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Casey Atwood (19)
Atwood's roller-coaster rookie season has caught an upswing. He has back-to-back top-15 finishes after finishing 15th at Pocono. As a result, he gained two spots to 32nd in the standings. |
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. (8)
Earnhardt Jr. has three top-10 finishes and an 11th-place effort in his past four starts. After finishing at Pocono, he jumped a spot to seventh in the standings. |
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Bobby Labonte (18)
The defending Winston Cup champ has five top-10 finishes in his past six starts. His thrilling victory at Pocono moved him up a spot to eighth in the points. |
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Robert Pressley (77)
Pressley's ninth-place finish at in the Pennsylvania 500 was his second top-10 effort in his past three races. Pressley gained another spot in the standings, to 22nd. |
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Tony Stewart (20)
Stewart has back-to-back top-5 finishes. His third-place finish at Pocono last Sunday was his 10th top-10 finish in his past 13 starts. Stewart sits fourth in the standings. |
| Who's Not |
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Kurt Busch (97)
After an eighth-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway two weeks ago, Busch hasn't been close. He was 42nd at New Hampshire and 37th at Pocono. |
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Stacy Compton (92)
Compton hasn't cracked the top 30 in three of his past four starts. Through 20 Winston Cup starts this season, he has one top-10 finish -- at the season-opening Daytona 500 in February. |
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Terry Labonte (5)
Labonte has finished below the top 30 in five of his past six starts. The No. 5 car hasn't finished in the top 10 since the Food City 500 at Bristol in March. |
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Ron Hornaday (14)
Hornaday has finished below the top 30 in nine of his past 10 starts. He has just one top-10 finish in 19 starts this season. Hornaday was ninth at Las Vegas in March. |
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Elliott Sadler (21)
After his third-place finish at Daytona, Sadler has cooled off considerably. He finished 40th in the New England 300 and was 26th in the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono.
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