Ky Busch caps off Nationwide season in style

Kyle Busch clinched the Nationwide season championship by merely starting the Ford 300, but he capped off the season in style by holding off second-place Carl Edwards—who also finished second in the points' standings.

Our View On Friday night, Kevin Harvick won the Camping World Truck Series race while his Ron Hornaday-led team clinched the owner's championship.

Could we see a third such storyline with a Jimmie Johnson victory on Sunday?

Trucks: Hornaday wins 5th consecutive

Ron Hornaday Jr. won his fifth consecutive race in the Camping World Truck Series with a dominating performance in the Toyota Tundra 200.

Our View This was the first time ever that this has been done in the Truck series and the first time its happened in any of NASCAR's top divisions during the Modern Era. The last time a driver won five in a row was Richard Petty in 1971. Bobby Allison also won five in a row that season.

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Trucks: Hornaday wins record 4th in a row

For the first time in Camping World Truck Series history a driver has won four consecutive races by holding off a determined Mike Skinner.

Our View O'Reilly Raceway Park can be difficult with very little passing, but Hornaday and Skinner ran side by side for the final seven laps. He also extended his series winning record to 44.

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Trucks: Braun on pole at ORP

Colin Braun backed up his fast speed in practice by winning the pole for Friday night's AAA Insurance 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park. His pole speed was 109.965 mph.

Our View The top five hold no surprises with Mike Skinner, Stacy Compton, Ron Hornaday Jr. and Matt Crafton rounding out the list. It is incredibly hard to pass on this track, so these are your favorites.

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Week 27 Unified Power Rankings

Jenson Button and Tony Stewart kept their positions atop the Unified Power Rankings. Button's number one spot is unchanged because Formula 1 had the week off, but Stewart only enhanced his second-place position with a solid fifth-place finish at New Hampshire—his fifth consecutive result of seventh or better. These two drivers have redefined the concept of place-and-hold.

Mark Webber also jumped up the grid, improving his rank from 10th to third. How is that possible with the series going idle? The Power Ranking formula looks at the last 90 days for a snapshot of how drivers are performing right now, and that means that Webber's 12th-place finish in the ING Australian Grand Prix is no longer held against him. Since that race, he has posted five top-fives in seven races—including three runner-up results.

Dario Franchitti also climbed the charts from eighth to fourth on the strength of his solid second-place run on the short track in Richmond. In his last four Indy short track starts, that's his worst result after winning the other three. Chip Ganassi fans should be quite proud of the organization; last week they finished 1-2, and Scott Dixon—the winner of the SunTrust Indy Challenge—settled in right behind Franchitti in fifth.

It was a great weekend for Brad Keselowski. He competed in the Nationwide and Cup series and earned accolades in both. A third-place finish in the Camping World RV Sales 200 was his fifth consecutive top-five, which easily makes him the best Nationwide Regular in the game. He also finished sixth in Cup competition and while that may have been aided by rain, the points pay the same to fantasy owners.

Ron Hornaday Jr. is slowly making his way back up the grid. With back-to-back victories at Milwaukee and Memphis, he's improved 10 positions and lands 32nd on our chart. That may not seem like much, but only two weeks ago he was in danger of falling out of the top 50. Better still, he is in striking distance of the highest ranked Camping World Truck Series driver—Matt Crafton. In the last three months, Crafton has finished worse than seventh only once, and consistency is often more important than raw strength in fantasy games.

Unified Power Rankings
Top 50

Rank	Driver	Points	Last week	+/-
1	Jenson Button	106.71	1	0
2	Tony Stewart	99.62	2	0
3	Mark Webber	93.14	10	7
4	Dario Franchitti	92.63	8	4
5	Scott Dixon	88.13	12	7
6	Kurt Busch	86.75	13	7
7	Brad Keselowski	86.39	14	7
8	Rubens Barrichello	86.29	9	1
9	Jimmie Johnson	86.25	7	-2
10	Erik Darnell	84.83	16	6
11	Joey Logano	83.36	27	16
12	Helio Castroneves	82.57	3	-9
13	Ryan Briscoe	82.50	4	-9
14	Greg Biffle	82.50	22	8
15	Kyle Busch	82.44	18	3
16	Jeff Gordon	82.25	17	1
17	Mark Martin	82.15	5	-12
18	Jason Leffler	81.77	6	-12
19	Danica Patrick	81.75	15	-4
20	Sebastian Vettel	81.43	32	12
21	Carl Edwards	80.96	21	0
22	Ryan Newman	80.13	11	-11
23	Matt Kenseth	79.25	25	2
24	Juan Montoya	78.17	26	2
25	Dan Wheldon	78.00	24	-1
26	Denny Hamlin	77.08	19	-7
27	Matt Crafton	76.86	20	-7
28	Kasey Kahne	74.92	31	3
29	Timo Glock	74.43	23	-6
30	Nico Rosberg	73.29	30	0
31	Stephen Leicht	73.00		NR
32	Ron Hornaday Jr	72.38	40	8
33	Jeff Burton	70.88	28	-5
34	Steve Wallace	70.33	37	3
35	David Reutimann	70.29	33	-2
36	Brian Vickers	69.18	42	6
37	Felipe Massa	68.86	63	26
38	Marco Andretti	68.38	34	-4
39	Justin Allgaier	68.00	36	-3
40	Jason Keller	67.92	38	-2
41	Tayler Malsam	67.71	41	0
42	Tony Kanaan	67.63	35	-7
43	Fernando Alonso	67.00	29	-14
44	Sam Hornish Jr	67.00	52	8
45	Kimi Raikkonen	66.71	57	12
46	Johnny Sauter	66.57	59	13
47	Jamie McMurray	66.50	44	-3
48	Colin Braun	65.71	76	28
49	Tomas Scheckter	65.40		NR
50	Dale Earnhardt Jr	65.13	39	-11

