Sporting News Power Poll

Sporting News Power Poll after Indianapolis
By the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 27, 2010)
Sprint Cup points leader Kevin Harvick returned to the top of the Sporting News Power Poll this week. Harvick finished second Sunday at the Brickyard for his series-high 14th top 10. Race winner Jamie McMurray climbed eight spots to fifth after posting [...]

2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – Driver Standings

Below are the unofficial driver standings for the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
(After 20 races)

RANK
+/-
DRIVER
POINTS
BEHIND
STARTS
POLES
WINS
TOP 5
TOP 10

1
–
Kevin Harvick
2920
Leader
20
0
2
9
14

2
–
Jeff Gordon
2736
-184
20
0
0
10
11

3
+1
Denny Hamlin
2660
-260
20
0
5
7
8

4
-1
Jimmie Johnson
2659
-261
20
0
5
8
11

5
–
Kurt Busch
2658
-262
20
2
2
7
12

6
–
Kyle Busch
2630
-290
20
2
2
5
10

7
–
Jeff Burton
2615
-305
20
0
0
4
10

8
–
Matt Kenseth
2573
-347
20
0
0
4
8

9
–
Tony Stewart
2544
-376
20
1
0
5
10

10
–
Carl Edwards
2496
-424
20
0
0
2
9

11
–
Greg Biffle
2462
-458
20
0
0
3
11

12
–
Clint Bowyer
2446
-474
20
0
0
3
11

13
+1
Mark Martin
2384
-536
20
1
0
5
6

14
-1
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2353
-567
20
1
0
2
6

15
+1
Ryan Newman
2299
-621
20
1
1
2
6

16
+2
Jamie McMurray
2295
-625
20
3
2
6
7

17
–
Kasey Kahne
2290
-630
20
1
0
5
7

18
-3
David Reutimann
2269
-651
20
0
1
4
4

19
–
Joey Logano
2241
-679
20
1
0
2
8

20
–
Martin Truex Jr.
2145
-775
20
1
0
1
4

21
+1
A.J. Allmendinger
2136
-784
20
1
0
0
3

22
-1
Juan Montoya
2121
-799
20
2
0
4
8

23
–
Paul Menard
2102
-818
20
0
0
1
3

24
+1
David Ragan
1939
-981
20
0
0
0
1

25
+1
Brad Keselowski
1936
-984
20
0
0
0
0

26
-2
Scott Speed
1926
-994
20
0
0
0
2

27
+1
Marcos Ambrose
1839
-1081
20
0
0
0
2

28
-1
Elliott Sadler
1799
-1121
20
0
0
0
0

29
–
Sam Hornish Jr.
1768
-1152
20
0
0
0
0

30
–
Regan Smith
1663
-1257
20
0
0
0
0

31
–
Bobby Labonte
1537
-1383
20
0
0
0
0

32
–
Robby Gordon
1438
-1482
18
0
0
1
1

33
–
Travis Kvapil
1394
-1526
19
0
0
0
0

34
+1
Kevin Conway*
1299
-1621
19
0
0
0
0

35
-1
David Gilliland
1260
-1660
16
0
0
0
0

36
–
Brian [...]

Top 5 and 5 to watch: Indianapolis

 
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
 
(July 22, 2010)
Here’s a look at the top five drivers in the Sprint Cup Series standings and five drivers to watch in Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. All statistical references are for Sprint Cup races at Indianapolis unless otherwise indicated. Driver rating is based on the past 5 [...]

Rowdy.com Podcast – July 20

On today’s show:

Denny Hamlin: Carl Edwards’ wreck was “a really bad take-out move.”
Rick Mast: “If you’re gonna bump ’em, you better run.”
Kevin Harvick: I would have “punched (Edwards) in the mouth.”

To listen to the podcast, please click here.

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 18, 2010)
332: Laps led by Kevin Harvick in Nationwide Series races at Gateway International Raceway. Despite having started only five of 14 Nationwide races at Gateway, Harvick has led the most laps. He led six laps Saturday night en route to a 16th-place finish. Ron Hornaday Jr. [...]

