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  • Who's Up

Biggest Gain this week:

Carl Edwards: 0 to 9th

New This Week :
Carl Edwards
Martin Truex Jr.
Brian Vickers

  • Who's Down

Biggest Drop this week:

Dale Earnhardt Jr.: 9th to 15th

Dropped Out :
Reed Sorenson
Elliott Sadler
Clint Bowyer

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 3
    CHANGE : +2

  • 1

  • Kyle Busch

    Not only is Kyle leading the points in two of the three series, he's now ahead in the polls in both the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 2
    CHANGE : 0

  • 2

  • Tony Stewart

    Finally, NASCAR tried to run a race at a time when Tony is normally awake.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 1
    CHANGE : -2

  • 3

  • Kurt Busch

    Quote of the week: "It was almost like a Daytona 24 Hour feel where you drive two hours -- you're out of the car for a little bit -- then you drive two hours more."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 5
    CHANGE : +1

  • 4

  • Kevin Harvick

    Kevin would have gotten more sleep Sunday night if he hadn't had to stay up late filling out California OSHA paperwork for picking up litter without a permit.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 6
    CHANGE : +1

  • 5

  • Jimmie Johnson

    Tom Cruise spent some time in Jimmie's pit Sunday. I wanted so badly to hear him on the two-way radio, saying, "You want me to work the pit and you drive? Fine, we'll try that."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 7
    CHANGE : +1

  • 6

  • Matt Kenseth

    A roll of the dice?: Matt hasn't finished out of the top-10 at Las Vegas in his last five starts there.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 8
    CHANGE : +1

  • 7

  • Jeff Gordon

    To save money, Jeff's team went with one of those engine lease programs: 500 miles or 24 hours, whichever comes first.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 4
    CHANGE : -4

  • 8

  • Ryan Newman

    Mr. Consistency: Ryan was 10th when the race was stopped Sunday night, and was 10th when the race was completed on Monday morning.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 9

  • Carl Edwards

    It rained enough at California to where Carl's post-race backflip received a 9.25 from both the Russian gymnastic and diving judges.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 13
    CHANGE : +3

  • 10

  • Kasey Kahne

    Kasey had no problems with Sunday's cold and clammy weather. When you grow up in Enumclaw, Wash., 42 and drizzling is a nice winter day.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 11
    CHANGE : 0

  • 11

  • Jeff Burton

    Jeff has the best average finish of any driver who has run all 10 races at Las Vegas.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 10
    CHANGE : -2

  • 12

  • Greg Biffle

    At California, Greg's car was like a vampire. It had great bite in the dark, but when the sun came out, it disappeared.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 13

  • Martin Truex Jr.

    Martin was disappointed to find out that No Country For Old Men wasn't a movie about the life of teammate Mark Martin.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 14

  • Brian Vickers

    With how well things worked out at California, Brian's now praying for rain on Fridays from here on out.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 9
    CHANGE : -6

  • 15

  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.

    Finders, keepers. Losers, weepers.

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