Which NASCAR driver holds No. 1 ranking?

After Sundays race who is number one in ranking? casey won and that makes him have the eighth top five finish but doesnt put him on the top of the ranking board .. Would you believe Jr moves back up to the top on the ranking board again. In his last eight races, Junior has finished eighth or better six times. He is a legitimate title contender this time around. But I know someone has other thoughts about this,right??

I, for one hope he wins the championship but......if he doesn't then I'm pulling for my man Bad Brad.......

Johnny-boy... you must still be down there in Margaritaville with beach sand in yer eyes!

It's "Cheesehead" on top, not Little-E!

STANDINGS
2012 Official Driver Standings: LENOX Industrial Tools 301
LENOX Industrial Tools 301 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway | Race 19 of 36
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RANK +/- DRIVER POINTS BEHIND STARTS POLES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 WINNINGS
1 -- Matt Kenseth 707 Leader 19 1 1 9 13 4,701,260
2 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. 691 -16 19 0 1 8 14 3,506,160
3 -- Greg Biffle 667 -40 19 2 1 8 11 3,502,040
4 -- Jimmie Johnson 656 -51 19 1 2 9 14 4,745,550
5 +2 Denny Hamlin 628 -79 19 1 2 9 10 3,907,640
6 -- Kevin Harvick 622 -85 19 0 0 3 9 3,275,110
7 -2 Tony Stewart 618 -89 19 0 3 8 9 3,999,420
8 -- Martin Truex Jr. 617 -90 19 1 0 4 9 2,968,530
9 +1 Clint Bowyer 614 -93 19 0 1 4 10 2,932,990
10 -1 Brad Keselowski 613 -94 19 0 3 6 9 3,263,660
11 -- Carl Edwards 567 -140 19 1 0 2 9 3,045,860
12 +4 Kasey Kahne 547 -160 19 2 2 5 10 2,716,200
13 -1 Kyle Busch 545 -162 19 1 1 5 8 3,582,860
14 +1 Ryan Newman 536 -171 19 0 1 3 5 2,971,930
15 -2 Paul Menard 534 -173 19 0 0 0 4 2,295,760
16 -2 Joey Logano 533 -174 19 1 1 2 7 2,356,530
17 -- Jeff Gordon 524 -183 19 1 0 2 7 3,000,440
18 +1 Marcos Ambrose 495 -212 19 2 0 0 4 2,611,600
19 -1 Jeff Burton 493 -214 19 0 0 2 4 3,010,780
20 -- Jamie McMurray 486 -221 19 0 0 0 3 2,568,650
21 -- Juan Montoya 452 -255 19 0 0 0 2 2,499,940
22 -- Aric Almirola 447 -260 19 1 0 0 2 2,642,800
23 +1 Bobby Labonte 408 -299 19 0 0 0 1 2,319,300
24 -1 AJ Allmendinger 400 -307 17 1 0 1 3 2,577,390
25 -- Kurt Busch 386 -321 18 0 0 1 2 2,278,360
26 -- Regan Smith 377 -330 19 0 0 0 0 2,281,680
27 -- Casey Mears 358 -349 19 0 0 0 0 2,042,830
28 -- Mark Martin 341 -366 12 3 0 2 5 1,594,100
29 -- David Ragan 322 -385 19 0 0 0 1 2,005,430
30 -- David Gilliland 311 -396 19 0 0 0 0 1,950,890
31 -- Travis Kvapil 298 -409 18 0 0 0 0 1,811,460
32 -- Landon Cassill 273 -434 19 0 0 0 0 2,284,220
33 -- David Reutimann 263 -444 16 0 0 0 0 1,602,830
34 -- Dave Blaney 255 -452 19 0 0 0 0 1,715,110
35 +2 Brian Vickers 135 -572 4 0 0 2 2 393,145
36 -- David Stremme 125 -582 15 0 0 0 0 1,411,520
37 -2 J.J. Yeley 122 -585 14 0 0 0 0 1,134,340
38 -- Michael McDowell 94 -613 17 0 0 0 0 1,501,740
39 +1 Ken Schrader 86 -621 7 0 0 0 0 608,845
40 +1 Josh Wise* 80 -627 17 0 0 0 0 1,316,120
41 -2 Michael Waltrip 75 -632 3 0 0 0 1 316,687
42 -- Terry Labonte 66 -641 3 0 0 0 0 492,560
43 -- Tony Raines 61 -646 5 0 0 0 0 651,975
44 +1 Stephen Leicht* 54 -653 8 0 0 0 0 690,940
45 -1 Brendan Gaughan 50 -657 4 0 0 0 0 354,559
46 -- Scott Speed 36 -671 7 0 0 0 0 562,325
47 -- Scott Riggs 31 -676 11 0 0 0 0 794,672
48 -- Boris Said 15 -692 1 0 0 0 0 88,455
49 -- Bill Elliott 14 -693 2 0 0 0 0 196,098
50 -- Hermie Sadler 13 -694 1 0 0 0 0 80,610
51 -- Robby Gordon 11 -696 3 0 0 0 0 405,300
52 -- Tomy Drissi 6 -701 1 0 0 0 0 76,242
53 -- Stacy Compton 5 -702 1 0 0 0 0 64,225
54 -- David Mayhew 4 -703 1 0 0 0 0 72,625
55 -- Chris Cook 2 -705 1 0 0 0 0 72,355
56 -- Kelly Bires 2 -705 1 0 0 0 0 69,400
57 -1 Trevor Bayne 0 -707 7 0 0 0 2 938,477
58 -1 Sam Hornish Jr. 0 -707 3 0 0 0 0 330,625
59 -1 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 0 -707 1 0 0 0 0 304,275
60 -1 Mike Bliss 0 -707 9 0 0 0 0 690,998
61 -1 Austin Dillon 0 -707 1 0 0 0 0 88,285
62 -1 Robert Richardson Jr. 0 -707 1 0 0 0 0 110,318
63 -1 Elliott Sadler 0 -707 1 0 0 0 0 305,788
64 -1 Reed Sorenson 0 -707 9 0 0 0 0 742,463
65 -1 Joe Nemechek 0 -707 17 0 0 0 0 1,497,590
66 -1 Danica Patrick 0 -707 3 0 0 0 0 451,575
67 -1 T.J. Bell 0 -707 1 0 0 0 0 96,730
68 -1 Cole Whitt 0 -707 3 0 0 0 0 225,807
69 -1 Mike Skinner 0 -707 1 0 0 0 0 71,875
70 -1 Timmy Hill 0 -707 1 0 0 0 0 79,780
71 -1 Tim Andrews 0 -707 0 0 0 0 0 0
72 -1 Brian Simo 0 -707 0 0 0 0 0 0
73 -1 Jeff Green 0 -707 0 0 0 0 0 0
74 -1 Mike Wallace 0 -707 0 0 0 0 0 23,900
75 -1 Kenny Wallace 0 -707 0 0 0 0 0 24,838