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Trucks: MemphisTravel.com 200 results, with avg. finish

It appears that Ron Hornaday Jr.'s troubles are behind him after he dominated and won the MemphisTravel.com 200 to record his second consecutive victory. He led three times during the race for a total of 175 laps and the victory was never in question—not even when a late caution for a two-car incident set up a green-white-checkered finish. More importantly, he stopped the bleeding after back-to-back finishes outside the top 15 gave the owner points' lead over to No. 51 of Billy Ballew.

Brian Scott turned in another gutsy performance. Driving with a cast on his hand, he's posted back-to-back top-fives following the accident at Michigan that left him injured. He was third at the Milwaukee Mile and second this week at Memphis. Scott led 20 laps during the event and was the only other driver to lead more than a couple of circuits.

Results, with average finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Laps	Laps Led	Status	Avg Fin
1	1	Ron Hornaday Jr	201	175	Running	5.29
2	8	Brian Scott	201	20	Running	7.50
3	14	David Starr	201		Running	12.10
4	4	Aric Almirola	201	1	Running	17.25
5	11	Matt Crafton	201		Running	8.33
6	3	Mike Skinner	201		Running	13.50
7	9	Timothy Peters	201		Running	12.33
8	15	Johnny Sauter	201		Running	8.00
9	5	Colin Braun	201		Running	19.00
10	12	Todd Bodine	201		Running	14.00
11	13	Rick Crawford	201		Running	12.92
12	10	Brian Ickler	201		Running	12.00
13	2	Terry Cook	201		Running	16.42
14	16	Ricky Carmichael	201		Running	14.00
15	7	Dennis Setzer	201		Running	7.36
16	17	Tayler Malsam	201		Running	16.00
17	6	Stacy Compton	200	1	Running	14.20
18	24	T J Bell	200	4	Running	18.00
19	22	Mario Gosselin	200		Running	19.00
20	18	James Buescher	197		Running	20.00
21	34	Norm Benning	196		Running	21.00
22	23	Brent Sherman	162		Rear Gear	22.00
23	29	Jason White	144		Valve	26.33
24	19	Jason Young	140		Running	24.00
25	20	J J Yeley	139		Rear Gear	25.00
26	26	Hal Martin	119		Overheating	26.00
27	21	Chris Fontaine	115		Suspension	23.50
28	25	Chris Jones	111		Running	30.00
29	31	Wes Burton	94		Vibration	29.00
30	35	Brandon Knupp	28		Engine	30.00
31	32	Trevor Boys	24		Engine	26.50
32	33	Nick Tucker	23		Overheating	33.00
33	36	Mike Harmon	20		Overheating	33.00
34	30	Michelle Theriault	17		Vibration	34.00
35	28	Butch Miller	16		Drive Shaft	19.00
36	27	Brent Raymer	11		Handling	36.00
37		Andy Ponstein	0		Did Not Qualify
38		Paul Bamburak	0		Did Not Qualify

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Trucks: Hornaday dominates and wins Memphis

Last month's troubles are a distant memory. Ron Hornaday Jr. has won back-to-back races at the Milwaukee Mile and Memphis Motorsports Park.

Our View: He made this one look easy and best of all, he gets to savor it for two weeks before the series returns to Kentucky Speedway on July 18.

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Trucks: Hornaday on Memphis pole

Ron Hornaday Jr. has won the pole for the MemphisTravel.com 200 and will lead the field to the green Saturday night.

Our View: After three tough weeks in which he earned only one top-10, Hornaday was back on track last week with a victory at the Milwaukee Mile. That makes him one of the favorites for this week's race as well.

