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Dale Earnhardt Jr. (8)
After his dominating victory Sunday at Dover, Earnhardt Jr. jumped a spot in the standings, to 6th. The win was his second consecutive finish in the top three. |
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Bobby Hamilton (55)
Hamilton scored just his sixth top-10 finish of the season Sunday at Dover when he crossed the line 10th. It was also Hamilton's third consecutive finish in the top 15. |
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Sterling Marlin (40)
Marlin has three top-10 finishes in his past five starts, including a win at the rain-shortened Pepsi 400 at Michigan last month. Marlin is fifth in the standings, 484 points behind leader Jeff Gordon. |
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Jerry Nadeau (25)
Nadeau's second-place finish at Dover on Sunday was his second top-10 effort in his past three starts. Nadeau has jumped two spots in the standings to 20th. |
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Joe Nemechek (33)
Nemechek was seventh last week at Dover -- his best finish since he was sixth in the Talladega 500 in April. Nemechek -- 33rd in the standings -- has back-to-back finishes in the top 20. |
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Kurt Busch (97)
Busch finished 41st Sunday at Dover Downs -- his second finish out of the top 40 in his past five starts. He was also 39th at Darlington earlier this month. |
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Ron Hornaday (14)
Hornaday has missed the top 30 in each of his past three starts. He was 34th at Dover Downs on Sunday. In 26 starts this year, he has just one top-10 effort, a ninth at Las Vegas in March. |
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Bobby Labonte (18)
A 36th-place finish at Dover sunk the defending Winston Cup champion three places in the standings, to ninth. It was the fifth time this season that Labonte has finished out of the top 30. |
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Kyle Petty (45)
Petty finished 43rd in Dover, lasting just 13 laps. It was his fourth finish out of the top 40 and worst finish of a dismal season. In just 18 starts in 2001, Petty's average finish is 27th. |
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Michael Waltrip (15)
Waltrip has four finishes out of the top 30 in his past five starts. At a track other than Daytona International Speedway, his best finish this season is 13th in Las Vegas in March.
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