CHARLOTTE
- Week 31 of 36 | Archive
- By: Mark Aumann
Who's Up
Biggest Gain this week:
Tony Stewart: 11th to 3rd
New This Week :
Paul Menard
Regan Smith
Who's Down
Biggest Drop this week:
Jeff Gordon: 5th to 12th
Dropped Out :
Casey Mears
David Reutimann
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 1
CHANGE : 0
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1
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Jimmie Johnson
The secret Chad Knaus doesn't want us to know: They've magnetized the sheet metal on the No. 48 to repel other cars in the event of an accident.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 6
CHANGE : +4
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2
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Jeff Burton
Before we give the trophy to Jimmie Johnson, Jeff would like to remind everyone that he had a 45-point lead heading into Charlotte two years ago.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 11
CHANGE : +8
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3
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Tony Stewart
Good for Tony, but I still have to wonder: What would NASCAR have done if that had been Junior behind him?
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 2
CHANGE : -2
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4
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Carl Edwards
There's no "I" in team but there are two in idiot: Carl's comment after taking out two teammates and half the Chase field, " I was worried about the idiots when you come here and I was the guy that caused that one."
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 3
CHANGE : -2
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5
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Greg Biffle
According to Websters', "to biff" means to whack or strike. Yeah, I guess that sums up Lap 174 in a nutshell.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 10
CHANGE : +4
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6
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Clint Bowyer
Yeah, he finished fifth, but how on earth did Clint not wind up leading a lap on a day when 28 different drivers were scored in front at some point?
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 14
CHANGE : +7
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7
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Kyle Busch
After the last three weekends, just getting to the finish line in one piece was almost a moral victory for Kyle and the No. 18 bunch.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 4
CHANGE : -4
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8
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Kevin Harvick
No shrinking violet?: Kevin on Carl Edwards' ill-advised bump: "Maybe he should have raced the rest of the day. I know that his fans won't be very proud of him sitting back there riding around like a pansy."
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 7
CHANGE : -2
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9
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.
A NASCAR philosophical question: If no one hangs around to throw beer cans at the winner, is it still Talladega?
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 12
CHANGE : +2
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10
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David Ragan
David was desperately looking for a teammate to draft with on that last restart, but they were already on their way to the airport.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 8
CHANGE : -3
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11
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Matt Kenseth
There's no place like home: "At the end we kind of worked our way toward the front. You knew it was gonna be crazy, but I actually felt like we were almost home-free."
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 5
CHANGE : -7
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12
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Jeff Gordon
When David Reutimann's tire exploded, Jeff went from seeing UPS to saying "urps."
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 9
CHANGE : -4
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13
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Denny Hamlin
Glad Denny wasn't seriously hurt, but that was a scary Faron Young moment he experienced right there -- "Hello, walls."
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Rank
PREVIOUS : NR
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14
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Paul Menard
Paul was pretty excited about going to Yates for 2009 until he realized both of his future teammates never made it to the finish.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : NR
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15
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Regan Smith
Somehow, I can picture Lee Petty, Fireball Roberts and Bill France Sr. sitting around watching the end of that race, saying, "It was still a nice move, rookie."
2008 Power Rankings
- Race 1 - Daytona 500 at Daytona Int'l Speedway
- Race 2 - Auto Club 500 at Auto Club 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
- Race 12 - Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway
- Race 13 - Best Buy 400 at Dover Int'l Speedway
- Race 14 - Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway
- Race 15 - LifeLock 400 at Michigan Int'l Speedway
- Race 16 - Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway
- Race 17 - LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire
- Race 18 - Coke Zero 400 at Daytona Int'l Speedway
- Race 19 - LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway
- Race 20 - Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis
- Race 21 - Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway
- Race 22 - Centurion Boats at The Glen at Watkins Glen Int'l
- Race 23 - 3M Performance 400 at Michigan Int'l Speedway
- Race 24 - Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway
- Race 25 - Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway
- Race 26 - Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond Int'l Raceway
- Race 27 - Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire
- Race 28 - Camping World RV 400 at Dover Int'l Speedway
- Race 29 - Camping World RV 400 at Kansas Speedway
- Race 30 - Amp Energy 500 at Talladega
- Race 31 - Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway
- Race 32 - TUMS QuikPak 500 at Martinsville Speedway
- Race 33 - Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
- Race 34 - Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway
- Race 35 - Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix Int'l Raceway
- Race 36 - Ford 400 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
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