Power Rankings - July 30, 2008
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 SeriesBusch’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 SeriesHelped 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 OutlawsSchatz 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 AmThe 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 OneComing 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 SeriesPhenom 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 SeriesBenson 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, USACCoons 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 OutlawsMeyers has six WoO victories on the season, but has recorded four-straight third-place finishes.