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  • Who's Up

Biggest Gain this week:

Kasey Kahne: 8th to 5th

New This Week :
Tony Stewart

  • Who's Down

Biggest Drop this week:

Greg Biffle: 6th to 10th

Dropped Out :
Clint Bowyer

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 3
    CHANGE : +2

  • 1

  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.

    Junior coasted past the pace car to conserve fuel while the rest of the field fumed.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 2
    CHANGE : 0

  • 2

  • Carl Edwards

    Carl needs to play 2-7-9 in this week's lottery, because in the last six races, he's finished seventh, second, ninth, second, ninth and seventh.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 4
    CHANGE : +1

  • 3

  • Kyle Busch

    Kyle won't make the trip to Milwaukee, which means there will be only one kind of brat at the track this weekend.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 1
    CHANGE : -3

  • 4

  • Jeff Burton

    Caterpillar is coming to the No. 31 next year. Maybe brother Ward can give Jeff some tips on how to say "skid steer loader."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 8
    CHANGE : +3

  • 5

  • Kasey Kahne

    Because he had enough fuel to go the distance and Junior didn't, when the final yellow came out, Kasey could only see red.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 9
    CHANGE : +3

  • 6

  • Matt Kenseth

    Matt came that close to having a Sprint Cup official to hang in his den, next to the 10-point buck and that largemouth bass.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 10
    CHANGE : +3

  • 7

  • Jimmie Johnson

    Whine and geez: Jimmie may be a California native, but the annual visit to Sonoma hasn't been a happy homecoming. His average finish at Infineon in six races is 20th.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 5
    CHANGE : -3

  • 8

  • Jeff Gordon

    Vallejo, Calif., has filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy, although city officials expect sales of copies of Jeff's birth certificate will provide much-needed income.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 7
    CHANGE : -2

  • 9

  • Denny Hamlin

    Denny is showing his age. He can remember back to when gas was $1.69 a gallon.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 6
    CHANGE : -4

  • 10

  • Greg Biffle

    Greg appeared to have a top-five finish wrapped up when out of nowhere, he suddenly got hosed.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 12
    CHANGE : +1

  • 11

  • Brian Vickers

    Brian had an "iffy" race at Michigan. If Junior had been penalized for passing the pace car, if Kasey had run out of fuel ...

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 12

  • Tony Stewart

    Tony donated his Michigan winnings to the flood victims in Columbus, Ind. -- and several Cars of Tomorrow to use as sandbags.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 13
    CHANGE : 0

  • 13

  • David Ragan

    Top-10 finishes in 36 races in 2007: 3

    Top-10 finishes in 15 races in 2008: 4

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 11
    CHANGE : -3

  • 14

  • Kevin Harvick

    Hey, you kids! Get off my lawn!: Kevin referred to some of his fellow drivers as acting "like a bunch of 18-year-old punks, which most of them probably are, and they just need to grow up."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 15
    CHANGE : 0

  • 15

  • Martin Truex Jr.

    Having seen ex-teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. finally get back to Victory Lane after a 76-race drought, Martin figures it's his turn next, although he's only at 38.

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