Bristol Power Rankings

[The General]

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  PREVIOUS : 3
  
  CHANGE : +2
• 1
  
  
  
• Kyle Busch
  
  The last guy to come into Atlanta and dominate like that was Bill Sherman, and Georgians don't like him much, either.
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  PREVIOUS : 2
  
  CHANGE : 0
• 2
  
  
  
• Kevin Harvick
  
  Going from A to B: Kevin gets a seventh-place finish at Atlanta, where he's usually been lousy -- and now it's off to Bristol, one of his favorite tracks in the whole world.
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  PREVIOUS : 4
  
  CHANGE : +1
• 3
  
  
  
• Greg Biffle
  
  When the tires went away in the closing laps, he was a sitting duck (unlike Carl Edwards' smoked duck). Still, he's had the best finish for a Roush Fenway Ford twice this season.
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  PREVIOUS : 6
  
  CHANGE : +2
• 4
  
  
  
• Jeff Burton
  
  Another solid effort for a guy who is only one of four drivers to have completed every lap so far this season.
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  PREVIOUS : 1
  
  CHANGE : -4
• 5
  
  
  
• Carl Edwards
  
  Bulletin: NASCAR penalizes Carl another 100 points because of a loose lid on the men's room toilet.
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  PREVIOUS : 8
  
  CHANGE : +2
• 6
  
  
  
• Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  
  Who knew Chicken Little was a race fan?: "I don't want to miss the Chase. The sky might fall."
  
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  PREVIOUS : 10
  
  CHANGE : +3
• 7
  
  
  
• Tony Stewart
  
  Well, that puts an end to Goodyear's proposed 2008 marketing campaign, "Where there's Smoke, there's tire."
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  PREVIOUS : 9
  
  CHANGE : +1
• 8
  
  
  
• Matt Kenseth
  
  Matt was spotted throwing a football in the motorhome lot. Think he's hoping to get a tryout with the Packers now that Brett Favre's retiring?
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  PREVIOUS : 5
  
  CHANGE : -4
• 9
  
  
  
• Kasey Kahne
  
  Atlanta finally proved that Kasey has a fear of commitment (cones).
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  PREVIOUS : 7
  
  CHANGE : -3
• 10
  
  
  
• Ryan Newman
  
  Things were going fine for Ryan until the No. 42 car gummed things up.
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  PREVIOUS : 11
  
  CHANGE : 0
• 11
  
  
  
• Kurt Busch
  
  Kurt's day went from awful to mediocre, which with the way things went at Atlanta was worth an 11th-place finish.
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  PREVIOUS : 15
  
  CHANGE : +3
• 12
  
  
  
• Jeff Gordon
  
  After the race, Jeff said, "I feel like I've run a thousand miles here." Too bad NASCAR isn't giving away double points.
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  PREVIOUS : 14
  
  CHANGE : +1
• 13
  
  
  
• Jimmie Johnson
  
  The good news: He passed the leader twice at Atlanta.
  
  The bad news: It was to get back on the lead lap.
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  PREVIOUS : 12
  
  CHANGE : -2
• 14
  
  
  
• Martin Truex Jr.
  
  Martin had a solid top-10 day going until things went all nuts in the pits.
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  PREVIOUS : NR
• 15
  
  
  
• Dale Jarrett
  
  Three-time Daytona 500 winner, 32 victories, 163 top-five finishes, the 1999 championship -- and one of the classiest guys in the sport. Enjoy retirement, Dale, and keep 'em in the fairways.
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2008 Power Rankings

• Race 1 - Daytona 500 at Daytona Int'l Speedway
• Race 2 - Auto Club 500 at California Speedway
• Race 3 - UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas
• Race 4 - Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
• Race 5 - Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway

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