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  • Who's Up

Biggest Gain this week:

Carl Edwards: 6th to 2nd

New This Week :
David Ragan
David Gilliland

  • Who's Down

Biggest Drop this week:

Greg Biffle: 5th to 12th

Dropped Out :
Jeff Gordon
Martin Truex Jr.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 1
    CHANGE : 0

  • 1

  • Jeff Burton

    When Michael McDowell said he'd run through a concrete wall to gain Jeff Burton's approval, we never thought he meant literally.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 6
    CHANGE : +4

  • 2

  • Carl Edwards

    Those of you who think a cowboy hat can make anybody look tough didn't see Jack Roush wearing one in the post-race news conference.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 2
    CHANGE : -1

  • 3

  • Kevin Harvick

    They may have to re-film that Shell commercial, using Kevin's in-car audio from Texas:

    "Still won't turn left, Kevin?" "Nope."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 3
    CHANGE : -1

  • 4

  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.

    How did a car that good get to be so bad that quickly? If you know the answer, Dale and Tony would love to hear it.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 4
    CHANGE : -1

  • 5

  • Tony Stewart

    Driving the new car on an intermediate track is like having your back waxed: It's painful at first and you swear you'll never do it again, but sooner or later, it'll grow on you.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 7
    CHANGE : +1

  • 6

  • Kyle Busch

    In addition to not uttering a negative comment about the new car, Kyle is refusing to answer questions about global warming, the Democratic primaries and his favorite color of M&M's.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 9
    CHANGE : +2

  • 7

  • Denny Hamlin

    Somebody asked Denny who was at fault on that last-lap incident with the Jack Daniel's car and he replied, "I'll take the fifth."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 12
    CHANGE : +4

  • 8

  • Jimmie Johnson

    Try the San Diego Freeway on a Friday afternoon: "I was really shocked today in how bad the cars drove in traffic. At the last two intermediate tracks, our stuff had bigger problems than worrying about how the car drove."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 13
    CHANGE : +4

  • 9

  • Matt Kenseth

    Give me your lunch money, kid: "When you're the first one on old tires and everybody's got new tires behind you, they're going to eat your lunch."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 11
    CHANGE : +1

  • 10

  • Clint Bowyer

    The bad news: Clint got wrecked and finished 10th.

    The good news: He had Kansas going all the way in the RCR basketball pool.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 14
    CHANGE : +3

  • 11

  • Ryan Newman

    To paraphrase Captain Renault in Casablanca: "I'm shocked, shocked to find that post-race inspection issues are still going on in here!"

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 5
    CHANGE : -7

  • 12

  • Greg Biffle

    You know it's not your day when the wheels come loose and the engine gets tight.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 10
    CHANGE : -3

  • 13

  • Kasey Kahne

    The Beach Boys sang about Good Vibrations, but there's no such thing when you're driving along at 170 mph, as Kasey found out Sunday.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 14

  • David Ragan

    Points in the last five races:

    Jeff Gordon: 562
    Kasey Kahne: 580
    David Ragan: 594

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 15

  • David Gilliland

    Eyes wide open: The setting sun used to be so bad at Phoenix, David said it was "like driving without seeing." Now I know what meant when he said he was so familiar with the place, he could drive it with his eyes closed.

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