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Trucks: Hornaday wins 41st Truck race

Ron Hornaday held off Dennis Setzer and Brian Scott at the Milwaukee Mile following a caution with less than 10 laps remaining.

Our View: This was a birthday present for Hornaday and he has a chance to get an even bigger win. He will be running in the Nationwide Series race later on Saturday in equally strong Kevin Harvick, Inc. equipment.

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Trucks: Michigan's last five races

As fields thin in the Truck series, finding consistent top-10 finishers is not that difficult, but it's also not that simple. Luck continues to play an important role in who will finish up front. Ron Hornaday Jr. has had one of the trucks to beat the last two weeks after starting on the front row each time, but mishaps sent him home 26th at Dover and 19th at Texas. Worse still, this has not been one of his favorite tracks with an average finish of 17.5 that puts him well down the grid.

On the other hand, Todd Bodine has a little momentum on his side after winning last week at Texas—and Michigan has been among his preferred tracks. He's yet to win there, but with a four-race streak of top-10s, he deserves a spot on the roster for consistency alone.

Mike Skinner has a slightly lower average finish of 6.2, but he's been nearly as consistent with four top-10s and a worst of 11th in his last five races on this two-mile track. He and Bodine should be the marquee regulars who anchor your roster.

"Rowdy" Kyle Busch is back on the lineup this week after taking Texas off and he's looking to improve on two runner-up finishes from 2005 and 2007. Last year he finished seventh, which gives him even more to prove.

Notably, only one winner from the last five years is on the lineup this week. Dennis Setzer found victory lane in 2005, but his results have been eroding ever since. He was eighth in 2006, 24th in 2007 and 16th last year, so fantasy owners can reasonably expect a different winner this year.

Average finish, last five races

Driver	Pwer Avg	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Travis Kvapil	1.00		1			1
Scott Speed	3.00	3
Kyle Busch	3.67	7	2		2
Bobby Hamilton Sr	4.00				3	5
Todd Bodine	6.00	4	7	4	9
Colin Braun	6.00	6
Kevin Harvick	6.00		8		4
Carl Edwards	6.00					6
Mike Skinner	6.20	8	4	11	5	3
Johnny Benson Jr	8.00	2	9	1	24	4
Shane Hmiel	8.00					8
Brendan Gaughan	8.75	5	3	16	11
Terry Cook	10.00	10	11	9	13	7
Dennis Setzer	11.80	16	24	8	1	10
Donny Lia	12.00	12
Rick Crawford	12.20	11	6	6	6	32
Erik Darnell	13.00	1	26	12
Justin Marks	13.00	13
J J Yeley	13.00					13
Mike Bliss	14.00			14
Jimmy Spencer Sr	14.00				14
Randy LaJoie	14.00					14
Robert Huffman	14.00				19	9
Chad Chaffin	15.00	27			7	11
Todd Kluever	15.00				15
Chad McCumbee	15.33	9	19	18
David Reutimann	15.67			15	8	24
Ryan Matthews	16.00		16
Ted Musgrave Sr	16.40	24	5	23	28	2
Stacy Compton	16.50	21	12
Regan Smith	17.00	17
David Starr	17.00	26	13	13	12	21
Aaron Fike	17.00		17
Robert Pressley	17.00				17
Ron Hornaday Jr	17.50	23	10	7	30
Mark Martin	17.50		33	2
Chase Montgomery	17.50				20	15
Matt Crafton	17.60	15	34	5	22	12
Bobby Labonte	17.67		18	3	32
Kraig Kinser	18.00		14	22
Sean Murphy	18.00				18
Shelby Howard	19.00	19
T J Bell	20.00	20	20
Joey Miller	20.00			20
Lance Hooper	20.00					20
Bill Lester	20.50		15	33	16	18
Blake Bjorkland	21.00		21
Johnny Chapman	21.00				23	19
Jack Sprague	21.20	30	29	10	10	27
Deborah Renshaw	21.50				21	22
Jon Wood	22.00	14				30
Marc Mitchell	22.00	22
Willie Allen	22.00		22
Tim Sauter	23.00		23
Andy Houston	23.00					23
Bobby East	24.00	18		30
Erin Crocker	24.00			24
Brian Scott	25.00	25
David Ragan	25.00			19		31
Clay Rogers	25.50		25		26
Boston Reid	26.00		35	17
Tracy Hines	26.00				36	16
Marcos Ambrose	26.00			26
Shane Sieg	26.00					26
Steve Park	26.33			31	31	17
Ryan Moore	27.00			27
Shigeaki Hattori	27.00				27
Jason White	27.50	28	27
Travis Kittleson	28.00		28
Bobby Hamilton Jr	28.00			28
Kevin Lepage	28.50		36	21
Mario Gosselin	29.00	29
Kelly Sutton	29.00			25	37	25
Hank Parker Jr	29.00					29
Kerry Earnhardt	29.00			29
Ken Schrader	29.50		30		29
Timothy Peters	30.00			35	25
Nick Tucker	31.00	31
Brandon Whitt	31.00				34	28
J C Stout	31.50	32	31
A J Allmendinger	32.00		32
Kyle Krisiloff	32.00			32
Rick Markle	33.00	33
Ricky Craven	33.00				33
Phil Bonifield	33.00					33
Chris Jones	34.00	34
Martin Truex Jr	34.00			34
Loni Richardson	34.00					34
Brad Keselowski	35.00				35
Aric Almirola	36.00			36
Bryan Silas	37.00		37
Robert Richardson	37.00			37
Blake Mallory	38.00				38

