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1. (1) MATT KENSETH 165.3
Four top-5s and no finish worse than 20th in 6 races. It’s that combination of excellence and consistency that makes you the driver to beat for the championship.
2. (5) KURT BUSCH 137.3
Bridesmaid Busch finally became a bride, thanks to gutsy pit call on his part. The pace car still lead more laps than him.
3. (2) TONY STEWART 133.7
Tony’s struggles and misfortune in the spring race continue. Who wants to bet that he’s lobbying NASCAR to make this a night race next year?
4. (T3) DALE EARNHARDT JR. 131.1
Ran well at Bristol again, but who is it that’s been calculating his fuel mileage? How many times is it now that they’ve run him out of gas?
5. (T3) MICHAEL WALTRIP 125.9
When you’re 12 laps down at the conclusion of a race and still in 25th, you know you’re at Bristol.
6. (9) BOBBY LABONTE 125.3
Barney run good! Runs him right back up into the top-10 in points.
T7. (7) RICKY CRAVEN 116
When you can take a car that’s run like crap all day and pull out a 15th-place finish, it’s a good omen for the rest of the season.
T7. (8) JIMMIE JOHNSON 116
He got back on track after a dismal two weeks, and continues to lead in the Sophomore-of-the-Year battle.
9. (6) RYAN NEWMAN 115.4
Ryan goes fast on Friday. Ryan fades and gets in the way on Sunday. Same song, different verse.
10. (13) JEFF GORDON 114.2
He lead a lot of laps again today, and actually converted it into a top 10 finish this time.
11. (12) DALE JARRETT 111
Dale gets a JEER for this week, causing a caution that pinned so many top cars multiple laps down.
12. (18) RICKY RUDD 106.4
Even though Ricky’s never won at Bristol, I don’t think he minds going. It seems that every other race there, he finishes in the top 5.
13. (14) ELLIOTT SADLER 103.3
He has a win t Bristol, which is great. Does it make him a shoe-in to contend? Not this time.
14. (21) KEVIN HARVICK 101.8
Being the first driver to pit under green turned out to be somewhat of a blessing; it enable him to stay only one lap down, and thus finish in 7th.
15. (15) JOHNNY BENSON 101.7
Johnny be good, but Johnny be needing some top 10 finishes soon, before Johnny be dropping like a rock in points.
16. (17) JOE NEMECHEK 101.4
After their encounter, Joe parked it for the day and finished 27th. Tony ran 18 more laps and finished 26th. Yeah, it’s Bristol.
17. (20) STERLING MARLIN 101.3
Was this the shot in the arm to get Sterling back in contention? Maybe.
18. (11) DAVE BLANEY 100.9
Bristol sure has a way of killed momentum, doesn’t it? It’s hard to finish good when you wad the car up 15 laps in.
19. (16) RUSTY WALLACE 98.7
The first pit stop of the race cost him a lot of ground, and he was never able to fully make it up.
20. (10) MARK MARTIN 97
The accordion player got a full workout of booting people into the wall, with the help of poor Mark.
21. (19) JEFF BURTON 96.8
The engine held up this time. The part about staying on the lead lap, like so many others, didn’t work out.
22. (26) GREG BIFFLE 96.1
I’d say Las Vegas was a wake-up call; Greg’s average finish is 10th in three races since.
23. (24) JIMMY SPENCER 95.4
Mungo likes the lead. Mungo doesn’t like having to pit under green. Mungo really doesn’t like overshooting his pit stall.
24. (23) ROBBY GORDON 90.1
A little sheet metal music, maestro, and we’ll all dance the Chrome Horn Polka, brought to you in full by that Cingular sportsman, Robby Gordon, and his infamous “dial to the inside” band!
25. (25) BILL ELLIOTT 86.3
A major, major pit road mistake cost Bill at least one and maybe two laps, and thus a shot at the top 10.
26. (22) STEVE PARK 85.7
Just like Bristol to deal you a blow in the points race, just when you don’t need one.
27. (28) JAMIE McMURRAY 81.5
That was a typical Bristol car that you saw Jamie piloting, with a finish typical of a typical Bristol car.
28. (35) KENNY WALLACE 78.5
Top 10 finish! Maybe it will help your friendship with Big Show.
29. (31) JEFF GREEN 74.2
Consecutive top-20s is a start, and Jeff showed promise at Texas last year. But will he win? Of course not.
