NASCAR Power Rankings

NASCAR Power Rankings - MARTINSVILLE

1. Kyle Busch: Kyle wins at Las Vegas. Kurt wins at Atlanta. Kyle wins at Bristol. Why don't we just rename the thing the Busch series.


2. Jeff Gordon: The Boy Scouts of America presented Jeff with the prestigious Silver Buffalo Award on Tuesday night in Charlotte Tuesday night. But he's still bummed that there's no Motorsports merit badge.


3. Jimmie Johnson: Since 2002, Jimmie has five wins at Martinsville to Jeff Gordon's four and thirteen consecutive top-10s to Jeff's 12. Now I know why he walks around Hendrick, singing, "Anything you can do I can do better. I can do anything better than you."


4. Kurt Busch: After that early race incident with Kevin Harvick, you could forgive Kurt for being a little Shell-shocked.


5. Clint Bowyer: I realize it's just a TV commerical, but does anybody else wonder how a disembodied hand holding a napkin can reach through Clint's window while the race is on? That's breaking several laws of physical reality, not to mention the potential aerodynamic drag.


6. Denny Hamlin: I went to the "Denny's Seats" entry page and the first three security passwords presented to me were female, butter and smile. I wasn't sure whether I was trying to win race tickets or ordering breakfast at Waffle House.


7. Carl Edwards : Martinsville is the only oval track on the Cup circuit at which Carl has not led a lap.


8. Kasey Kahne: Anheuser-Busch reportedly remains committed to sponsoring Kasey for the foreseeable future. That means he's their kind of Bud.


9. Jeff Burton: Jeff on this weekend's race: "I seem to have a love-hate relationship with Martinsville." And that's just the hot dogs.


10. Kevin Harvick: Kevin had a great time at Bristol on Saturday. On Sunday, he just had a time.


11. Matt Kenseth: "We just missed it by about four miles all day." Not only does that work for Matt's mediocre day, but it also describes the intoxicated fans who couldn't remember where they parked.


12. David Reutimann: Martinsville may be the true test to see if David's early-season success is sustainable. He's never finished better than 17th in four Cup starts there.


13. Tony Stewart: There's a nice story this week about Tony's charity donating money to pay for surgery on a stray Shih Tzu that suffered a broken back. Now, that's a true "lucky dog."


14. Brian Vickers: Brian lists one of his non-racing heroes as Albert Einstein. Does that mean Red Bull Racing is now hiring quantum mechanics?


15. AJ Allmendinger: Getting locked into the top 35 took away all that pressure of having to qualify on speed every Friday. Now A.J. can feel comfortable knowing he can sit around and shoot the bull.