Frontstretch NASCAR Power Rankings: Top 15 After the 2011 Good Sam RV Insurance 500 at Pocono
Brad Keselowski’s Pocono win may have him set for the postseason, but did it give him a push into the top half of the Power Rankings?
Brad Keselowski’s Pocono win may have him set for the postseason, but did it give him a push into the top half of the Power Rankings?
*In a Nutshell:* See Kevin Harvick. See Kevin Harvick go fast. See Kevin Harvick have enough horsepower and saved fuel on the final restart to get away from Kyle Busch. See Kevin Harvick win. Caution flags are the only one that kept this one close, with Harvick leading 44 of the 53 laps run en route to the win. Kyle Busch made his way up to second and managed to keep up with Harvick during the final green-white-checker restart, but Happy managed to get a drive on the high side through turn 1 that put this one away. Busch, James Buescher, Johnny Sauter and Austin Dillon rounded out the top 5.
Did Menard make it into the Power Rankings after his unlikely Brickyard 400 win for himself and his family at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway?
The Brickyard 400 sits behind only the Daytona 500 on most driver wish lists.
During the final restarts of the New Hampshire NNS race, Kevin Harvick lamented to his team that NASCAR had warned him about continuing his war with Kyle Busch.
Read this week’s Power Rankings and see if your driver was eating lobster or wondering why his tire bead melted in Loudon.
Given Kevin Harvick’s on-track shenanigans at Pocono, was a warning necessary or is NASCAR going too far?
Next week, the Brickyard 400 will mark the return of ESPN the self-styled worldwide leader in sports after a six-race stretch with TNT.
Ryan Newman managed to clear Clint Bowyer on fresher tires following a lap 229 restart and never looked back, scoring his third career victory at Loudon.
Jimmie Johnson finished fifth, wondering what might have been if he’d had the closing laps to race for the win instead of to recover at Loudon.