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Power Rankings: Dover
September 16, 2003
9:58 AM EDT (0958 GMT)

Sorry we're late. Everybody ahead of us had to stop for gas on their way out of New Hampshire.

Biggest Gain this week: Bill Elliott, up seven spots

Biggest Drop this week: Jeff Burton, down six spots

New this week: Elliott Sadler (24)

Dropped out: Jimmy Spencer (25)
Week 28 of 36, MBNA America 400 at Dover International Speedway
Rank Prev Number Driver Comments
 1  4 Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson He swept New Hampshire in 2003. In a related story, Team 48 signs on ACME Body Armor, Inc. as a new associate sponsor.
 2  1 Ryan Newman Ryan Newman Won from the pole at Dover this spring. Has three top-10 finishes in three starts there. Foolish to expect anything but a strong showing on Sunday.
 3  2 Matt Kenseth Matt Kenseth Panic sets in at Roush Racing: Matt is hemorrhaging his points lead over Dale Jr. at rate that has him yielding the top spot by the second Pocono race of 2004.
 4  3 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Note to self: Improve math skills.
 5 11 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 7 cylinders? No way. 7 1/2 maybe, but not seven. That car had what what’s called good gription.
 6  5 Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon As a car owner, he succeeded in spite of himself. As a driver, his performance was vintage Lake Speed.
 7  6 Terry Labonte Terry Labonte 13 career DNFs at Dover. In our book, that’s unlucky.
 8 10 Jamie McMurray Jamie McMurray Strong. Up another two places in the points standings.
 9  7 Bobby Labonte Bobby Labonte Had the pit strategy worked out, but two burned sparkplug wires dashed his late-race hopes.
10  8 Tony Stewart Tony Stewart One top-10 in the last 9 races. ’Nuf said.
11 17 Rusty Wallace Rusty Wallace Another solid -- albeit stealthy -- run gives the Rusty a little mo’ for Dover where he has three career victories, but none since the switch to concrete.
12  9 Kurt Busch Kurt Busch Make that three uninspired races since Bristol -- and counting. Somebody, please, kick this team in the pants.
13 20 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott It’s like Bill and Jeremy have traded places right back again. Bill is fast at Dover. Expect another strong showing.
14 14 Dale Jarrett Dale Jarrett Just about the worst possible of all weeks. He could have purposely exploded the motor during the warm-up laps and we still wouldn’t have dropped his ranking.
15 15 Jeremy Mayfield Jeremy Mayfield Coming home eleventh at Loudon is like ordering vanilla at Baskin-Robbins.
16 13 Mark Martin Mark Martin 15 career top-fives at Dover. We’ve got a funny feeling about him this coming Sunday. Or maybe it’s just gas.
17 16 Greg Biffle Greg Biffle Loudon was the first race all season where Biffle was the lowest-finishing rookie.
18 12 Jeff Burton Jeff Burton Pfffffffffft.
19 18 Robby Gordon Robby Gordon About Loudon, Robby said, “It’s not fuel-mileage racing. It’s smartest-guy-wins racing. Unfortunately, we were about four or five laps from being the smartest guy.” Funny.
20 23 Ricky Rudd Ricky Rudd Look out: He’s got momentum, four career victories at Dover and is tied for the most all-time top-10s there. They say age and treachery will beat youth and exuberance every time.
21 19 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip In his last 12 races at Dover, MW has a grand total of zero top-10 finishes. Talladega can’t get here soon enough.
22 24 John Andretti John Andretti Shows you what good equipment can do for a guy.
23 21 Ward Burton Ward Burton Beat his little brother by 153 laps and nine points on Sunday.
24 NR Elliott Sadler Elliott Sadler Muscled his way in by virtue of having such a lousy car at Loudon in July and running so strong on Sunday.
25 22 Sterling Marlin Sterling Marlin 76 hard-earned points.
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• Week 34 at Phoenix International Raceway
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• Week 37 at Daytona International Speedway
The opinions listed here are solely those of the writer.
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