Power Rankings after Bristol
Brad Keselowski waged a stirring duel with Matt Kenseth to win the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, but it’s Greg Biffle who holds on to the top in this week’s FOXSports.com/SPEED.com Power Rankings.
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 |
Greg Biffle |
0 | - | 1/12 |
OK, Biffle’s 13th-place finish at Bristol was mediocre, especially after qualifying on the pole. The problem is none of his nearest competitors did much, either.
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Matt Kenseth |
1 | 5 | 1/13 |
The 2003 Cup champion moves up to second in the Power Rankings on the basis of his runner-up finish at Bristol.
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Kevin Harvick |
0 | 1 | 1/13 |
An 11th-place finish was better than Harvick ran most of the day, but that’s how championships are made.
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Martin Truex Jr. |
0 | 6 | 3/13 |
A season’s best third-place finish for Truex, as all three Michael Waltrip Racing cars finish in the top five.
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Jimmie Johnson |
0 | 2 | 1/20 |
Truthfully, Johnson wasn’t especially impressive in finishing eighth at Bristol, a track where he had one victory and three finishes of fourth or better in the prior four races.
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| 6 |
Brad Keselowski |
0 | 14 | 1/21 |
A dominant victory for Keselowski, who now has won back-to-back races at Bristol.
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| 7 |
Brian Vickers |
0 | - | 7/21 |
In his only race so far this year, Vickers led one-fourth of the laps and finished fifth at a track where he’d never even cracked the top 10 before.
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Denny Hamlin |
1 | 3 | 1/12 |
Another disappointing day for Hamlin, with a second consecutive 20th-place finish. Plus loses points for poorly executed prerace “Dougie.”
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
0 | 3 | 1/13 |
Earnhardt had a fast car, but made contact with teammate Jeff Gordon, putting him in wall, and got caught speeding on pit road, finishing 15th. Doh!
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Clint Bowyer |
0 | 4 | 3/19 |
A great fourth-place finish for Bowyer, hot on the heels of a sixth-place run a week earlier. Things are looking up at MWR.
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Tony Stewart |
2 | 7 | 1/15 |
A tough day for Stewart, who gutted out a 14th-place finish after getting punted.
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Joey Logano |
0 | 3 | 8/20 |
For the second race in a row, Logano’s 16th-place finish was best in class among the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas.
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Paul Menard |
0 | 2 | 7/20 |
Seventh at Vegas and 10th at Bristol. Is it Menardigras time already?
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| 14 |
Ryan Newman |
0 | 5 | 6/22 |
A decent 12th-place finish for Newman, who hung tough most of the afternoon.
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Jeff Burton |
0 | 1 | 4/21 |
Although he tailed off just a little late, Burton had a strong sixth-place finish.
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Carl Edwards |
0 | 8 | 4/19 |
Bummer of a day for Edwards, who got taken out in the early-race Kasey Kahne crash and finished 39th.
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Kyle Busch |
0 | 4 | 3/17 |
Another victim of the Kahne crash, Busch managed to log some laps and finish 32nd.
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Jeff Gordon |
0 | 1 | 2/21 |
Wrecked by his own teammate, Gordon had the kind of day that gives car owners ulcers.
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| 19 |
Juan Pablo Montoya |
0 | - | 17/23 |
No jet dryers were harmed in Montoya’s season’s-best eighth-place finish.
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Jamie McMurray |
0 | - | 14/20 |
A great day overall for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, as McMurray finishes a strong seventh.
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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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