Power Rankings after Martinsville
Even though his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Ryan Newman won the Goody’s Fast Relief 500, it’s Tony Stewart who holds onto the top spot 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 |
Tony Stewart |
2 | - | 1/15 |
At one point, Stewart was a lap down to the leaders, yet he rallied to finish seventh and his teammate won the race. A pretty fine day for the owner/driver.
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| 2 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
0 | 2 | 1/13 |
Don’t look now, but Earnhardt has had top-five finishes two weeks in a row and three in six races. Oh, yeah, he’s also second in points.
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| 3 |
Greg Biffle |
0 | 1 | 1/12 |
He leads the Sprint Cup points standings, but a 13th-place run at Martinsville was nothing to get excited about. He’ll be glad to see Texas in two weeks.
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Matt Kenseth |
1 | 1 | 1/13 |
He usually struggles badly at Martinsville, but this time, Kenseth pulled out an excellent fourth-place finish, far and away best among the Roushketeers.
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| 5 |
Jimmie Johnson |
0 | 2 | 1/20 |
Yes, Johnson finished 12th. But he drove through the field twice and looked the part of a five-time champion until he got wrecked.
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Ryan Newman |
2 | 5 | 6/22 |
The fifth different winner in six races, Newman was in the right place at the right time to capitalize on an opportunity when it counted. Huzzah!
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| 7 |
Martin Truex Jr. |
0 | 1 | 3/13 |
You never heard Truex’s name all race long and suddenly the checkered flag flew and he finished fifth, his fourth top-10 of the year.
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| 8 |
Kevin Harvick |
0 | 5 | 1/13 |
One of the biggest disappointments Sunday was defending race-winner Harvick’s woeful 19th-place finish. Ouch.
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Denny Hamlin |
1 | 1 | 1/12 |
Sixth place is good for most drivers at most tracks. Sixth for Hamlin at Martinsville is subpar. His Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was way behind the Hendrick Chevys.
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Brad Keselowski |
1 | 5 | 1/21 |
The Bristol winner said he thought he was hosed on the restart order at the end of the race. Hard to disagree with that assessment.
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| 11 |
Jeff Gordon |
0 | - | 2/21 |
Even though he finished 14th, Gordon led 328 laps and looked like a guy who has seven Martinsville victories to his credit. Great run, bad luck at the end.
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| 12 |
Clint Bowyer |
0 | 2 | 3/19 |
Top 10 in both the race and the points, Bowyer has shown surprising speed this year with Michael Waltrip Racing.
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Carl Edwards |
0 | - | 4/19 |
After being bog slow Friday and Saturday, some would say finishing 11th was good for Edwards. But he does not yet have the speed of a championship contender.
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| 14 |
A J Allmendinger |
0 | - | 13/24 |
The ‘Dinger scored a career-best runner-up finish behind Ryan Newman. Nice run.
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Jeff Burton |
0 | 2 | 4/21 |
Burton was fast at times but appeared to have engine problems and ended the race 22nd.
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Joey Logano |
0 | - | 8/20 |
For the second consecutive race, Logano finished outside the top 20, but he held on to 13th in points.
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Kyle Busch |
0 | 8 | 3/17 |
Another awful outing for Busch, who hasn’t been a factor for much of the season, aside from his second place at California.
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Aric Almirola |
0 | - | 15/20 |
A great eighth-place run for Almirola, who drove smart and tough.
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Paul Menard |
0 | 5 | 7/20 |
An ugly 26th-place finish for Menard, who has finished the last three races progressively worse.
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Kasey Kahne |
0 | - | 2/22 |
Engine failure while running in top three dooms Kahne to a hugely disappointing finish.
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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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