1. Jeff Gordon: Hasn't had a bad finish seemingly all year. Won't move off the spot until he does.
2. Denny Hamlin: Victory monkey finally off his back.
3. Jimmie Johnson: Came back with a top-5 after fiasco at Sonoma.
4. Matt Kenseth: Mr. Consistency gets back on track with another top-10 showing.
5. Tony Stewart: Finished 12th, but Pepsi 400 at Daytona is coming and he's the two-time defending champ.
6. Martin Truex, Jr.: Still on serious roll: Win at Dover, four top-5s in last five races.
7. Carl Edwards: Bad break with jack on pit road wrecked potential good finish.
8. Clint Bowyer: Fell two spots in points after 37th-place New Hampshire run.
9. Jeff Burton: Had top-10 run, lost spot in points.
10. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.: Finished fourth behind Truex, Jr.
11. Kevin Harvick: Returning to scene of biggest career win next week.
12. Kyle Busch: New Hampshire car nailed for post-race height violation.

Pepsi 400 at Daytona track fact: Not only is Tony Stewart the two-time defending champ in the Pepsi 400, he set a record when he won in 2005. Stewart led for 151 of 160 laps, the most in a 400-mile race.
If Stewart pulls off the win on Saturday, he would join Jimmie Johnson (Las Vegas) and Greg Biffle (Homestead) as drivers with three straight wins at a particular track.

Next Week’s Races
Daytona International Speedway (2.5-mile tri-oval), Daytona Beach, Fla.
NEXTEL CUP: Pepsi 400, Saturday, 4:30 p.m. TNT (Baja Broadband cable channel 46 in St. George)
Race distance: 400 miles, 160 laps
Defending champion: Tony Stewart
BUSCH SERIES: Winn-Dixie 250 presented by PepsiCo, Friday, 5:30 p.m., ESPN2 (Baja Broadband cable channel 28 in St. George)
Race distance: 250 miles, 100 laps
Defending champion: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
CRAFTSMAN TRUCK: Off until July 14 at Kentucky Speedway