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NASCAR Power Rankings Chase Edition: Week 1

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by Ryan Rantz, Special To NASCAR news, fantasy racing advice and statistics On Pit Row

Ryan is an avid Fantasy Racer and is a student of this aspect of the sport. You can find me on twitter at twitter.com/ifantasyrace, and yes I do my own tweets.

September 15, 2009 6:58 pm UTC 2 Comments

Change from last week

Who's Up

 Change from last week

Who's Down

Biggest Gain This Week:

Jeff Gordon: 3rd to 1st

Biggest Drop This Week:

Juan Pablo Montoya: 5th to 9th
New This Week:
  • Ryan Newman
 Dropped Out This Week:
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Rank: 1st

Jeff Gordon- 1 Win, 18 Top Tens

Why will Jeff Gordon finally complete his drive for 5? Gordon has one of the best Intermediate track programs in the series and there's not one single race in the Chase that this team isn't capable of winning.

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Rank: 2nd

Jimmie Johnson- 3 Wins, 15 Top Tens

Jimmie Johnson has won the past three championships but you know what, this isn't last year. The bullet proof Jimmie Johnson of old has repeatedly been making mistakes. Under a 10 race format teams must be mistake free.

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Rank: 3rd

Mark Martin- 4 Wins, 14 Top Tens

Mark Martin leads the series in wins and he is also one of the most consistent drivers. The thing that scares me about Mark Martin is that he's just so unlucky. When you make a championship pick don't overlook this fact.

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Rank: 4th

Kurt Busch- 1 Win, 14 Top Tens

Kurt Busch won the very first Chase and this team is capable of rallying and perhaps winning the 2009 championship. Unfortunately they will have distractions because Pat Tryson the crew chief already announced he's leaving.

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Rank: 5th

Tony Stewart- 3 Wins, 18 Top Tens

Tony Stewart has been the point’s leader for the majority of the season. Stewart was the point’s leader because of consistency not because they were the fastest team on the track. The consistency of this team is gone is now so what do they have left?
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Rank: 6th

Denny Hamlin- 2 Wins, 14 Top Tens

Hamlin has scored the most points in the series over the last 6 races but in my opinion the 11 team never performs well under pressure. I've lost count of all their long untimely pit stops. Their Chase history isn't stellar either.

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Rank: 7th

Kasey Kahne- 2 Wins, 10 Top Tens

Kasey Kahne is entering the Chase with a very recent win at Atlanta. The majority of the tracks in the Chase are good tracks for Kahne and with a little bit of luck Kahne might be in the championship mix at Homestead.
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Rank: 8th

Brian Vickers- 1 Win, 13 Top Tens

How many times in NASCAR have we seen drivers who just manage to squeak into the Chase crumble like a cookie once their in? Vickers should be able to dodge this problem because the Chase is Intermediate track heavy so it fits his strength perfectly.
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Rank: 9th

Juan Pablo Montoya- 2 Top Fives, 12 Top Tens

Montoya has been driving smart and safe all season long but now is the time for this team to step it up and take more risks. Montoya certainly has consistency figured out, but he needs top fives in order to get the big points week in and week out.
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Rank: 10th

Carl Edwards- 7 Top Fives, 11 Top Tens

Carl Edwards is one of the top NASCAR drivers around but the equipment underneath him just isn't good enough. No driver has ever won the championship if they haven't already won a race earlier in the year.

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Rank: 11th

Greg Biffle- 8 Top Fives, 12 Top Tens

I find it impossible to be optimistic about Roush-Fenway cars when there performances at Intermediate tracks are sub par. The 16 got off to a fast start last year in the Chase and if they contend they will need to do so again.

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Rank: 12th

Ryan Newman- 5 Top Fives, 12 Top Tens

I expect Newman to get off to a good start in the Chase. New Hampshire and Dover are good tracks for Newman but reality will set in at Kansas.

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2 Responses to “NASCAR Power Rankings Chase Edition: Week 1”

  1. User Avatar Ryan Rantz on September 15th, 2009 7:10 pm

    Hello Power Rankings readers,

    I know everybody reads my Power Rankings religiously but here’s some new facts for the Power Rankings because this is the special “Chase Edition”. Much like NASCAR gives all the drivers a fictitious 5000 points for making the Chase I gave all of these drivers 1,000,000 points so they’re all locked into my Power Rankings for the remainder of the year. Drivers who we all love like Kyle Busch may have a great final 10 races of the season but unfortunately you won’t be seeing his name here for the remainder of the year. Also take the driver + & – movements in the rankings with a grain of salt this week.

    Thank you for reading,
    Ryan

  2. User Avatar Eric McClung on September 15th, 2009 10:24 pm

    My Chase predictions:

    1- Kyle Busch scores more wins and points than anyone.

    2- David Reutimann is top-10 in points over the last 10 races.

    3- Denny Hamlin wins with strong runs on flat tracks and short tracks.

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