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Jeff Burton (99)
Could it be that Roush Racing's dismal season is turning around? The No. 99 car has three top-20 finishes in its last four starts, including a third-place finish at Martinsville. |
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Matt Kenseth (17)
Short-track racing seems to be to Kenseth's liking. A sixth-place finish in Martinsville -- his first top-10 finish of the year -- lifted Kenseth six spots in the point standings to 17th. |
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Dale Jarrett (88)
How can a guy who's won three of the last four races not be considered 'Hot?' It doesn't matter what type of track, the UPS car seems to have the right combination. |
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Ricky Rudd (28)
Rudd proved that his 37th-place finish in Texas was a fluke. He posted his fifth top-10 of the season with a second at Martinsville. That showing lifted Rudd into the top 10 in points. |
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Tony Stewart (20)
The No. 20 car might be sneaking up on the rest of the field. A seventh at Martinsville -- his first top-10 finish since Rockingham -- moved Stewart to 12th in the points standings. |
| Who's Not |
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Michael Waltrip (15)
Waltrip hasn't finished in the top 10 since winning at Daytona. What's more, he hasn't cracked the top 20 in his last five starts. He lost five spots in the standings after finishing 24th at Martinsville.
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John Andretti (43)
After a second-place finish at Bristol, Andretti hasn't been close since. He finished 31st in Texas and two weeks ago in Martinsville, he was knocked out after just 58 laps. |
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Robert Pressley (77)
The woes continue for Pressley. He finished last in Texas and finished 41st two weeks ago in Martinsville. In his last two starts, Pressley has lost 10 spots in the points standings. |
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Terry Labonte (5)
Just when the older Labonte brother looked to be gathering some momentum, along came a 23rd-place finish in Martinsville. The effort cost Labonte four spots in the points race. |
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Jeremy Mayfield (12)
Since third-place finishes at Darlington and Bristol, Mayfield hasn't reached the top 20. In Martinsville, he started sixth and finished 30th. |
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