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Trucks: Texas results, with avg. finish

Todd Bodine made history at Texas Motor Speedway Friday night. He became the first driver to win five races on the same track in the Camping World Truck Series. This was his 10th victory on the 1.5-mile tracks and it came at a good time. Bodine has struggled through four consecutive results of 18th or worse. Two of these disappointments were caused by crash damage, however, and it was only a matter of time before he got back in the swing. Prior to his four poor results, he was riding a nine-race streak of top-fives.

Matt Crafton was not happy with his second-place finish and compared it to "kissing his sister." He might feel different about that on Saturday morning when he realizes that he took the point lead after Ron Hornaday Jr. 19th with an oil pressure problem.

Results, with average finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Laps	Status	Avg Fin
1	9	Todd Bodine	167	Running	7.40
2	3	Matt Crafton	167	Running	11.76
3	14	Colin Braun	167	Running	10.00
4	15	Johnny Benson Jr	167	Running	11.90
5	6	Rick Crawford	167	Running	11.35
6	1	Johnny Sauter	167	Running	8.50
7	13	David Starr	167	Running	13.05
8	18	Jason White	167	Running	23.33
9	24	Tayler Malsam	167	Running	9.00
10	11	Mike Skinner	166	Running	5.91
11	8	Ricky Carmichael	166	Running	11.00
12	10	Timothy Peters	166	Running	21.33
13	7	Chad McCumbee	166	Running	12.83
14	16	T J Bell	166	Running	24.00
15	17	Brian Scott	165	Running	14.50
16	12	Aric Almirola	165	Running	23.80
17	5	Dennis Setzer	164	Running	11.14
18	20	James Buescher	164	Running	18.00
19	2	Ron Hornaday Jr	163	Running	11.31
20	22	Terry Cook	162	Running	15.57
21	19	Stacy Compton	161	Out of Gas	14.71
22	4	Brian Ickler	161	Running	22.00
23	23	J J Yeley	111	Vibration	23.00
24	32	Wayne Edwards	26	Ignition	29.83
25	25	Ryan Matthews	22	Vibration	26.33
26	27	Butch Miller	22	Overheating	24.00
27	28	Ryan Hackett	18	Transmission	27.00
28	29	John Jackson	14	Ignition	28.00
29	21	Mario Gosselin	13	Rear End	29.00
30	33	Nick Tucker	12	Too Slow	31.50
31	26	Marc Mitchell	11	Quit	21.50
32	31	Brandon Knupp	9	Quit	33.00
33	30	Norm Benning	3	Quit	30.50

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Trucks: Crafton takes point lead

It has been a brutal couple of races for Ron Hornaday Jr. He crashed last week and lost oil pressure late at Texas this week, which caused him to slip out of the points lead. Matt Crafton finished second Friday night, and that allowed him to take the lead in the series.

Our View: Notably, Tony Stewart used a second-place finish last week to take the NASCAR Cup series lead. Winning a championship is as much about consistency as strength, which is something fantasy owners want to keep in mind.

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Trucks: Texas' last five races

Last week, Ron Hornaday Jr.'s race ended early with crash damage, but he managed to retain the points' lead in the topsy-turvy Camping World Truck Series season. He should be able to put that disappointment behind him immediately, because he enters the weekend as the defending winner of this race. In fact, he swept both events on this track last year.

The second-place finisher in both of those events won't repeat, however; Kyle Busch is not making the long commute from Pocono Raceway this week and that opens the door for the driver who was third in both races. Yes—the first-, second- and third-place drivers had perfect symmetry as Johnny Benson stepped on the final step of the podium in the spring and again in the fall.

The perfection ends there—but not by much. Todd Bodine was fifth in this race last year and fourth in the fall.

