Round 33. Pep Boys 500 @ Atlanta

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2007 Power Rankings * ATLANTA * Week 33 of 36

Rank 1 Jeff Gordon
Most kids need a security blanket before they can go to sleep. Ella's fine once she snuggles up in her favorite windshield tear-off.

Rank 2 Jimmie Johnson
Don't think Jeff Gordon's going to shake Jimmie this week. He's finished outside of the top 10 at Atlanta only once in his last eight starts.

Rank 3 Clint Bowyer
Interesting fact of the week: Clint has 27 top-10 finishes, but has never done it in three consecutive races.

Rank 4 Tony Stewart
The Chase has been nothing but the pits for Tony, literally.

Rank 5 Carl Edwards
Who would win that fight: Guy with six-pack abs against guy with six pack in fridge?

Rank 6 Kyle Busch
Kyle ran into everything but the hot dog stand there at the end and still finished fourth.

Rank 7 Denny Hamlin
When you've got John Riggins, Art Monk and Wilbur Marshall available, it's no surprise that the Joe Gibbs Racing flag football team is highly-ranked.

Rank 8 Kurt Busch
If not for bad luck, Kurt wouldn't have any luck at all since the Chase began.

Rank 9 Casey Mears
At the end of Sunday's race #32, Casey's car looked like the National Guard had run over it with a tank.

Rank 10 Kevin Harvick
How has Kevin's season gone? His 10th-place effort at Martinsville was only his third top-10 since Indy.

Rank 11 Jeff Burton
Points to ponder ...
Laps led by Jeff at Martinsville: 51
Laps led by Jeff in all other 2007 races: 28

Rank 12 Matt Kenseth
The whole Wisconsin Badgers vs. Missouri Tigers trash-talking apparently got way out of hand.

Rank 13 Greg Biffle
Hey, this whole marriage thing is working out nicely. Greg scored his first top-10 finish at Martinsville.

Rank 14 Kasey Kahne
With as many times as Kasey's brought back a torn-up car this year, I'm surprised Allstate hasn't raised his rates.

Rank 15 Ryan Newman
Jeff Gordon's just sore that Ryan can figure Pi to 37 places without using a calculator.

Rank 16 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Why drivers have a hard time hearing after races: "I put those tail pipes in those other boys ears so they could hear we were on seven cylinders and still driving by them."

Rank 17 Martin Truex Jr.
You would think a guy named Martin would have better luck at Martinsville.

Rank 18 Juan Montoya
According to Babelfish, "utilice el cuerno del cromo" is the Spanish translation for using the chrome horn.

Rank 19 Bobby Labonte
With the way his day went, Goody's Headache Powders was an aptly-named sponsor.

Rank 20 Dave Blaney
Transmission troubles wiped out Dave's streak of consecutive top-10 finishes.

Rank 21 J.J. Yeley
J.J. did his best to keep Martinsville's mosquito population at bay.

Rank 22 Tony Raines
Tony on racing at Martinsville: "If somebody doesn't leave here mad, they probably didn't show up."

Rank 23 David Stremme
David's running a special Halloween paint scheme at Atlanta for St. Jude's Hospital. And no, he's not wearing the Energizer Bunny outfit.

Rank 24 Michael Waltrip
"All we really did today was survive and persevere." Sounds like Michael was listening to the Gloria Gaynor disco CD again.

Rank 25 Jamie McMurray
Jamie's running better than his finishes would indicate, which is good, since he's only had one top-10 since his win at Daytona.