Power Rankings after New Hampshire
Kasey Kahne won Sunday’s Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, but with his eighth top-five finish of the year, Dale Earnhardt Jr. moves back atop the FOXSports.com/SPEED.com Power Rankings for this week.
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FOX SPORTS NASCAR POWER RANKINGS
| RK | DRIVER | WINS | CHANGE | HIGH/LOW | COMMENTS |
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| 1 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
1 | 1 | 1/13 |
In his last eight races, Junior has finished eighth or better six times. He is a legitimate title contender this time around.
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Matt Kenseth |
1 | 1 | 1/13 |
None of the Roush Fenway Racing Fords looked especially good at New Hampshire, where Kenseth struggled to finish 13th.
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Brad Keselowski |
3 | 1 | 1/21 |
A steady run saw Keselowski advance from his 22nd qualifying spot to finish fifth.
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Denny Hamlin |
2 | 3 | 1/12 |
The No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the car to beat, but miscommunication with crew chief Darian Grubb cost Hamlin the race.
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Greg Biffle |
1 | 1 | 1/12 |
A ninth-place finish meant that Biffle was best in class among the Fords in the field, but he was still behind the frontrunners.
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Jimmie Johnson |
2 | 1 | 1/20 |
Short-pitting killed Johnson, who lost critical track position when the caution came out one lap after his stop.
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Tony Stewart |
3 | 4 | 1/15 |
New Hampshire is one of Stewart’s best tracks, but you’d never know it by the way he ran Sunday, struggling to finish 12th.
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Kevin Harvick |
0 | - | 1/13 |
Another top-10 finish for the new father, but Harvick is still looking for Victory Lane.
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Clint Bowyer |
1 | 1 | 3/19 |
For a time, it seemed as if the two-time New Hampshire winner would triumph again, but third place was still pretty sporty.
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Martin Truex Jr. |
0 | 1 | 3/13 |
A respectable 11th-place finish for Truex, who looks as though he’ll make the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
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Kasey Kahne |
3 | 3 | 2/22 |
His second victory of the season virtually locks Kahne into the Chase, which is huge.
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Kyle Busch |
1 | 1 | 3/17 |
After leading the first 72 laps, two horrible pit stops cost Busch a shot at victory. Bad weekend.
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Ryan Newman |
1 | - | 6/22 |
The Stewart-Haas Racing driver finished 10th to keep the wild-card race interesting.
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Joey Logano |
1 | 2 | 8/20 |
Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Hamlin and Busch dominated at New Hampshire, but Logano was way off their pace.
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Carl Edwards |
0 | - | 4/19 |
For the sixth time in the last seven races, Edwards failed to finish in the top 10. This is a team in trouble.
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| 16 |
Jeff Gordon |
0 | - | 2/21 |
For the third time in five races, Gordon finished sixth. But he needs to win or he’ll miss the Chase.
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Paul Menard |
0 | 1 | 7/20 |
A 17th-place finish was par for the course for Menard, who has finished between 10th and 20th 13 times in 19 races.
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Brian Vickers |
0 | - | 7/21 |
You have to be impressed with the job Vickers has done in four starts for MWR this season.
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Jamie McMurray |
0 | - | 14/20 |
The EGR cars are struggling, as McMurray’s 20th-place finish shows.
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Marcos Ambrose |
0 | - | 14/21 |
Nineteenth wasn’t great by any means, but all the Fords struggled this weekend.
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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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