Average finish, last five races

Driver	Avg Finish	2008.2	2008.1	2007.2	2007.1	2006.2
Clint Bowyer	1.00					1
Mike Skinner	5.00	8	9	3	2	3
Ron Hornaday Jr	5.80	1	1	18	4	5
David Ragan	6.00					6
David Reutimann	7.00					7
Todd Bodine	8.00	4	5	16	1	14
Ken Schrader	8.00				8
Kyle Busch	8.75	2	2	29		2
Jason Leffler	9.00			9
Marcos Ambrose	10.00					10
Terry Cook	10.80	6	16	12	12	8
Jack Sprague	11.00	15	4	6	26	4
Matt Crafton	11.00	19	7	7	7	15
Aaron Fike	11.00				11
Marc Mitchell	12.00		12
Tim Sauter	12.00			10	14
Bobby Hamilton Jr	12.00					12
Ted Musgrave Sr	12.25		28	1	9	11
Travis Kvapil	13.00	7		26	6
Josh Wise	13.00				13
Colin Braun	13.50	5	22
Chad McCumbee	13.75	23	6	13		13
Brian Scott	14.33	9	13	21
Rick Crawford	14.60	11	21	5	3	33
Brendan Gaughan	14.80	16	15	2	24	17
Bobby East	15.00		8			22
Kraig Kinser	15.00				15
Mike Bliss	15.50			4		27
David Starr	15.80	12	27	19	5	16
Jon Wood	16.33	31	10	8
Donny Lia	16.50	14	19
Dennis Setzer	17.40	13	11	15	16	32
Scott Speed	18.00	10	26
Damon Lusk	18.00					18
Shelby Howard	18.50	17	20
Justin Marks	18.50		14	23
Aric Almirola	18.50		17			20
Johnny Benson Jr	18.60	3	3	27	29	31
Blake Bjorkland	19.00				19
Erik Darnell	19.40	18	24	14	32	9
Bill Lester	19.50				18	21
Willie Allen	19.50			11	28
Paul Tracy	20.00	20
Ryan Lawler	20.00	22	18
Stacy Compton	20.00		30		10
J R Norris	20.00			20
Eric Norris	20.00				20
Jack Smith (ASA)	21.00	21
Andy Lally	22.00			22
Chad Chaffin	22.67		25	24		19
P J Jones	23.00		23
Justin Labonte	23.00					23
Jeff Green	24.00	24
Michel Jourdain Jr	24.00					24
Joey Clanton	24.50			32	17
Jacques Villeneuve	25.00			25
John Mickel	25.00					25
T J Bell	25.75	32	31	17	23
Shane Huffman	26.00					26
Ryan Matthews	27.00	33			21
Joe Ruttman	27.00				27
Jason White	27.50	25	29	34	22
Norm Benning	28.00	28
Scott Lynch	28.00			28
Robert Richardson	28.00					28
Max Papis	29.00	29
Clay Rogers	29.00			33	25
Kerry Earnhardt	29.00					29
Butch Miller	29.50	27	32
J C Stout	30.00	26	34
Cale Gale	30.00	30
Chase Miller	30.00					30
Regan Smith	30.00			30
Peyton Sellers	31.00			31
Derrike Cope	31.00				31
Chris Wimmer	32.00				30	34
Nick Tucker	33.00		33
Kelly Sutton	33.00				33
Mike Harmon	34.00	34
Brandon Knupp	34.00				34
Larry Gunselman	35.00		35
Johnny Chapman	35.00					35
Kevin Lepage	35.00			35
Blake Mallory	35.00				35
Erin Crocker	36.00					36
Travis Kittleson	36.00			36
Wayne Edwards	37.00			37

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Trucks: Texas lineup, with avg. start / finish

Making only his second start at Texas Motor Speedway and his first since 2005, Johnny Sauter won the pole for Friday night's WinStar World Casino 400k at a speed of 178.485 mph. He beat Ron Hornaday Jr. be a mere 0.09 seconds and that driver is looking to overcome an early-race crash last week at Dover International Speedway.

This race is a companion event with the Indy Racing League, and as such there are no Truckstopper Cup regulars. The accompanying bad news is only 33 trucks showed up—which is three less than a full field—and the slowest driver in the field is nearly six seconds slower than the pole sitter. Nick Tucker will almost certainly start and park his Silverado, but under green flag conditions, he would likely be lapped within six circuits.