Its power ranking Dave Power Rankings thats a points list you put up aint it??

Well, golly gee... I thought the golden rule was he who has the gold rules. Ole Jr. better get to #1 by the points banquet. What does that power ranking and a dollar get you? A cup of cheap coffee?

But, thanks for setting me straight.

Mama has been rapping my knuckles 'cause I can't read red and now I'm not up to date on the power rankings. There was a time when I thought I knew something about racing, but that was back in the days of "Race to win."

yeah i know today you aint got snot unless you got $$$$

I have to agree with this comment I saw posted in response to Tom Jensen's article on the updated "Power Rankings."

PorscheGoesFast

Is this just something Speed does to fill space, because it is just more "soap" for the opera. LOL so hard to make Laughcar seem exciting.

Reminds me of all those folks who weren't satisfied with the million stats kept in baseball by the Elias Bureau. If their guy wasn't at the top of the B.A., they had to invent all kinds of goofy stats that meant absolutely nothing.

When they cut the checks, Mr. Jensen and SPEED and FOX better take a look at the points standings and forget their contrived power ranking, unless they're peddling power to the people.

that could be what Fox is doing making these charts up otherwise called filler like for a pie you aint sure until you try it

Remember what Rev. Stagger says. Sometimes that Lemon Meringue pie turns out to be brie! Or, pot pie ifn you're Tony the Pony!

Now where in the dickens did this come from ... It isnt listed in the breakroom at the track or even the one that says men---must have come out of the one that says ladies.

it even has kurt and montoya side by side by side--wonder where they got those driver ratings numbers from??? anyway

I shall reiterate, there is only one standings that pays.

Heck, under all these rankings, we coulda had Dale, Jr. winning races, even though he wasn't first to the checkered flag.

From what you say, PK, there are actually people who pay attention to this tripe?

Isnt that what the creek said when the fat bear fell in???

Absent from where??

Guess Mama wasn't in the creek, tho you and I have been in it up to our eyeballs and up it without a paddle lately!

Dave you check in up there at the Whiskey River Saloon in Charlotte and I will check down here at Daytona Whiskey River to see if we can get some reinforcements out of the Ladies in case this paddling gets carried away. I mean we may need a little pampering after she employs her technique of employment she describes. And she has Carol as backup now so we gotta get up on our toes ..

First of all, if we leave it up to SPEED, to produce the power ratings, the outcome would be:

#1 Jr

#2 Carl Edwards

#3 Trevor B

#4 Tony

#5 Kyle B.

#6 Did we list fellow SPEED guy Carl Edwards.

#7 JJ

#8 Kurt B.

#9 Is Carl on the list yet?

#10 JR.

#33 Matt Who?

This has been old news for Matt and his family for years. He is as quite today as he was years ago at the Jefferson Speedway.

Matt has always let his deeds speak for him.

A trip to her woodshed is not a fun place to be.

LOL