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  • Who's Up

Biggest Gain this week:

Dale Earnhardt Jr.: 15th to 9th

New This Week :
Matt Kenseth
Martin Truex Jr.
Casey Mears

  • Who's Down

Biggest Drop this week:

Tony Stewart: 5th to 10th

Dropped Out :
Kasey Kahne
Kurt Busch
Jamie McMurray

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 1
    CHANGE : 0

  • 1

  • Jimmie Johnson

    It's all relative: There may be a "Cousin" Carl Edwards, but Jimmie is making the rest of the Chase field "say uncle."

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 7
    CHANGE : +5

  • 2

  • Carl Edwards

    After Carl compared a bad race in the Chase to bowling in his post-race comments -- "I'm thinking, 'all right, this game will be over in a couple of frames and we'll just start over' " -- two thoughts immediately come to mind: When is the beer frame, and I'm guessing this is not a no-tap tournament.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 3
    CHANGE : 0

  • 3

  • Greg Biffle

    After finishing 12th at Martinsville, Greg said, "We're gonna bring the heat to Atlanta." That's a good thing, because it's starting to become sweater weather.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 2
    CHANGE : -2

  • 4

  • Jeff Burton

    Crimson and clover?: After Jeff was caught dragging the line at Martinsville, maybe NASCAR can get Tommy James and the Shondells to do a comeback concert.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 9
    CHANGE : +4

  • 5

  • Jeff Gordon

    The last driver to have 10 or more top-five finishes in one season without a race win? Carl Edwards in 2006.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 8
    CHANGE : +2

  • 6

  • Kevin Harvick

    Recording only his sixth career top-10 finish at Martinsville, Kevin's a whole lot happier going to a place like Atlanta this weekend.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 6
    CHANGE : -1

  • 7

  • Clint Bowyer

    Teammate Kevin Harvick gets all the press for his long streak of races running at the finish, but Clint hasn't gone to the hauler early since Phoenix of 2006.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 4
    CHANGE : -4

  • 8

  • Kyle Busch

    Heat. Tire. Bead. And those weren't the only four-letter words being spoken in the No. 18 pit box last weekend.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 15
    CHANGE : +6

  • 9

  • Dale Earnhardt Jr.

    If Jimmie Johnson has a magic button in the glove box of the No. 48, perhaps Junior's is under all those old CDs and maps.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 5
    CHANGE : -5

  • 10

  • Tony Stewart

    Instructed to drive the wheels off of it, Tony repeatedly did just that on Sunday.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 11
    CHANGE : 0

  • 11

  • Denny Hamlin

    With a fifth-place finish, Denny said that "stopped the bleeding." Of course, eating a couple of Martinsville hot dogs may stop your heart from beating, too.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 10
    CHANGE : -2

  • 12

  • David Ragan

    It just seems like every time David looks up, he runs into an old friend. Or as was the case at Martinsville, Matt Kenseth runs into him.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 13

  • Matt Kenseth

    Spoiler alert: Matt must not be a fan of rear wings, because it seems like he winds up trying to knock the thing off every week.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 14

  • Martin Truex Jr.

    After his first top-10 at Martinsville, Martin said, " it was good to finally get the monkey off our back." Now it makes sense why the crew was going ape after the race.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 15

  • Casey Mears

    At one point Sunday, Casey was stuck between Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick. That poses the question: Should you be nicer to the guy who's your current teammate, or the guy you have to deal with every week next year?

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