Each week of the Sprint Cup season, ESPN The Magazine's Ryan McGee ranks the top 20 drivers in the series. Don't agree with McGee's list? Let him -- and the whole world -- know in the Conversation section at the bottom of the page. But remember, make your mama proud.

New this week
Martin Truex Jr., Elliott Sadler.

Dropped out
Jamie McMurray, Ryan Newman.

Biggest mover
Matt Kenseth jumped eight spots from 11th to third.

Biggest loser
Greg Biffle fell seven spots from third to 10th.

Also considered
AJ Allmendinger, Casey Mears, David Reutimann, A.J. Foyt, Marshall Teague.

2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Power Rankings - Week 2
	RK(LW)	DRIVER	TOP 10s	COMMENT
	1 (1)	Carl Edwards	0	The preseason title fave didn't have the best day (or week) at Daytona, but Carl was only a few inches away from a much worse night than 18th place. Oh, by the way, he's the defending champ at Fontana.
	2 (4)	Kevin Harvick	1	If the rain had waited 10 minutes, Happy Harvick probably would have hoisted his second Harley J. Earl Trophy in three years in a Shootout-to-500 sweep. Instead, he's merely off to the second-best start of his career.
	3 (11)	Matt Kenseth	1	Last week we warned new crew chief Drew Blickensderfer not to get too comfortable atop the pit box. This week's advice: RETIRE! You're 1-for-1 and just won The Great American Race. It's all downhill from here.
	4 (2)	Jimmie Johnson	0	If not for Marty Smith's killer profile of JJ on ESPN.com, would we have even realized that Mr. Three-peat was in Daytona?
	5 (7)	Clint Bowyer	1	On one hand, Bowyer's night might have been a lot better had the race gone the full distance. On the other hand, finishing fourth beats the heck out of taking the checkers upside down and on fire, which he did in '07.
	6 (6)	Kyle Busch	0	Shrub appeared to have the field covered every time he hit the track during Speedweeks, but he left the beach with only a non-points-paying Duel 150 trophy to show for his efforts.
	7 (5)	Jeff Gordon	0	Considering that his right front tire peeled more than George Hamilton, there was nothing unlucky about his 13th-place run. Bonus points for the cutest Victory Lane ever, hugging his little girl after the Duels.
	8 (15)	Tony Stewart	1	In four days Smoke finished second in a Duel, won a Nationwide race, did an Abbott and Costello comedy routine with A.J. Foyt and finished eighth in the 500. It'll be interesting to see what he can find to complain about.
	9 (14)	David Ragan	1	Remember when Tony Stewart declared that David Ragan was "a dart without feathers"? On Sunday night Ragan darted to a sixth-place finish, two spots better than Tony.
	10 (3)	Greg Biffle	0	Once again, Biff tripped over his restrictor plate like it was a beach obstacle. The good news: He's a former winner at both Fontana and Las Vegas and finished second at Cali last Labor Day weekend.
	11 (8)	Jeff Burton	0	Baby Burton never got it going, finishing 14th in his Duel and 28th in the 500. Perhaps he was emotionally wrecked from watching his beloved Duke Blue Devils get spanked on their home floor by the Tar Heels.
	12 (9)	Mark Martin	0	A week of inspirational near-misses ended up boiling down to three very hard-to-swallow oh-fers. Martin's now a combined 0-for-75 in Daytona 500 pole qualifying, qualifying races and in the big race itself. Ouch.
	13 (10)	Denny Hamlin	0	Apparently I angered the Charlotte Bobcats with last week's Hamlin season-ticket comment. So let's forget his disappointing 500 and congratulate Rufus the Bobcat for his fine showing in Saturday's NBA Mascot Dunk Contest.
	14 (17)	Kurt Busch	1	The elder Busch snaked through the big wrecks and saved face for Penske Championship Racing with a 10th-place run. As well as they get along, he no doubt also enjoyed watching little bro's night go up in tire smoke.
	15	Martin Truex Jr.	0	I endured a lot of ugly e-mails for leaving Truex out of the preseason Top 20, so I am willing to admit a mistake and give him the big boost that you, the readers, correctly suggested that I should ...
	16 (20)	Reed Sorenson	1	... But only if you're willing to apologize for your equally ugly words about me having the gall to rank the current driver of The King's ride. He finished ninth Sunday.
	17 (18)	Juan Pablo Montoya	0	... And this guy, too. He finished 14th.
	18 (16)	Brian Vickers	0	I've been telling people all winter to expect big things from Red Bull Racing's No. 1 guy, and BV was well on his way to proving me right. Then he decided to throw a bumper block on this guy ...
	19 (13)	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	0	Remember on "American Idol" when they would send the losers off to the song "You Had A Bad Day"? That's what they should have done to Little E after two pit-road violations and The Big One.
	20	Elliott Sadler	1	Have you ever heard more heartbreaking radio chatter than when Sadler bemoaned his hard-luck life as the rain approached? I wanted to give him a hug after the race, but I was afraid he'd squash me like a bug.