Harvick beats heat, stiff neck to win trucks race

 
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 17, 2010)
MADISON, Ill.—On a blistering hot day that left fourth-place finisher Todd Bodine lying on the tile floor of the media center with ice packs on his chest, Kevin Harvick beat the heat and trounced the rest of the field to win Saturday afternoon’s blackout-delayed CampingWorld.com 200.
Despite a [...]

2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – Driver Standings

Below are the unofficial driver standings for the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:

RANK
+/-
DRIVER
POINTS
BEHIND
STARTS
POLES
WINS
TOP 5
TOP 10

1
–
Kevin Harvick
2745
Leader
19
0
2
8
13

2
–
Jeff Gordon
2642
-103
19
0
0
10
11

3
–
Jimmie Johnson
2557
-188
19
0
5
8
11

4
+1
Denny Hamlin
2542
-203
19
0
5
7
8

5
-1
Kurt Busch
2524
-221
19
2
2
7
11

6
–
Kyle Busch
2488
-257
19
2
2
5
9

7
+1
Jeff Burton
2465
-280
19
0
0
4
9

8
-1
Matt Kenseth
2446
-299
19
0
0
4
8

9
–
Tony Stewart
2389
-356
19
1
0
4
9

10
+2
Carl Edwards
2345
-400
19
0
0
2
8

11
-1
Greg Biffle
2292
-453
19
0
0
2
10

12
+2
Clint Bowyer
2286
-459
19
0
0
2
10

13
-2
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2271
-474
19
1
0
2
6

14
-1
Mark Martin
2249
-496
19
1
0
5
6

15
+2
David Reutimann
2190
-555
19
0
1
4
4

16
-1
Ryan Newman
2187
-558
19
1
1
2
6

17
-1
Kasey Kahne
2166
-579
19
1
0
5
7

18
+1
Jamie McMurray
2105
-640
19
3
1
5
6

19
-1
Joey Logano
2103
-642
19
1
0
2
7

20
–
Martin Truex Jr.
2060
-685
19
1
0
1
4

21
–
Juan Montoya
2044
-701
19
1
0
4
8

22
–
A.J. Allmendinger
2021
-724
19
1
0
0
3

23
–
Paul Menard
1981
-764
19
0
0
1
3

24
–
Scott Speed
1838
-907
19
0
0
0
2

25
+1
David Ragan
1836
-909
19
0
0
0
1

26
-1
Brad Keselowski
1830
-915
19
0
0
0
0

27
+1
Elliott Sadler
1750
-995
19
0
0
0
0

28
-1
Marcos Ambrose
1739
-1006
19
0
0
0
2

29
–
Sam Hornish Jr.
1695
-1050
19
0
0
0
0

30
–
Regan Smith
1599
-1146
19
0
0
0
0

31
–
Bobby Labonte
1467
-1278
19
0
0
0
0

32
–
Robby Gordon
1383
-1362
17
0
0
1
1

33
–
Travis Kvapil
1303
-1442
18
0
0
0
0

34
–
David Gilliland
1260
-1485
16
0
0
0
0

35
–
Kevin Conway*
1233
-1512
18
0
0
0
0

36
–
Brian Vickers
1158
-1587
11
0
0
0
3

37
–
David Stremme
825
-1920
11
0
0
0
0

38
–
Mike [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number
By Roger Kuznia
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 10, 2010)
7: Consecutive Sprint Cup races won by Chevrolets at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Jimmie Johnson has won three of the last four, Tony Stewart has two victories, and Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick have one each.

NASCAR podcast: Chicagoland preview

On this week’s podcast:

We review the stats at the halfway point of the Sprint Cup Series season.
Hear from the two drivers with multiple Chicago wins — Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart.
Brett Bodine, NASCAR managing director of R&D, reviews last week’s debut of the Nationwide Series’ new car.
NASCAR stats guru Mike Forde gets inside the numbers [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 8, 2010)
Today’s number is this week’s daily double:
7: Drivers who have won Sprint Cup Series races in the first half of the 2010 season: Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin, five each; Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick, two each; and Jamie McMurray and Ryan Newman.
11: Drivers [...]