Power Rankings after Darlington
For the first time all season, five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson moves to the top spot in the Power Rankings, thanks to a convincing victory in the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
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 |
Jimmie Johnson |
2 | 7 | 1/20 |
Five-Time has been knocking on the door all year long. Saturday night at Darlington, he kicked it in, giving team owner Rick Hendrick his 200th career Cup race victory.
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Greg Biffle |
1 | 1 | 1/12 |
The wildly unhappy Biffle sounded like Kurt Busch on the radio after getting a couple of bad sets of tires en route to a 12th-place finish.
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Denny Hamlin |
2 | 3 | 1/12 |
A strong run in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Toyota landed Hamlin second behind Johnson. His Cale Yarborough tribute paint scheme was awesome, too.
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Matt Kenseth |
1 | 1 | 1/13 |
Sixth place was best-in-class among the three Roush Fenway Racing Fords. Kenseth didn’t have a winning car but was pretty good.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
0 | 3 | 1/13 |
Darlington was the first track all season at which Earnhardt said his car ran worse than it did in the same race last year.
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Kyle Busch |
1 | 2 | 3/17 |
Good but not quite good enough, Busch finished fourth, a more-than-respectable result.
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Tony Stewart |
2 | - | 1/15 |
Although he failed to lead a lap, finishing third was nothing to apologize for. Still, we missed having another postrace tirade.
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Martin Truex Jr. |
0 | 2 | 3/13 |
On a night when track strategy was everything, Truex lost the race when he pitted late while other leaders stayed out.
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Brad Keselowski |
2 | 4 | 1/21 |
One of many drivers to earn his Darlington stripe, Keselowski came back from two laps down to finish 15th.
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| 10 |
Carl Edwards |
0 | 2 | 4/19 |
Another top-10 finish for Edwards but still no victories for more than one full year.
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| 11 |
Kevin Harvick |
0 | 2 | 1/13 |
Expected to be one of the contenders to win, Harvick was strangely absent from the front of the field and finished 16th.
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Clint Bowyer |
0 | 1 | 3/19 |
Another good finish for the Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota, as Bowyer came home 11th at Darlington.
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Kasey Kahne |
0 | 2 | 2/22 |
Although frustrated with his pit stops and erratic adjustments, Kahne bagged his fifth consecutive top 10.
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Paul Menard |
0 | 2 | 7/20 |
Here’s the new math: 13th at Darlington and 13th in points equals 14th in the Power Rankings.
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Ryan Newman |
1 | 2 | 6/22 |
The postrace altercation between Newman’s crew and Kurt Busch’s was one of the more interesting moments of the night.
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Joey Logano |
0 | 1 | 8/20 |
A 10th-place run at The Track Too Tough To Tame moves JoLo up one spot this week.
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Jamie McMurray |
0 | 3 | 14/20 |
Oops. After several weeks of progress, McMurray slides back with a 34th-place finish.
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Marcos Ambrose |
0 | - | 14/21 |
A great ninth-place run for the affable Aussie.
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Jeff Burton |
0 | - | 4/21 |
The veteran Virginia racer continues to struggle, finishing 18th at Darlington.
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Mark Martin |
0 | - | 10/20 |
In just eight starts, Martin has earned more points than 10 drivers who have made all 11 starts.
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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 | Brad Keselowski |
| 7 | Kasey Kahne |
| 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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