CALIFORNIA
- Week 2 of 36 | Archive
- By: Mark Aumann
Who's Up
Biggest Gain this week:
David Ragan: 13th to 5th
New This Week :
A.J. Allmendinger
Elliott Sadler
Michael Waltrip
Kurt Busch
Who's Down
Biggest Drop this week:
Kyle Busch: 3rd to 11th
Dropped Out :
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Jeff Burton
Jamie McMurray
Mark Martin
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 6
CHANGE : +5
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1
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Kevin Harvick
Kevin's got to wonder what it takes to beat a Ford in Florida. He finished second to Carl Edwards at Homestead and second to Matt Kenseth at Daytona.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 8
CHANGE : +6
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2
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Matt Kenseth
True story: Matt flew back to Charlotte on Sunday night because he didn't bring an extra change of clothes in case he won. You know times are tough when the winner of the Daytona 500 can't afford to pay the extra baggage fee.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 7
CHANGE : +4
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3
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Clint Bowyer
Clint used the word "bummer" after finishing fourth Sunday. I realize retro is cool, but let's hope terms like "right on!" and "far out!" have passed into the lexicon graveyard.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 1
CHANGE : -3
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4
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Carl Edwards
With his luck on superspeedways, it's a wonder Carl didn't just watch the race on TV and tell the team that he'd catch up with them in California.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 13
CHANGE : +8
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5
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David Ragan
David was disappointed at not getting to race side-by-side with Matt Kenseth there at the end. Of course, with how that turned out last year, maybe that was a good thing for all parties involved.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 11
CHANGE : +5
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6
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Tony Stewart
Between himself and Ryan Newman, Tony took home about $670,000 from Daytona. Or almost enough money to replace the three cars the team totaled during Speedweeks.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 5
CHANGE : -2
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7
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Jeff Gordon
The bad news: Jeff lost a lap when he had to pit under green with tire issues
The good news: That allowed him to miss the wreck that took out two of his teammates
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 2
CHANGE : -6
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8
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Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie's used to doing donuts in the grass, but that's usually after the race has ended, not in the middle of it.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 4
CHANGE : -5
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9
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Greg Biffle
Greg remembered he wanted to stop by Home Depot on the trip home from Daytona, but decided he'd hit one along the way.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 9
CHANGE : -1
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10
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Denny Hamlin
If Denny wants to file a claim for damage during shipping, he's got 15 calendar days to do it. And don't forget, FedEx reserves the right to inspect the original shipping cartons, packing and content.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 3
CHANGE : -8
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11
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Kyle Busch
On a frustration scale of 1 to 10, Kyle said he'd grade his Daytona 500 as a 15. That tells me two things. One, he was really unhappy with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Brian Vickers. Two, he's not real good at math.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : NR
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12
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A.J. Allmendinger
A.J. finished third in his first Daytona 500 -- or 54 spots better than Richard Petty did in his first attempt. However, Petty can still flash those seven 500 winner's rings at the kid.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : NR
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13
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Elliott Sadler
That decision to go to the high side instead of trying to block Matt Kenseth may leave Elliott feeling low for a while.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : NR
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14
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Michael Waltrip
Sometimes you'd rather be lucky than good. Even Mikey admitted that the car probably wasn't worthy of a top 10.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : NR
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15
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Kurt Busch
Kurt doesn't get a lot of notice as a great restrictor-plate racer, but that's four consecutive top-10 finishes at Daytona -- even though he got caught up in the big wreck.
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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