NASCAR Power Rankings Week 2
Posted March 04, 2013 08:22 AM ESTJimmie Johnson put on a late charge Sunday to win his second Daytona 500 and move to the top of the FOXSports.com/SPEED.com Power Rankings.
This week’s list.
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FOX SPORTS NASCAR POWER RANKINGS
| RK | DRIVER | WINS | CHANGE | HIGH/LOW | COMMENTS |
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Jimmie Johnson |
1 | 6 | 1/7 |
The five-time champ was quiet during most of Speedweeks but came on strong when it mattered, in a run reminiscent of David Pearson. He really does want to win eight championships and this is a great start to his pursuit of No. 6.
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Danica Patrick |
0 | - | 2/23 |
Winning the Daytona 500 pole wasn’t a fluke. Patrick proved that by becoming the first woman to ever lead a Sprint Cup race, posting the best finish ever by a woman in the Daytona 500 and by becoming only the 13th driver ever to lead both the Daytona 500
Winning the Daytona 500 pole wasn’t a fluke. Patrick proved that by becoming the first woman to ever lead a Sprint Cup race, posting the best finish ever by a woman in the Daytona 500 and by becoming only the 13th driver ever to lead both the Daytona 500 and the Indy 500.
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Brad Keselowski |
0 | 3 | 1/14 |
Even with the nose of his Penske Ford torn up, Keselowski damn near won the 500 anyway. He will be a force to be reckoned with for quite some time.
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Matt Kenseth |
0 | 1 | 1/9 |
The 2003 champ dominated the race, leading 86 of 200 laps before the engine in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota let go. Would not be a shock if he wins it all this year.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
0 | 9 | 1/14 |
For the third time in the last four years, Junior made a big charge at the end to finish second. Good way to start the year.
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Kevin Harvick |
0 | 2 | 4/15 |
It was a great Speedweeks for Harvick up until Kyle Busch turned Kasey Kahne, triggering a multi-car pileup that took several top contenders out, including Harvick.
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Ryan Newman |
0 | 6 | 7/18 |
It was a trying week for Newman, who fought illness and a wreck during a prelim to come back and post a solid top-five finish.
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Tony Stewart |
0 | 7 | 1/19 |
Smoke’s Daytona 500 hard luck continued, as he got caught in the same crash that took out Harvick, Kasey Kahne and others.
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Mark Martin |
0 | - | 5/19 |
The ageless one finished third behind Johnson and Earnhardt and got mega cool points for having rapper 50 Cent up on his pit box for the race.
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Greg Biffle |
0 | 1 | 5/13 |
From start to finish, The Biff was the best of the Fords at Daytona, hands down. Couldn’t get hooked up on the last lap, though, and finished sixth.
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Kyle Busch |
0 | 2 | 1/16 |
Fast car, DNF because of engine failure. A frightening flashback to last year for Busch.
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Kasey Kahne |
0 | 4 | 2/15 |
Speaking of frightening flashbacks, Kahne got wrecked out of the Daytona 500 again, not the start he wanted.
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Jeff Gordon |
0 | 8 | 5/18 |
A disappointing 20th-place finish for Gordon, who fought overheating issues along with bad drafting luck.
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Denny Hamlin |
0 | 4 | 5/19 |
Once Kenseth and Busch fell out, Hamlin had no drafting partners. Had an interesting post-race Twitter spat with Joey Logano.
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Clint Bowyer |
0 | - | 5/15 |
It looked like Bowyer might finish in the top two or three, but he faded at the end.
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Regan Smith |
0 | - | 16/17 |
Driving for tiny Phoenix Racing, Smith mixed it up with the big boys to finish seventh. Great run.
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Michael McDowell |
0 | - | 17/19 |
Team owner Phil Parsons didn’t even bring a backup car for McDowell. He didn’t need one as McDowell drove to a ninth-place finish.
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Martin Truex Jr. |
0 | 1 | 14/20 |
Fast car, broken Toyota motor. Sensing a theme here?
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Carl Edwards |
0 | 3 | 2/19 |
No one is happier to leave Daytona than Edwards, who wrecked five cars.
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Bobby Labonte |
0 | - | 20/23 |
When all the Toyotas were running, Labonte was in the top 10. Still finished a respectable 15th.
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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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