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Fantasy 50: Gordon moves up

by Gerrit Ritt, FOXSports.com

Updated: June 23, 2008, 7:29 PM EST 3 comments

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Review my Top 50 fantasy drivers in NASCAR. These rankings are updated weekly during the NASCAR season.

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NASCAR Fantasy Fifty
Rk	P	A	Driver	Comment
1			Kyle Busch	Ho hum, wins yet again, he does it everywhere, road course can't stop him
2			Jeff Burton	After 10 top 10s in 11 races, Burton's now finished 15th and 13th in last 2
3			D. Earnhardt, Jr.	Followed up his 1st win of '08 with a 12th on the road course of Infineon
4			Carl Edwards	Ninth place gives him him 7th consecutive finish inside the top 10
5	6		Matt Kenseth	Now has 6 straight top 10s, and 8th this week was the worst of them all
6	5		Jimmie Johnson	Started 2nd, led 2nd-most laps, yet fell back to 15th place at the end
7	10		Jeff Gordon	After 2 straight outside the top 10, he jumps back into 3rd with a solid run
8	9		Greg Biffle	Was 20th last week and 11th at Infineon, will probably stay put
9	7		Denny Hamlin	4 of his last 7 finishes have been 23rd or worse, 27th this weekend
10	8		Kasey Kahne	Had the pole and led 4 laps early on, but finished a lap back in 33rd
11	12		Tony Stewart	Ran all the way up from 39th to finish 10th, will move up just a bit
12	14		Brian Vickers	Road course was not what he needed right now, though 14th ain't all bad
13	11		David Ragan	Started 38th and finished 24th at Infineon, not one of his better efforts
14	13		Kevin Harvick	Now has 3 runs in the 30s this season, not what he needed this week
15	16		Clint Bowyer	Had been falling like a rock before finally putting up a strong 4th place
16	15		Martin Truex, Jr.	17th, 17th and 16th the last 3 weeks means that's right where he should be
17			Travis Kvapil	Just barely made it into the race to begin with, then was totally average
18			J. McMurray	Started 18th, finished 18th, 20th overall in points, I'll rank him around there
19	23		Ryan Newman	He's a road racer from way back, so his 7th-place finish was no surprise
20	19		Mark Martin	Sat out yet another race this week, allowing Aric Almirola another shot
21	20		Dave Blaney	Has been 20th and 38th the last 2 weeks, that's not gonna get it done
22	21		Kurt Busch	Has gone from a top 10 and a 21st to a 32nd, back on the downslide again
23	25		Sam Hornish	Was in the top 22 the last 3 weeks, but this road racer fell to 31st this week
24			D. Reutimann	After running so well for so long, he's now gone 35th and 40th the last 2
25	22		Bobby Labonte	Car issues ruined a great qualifying run (4th), ending his day in 39th
26	28		Juan P. Montoya	He won this thing last season, and impressed yet again with a 6th-place run
27	31		David Gilliland	Where did THIS come from? Was unbelievable in a run to 2nd this week!
28	30		Elliott Sadler	An unfortunate flat tire sent him from 4th to 19th in last 2 laps of the race
29	32		Casey Mears	Just as he's coming in 5th at Infineon, rumors are he might be done at HMS
30	33		Michael Waltrip	Run every race this season and finished between 23rd and 37th in them all
31	26		Paul Menard	After putting up his best finish of the season last week, crumbled to 34th
32	27		Allmendinger	Had 3 top 20s in the last 4 weeks, but couldn't get it done at Infineon (37th)
33	35		Joe Nemechek	Still hasn't finished better than 25th this season, 26th at Infineon
34	29		Scott Riggs	After 4 straight runs outside the top 20, Riggs sat this race out
35	37		P. Carpentier	Ran near the back of the pack for much of the day, but ended it in 23rd
36	39		M. McDowell	His 21st-place finish was easily his best of the season to date
37	34		Regan Smith	One of the handful of drivers who sat this out in favor of road specialists
38	36		Reed Sorenson	Sorenson took his first week off for the road race, sure he'll be back soon
39	38		Robby Gordon	Started in 8th, but finished two laps back in 36th, not a strong result
40			Bill Elliott	The ole vet took this one off, he hasn't been contending lately anyhow
41			J.J. Yeley	Has now missed 2 of the last 3 weeks, with a 41st sandwiched in between
42			Dario Franchitti	Was dead last a week ago, then sits this one out, not a factor this season
43			Kyle Petty	Is officially back to being on the sidelines, has missed the last 3 weeks
44	49		Aric Almirola	Finished 8th, 42nd, 33rd and now 28th in his 4 runs this season
45	44		Johnny Sauter	Has run in just 3 races this season, coming in 37th, 33rd and 35th
46	45		Jeremy Mayfield	A 25th at Dover a few weeks ago was best finish since 16th at Vegas
47	46		Tony Raines	Qualified for 1st race of the year 4 weeks ago, ended 40th, sat out last 3
48	47		Ken Schrader	Has run in just 5 races all season, but has missed the last 4 of them
49	48		Mike Skinner	The Truck Series regular has now missed more weeks than he's run
50			David Stremme	No Sprint races the last few weeks, 9th overall in Nationwide points race

Just missed
Rk	P	A	Driver	Comment
51	53		Marcos Ambrose	Australian rookie made first Cup race this week, but ended 42nd
52	51		Jason Leffler	Made 1st Sprint Cup race a couple weeks ago, but ended day in 40th
53	52		John Andretti	Has made just 3 races all year, has gone 40th, 35th and 40th
54			Jon Wood	Made his 1st race of the season a month ago, placing 36th at Talladega
55			Scott Wimmer	Missed the Sprint Cup race again this week, 19th in Nationwide pts, though

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