NASCAR Cup * Power Rankings

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2009 NASCAR Cup Power Rankings
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POCONO - Week 21 of 36 (By: Mark Aumann)

Who's Up - Biggest Gain this week:
#16 Greg Biffle: 16th to 6th
New This Week :#16 Greg Biffle + #17 Matt Kenseth

Who's Down - Biggest Drop this week:
#11 Danny Hamlin: 5th to 10th
Dropped Out : #18 Kyle Busch + #47 Marcos Ambrose


Tony Stewart #14 CHEVY
Want a statistical explanation as to Tony's success in 2009?
He leads all Cup drivers with 18 lead-lap finishes,
and he and teammate Ryan Newman are 1-2 in total laps completed.


Jimmie Johnson #48 CHEVY
The person who coined the phrase "respect your elders" never tried to make an outside pass for the lead in Turn 1 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.


Mark Martin #5 CHEVY
Mark on whether he was "big picture" racing in the closing laps: "You can't win if you wreck. I was driving as fast as I could without wrecking, man."


Jeff Gordon #24 CHEVY
It's all a matter of perspective. Jeff finished ninth at Indy and called it a "decent day."
That would have been a career highlight for an awful lot of other drivers in the field.


Kasey Kahne #9 DODGE
Peaking at the right time?: Kasey has 8 top-10 finishes this season,
and 6 of them have come in the last 9 races.


Greg Biffle #16 FORD
After wasting a good run at Michigan, Greg wasn't willing to make another fuelish mistake.


Brian Vickers #83 TOYOTA
Taking the Bull by the horns: Ever since that Nationwide Series
wreck with Cup teammate Scott Speed at New Hampshire,
Brian has finishes of 7`th, 7`th and 5`th.


Juan Montoya #42 CHEVY
Inconceivable: I wonder if Juan will now spend the next 20 years vowing revenge on a six-fingered NASCAR official?


Carl Edwards #99 FORD
The good news: Carl made more green-flag passes at Indy than anybody other than Casey Mears.
The bad news: That's what happens when you start 41st.


Denny Hamlin #11 TOYOTA
Denny desperately needs the Pocono magic that earned him 2 wins and 5 top-10s in his first 5 visits,
and not the one that's caused him to finish 23rd and 38th in the last 2 trips.


Kurt Busch #2 DODGE
Horace Mann said education is the great equalizer.
Kurt and his crew would like Horace to explain why that tire equalized and put him a lap down.


David Reutimann #00 TOYOTA
The good news: David now has 6 top-10 finishes this season.
The bad news: David's average finish in the next race after a top-10 finish this season is 26.2.


Ryan Newman #39 CHEVY
Ryan will make an appearance at the Lyons Fire Company's annual Racefest in Pennsylvania on Thursday.
I guess they invited him because they heard he was heavily involved with Smoke.


Matt Kenseth #17 FORD
With Matt announcing he's going from DeWalt to Crown Royal in 2010,
I heard one punster call it an inherently whisky move.


Joey Logano #20 TOYOTA
Joey has more wins (1) and top-10 finishes after 20 races than
Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jamie McMurray and Martin Truex Jr.

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