A change will do you good: Kasey spent all but seven laps in the top 15 on Sunday, which looked a lot more like his 2006 season than last year's disappointment.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : NR
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14
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Elliott Sadler
Second time around: Elliott finished sixth in the 500 last year, too, and then posted only more top-10 finish all season.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 8
CHANGE : -7
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15
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Clint Bowyer
We'll have to see at Fontana if Clint believes in the adage: "Juan good turn deserves another."
2008 Power Rankings
- Race 1 - Daytona 500 at Daytona Int'l Speedway
- Race 2 - Auto Club 500 at California Speedway
- Race 3 - UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas
- Race 4 - Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
- Race 5 - Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway
- Race 6 - Goody's Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Speedway
- Race 7 - Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway
- Race 8 - Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix Int'l Raceway
- Race 9 - Aaron's 499 at Talladega
- Race 10 - Crown Royal 400 at Richmond Int'l Raceway
- Race 11 - Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway
- Race 12 - Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway
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