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  • 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

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 6
    CHANGE : +5

  • 1

  • 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.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 8
    CHANGE : +6

  • 2

  • 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.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 7
    CHANGE : +4

  • 3

  • 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.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 1
    CHANGE : -3

  • 4

  • 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.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 13
    CHANGE : +8

  • 5

  • 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.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 11
    CHANGE : +5

  • 6

  • 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.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 5
    CHANGE : -2

  • 7

  • 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

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 2
    CHANGE : -6

  • 8

  • 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.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 4
    CHANGE : -5

  • 9

  • 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.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 9
    CHANGE : -1

  • 10

  • 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.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : 3
    CHANGE : -8

  • 11

  • 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.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 12

  • 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.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 13

  • 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.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 14

  • Michael Waltrip

    Sometimes you'd rather be lucky than good. Even Mikey admitted that the car probably wasn't worthy of a top 10.

  • Rank

    PREVIOUS : NR

  • 15

  • 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.

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