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Power Rankings - July 30, 2008

Power Rankings - July 30, 2008

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No. 1

Tony Schumacher

U.S. Army Dragster, NHRA Top Fuel
Sunday’s victory at Sonoma gave Schumacher a dominant sweep of the NHRA’s three-race West Coast swing. He has now won five of the last six NHRA Top Fuel events and has eight victories on the season.  A fifth-straight Top Fuel title appears in his future.



Rest Of The Best

2. Kyle Busch

Nos. 18/51 NASCAR Sprint Cup/Nationwide/Truck Series
Busch’s Nationwide Series victory Saturday set a single-season mark for wins among NASCAR’s top three series with 15.

3. Scott Dixon

No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Dallara-Honda, IndyCar Series
Helped by a lightning-fast pit stop by his Ganassi crew at Edmonton, Dixon notched his fifth victory of the season.

4. Donny Schatz

No. 15 J&J Sprint Car, World of Outlaws
Schatz made it an even dozen, picking up his 12th WoO victory of the season, giving him twice as many wins as anyone else.

5. Scott Pruett/Memo Rojas

No. 01 Telmex Ganassi Lexus Riley, Grand Am
The Daytona Prototype duo will go for its seventh victory of the season this weekend at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.

6. Lewis Hamilton

No. 22 Vodaphone McLaren Mercedes, Formula One
Coming off successive victories at Silverstone and Hockenheim, Hamilton is looking to stretch his championship lead in Hungary.

7. No. 20 Nationwide Series Team

No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, NASCAR Nationwide Series
Phenom Joey Logano was back behind the wheel at Indy and drove the No. 20 to a eighth-place finish.

8. Johnny Benson

No. 23 Toyota, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Benson has now won three of his last four NCTS races to go along with two poles in that span.

9. Jerry Coons, Jr.

No. 69 Hoffman Sprint Car/Silver Crown, USAC
Coons remained strong after a dominant week, turning in a fifth and a second in a pair of Silver Crown events.

10. Jason Meyers

No. 14 KPC Sprint Car, World of Outlaws
Meyers has six WoO victories on the season, but has recorded four-straight third-place finishes.

*Honorable Mention*

Scott Speed captured his second-straight ARCA RE/MAX Series victory. . . Matt Kobyluck recorded his second-straight victory in the NASCAR Camping World East Series.

*Last Week*

Tony Schumacher and Kyle Busch trade places at the top of the rankings, while Scott Dixon leaps over Donny Schatz for third, despite another win by Schatz. Johnny Benson enters the rankings.








 














 








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