Power Rankings after Daytona 500
A wild night at Daytona, as Juan Pablo Montoya hits the jet dryer on track and Matt Kenseth wins his second career Daytona 500.
Here are this week’s FOXSports.com/SPEED.com Power Rankings:
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FOX SPORTS NASCAR POWER RANKINGS
| RK | DRIVER | WINS | CHANGE | HIGH/LOW | COMMENTS |
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| 1 |
Matt Kenseth |
1 | 7 | 1/13 |
To the victor goes the spoils. Congrats to Kenseth on a dominating victory in the Daytona 500, his second in the last four years.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
0 | 8 | 1/13 |
NASCAR’s most popular driver made another strong run, earning his second runner-up finish in the last three Daytona 500s.
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Denny Hamlin |
0 | 8 | 1/12 |
Not only was Hamlin best in class among the Toyotas, he was light years ahead of his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates.
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Jeff Burton |
0 | 11 | 4/21 |
An impressive run for Burton, who finished fifth with a Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet that clearly wasn’t as fast as the Roush Racing Fords.
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Greg Biffle |
0 | 7 | 1/12 |
Yes, Biffle finished third behind Kenseth and Earnhardt, but he didn’t do an especially good job on the green-white-restart, losing a spot to Earnhardt.
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| 6 |
Kevin Harvick |
0 | 5 | 1/13 |
Truthfully, it’s a little surprising that Harvick, a great restrictor-plate racer, didn’t make more noise than what he did during Daytona Speedweeks.
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| 7 |
Paul Menard |
0 | 12 | 7/20 |
It wasn’t exactly Menardi Gras, but it was a strong effort for Menard, whose sixth-place finish meant all three RCR Chevrolets finished in the top seven.
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Joey Logano |
0 | 12 | 8/20 |
Although he looked a little nervous in traffic at times, Logano finished ninth, which made for a good evening.
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Carl Edwards |
0 | 5 | 4/19 |
Considering he started on the pole and two of his teammates finished first and third, eighth place was a bit of a letdown for Edwards.
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| 10 |
Mark Martin |
0 | - | 10/20 |
Martin hates racing at Daytona, but in his first race with Michael Waltrip Racing, he finished 10th, which was slightly better than his two teammates.
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| 11 |
Martin Truex Jr. |
0 | - | 3/13 |
The New Jersey native finished 12th, but he moves up one spot here for winning the $200,000 halfway leader bonus.
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Clint Bowyer |
0 | 6 | 3/19 |
Finished 11th, which was right between teammates Mark Martin and Martin Truex Jr.
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Tony Stewart |
0 | 7 | 1/15 |
Frankly, a somewhat disappointing run for the reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, who finished 16th, but was never much of a factor.
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Kyle Busch |
0 | 9 | 3/17 |
Like Stewart, Busch should have been a factor in the race, but never really was.
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Marcos Ambrose |
0 | 1 | 14/21 |
Another one of the fast Fords, the affable Aussie had a good run to end the long night with a top-15 finish.
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Kasey Kahne |
0 | 14 | 2/22 |
Not a good Speedweeks for Kahne, who finished 29th and really didn’t show much over the two weeks.
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Juan Pablo Montoya |
0 | - | 17/23 |
It wasn’t Montoya’s fault — something broke on his car — But he hit the dang jet dryer on track and caused a huge fire.
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A J Allmendinger |
0 | 4 | 13/24 |
A disappointing first race for the ‘Dinger at Team Penske, as he had contact on pit road with Ryan Newman.
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Jeff Gordon |
0 | 10 | 2/21 |
Original "four-time" (champ) didn’t even make it to halfway before his engine expired. Bad Speedweeks for Hendrick Motorsports.
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Jimmie Johnson |
0 | 17 | 1/20 |
Forty-second place and a likely points penalty on the horizon? Horrible start to the season for Johnson.
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NASCAR Standings
| RK | Driver |
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| 1 | Jimmie Johnson |
| 2 | Carl Edwards |
| 3 | Matt Kenseth |
| 4 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
| 5 | Clint Bowyer |
| 6 | Kasey Kahne |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski |
| 8 | Kyle Busch |
| 9 | Aric Almirola |
| 10 | Kevin Harvick |
| 11 | Paul Menard |
| 12 | Jeff Gordon |
| 13 | Greg Biffle |
| 14 | Martin Truex Jr. |
| 15 | Jamie McMurray |
| 16 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
| 17 | Ryan Newman |
| 18 | Kurt Busch |
| 19 | Joey Logano |
| 20 | Jeff Burton |
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