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Jeff Burton (99)
Burton has two top-10 finishes in his last three starts. After finishing seventh at Michigan, Burton jumped four spots in the points standngs to 17th. |
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Jeff Gordon (24)
The easiest way to make up a 50-point deficit is to go out and win, which Gordon did for the second consecutive week. The new points leader has four top-2 finishes in his last five starts. |
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Kevin Harvick (29)
Harvick is riding a streak of three consecutive top-10 finishes on the Winston Cup circuit. In the same period, Harvick has a win and two second-place finishes in the Busch Series. |
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Sterling Marlin (40)
Just when everyone thought he would go away, Marlin has put together back-to-back top-10 finishes. A third-place finish at Michigan moved him to third in the points. |
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Ricky Rudd (28)
In typical Rudd fashion, he's sneaking up on the competition. After stringing together five top-10 finishes in a row, Rudd is fourth in points, just three points behind Marlin.. |
| Who's Not |
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Stacy Compton (92)
Compton's last six weeks haven't been productive. He hasn't finished higher than 29th in that time and last week, he hit rock bottom when he failed to qualify at Michigan.
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Kurt Busch (97)
Once considered a top Winston Cup rookie, Busch has cooled off considerably. He's lost five spots in the points after finishes of 39th in Dover and 43rd in Michigan. |
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Elliott Sadler (21)
To us, it doesn't seem that long ago that Sadler was standing in Victory Lane at Bristol. To him, it's probably an eternity. Since then, Sadler hasn't cracked the top-15. He was 40th in Michigan. |
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Mike Wallace (7)
After failing to qualify for last week's race at Michigan -- which dropped him three spots to 38th in the points standings -- Wallace will be replaced by Ted Musgrave this week at Pocono. |
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Rusty Wallace (2)
It's a tough week to be named Wallace. Rusty dropped three spots to sixth in the standings after back-to-back finishes out of the top 20. He was 41st in Michigan. |
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