Power Rankings after Coca-Cola 600
Kasey Kahne captured the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway to claim his first victory of the season. But it’s runner-up Denny Hamlin who moves to the top of the FOXSports.com/SPEED.com Power Rankings this week:
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FOX SPORTS NASCAR POWER RANKINGS
| RK | DRIVER | WINS | CHANGE | HIGH/LOW | COMMENTS |
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| 1 |
Denny Hamlin |
2 | 6 | 1/12 |
Don’t look now, but Hamlin is on a roll, with finishes of fourth or better in four of the past five points races, including consecutive runner-up finishes at Darlington and Charlotte.
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| 2 |
Greg Biffle |
1 | 3 | 1/12 |
Fourth place wasn’t bad, except for the fact Biffle led 204 of 400 laps in the race. Once again, though, the lap leader can’t seal the deal.
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| 3 |
Jimmie Johnson |
1 | 2 | 1/20 |
Thanks to a horrific night on pit road, the man who crushed the field a week ago at the Sprint All-Star race failed to lead a single lap and finished 11th.
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| 4 |
Matt Kenseth |
1 | 2 | 1/13 |
A loose wheel held Kenseth back as he ultimately finished 10th. He admitted afterward that he didn’t have a winning car.
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| 5 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
0 | 2 | 1/13 |
Sixth place? After last year, all of Junior Nation was expecting Our Long National Nightmare to finally end. It didn’t.
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| 6 |
Kyle Busch |
1 | - | 3/17 |
A nice night for Rowdy, as he came home third, behind Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Hamlin.
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| 7 |
Brad Keselowski |
2 | 3 | 1/21 |
After dodging a bullet on pit road, where he collided with Tony Stewart, Keselowski raced to a fifth-place finish.
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| 8 |
Martin Truex Jr. |
0 | 4 | 3/13 |
It was a quiet night for the Jersey Boy, who wheeled his Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota to a 12th-place finish.
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| 9 |
Kevin Harvick |
0 | - | 1/13 |
As much as Harvick hates Charlotte, he has run well here lately. This time, he was eighth.
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| 10 |
Carl Edwards |
0 | 3 | 4/19 |
Like his Roush Fenway teammate Matt Kenseth, Edwards fought back from a loose wheel to post a top 10.
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| 11 |
Kasey Kahne |
2 | - | 2/22 |
A huge victory at Hendrick Motorsports’ home track continued Rick Hendrick’s hot streak and vaulted Kahne into Chase contention.
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| 12 |
Tony Stewart |
2 | 4 | 1/15 |
Dude, WTH? A 25th-place finish? Seriously?
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| 13 |
Clint Bowyer |
0 | 1 | 3/19 |
A 13th-place finish, right behind teammate Martin Truex Jr., showed the MWR Toyotas were off just a bit.
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| 14 |
Ryan Newman |
1 | 4 | 6/22 |
At least Newman ran better than his boss did, which isn’t saying a whole lot.
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| 15 |
Paul Menard |
0 | 2 | 7/20 |
Not a bad night for Menard, who finished 15th. Not a great one, either.
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| 16 |
Aric Almirola |
0 | - | 15/20 |
A first career Sprint Cup pole, a 16th-place finish and a move into the top 20 in points. All in all, a good weekend for Almirola.
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| 17 |
Jeff Burton |
0 | 3 | 4/21 |
Still not running where he should, Burton cranked out a 19th-place finish.
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| 18 |
Jeff Gordon |
0 | - | 2/21 |
After posting an average finish of 28th in his previous four starts, Big Daddy came home seventh at Charlotte. Huzzah!
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| 19 |
Joey Logano |
0 | 1 | 8/20 |
When your teammates finish second and third and you finish 23rd, that’s trouble.
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| 20 |
Mark Martin |
0 | 1 | 10/20 |
The ageless one lost an engine, but he’s still fast on the track.
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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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