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Win at Texas pushes
Burton to top of rankings
Teammates Gordon, Johnson next in line
DAVID POOLE / The Charlotte Observer
Tuesday, Apr. 17, 2007
That's Racin' ranks the top 40 teams in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series following the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Rankings based on team performance and potential. Each team's previous ranking is in parentheses:)
1. (3) Jeff Burton -- car No. 31
Momentum off Texas win. This team also did a car of tomorrow tire test at Phoenix.
2. (2) Jeff Gordon -- car No. 24
Only thing these guys haven't done yet this season is close the deal for a race victory.
3. (1) Jimmie Johnson -- car No. 48
Still formidable, of course, despite not having the best of afternoons at Texas.
4. (6) Matt Kenseth -- car No. 17
This team almost seems to be single-handedly carrying Ford's standard this year.
5. (7) Denny Hamlin -- car No. 11
Brilliant job at Texas of bouncing back to get top-10 finish after falling behind early.
6. (4) Tony Stewart -- car No. 20
Earnhardt Jr. fans booed him after Texas wreck, but Stewart did no harm to the No. 8.
7. (5) Kyle Busch -- car No. 5 (tie) (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr. -- car No. 8
Hey, if they can share the seat in Busch's car in one race they can certainly share a slot in these rankings, can't they?
9. (11) Jamie McMurray -- car No. 26
Four top-10 finishes in the past five races, and the last one at Texas was a top five.
10. (13) Mark Martin/Regan Smith -- car No. 01
Martin didn't miss a beat, returning to Cup action with a third-place finish at Texas.
11. (9) Kevin Harvick -- car No. 29
12. (10) Clint Bowyer -- car No. 07
13. (15) David Stremme -- car No. 40
14. (12) Carl Edwards -- car No. 99
15. (14) Kurt Busch -- car No. 2
16. (18) Greg Biffle -- car No. 16
17. (20) Juan Pablo Montoya -- car No. 42
18. (16) J.J. Yeley -- car No. 18
19. (19) Elliott Sadler -- car No. 19
20. (27) Martin Truex Jr. -- car No. 1
21. (17) Ryan Newman -- car No. 12
22. (21) Kasey Kahne -- car No. 9
23. (23) Casey Mears -- car No. 25
24. (26) Tony Raines -- car No. 96
25. (22) Bobby Labonte -- car No. 43
26. (28) Robby Gordon -- car No. 7
27. (24) Ricky Rudd -- car No. 88
28. (25) Reed Sorenson -- car No. 41
29. (32) Joe Nemechek -- car No. 13
30. (29) Jeff Green -- car No. 66
31. (34) David Gilliland -- car No. 38
32. (31) Sterling Marlin -- car No. 14
33. (33) Scott Riggs -- car No. 10
34. (35) Ken Schrader -- car No. 21
35. (37) Dave Blaney -- car No. 22
36. (40) Brian Vickers -- car No. 83
37. (30) David Ragan -- car No. 6
38. (38) Johnny Sauter -- car No. 70
39. (36) Kyle Petty -- car No. 45
40. (39) Dale Jarrett -- car No. 44