Lineup

Start	Driver	Avg. Fin	Avg. Start	Attempts
1	Johnny Sauter	11.00	33.00	1
2	Ron Hornaday Jr	10.67	9.50	12
3	Matt Crafton	12.38	20.31	16
4	Brian Ickler
5	Dennis Setzer	10.86	11.57	21
6	Rick Crawford	11.64	10.59	22
7	Chad McCumbee	12.80	13.80	5
8	Ricky Carmichael
9	Todd Bodine	8.11	13.22	9
10	Timothy Peters	26.00	24.50	2
11	Mike Skinner	5.50	3.70	10
12	Aric Almirola	25.75	14.25	4
13	David Starr	13.33	13.33	21
14	Colin Braun	13.50	14.50	2
15	Johnny Benson Jr	12.78	8.33	9
16	T J Bell	26.00	20.00	5
17	Brian Scott	14.33	24.00	3
18	Jason White	26.40	31.40	5
19	Stacy Compton	13.67	16.50	6
20	James Buescher
21	Mario Gosselin
22	Terry Cook	15.36	14.55	22
23	J J Yeley
24	Tayler Malsam
25	Ryan Matthews	27.00	23.50	2
26	Marc Mitchell	12.00	23.00	1
27	Butch Miller	23.60	26.80	5
28	Ryan Hackett
29	John Jackson
30	Norm Benning	28.00	32.00	1
31	Brandon Knupp	34.00	35.00	1
32	Wayne Edwards	31.00	31.00	5
33	Nick Tucker	33.00	34.00	1

Week 23 Unified Power Rankings

With Formula 1 taking last week off, the two strongest drivers in auto sports remain at the top of our grid. Jenson Button and teammate Rubens Barrichello continue to be nearly unassailable with their strong showings on the international stage.

NASCAR driver Tony Stewart keeps hovering around the front of the field and last week's second-place finish in the Autism Speaks 400 kept him solidly in third on this grid. If Button and Barrichello stumble in this week's Turkish Grand Prix, "Smoke" could take the lead in the Unified Power Rankings just as he's done in the NASCAR point system. He hasn't been perfect, but then again with seven top-five finishes in his last nine attempts in Cup and Nationwide competition combined, he's about as close as you're going to get.

Dario Franchitti was last week's top Indy Racing League driver on our grid and he actually improved two positions from 11th overall to ninth on the strength of his third-place finish in the ABC Supply Co. / A.J. Foyt 225 at the Milwaukee Mile—and yet, he's no longer the king of his crowd.

The IRL honor goes to Helio Castroneves, who settles into fourth on the overall grid despite an 11th in that same race. He didn't actually leap frog Franchitti, however; Castroneves was not included in last week's grid because he had not yet run four races in 2009. His victory in the Indy 500 and a second in the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway was enough to place Castroneves fourth on the overall grid.

Mark Martin was the biggest mover in the top 10—or at least, he's in the top 10 now, after jumping eight spots from 18th with a 10th-place finish at Dover International Speedway. The biggest loser was Camping World Truck Series Ron Hornaday Jr., who dropped 19 positions from 10th to 29th after crashing early last week. He has a chance to snap back this week, however, since he starts from the outside pole for Friday night's companion race at Texas Motor Speedway with the IRL.

Hornaday's hardship can't compare to Tony Kanaan. His early-race crash at Milwaukee caused him to drop 21 positions from 14th to 35th.

Unified Power Rankings

Rank	Driver	Points	Last week	+/-
1	Jenson Button	110.67	1	0
2	Rubens Barrichello	99.83	2	0
3	Tony Stewart	96.00	3	0
4	Helio Castroneves	92.25	NR
5	Kurt Busch	91.91	5	0
6	Jimmie Johnson	90.45	7	1
7	Ryan Briscoe	87.80	12	5
8	Jason Leffler	87.56	4	-4
9	Dario Franchitti	86.80	11	2
10	Mark Martin	85.00	18	8
11	Ryan Newman	84.60	6	-5
12	Denny Hamlin	84.27	9	-3
13	Danica Patrick	82.60	15	2
14	Brad Keselowski	82.14	21	7
15	Mark Webber	82.00	13	-2
16	Scott Dixon	81.20	28	12
17	Jeff Gordon	81.09	8	-9
18	Kyle Busch	79.63	19	1
19	Timo Glock	79.50	20	1
20	Matt Kenseth	79.44	27	7
21	Carl Edwards	78.30	22	1
22	Jeff Burton	78.00	17	-5
23	Dan Wheldon	77.20	16	-7
24	Joey Logano	76.55	25	1
25	Fernando Alonso	76.17	24	-1
26	Kasey Kahne	75.27	26	0
27	Matt Crafton	74.60	29	2
28	Greg Biffle	73.29	23	-5
29	Ron Hornaday Jr	72.60	10	-19
30	Jason Keller	72.11	36	6
31	Juan Montoya	71.73	30	-1
32	Dale Earnhardt Jr	70.21	31	-1
33	Nico Rosberg	70.00	32	-1
34	Brian Vickers	68.20	33	-1
35	Tony Kanaan	68.20	14	-21
36	Sebastian Vettel	67.50	39	3
37	Kevin Harvick	67.28	41	4
38	Steve Wallace	67.11	40	2
39	Justin Allgaier	67.00	42	3
40	Clint Bowyer	66.50	43	3
41	Graham Rahal	66.40	59	18
42	Martin Truex Jr	65.82	45	3
43	David Reutimann	65.62	38	-5
44	Marco Andretti	64.80	52	8
45	Jamie McMurray	64.73	44	-1
46	Lewis Hamilton	63.67	47	1
47	Johnny Benson Jr	63.60	35	-12
48	David Ragan	63.17	55	7
49	Brian Scott	63.00	57	8
50	Paul Menard	62.63	54	4

