TALLADEGA
- Week 9 of 36 | Archive
- By: Mark Aumann
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
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 1
CHANGE : 0
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1
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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.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 2
CHANGE : 0
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2
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Carl Edwards
After seeing what David Pearson could do with that old Mercury at Darlington, Carl has decided he'd like a cigarette lighter installed and some chewing gum taped to the dashboard of the No. 99 Ford from here on out.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 4
CHANGE : +1
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3
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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?
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 8
CHANGE : +4
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4
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Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie's fuel-mileage strategy was so successful at Phoenix, Danica Patrick called after the race to get some valuable tips.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 7
CHANGE : +2
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5
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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."
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 6
CHANGE : 0
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6
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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.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 3
CHANGE : -4
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7
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Kevin Harvick
Three weeks of rotten luck -- and an empty gas tank -- has stalled Kevin's climb up the standings.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 5
CHANGE : -3
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8
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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."
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 10
CHANGE : +1
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9
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Clint Bowyer
Smoke gets in your eyes: Clint wrecked while practicing burnouts at Lowe's on Tuesday. Maybe a few more wins will rectify that.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 12
CHANGE : +2
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10
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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.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 13
CHANGE : +2
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11
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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."
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Rank
PREVIOUS : NR
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12
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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.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : NR
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13
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Jeff Gordon
"We were flirting with a top 10." Does Ingrid know about this?
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 11
CHANGE : -3
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14
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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.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 15
CHANGE : 0
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15
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David Gilliland
Another top-15 finish for David, who now has a commanding lead in the "highest running unsponsored car" category.
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
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