Who's Up

Who's Down

Biggest Gain This Week:

Kyle Busch: 4th to 2nd

Biggest Drop This Week:

Jeff Burton: 8th to 11th

• David Reutimann

Rank: 1st

• Jeff Gordon #24
• Last Week: 1
  Change: 0
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Jeff Gordon- Had an up and down day at Lowes

The 24 started at the front of the pack but they fell back very quickly at Lowes because of their ill handling racecar. Pit strategy is what saved their day. Expect a rebound for Gordon at Dover where he has a COT average finish of 8th.

Rank: 2nd

• Kyle Busch #18
• Last Week: 4
  Change: +2
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Kyle Busch- All bad luck since 200 win talk began

Ever since Kyle started talking about 200 career NASCAR wins look at what's happened to him at Darlington and Lowes in both the Nationwide Series and the Sprint Cup Series. The runs have been good but not the deserved results.

Rank: 3rd

• Mark Martin #5
• Last Week: 2
  Change: -1
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Mark Martin- Pit penalty in short race = problem

The series veteran had an early pit road mistake but the shortened race just didn't allow enough time for him to overcome the problem. If the race went the scheduled distance I think he would have.

Rank: 4th

• Tony Stewart #14
• Last Week: 3
  Change: -1
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Tony Stewart- Looking forward to Dover

Tony was a 10th place car at best at Lowes and he never really challenged for anything. If the 14 truly wants to contend for the championship they need to be much better in the fall race.

Rank: 5th

• Jimmie Johnson #48
• Last Week: 5
  Change: 0
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Jimmie Johnson- Not the quite Power of Pride Car

If Lowes was still bumpy (blame Humpy) then it would still be Jimmie Johnson's house. Dover is also a good track for Johnson where he started his career there 2-0 in his rookie year.

Rank: 6th

• Ryan Newman #39
• Last Week: 6
  Change: 0
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Ryan Newman- Is he really back?????

Did you know Newman has scored the most points over the last 6 races? So is he back? I say let's wait until he has some strong runs on the typical Intermediates first (not Darlington or Dover).

Rank: 7th

• Kurt Busch #2
• Last Week: 7
  Change: 0
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Kurt Busch- Only front runner with problems

Kurt had a tough day at Lowes and finished 34th. Last fall at Dover he also finished 34th. Dover hasn't been friendly to the elder Busch because in COT races his best finish is 20th and his average finish is 31.25!!!!

Rank: 8th

• Greg Biffle #16
• Last Week: 9
  Change: +1
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Greg Biffle- Most recent Dover winner

Biffle wants to leave Lowes behind in his rearview mirror because Dover is perhaps his best track. The last race he finished outside the top 10 at Dover was back in 2005. His average finish in COT races at Dover is 3rd.

Rank: 9th

• Matt Kenseth #17
• Last Week: 11
  Change: +2
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Matt Kenseth- Good Dover pick

Matt Kenseth now has his first consecutive back to back top ten finishes (10th both races) since his Daytona and California victories earlier this year. Did you know that Matt Kenseth made his Cup debut at Dover in 1998 and finished sixth.

Rank: 10th

• Denny Hamlin #11
• Last Week: 10
  Change: 0
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Denny Hamlin- Pocono is coming up

Hamlin has the 4th best average running position (10.3) in 2009, but he still needs to improve on the Intermediate tracks. He has the short tracks and flat tracks mastered.

Rank: 11th

• Jeff Burton #31
• Last Week: 8
  Change: -3
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Jeff Burton- Best RCR car

Burton may be the best RCR car right now but is that an honor? RCR appears to have fallen behind technologically to the competition because as a whole the RCR Intermediate track program is not on par with the competition.

Rank: 12th

• David Reutimann #00
• Last Week: NR
  Change: N/A
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David Reutimann- First win in the rain

David Reutimann won his first career race for MWR in the rain Monday at Lowes. My question now is why didn't anyone else ahead of him try the same strategy?