Previous Unified Power Rankings:

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Trucks: Dover Results

It's always great to see a first time winner. Brian Scott rolled the dice and stayed out on old rubber while those around him cut their tires and slammed the wall. Dennis Setzer also stayed out on old tires, but could not quite make the pass for the lead.

Two of the drivers snake bit by a blown tire were Kyle Busch and Colin Braun, who were running first and second at the time and who slapped the wall within seconds of one another. Braun would not recover and he retired 16 laps from the end of the race. Busch charged from 15th to ninth, but was unable to crack the top-five again.

It was a rough day for the point leader Ron Hornaday Jr. After starting from the pole, he cut a tire early and did major damage to his truck. The No. 33 crew made a valiant effort to get back on track, but Hornaday retired with crash damage after completing only 43 laps. About the only good news is that he managed to retain the point lead by a mere 27 markers over Mike Skinner and 29 points over Matt Crafton.

Results, with Avg. finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Laps	Laps Led	Status	Avg Fin
1	3	Brian Scott	200	14	Running	16.50
2	25	Dennis Setzer	200		Running	13.20
3	14	David Starr	200	3	Running	8.50
4	13	Jason White	200		Running	23.00
5	4	Johnny Sauter	200		Running	5.00
6	23	Matt Crafton	200		Running	16.44
7	5	Chad McCumbee	200		Running	13.75
8	11	Mike Skinner	200	5	Running	9.67
9	10	Kyle Busch	200	133	Running	11.80
10	6	Terry Cook	200		Running	12.50
11	16	J R Fitzpatrick	200		Running	11.00
12	20	Tayler Malsam	200		Running	12.00
13	12	Stacy Compton	200		Running	11.00
14	26	Chris Fontaine	200	5	Running	14.00
15	36	Tim Bainey Jr	200	1	Running	15.00
16	22	Max Papis	199		Running	16.00
17	19	Timothy Peters	198		Running	12.33
18	8	Todd Bodine	197		Running	17.80
19	18	Rick Crawford	197		Running	10.00
20	7	Johnny Benson Jr	195	23	Engine	14.80
21	24	Scott Wimmer	192		Running	21.00
22	2	Colin Braun	184	4	Accident	15.00
23	15	T J Bell	171		Running	21.67
24	17	James Buescher	160		Running	24.00
25	9	Brian Ickler	65		Accident	25.00
26	1	Ron Hornaday Jr	43	12	Accident	8.20
27	27	Dexter Bean	38		Handling	27.00
28	29	Andy Ponstein	31		Alternator	28.00
29	21	Ryan Hackett	26		Engine	29.00
30	33	Norm Benning	26		Vibration	30.00
31	28	Johnny Chapman	23		Overheating	32.50
32	35	Wayne Edwards	18		Oil	29.33
33	31	Kevin Lepage	15		Brakes	26.67
34	34	Brandon Knupp	12		Transmission	34.00
35	32	Brent Raymer	10		Vibration	35.00
36	30	Mario Gosselin	7		Accident	36.00

Trucks: Scott records first win at Dover

Brian Scott and crew chief Jeff Hensley made a gutsy call to stay out on old tires and held off Dennis Setzer and the field to win his career first Camping World Truck Series race.

Our View: This race has been full of surprises—and it's been hard on Truck regulars. Ron Hornaday and Todd Bodine had big problems early, which made this anyone's race.

Trucks: Hornaday on Dover pole

Ron Hornaday Jr. bettered a field of 36 cars to win the pole for the AAA Insurance 200. His top speed was 155.541 mph.

Our View: Hornaday was already considered a favorite this week, but you may want to take a look at the outside of the front row. Colin Braun in a Roush-Fenway Ford F-150 starts there and this organization is strong in all divisions.

Starting Lineup (on Fox Sports)
Avg. Finish, last five races

Trucks: Dover's last five races

There is a long history of part time drivers finding success in the Camping World Truck Series at Dover. From last year's winner Scott Speed, to Tony Stewart who finished second in 2005, Cup and Nationwide drivers have used this race to get the rhythm of the week started.

