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Jeff Gordon (24)
Gordon is riding a string of six consecutive top-10 finishes. The Winston Cup points leader also has 10 top-10 efforts in his past 12 starts. After finishing third at Bristol, his average finish is 10th. |
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Bobby Labonte (18)
Labonte has three top-10 finishes in his past five starts including his victory in the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono. Labonte is eighth in the standings, 103 points behind fifth-place Tony Stewart. |
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Sterling Marlin (40)
A ninth-place finish Saturday at Bristol is the third top-10 finish for Marlin in his past four starts. He's gaining on third-place Dale Jarrett in the standings. Marlin trails Jarrett by just 39 points. |
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Steve Park (1)
Park got himself in the top 10 in the standings after finishing seventh in the Sharpie 500. The effort was Park's fourth consecutive top-10 finish. |
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Ricky Rudd (28)
After going through a bit of a rough patch, Rudd seems to have recovered. He's been in the top five in two of his past three starts. Rudd trails Jeff Gordon by 308 points in the standings. |
| Who's Not |
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Brett Bodine (11)
Bodine's past two starts have been out of the top 25 after a promising 13th-place effort at Watkins Glen. Bodine's last top-10 finish was a ninth at the Pepsi 400 at Daytona. |
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Andy Houston (96)
Houston has finished out of the top 30 in each of his past five starts. Of those, he's finished 43rd three times. Houston was 40th at Saturday's Sharpie 500. |
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Buckshot Jones (44)
Jones has finished 36th or lower in each of his past three starts. He lasted just 67 laps in Saturday night's Sharpie 500 at Bristol before finishing 43rd. |
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Kyle Petty (45)
Petty has only qualified in two of the past four Winston Cup races. When he has qualified, he's struggled on race day. Petty was 39th at Watkins Glen and 25th at Michigan. |
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Mike Skinner (31)
Skinner hasn't exactly made a great impression since returning behind the wheel of the No. 31 car. He was 18th at Michigan and he finished 34th after starting second at Bristol on Saturday night.
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