HOMESTEAD
- Week 36 of 36
- By: Mark Aumann
Who's Up
Biggest Gain this week:
Ryan Newman: 13th to 6th
New This Week :
A.J. Allmendinger
Jeff Burton
Who's Down
Biggest Drop this week:
Jeff Gordon: 4th to 12th
Dropped Out :
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Kyle Busch
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 2
CHANGE : +1
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1
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Carl Edwards
Weeks at No. 1 in 2011: 16
Should Carl be confident? He hasn't finished worse than eighth in his past six Homestead visits.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 1
CHANGE : -1
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2
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Tony Stewart
Weeks at No. 1 in 2011: 2
Tony started off the season sporting a black eye. Now he has the chance to land the knockout punch.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 6
CHANGE : +3
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3
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Jimmie Johnson
Weeks at No. 1 in 2011: 3
Jimmie's car was the "random" choice for NASCAR post-race inspection ... for the third week in a row. Good thing they don't run the Powerball lottery.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 7
CHANGE : +3
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4
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Kasey Kahne
Championship form: Only Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart have scored more points than Kasey over the past nine weeks.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 5
CHANGE : 0
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5
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Kevin Harvick
Weeks at No. 1 in 2011: 2
Kevin visited the wrestling team at his old high school last week. He showed them the half nelson, the full nelson and the Gary Nelson.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 13
CHANGE : +7
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6
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Ryan Newman
Ryan's rooting for Tony Stewart to win the championship because he'll have a better chance of being invited to the post-banquet victory party.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 8
CHANGE : +1
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7
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Denny Hamlin
Last fall, Denny finished 12th at Phoenix and seemed beyond angry. This fall, Denny finished 12th at Phoenix and seemed almost relieved.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 7
CHANGE : -1
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8
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Clint Bowyer
Clint would love to get a victory in his last race for Richard Childress. Or at least one more chance to hold Richard's watch.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 3
CHANGE : -6
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9
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Matt Kenseth
Weeks at No. 1 in 2011: 1
Matt on his latest run-in with Brian Vickers: "We aren't racing street stocks at a quarter-mile track." More like demolition derby in a circle, actually.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 10
CHANGE : 0
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10
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Greg Biffle
Accentuating the positive: Greg has led the most laps of any of the drivers still looking for a victory this season.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : NR
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11
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A.J. Allmendinger
The Cup record for most different winners in one season is 19. Could A.J. be the guy to help tie that mark in 2011? He's finished 11th, 10th and fifth at Homestead.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 4
CHANGE : -8
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12
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Jeff Gordon
Weeks at No. 1 in 2011: 1
There are two pedals in the car for a reason. And without decent brakes at Phoenix, Jeff was just along for the ride.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 12
CHANGE : -1
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13
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Brad Keselowski
Brad ran down onto the apron at Phoenix to avoid the dogleg so many times he looked like a golfer trying to cure his slice.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : 1
CHANGE : -13
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14
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Kurt Busch
Weeks at No. 1 in 2011: 3
Another gas crisis: You would think a team sponsored by an oil company wouldn't suffer from so many fuel availability issues.
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Rank
PREVIOUS : NR
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15
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Jeff Burton
Jeff on why his team has bounced back after struggling most of the season: "We learned an awful lot of what not to do."
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