Partly due to their success, Truck regulars have not dominated the top of the average finish grid. Only Ron Hornaday Jr. and Johnny Benson Jr. enter the weekend with at least three consecutive top-10s, which makes them best bets to highlight your roster. That also leaves the field wide open for the remaining spots—and given the strength of interlopers, this might be a good week to gamble on Max Papis.

Notably, this track has not been kind to Kyle Busch. He won there in 2005, but has slowly been sliding down the grid since until he bottomed out with a 27th-place finish last year. In the Cup series, he's also been hit or miss with a victory last spring, but two 40-something finishes in his last five starts.

Results, last five years

Driver	Avg Fin	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
Scott Speed	1.00	1
Tony Stewart	2.00				2
Hank Parker Jr	3.00					3
Mark Martin	3.50		6	1
Ron Hornaday Jr	3.75	3	1	7	4
Mike Bliss	4.50		5	4
Dave Blaney	6.00					6
Ricky Craven	7.00				7
Andy Houston	7.00					7
Travis Kvapil	7.67	4	3			16
Colin Braun	8.00	8
Carl Edwards	8.00			2		14
A J Allmendinger	9.00		9
David Reutimann	9.00			5	5	17
Mike Skinner	10.00	7	7	22	10	4
Aaron Fike	10.00		10
Timothy Peters	10.00			14	6
Rick Crawford	10.60	9	23	8	11	2
David Starr	11.60	6	25	11	8	8
Terry Cook	12.00	13	8	16	3	20
Deborah Renshaw	12.00				12
Aric Almirola	12.00			12
Jon Wood	12.50	15				10
Stacy Compton	12.50	23	2
Kyle Busch	12.50	27	12	10	1
Bobby Hamilton Jr	13.00			13
Johnny Benson Jr	13.50	10	4	6	34
Willie Allen	14.00		14
Shane Sieg	14.50	14				15
Chad Chaffin	15.00	21			23	1
Ryan Matthews	15.00		15
Jack Sprague	15.40	2	28	9	29	9
Ted Musgrave Sr	15.60	11	20	18	17	12
Chad McCumbee	16.00	12	13	23
Justin Marks	16.00	16
Blake Bjorkland	16.00		16
Matt Crafton	16.80	5	26	15	9	29
Donny Lia	17.00	17
Tim Sauter	17.00		17
Bobby East	17.00			17
Ken Schrader	17.33		33		14	5
Dennis Setzer	17.60	18	19	20	13	18
Todd Bodine	17.75	29	11	3	28
Shelby Howard	19.00	19
Bobby Hamilton Sr	20.00				21	19
Todd Kluever	20.00				20
Andy Lally	22.00	22
Ken Weaver	22.00					22
Regan Smith	22.00				22
Brad Keselowski	22.50				15	30
Erik Darnell	22.67	25	18	25
Brendan Gaughan	22.75	20	36	19	16
Robert Huffman	23.00				35	11
Shane Hmiel	23.00					23
Chase Montgomery	23.00				18	28
Tracy Hines	23.00				25	21
Steve Park	23.33			21	36	13
Kevin Lepage	23.50			28	19
Landon Cassill	24.00	24
Shane Huffman	24.00		24
Erin Crocker	24.00			24
Jimmy Spencer Sr	24.00				24
Kevin Love	24.00					24
Jason White	26.00	30	22
Robert Pressley	26.00				26
Derrick Kelley	26.00					26
Marcos Ambrose	26.00			26
Scott Lynch	27.00		27
Rich Bickle	27.00				27
Kyle Krisiloff	27.00			27
Scott Lagasse Jr	27.33	26	21	35
Morgan Shepherd	29.00		29
Kerry Earnhardt	29.00			29
T J Bell	30.00		30
Bill Lester	30.00		35	30	30	25
J C Stout	31.00	31
Kraig Kinser	31.00		31	31
Kelly Sutton	31.33			36	31	27
Brandon Whitt	31.50				32	31
Brian Scott	32.00	32
Dana White	32.00		32
Jerry Hill	32.00					32
Joey Miller	32.00			32
Ryan Seaman	33.00	33
Wayne Edwards	33.00				33
Boston Reid	33.00			33
Lance Hooper	33.00					33
Larry Gunselman	34.00	34
Clint Bowyer	34.00		34
Phil Bonifield	34.00					34
Johnny Chapman	34.00			34
Nick Tucker	35.00	35
Mark McFarland	35.00					35
Butch Miller	36.00	36
Robert Richardson	37.00			37
Ryan Moore	38.00			38