Power Rankings after Loudon
Jimmie Johnson hasn’t won a race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup yet, but he’s finished second in each of the first two to move to the top of the FOXSports.com/SPEED.com Power Rankings.
This week’s list, following Sunday’s Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway:
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FOX SPORTS NASCAR POWER RANKINGS
| RK | DRIVER | WINS | CHANGE | HIGH/LOW | COMMENTS |
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| 1 |
Jimmie Johnson |
3 | 1 | 1/20 |
Two Chase races, two runnerup finishes and Five-Time is back atop the points standings. Be afraid, be very afraid. He’ll be a favorite next week at Dover, too.
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Denny Hamlin |
6 | 3 | 1/12 |
After a bad start in Chicagoland, Hamlin serves notice that he will be tough to beat with a dominating victory in New Hampshire.
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Brad Keselowski |
4 | 2 | 1/21 |
He didn’t win again this week, but Keselowski ran strongly at what historically is one of his weaker tracks and is only 1 point back of Johnson in the championship standings.
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Kasey Kahne |
2 | - | 2/22 |
Another strong run at New Hampshire for Kahne, as he comes home fifth.
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Tony Stewart |
3 | 2 | 1/15 |
Last year, Stewart opened the Chase with consecutive victories. This time it’s consecutive top 10s.
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Clint Bowyer |
2 | 1 | 3/19 |
Once again, Bowyer’s speed and consistency is rewarded with a good finish.
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Jeff Gordon |
1 | 5 | 2/21 |
A third-place finish for Gordon has to have him wondering what might have been last week at Chicago.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
1 | 2 | 1/13 |
Not a good points day for Earnhardt, as he finishes 13th.
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Kevin Harvick |
0 | 1 | 1/13 |
Once again, Harvick is consistent. Once again, Harvick has no speed in his car.
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Matt Kenseth |
1 | 1 | 1/13 |
Things are not looking good for Kenseth’s hopes for a second championship.
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Martin Truex Jr. |
0 | 3 | 3/13 |
Ouch. Truex finishes 17th, which is going to really hurt his chances going forward.
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| 12 |
Greg Biffle |
2 | 3 | 1/12 |
Unless Biffle has a sudden and substantial reversal of fortune, he looks like he’ll finish in the back half of the Chase.
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Ryan Newman |
1 | 1 | 6/22 |
Almost always good at New Hampshire, Newman finishes a respectable 10th.
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Joey Logano |
1 | 1 | 8/20 |
A nice run for the New England native, as he comes home eighth in the race.
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Kyle Busch |
1 | 2 | 3/17 |
Nothing at all to smile about for Busch, as an ailing Toyota leaves him 27th.
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| 16 |
Mark Martin |
0 | - | 10/20 |
Another good run for Martin, who finished 14th.
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Paul Menard |
0 | - | 7/20 |
All in all, 12th place wasn’t bad for Menard on this day.
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Brian Vickers |
0 | - | 7/21 |
A top-10 finish for the MWR super sub, who’s done well for himself this year.
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Carl Edwards |
0 | 1 | 4/19 |
What in the heck has happened to this team? Edwards barely makes the top 20, finishing 19th.
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Marcos Ambrose |
1 | 1 | 14/21 |
Not a great day for Ambrose, who fails to crack the top 20.
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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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