NASCAR FanHouse Power Rankings: Charlotte
The 'other race' on a race fan's 1100-mile dream day waves the green flag on Sunday afternoon at 5:40pm/ET for NASCAR's longest event. FOX will have coverage live from Lowe's Motor Speedway starting at 5:00pm/ET. Kasey Kahne won last year's event -- one of his six victories last season. He'll look to recapture that magic and tackle Jimmie Johnson, always a favorite at LMS, Sunday night.
1. Jimmie Johnson - You can't hold Jimmie down for long at LMS. He got a whiff of victory from 2nd-place last Saturday night. Sunday he'll take it all.
2.Jeff Burton - DW was right. Jeff Burton looked very strong in the All-Star race. He also took the checkers at Texas.
3. Jeff Gordon - Charlotte hasn't been kind to Gordo for a while. Would you believe he hasn't won a Coca-Cola 600 since 1998? Or at Charlotte since 1999? You'd better.
4. Mark Martin - Calls LMS one of his favorite tracks and had a great run in the All-Star race. Poss-i-bili-tees.
80565. Denny Hamlin - Terrible with new setup during the All-Star weekend, Denny Hamlin might be able to run something better.
6. Carl Edwards - He's been magic in Busch races at LMS. It's about time that transferred to Cup.
7. Tony Stewart - 600 miles is a long way for Tony Stewart to go without getting into some shenanigans. Dark horse favorite, though.
8. Matt Kenseth - Give this man clean air and say goodbye.
9. Kurt Busch - I hope he didn't want to race the All-Star car this weekend. It was ugly anyways.
10. Kyle Busch - Ditto. Except his was ugly after the wreck.
Wildcard: Juan Pablo Montoya - He won't make a bonehead mistake this time around in turn 1, but will he last 600 miles?
Longshot: Bobby Labonte - This team has to turn it around at some point. Why not make it Charlotte? Bobby does love LMS
