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
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Joey Logano.

Dropped out
Jamie McMurray, Martin Truex Jr.

Biggest mover
Mark Martin moves up three spots from 10th to seventh.

Biggest losers
Carl Edwards falls two spots from fourth to sixth, Greg Biffle from eighth to 10th.

Also considered
Casey Mears, Brad Keselowski, Mike Stefanik, Pete Hamilton, Ollie Silva.

2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Power Rankings - Week 19
	RK(LW)	DRIVER	TOP 10s	COMMENT
	1 (1)	Tony Stewart	13	Apparently Smoke just needs to keep on wrecking his primary and pulling out backups. Then again, he could probably steal your rental Hyundai from the track parking lot and still get a top-10.
	2 (2)	Jeff Gordon	12	Joey Logano didn't beat the Artist Formerly Known As Wonder Boy, Mother Nature did. At Daytona he has twice the career win total (six) of the next closest full-time racer (Michael Waltrip's three).
	3 (3)	Jimmie Johnson	11	Want to know the difference between a real title contender and a poser? We all thought the 48 had a bad day at Loudon and he finished ninth. Any other team and we'd be patting them on the back.
	4 (6)	Kurt Busch	9	Once again the only Busch family member to win a NASCAR championship was overshadowed by his little brother, leading 28 laps and earning his fifth top-5 of the year.
	5 (5)	Denny Hamlin	6	What so-called expert was it who said DH was going to win at Loudon? What an idiot. Hang on. Oh, that was me, wasn't it?
	6 (4)	Carl Edwards	8	I'm sorry, but was Carl Edwards even in New Hampshire? Maybe he got a look at the gym and the cafeteria in Bristol, Conn., and decided just to stay there when he was done taping "NASCAR Now."
	7 (10)	Mark Martin	8	The World's Fastest Wrinkle moves up despite a forgettable 14th-place finish. How? Because the guys he's competing with for the Chase have been more generic than the canned goods section at ALDI.
	8 (7)	Ryan Newman	8	Generic guy No. 1: Finished 29th at Loudon, average finish over the past four races -- 18.5.
	9 (8)	Matt Kenseth	6	Generic guy No. 2: Finished 22nd at Loudon, average finish over the past four races -- 19th.
	10 (9)	Greg Biffle	8	Generic guy No. 3: Finished 18th at Loudon, average finish over the past four races -- 15th.
	11 (12)	Kyle Busch	6	Give Shrub credit. He's never boring, is he? He's made more enemies this year than Kim Jong-il. And like His Royal Emperoressness, Kyle could care less what anyone else thinks.
	12 (11)	Juan Pablo Montoya	7	JPM led six laps at Loudon, earning five bonus points that kept him in the Chase by one measly point. Could he actually make the Chase without a single top-5 finish? I'm betting no.
	13 (13)	Kasey Kahne	6	Ol' Blue Eyes is quietly putting together a very nice summer. His stealthy 10th-place finish at NHMS was his fourth top-10 in six weeks. He's finished ninth or better in four of his past five Daytona starts.
	14 (15)	David Reutimann	5	The Reut overcame a career of bad Loudon memories to finish fourth. He'll have to overcome another house of personal horrors at Daytona, where he's averaged a 23rd-place finish in five Cup tries.
	15 (14)	Clint Bowyer	6	The good news is Bowyer was the only RCR car that wasn't caught up in Loudon's version of the Big One. The bad news is he still finished 20th. He has five top-10s in seven Daytona Cup starts.
	16 (18)	Marcos Ambrose	4	The Tasmanian Devil's top-5 jubilation from Infineon was tempered by a 23rd-place run at New Hampshire. He made his Daytona Cup debut back in February, finishing a so-so 17th.
	17 (17)	Brian Vickers	6	How are things at Red Bull? Let's see. Saturday: Embarrassing bumper tag between BV and teammate Scott Speed. Sunday: Speed wonders aloud if BV put out a hit on him in the Cup race. Verdict: Not good.
	18	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	3	A 13th-place run may not seem like much, but over the past month the look on Little E's face has gone from "I wish I was still changing oil over at the Chevy dealership" to "Wait, I think I can still do this!"
	19 (19)	Jeff Burton	6	When Baby Burton can't even enjoy Loudon -- finishing 31st at what is easily his best track -- then you know times are beyond tough. He has just two top-10s at Daytona since 2002. Ugh.
	20	Joey Logano	4	Do us all a favor and quit whining about the rain. Sliced Bread spun, got his lap back, relied on his super-smart crew chief, and squeezed mileage out of little fuel to hold off Jeff Gordon. That's impressive.