30. (27) TERRY LABONTE 71.5
What’s worse than crashing out of 3rd? Having it be off the bumper of a car multiple laps down. Terry doesn’t get many of those chances, dang it!
31. (32) CASEY MEARS 69.8
He felt the wrath of Bristol early, and he felt it often. And he still managed to remain the only rookie without a DNF.
32. (29) WARD BURTON 69.5
Does this sound familiar? He crashed out of a potential top-10 finish. You hear that song a LOT at Bristol.
33. (30) JEREMY MAYFIELD 68.2
Oh Jeerrreeemmmyyy! You can start getting good finishes now. It wouldn’t hurt your job security, y’know.
34. (34) KYLE PETTY 63.2
What a shame. He came back from so many spins, and then gets clipped by another spinner. At least he’s ready to race next weekend.
35. (37) JERRY NADEAU 61.1
Yep, Jerry just can’t buy a break. Maybe NA$CAR will cut him a break and not fine him, but I imagine that Mr. Helton needs a new pair of shoes.
36. (33) MIKE SKINNER 60.5
We never got to see a replay of what happened to Mike. All those cameras, and FOX couldn’t catch it? For shame.
37. (41) JOHN ANDRETTI 56.8
Brownie points go to John for sticking it out all racing and beating the boss, though he likely didn’t want to on this day.
38. (36) KEN SCHRADER 56
We barely got any video of Kenny crashing out of the race, too. I think he blew a tire, but there wasn’t much to judge off of.
39. (38) JACK SPRAGUE 55.3
One whack, two whack, three whack, four! You hit the wall twice, Jack, do it once more!
40. (40) TODD BODINE 54.3
He was 158 laps down…but running. Some races don’t even have 158 laps.
41. (39) TONY RAINES 51.6
Engine failure after 1/10 of the race was gone. At least he had the Busch race to smile about.
42. (42) LARRY FOYT 39.7
We already had enough moving roadblocks on the track on Sunday; at least there wasn’t this one too.
43. (43) BRETT BODINE 29.1
With one Bodine Basher out, another was needed to pick up the slack. Brett was only too happy to oblige.
Four top-5s and no finish worse than 20th in 6 races. It’s that combination of excellence and consistency that makes you the driver to beat for the championship.
2. (5) KURT BUSCH 137.3
Bridesmaid Busch finally became a bride, thanks to gutsy pit call on his part. The pace car still lead more laps than him.
3. (2) TONY STEWART 133.7
Tony’s struggles and misfortune in the spring race continue. Who wants to bet that he’s lobbying NASCAR to make this a night race next year?
4. (T3) DALE EARNHARDT JR. 131.1
Ran well at Bristol again, but who is it that’s been calculating his fuel mileage? How many times is it now that they’ve run him out of gas?
5. (T3) MICHAEL WALTRIP 125.9
When you’re 12 laps down at the conclusion of a race and still in 25th, you know you’re at Bristol.
6. (9) BOBBY LABONTE 125.3
Barney run good! Runs him right back up into the top-10 in points.
T7. (7) RICKY CRAVEN 116
When you can take a car that’s run like crap all day and pull out a 15th-place finish, it’s a good omen for the rest of the season.
T7. (8) JIMMIE JOHNSON 116
He got back on track after a dismal two weeks, and continues to lead in the Sophomore-of-the-Year battle.
9. (6) RYAN NEWMAN 115.4
Ryan goes fast on Friday. Ryan fades and gets in the way on Sunday. Same song, different verse.
10. (13) JEFF GORDON 114.2
He lead a lot of laps again today, and actually converted it into a top 10 finish this time.
11. (12) DALE JARRETT 111
Dale gets a JEER for this week, causing a caution that pinned so many top cars multiple laps down.
12. (18) RICKY RUDD 106.4
Even though Ricky’s never won at Bristol, I don’t think he minds going. It seems that every other race there, he finishes in the top 5.
13. (14) ELLIOTT SADLER 103.3
He has a win t Bristol, which is great. Does it make him a shoe-in to contend? Not this time.
14. (21) KEVIN HARVICK 101.8
Being the first driver to pit under green turned out to be somewhat of a blessing; it enable him to stay only one lap down, and thus finish in 7th.
