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Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Samsung 500 at Texas

June 22, 2022April 8, 2009 by Mike Neff

Things at Texas happen fast these days, leaving the margin of error slim to none on what’s become the sport’s speediest track. From Kyle Busch …

Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville

June 21, 2022March 31, 2009 by Mike Neff

With their bumping and banging for the lead on Sunday, Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson were able to make big gains up the Power Rankings …

Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Food City 500 at Bristol

June 13, 2022March 24, 2009 by Mike Neff

The fastest half-mile in the world at Bristol battered many of Cup’s top contenders and spit them out. Bad luck struck more than one competitor, …

Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta

June 12, 2022March 17, 2009 by Mike Neff

Four weeks into the season, the top of the Sprint Cup standings are still a long way from getting sorted out. But after everyone got …

Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Shelby 427 at Las Vegas

June 4, 2022March 3, 2009 by Mike Neff

The Jewel in the Desert offered up some fast and furious competition on Sunday, with the Shelby 427 perhaps taking its place as the most …

Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Auto Club 500 at Fontana

June 2, 2022February 24, 2009 by Mike Neff

While many people argued that Matt Kenseth stole or lucked into his Daytona 500 win, no one can deny he was truly worthy of winning …

Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2009 Daytona 500

May 31, 2022February 17, 2009 by Mike Neff

Like it or not, after just 380 miles the first race of the 2009 Sprint Cup season is officially in the books. Matt Kenseth was crowned the winner of just the fourth rain-shortened Daytona 500 in history, taking the lead one lap before the weather with a generous push from runner-up Kevin Harvick. But was that last-lap pass enough to leave Kenseth number one in the eyes of our staff this week? After all, Kyle Busch dominated the race, only to become an innocent victim of the day’s big wreck on lap 125. And where did AJ Allmendinger land after starting the year with a career-best third – driving for a team that doesn’t even know if it’ll exist two months from now? Find these answers, and more, by examining our first Top-15 Power Rankings poll of the year.