Power Rankings after Michigan
Our Long National Nightmare is officially over: Dale Earnhardt Jr. has won a NASCAR Sprint Cup points race after a four-year drought.
And Earnhardt’s dominating victory in Sunday’s Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway moved him to the top of the 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 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
2 | 2 | 1/13 |
On Father’s Day, Junior administered an old-school butt-whuppin’ his Daddy would have been plenty proud of. Congrats, Junior Nation.
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Matt Kenseth |
1 | - | 1/13 |
Another strong run for Matty Ice, who is looking like the guy who top-fived the field into submission en route to a championship in 2003.
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Jimmie Johnson |
2 | 2 | 1/20 |
Fighting a wonky handling car, Johnson battled his way to his fourth top-five finish in five races. Still a very dangerous man.
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Greg Biffle |
1 | 1 | 1/12 |
The fastest man early in the weekend, the Biff and his crew had a tough time coming to grips with the substitute tires mandated by NASCAR.
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Tony Stewart |
2 | 1 | 1/15 |
Runner-up Stewart finished in the top three for the third time in five races as he appears poised for another summer hot streak.
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Denny Hamlin |
2 | 2 | 1/12 |
Remember that 60s British band, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown? “I am the god of hell fire and I bring you FIRE!”
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Kevin Harvick |
0 | - | 1/13 |
Still just a small step behind the fastest cars, Harvick finished 10th in his Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.
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Clint Bowyer |
0 | 2 | 3/19 |
Best in class among the Toyotas (7th), Bowyer was furious with his crew for a fuel-only final pit stop.
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Martin Truex Jr. |
0 | 1 | 3/13 |
A 12th-place run for Truex, who finished outside the top 10 for the third time in the last four races.
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Brad Keselowski |
2 | 1 | 1/21 |
Bog slow for most of the weekend, 13th had to be a disappointment for Keselowski at his home track.
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Carl Edwards |
0 | 3 | 4/19 |
Once again, the bottom finisher among the three Roush Fenway Racing Fords, Edwards did OK to end the day in 11th.
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Ryan Newman |
1 | - | 6/22 |
Very fast early on, Newman finished 15th after looking like he’d do much better.
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Kyle Busch |
1 | 2 | 3/17 |
Engine failures three weeks in a row? Seriously? Isn’t this why Joe Gibbs Racing changed engine builders in the first place?
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Joey Logano |
1 | 1 | 8/20 |
A hard crash was a brutal reminder to Logano that you’re only as good — or bad — as your last race.
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Paul Menard |
0 | 1 | 7/20 |
Finishing 22nd shouldn’t move you up, but a lot of those around Menard had worse problems than he did.
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Kasey Kahne |
1 | 1 | 2/22 |
Ouch. A 33rd-place finish marked the sixth time Kahne has finished 29th or worse in 15 races.
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Marcos Ambrose |
0 | 1 | 14/21 |
The Aussie set an all-time NASCAR qualifying speed record at a non-restrictor-plate track and finished in the top 10.
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Jamie McMurray |
0 | - | 14/20 |
Slowly, McMurray and EGR are starting to get headed in the right direction.
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Juan Pablo Montoya |
0 | - | 17/23 |
The Colombian finished a solid eighth.
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Jeff Gordon |
0 | - | 2/21 |
A sixth-place finish was Gordon’s best since Texas.
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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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