15. (15) JOHNNY BENSON 101.7
Johnny be good, but Johnny be needing some top 10 finishes soon, before Johnny be dropping like a rock in points.
16. (17) JOE NEMECHEK 101.4
After their encounter, Joe parked it for the day and finished 27th. Tony ran 18 more laps and finished 26th. Yeah, it’s Bristol.
17. (20) STERLING MARLIN 101.3
Was this the shot in the arm to get Sterling back in contention? Maybe.
18. (11) DAVE BLANEY 100.9
Bristol sure has a way of killed momentum, doesn’t it? It’s hard to finish good when you wad the car up 15 laps in.
19. (16) RUSTY WALLACE 98.7
The first pit stop of the race cost him a lot of ground, and he was never able to fully make it up.
20. (10) MARK MARTIN 97
The accordion player got a full workout of booting people into the wall, with the help of poor Mark.
21. (19) JEFF BURTON 96.8
The engine held up this time. The part about staying on the lead lap, like so many others, didn’t work out.
22. (26) GREG BIFFLE 96.1
I’d say Las Vegas was a wake-up call; Greg’s average finish is 10th in three races since.
23. (24) JIMMY SPENCER 95.4
Mungo likes the lead. Mungo doesn’t like having to pit under green. Mungo really doesn’t like overshooting his pit stall.
24. (23) ROBBY GORDON 90.1
A little sheet metal music, maestro, and we’ll all dance the Chrome Horn Polka, brought to you in full by that Cingular sportsman, Robby Gordon, and his infamous “dial to the inside” band!
25. (25) BILL ELLIOTT 86.3
A major, major pit road mistake cost Bill at least one and maybe two laps, and thus a shot at the top 10.
26. (22) STEVE PARK 85.7
Just like Bristol to deal you a blow in the points race, just when you don’t need one.
27. (28) JAMIE McMURRAY 81.5
That was a typical Bristol car that you saw Jamie piloting, with a finish typical of a typical Bristol car.
28. (35) KENNY WALLACE 78.5
Top 10 finish! Maybe it will help your friendship with Big Show.
29. (31) JEFF GREEN 74.2
Consecutive top-20s is a start, and Jeff showed promise at Texas last year. But will he win? Of course not.
30. (27) TERRY LABONTE 71.5
What’s worse than crashing out of 3rd? Having it be off the bumper of a car multiple laps down. Terry doesn’t get many of those chances, dang it!
31. (32) CASEY MEARS 69.8
He felt the wrath of Bristol early, and he felt it often. And he still managed to remain the only rookie without a DNF.
32. (29) WARD BURTON 69.5
Does this sound familiar? He crashed out of a potential top-10 finish. You hear that song a LOT at Bristol.
33. (30) JEREMY MAYFIELD 68.2
Oh Jeerrreeemmmyyy! You can start getting good finishes now. It wouldn’t hurt your job security, y’know.
34. (34) KYLE PETTY 63.2
What a shame. He came back from so many spins, and then gets clipped by another spinner. At least he’s ready to race next weekend.
35. (37) JERRY NADEAU 61.1
Yep, Jerry just can’t buy a break. Maybe NA$CAR will cut him a break and not fine him, but I imagine that Mr. Helton needs a new pair of shoes.
36. (33) MIKE SKINNER 60.5
We never got to see a replay of what happened to Mike. All those cameras, and FOX couldn’t catch it? For shame.
37. (41) JOHN ANDRETTI 56.8
Brownie points go to John for sticking it out all racing and beating the boss, though he likely didn’t want to on this day.
38. (36) KEN SCHRADER 56
We barely got any video of Kenny crashing out of the race, too. I think he blew a tire, but there wasn’t much to judge off of.
39. (38) JACK SPRAGUE 55.3
One whack, two whack, three whack, four! You hit the wall twice, Jack, do it once more!
40. (40) TODD BODINE 54.3
He was 158 laps down…but running. Some races don’t even have 158 laps.
41. (39) TONY RAINES 51.6
Engine failure after 1/10 of the race was gone. At least he had the Busch race to smile about.
42. (42) LARRY FOYT 39.7
We already had enough moving roadblocks on the track on Sunday; at least there wasn’t this one too.
43. (43) BRETT BODINE 29.1
With one Bodine Basher out, another was needed to pick up the slack. Brett was only too happy to oblige.
