NASCAR Power Poll
1. (1) Tony Stewart
On behalf of the NASCAR World Mr. Stewart, your message has been received loud and clear. You have just as good a chance at winning this year’s championship as Jimmie Johnson does, maybe more depending on your point of view.

2. (2) Jimmie Johnson
Let’s put this in perspective, it took Dale Earnhardt 517 races and Richard Petty 200 races before either won a race on a road course. So there is no shame for Johnson never having yet won one himself.

3. (3) Jeff Gordon
Back injuries never completely heal, so the question is will Gordon be able to manage the pain well enough to become the third wheel on the Stewart-Johnson bicycle.

4. (5) Denny Hamlin
Hamlin has put himself in excellent position to make some noise in the next few weeks, whether or not he takes advantage of that is a different story.

5. (8) Kurt Busch
Busch just keeps quietly doing the same thing every week, which is run upfront all race and collect top-10s like a kid collects trading cards.

6. (7) Juan Pablo Montoya
Montoya definitely has the consistency thing down, now he just needs to get the winning thing down. Just don’t expect it to happen this weekend in Michigan.

7. (9) Carl Edwards
A strong run at Watkins Glen following back-to-back disappointing finishes shows this team is resilient. What this team really needs to do is show that it can win, which it hasn’t done since last year.

8. (4) Mark Martin
Martin channeled the Invincible Man Monday, which for a team that still is very much on the Chase bubble is beyond unacceptable. This coming Sunday at Michigan, don’t expect Martin to pull the same disappearing act; he won there in June, and should be a contender once again.

9. (6) Kasey Kahne
Here’s hoping that at the very least Kahne sent Sam Hornish Jr. either a note saying “I’m sorry,” or a bottle of Hornish’s favorite adult beverage. If it were me, I would prefer the bottle.

10. (NR) Greg Biffle
Needed a good run to further enhance his Chase hopes and he got exactly the kind of finish he needed (5th). Now it’s off to Michigan where Biffle will be looking to settle some unfinished business from the race he lost here in June.
Posted: 8/12/2009 1:09:14 PM
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