Big Team Rankings: Week 3
No individual team takes this week. Just some overalls:
* I'm still not sure Roush Fenway is for real. Sure, Edwards has won two straight and now leads the points. Biffle's in the top 10 in points. Kenseth would have finished a lot better had Jeff Gordon not forgotten how to drive. And David Ragan had a top-10 finish for the first time since his days racing Big Wheels. Then again, any team, Roush included, would be hard-pressed to live up to Roush's back-to-back-to-almost back in 2003-05. That's a long way of saying I expect more from them than simply leading the points. Talk about your impossibly high bars.
* Don't count out the 48. Yeah, he stunk at Vegas. But the 48 team has made a career out of climbing out of holes that they've dug. I half suspect they've just decided to do this at the start of the season rather than at the end. Less drama, more challenge.
* Penske's fast start was too good to be true. None of the Penskes led a lap, and Hornish was a virtual DNF for the second straight week. Repeat after me, kids: Daytona means nothing.
* Watch Childress. Harvick and Burton are just sort of lurking there.
* No, I can't explain how Elliott Sadler got to ninth in points. Can you?
This week's BTRs after the jump ...
1--GIBBS
BTR: 95.0
Last week: First
Wins: 0
Drivers: 11-Hamlin, 18-Shrub, 20-Stewart
2--ROUSH FENWAY
BTR: 90.1
Last week: Fourth
Wins: 2 (Edwards at Fontucky and Vegas)
Drivers: 6-Reckless Ragan 16-The Biff, 17-Kenseth, 26-Mac-Murray, 99-Flippy
3--HENDRICK
BTR: 87.9
Last week: Second
Wins: 0
Drivers: 5-Mears, 24-Four-Time Gordon, 48-Two Time Johnson, 88-Junior
4--CHILDRESS
BTR: 84.8
Last week: Third
Wins: 0
Drivers: 07-Bowyer, 29-Harvick, 31-Burton
5--PENSKE
BTR: 77.1
Last week: Fifth
Wins: 1 (Newman at Daytona)
Drivers: 2-Big Busch, 12-Newman, 77-Hornish
6--DEI
BTR: 64.1
Last week: Sixth
Wins: 0
Drivers: 01-Smith, 1-Truex, 8-Martin/Almirola, 15-Menard
7--GILLETTE-EVERNHAM
BTR: 62.1
Last week: Seventh
Wins: 0
Drivers: 9-Kahne, 10-Carpentier, 19-Sadler
8--GANASSI
BTR: 52.5
Last week: Ninth
Wins: 0
Drivers: 40-Franchitti, 41-Sorenson, 42-Montoya
9--WALTRIP
BTR: 50.2
Last week: Eighth
Wins: 0
Drivers: 00-Reutimann, 44-Jarrett, 55-Waltrip