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TALLADEGA

  • Who's Up

Biggest Gain this week:

Jimmie Johnson: 8th to 4th

New This Week :
Martin Truex Jr.
Jeff Gordon

  • Who's Down

Biggest Drop this week:

Matt Kenseth: 9th to 0

Dropped Out :
Matt Kenseth
David Ragan

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 1
    CHANGE : 0

  • 1

  • Jeff Burton

    Not only is Jeff leading the points, but with eight consecutive lead-lap finishes, he just qualified for the State Farm Good Driver Discount.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 4
    CHANGE : +1

  • 3

  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.

    Old car, old friend: How cool was it to see Dale in the No. 88 and Mark Martin in the No. 8 battling for the lead at Phoenix?

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 8
    CHANGE : +4

  • 4

  • Jimmie Johnson

    Jimmie's fuel-mileage strategy was so successful at Phoenix, Danica Patrick called after the race to get some valuable tips.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 7
    CHANGE : +2

  • 5

  • Denny Hamlin

    Going for the throat: After his third-place finish, Denny said, "We had those guys by the neck there at the end if they didn't make it on fuel."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 6
    CHANGE : 0

  • 6

  • Kyle Busch

    How amazing has Kyle been this season? In 23 combined Cup, Nationwide and Craftsman Truck starts, he's led a lap in all but four races in 2008.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 3
    CHANGE : -4

  • 7

  • Kevin Harvick

    Three weeks of rotten luck -- and an empty gas tank -- has stalled Kevin's climb up the standings.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 5
    CHANGE : -3

  • 8

  • Tony Stewart

    Rocket science?: When asked about figuring out restrictor-plate racing, Tony said, "We're not sending a space shuttle to the moon here, so it's not like it was something that was out of our reach as far as trying to be able to learn."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 12
    CHANGE : +2

  • 10

  • Greg Biffle

    Greg's running the Red Cross paint scheme at Talladega, hoping the competition will think he's an ambulance and pull over to let him by.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 13
    CHANGE : +2

  • 11

  • Kasey Kahne

    Kasey's explanation of why Phoenix, uh, wasn't exactly what he was hoping for: "The rear brakes would stay on and suck the car wherever it wanted to. It sucked me right into the wall."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 12

  • Martin Truex Jr.

    Martin's post-race quote: "We threw everything we had at the car." Now we know where that first debris caution came from.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 13

  • Jeff Gordon

    "We were flirting with a top 10." Does Ingrid know about this?

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 11
    CHANGE : -3

  • 14

  • Ryan Newman

    Ryan loves synthetic motor oil, but perhaps the racing groove wasn't the best place for a spontaneous demonstration of the product's ability to reduce friction and wear.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 15
    CHANGE : 0

  • 15

  • David Gilliland

    Another top-15 finish for David, who now has a commanding lead in the "highest running unsponsored car" category.

2008 Power Rankings

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