Suite 16 Rankings- Bud Shootout
Suite 16 NASCAR Rankings after the Budweiser Shootout
Each week, Suite 101 ranks top the 16 NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers based on results and performance.
1. 20-Tony Stewart- Heading into his ninth season in NASCAR, the pressure is on for Stewart to win his first Daytona 500.
2. 29-Kevin Harvick- It sure was hard to spot Harvick in that bright yellow and red car. It looked a lot like Kyle Busch’s car. I guess it will get easier as the season progresses.
3. 48-Jimmie Johnson- Jimmie Johnson hopes to avoid the championship hangover.
4. 17-Matt Kenseth- Kenseth and the 17 team will be heavily scrutinized for weeks to come after their qualifying times were disallowed after failing post-qualifying inspection.
5. 5-Kyle Busch- Kyle Busch flexed some muscle in the Budweiser Shootout Saturday night by leading 39 laps.
6. 8-Dale Earnhardt Jr- Dale Earnhardt Jr made the headlines this off-season— he is no longer affiliated with the Gillette Young Guns program.
7. 24-Jeff Gordon- This is for those who are living under a rock- Jeff Gordon and his wife Ingrid will be giving birth to a baby girl.
8. 31-Jeff Burton- Jeff Burton made the most of his rare appearance in the Budweiser Shootout.
9. 9-Kasey Kahne- After Kasey Kahne failed post-qualifying inspection, his qualifying time was disallowed. Somewhere in a nearby motor home, Jeremy Mayfield is cracking up.
10. 11-Denny Hamlin- You would think that FedEx would debut some new commercials in 2007.
11. 2-Kurt Busch- Kurt Busch could very well give owner Roger Penske his first Daytona 500 victory on Sunday.
12. 16-Greg Biffle- So it appears as if Tony Stewart has replaced Greg Biffle as Subway’s spokesman.
13. 99-Carl Edwards- Now that the FOX network is back in the NASCAR broadcast booth, get ready for the over-use of the phrase ‘Cousin Carl’.
14. 38-David Gilliland- David Gilliland is beginning to prove that he is no one-hit wonder.
15. 01-Mark Martin- I never thought that I would mistake Mark Martin for Joe Nemechek.
16. 12-Ryan Newman- If your engine is going to expire early, there is no better time for that to happen than in an exhibition race.
