Tony Stewart rekindled his championship flame with a nearly perfect 400 miles at Dover amid a lot of bumping and banging.
Jimmie Johnson, the winner of four of the last eight Dover races and a total of seven career victories at the Monster Mile, has to be the top contender entering this event.
Kevin Harvick is a top driver at Dover, the site of this week's race, and last week's win gives him plenty of momentum.
Kasey Kahne is a four-time winner at Charlotte Motor Speedway and a three-time Coca-Cola 600 winner. He heads into this week's marathon as the favorite.
Superlatives are the only way to describe Jimmie Johnson, and with his record-setting fourth All-Star victory under his belt, he is the favorite heading into this week's Coca-Cola 600.
The top contender for this season's All-Star Challenge is the surging Matt Kenseth and his hot No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team.
Joe Gibbs Racing is on top of the world, and Denny Hamlin will be gunning for his slice of the pie at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Jimmie Johnson rides into this weekend's race as the standings leader by a wide margin - and with the ability to roll the dice for the win at Darlington.
Jimmie Johnson's numbers at Darlington are so impressive that it makes it hard for fantasy owners not to select him this week.
Our most recent Talladega winner, Matt Kenseth, comes into Aaron's 499 weekend looking to continue his superspeedway dominance in 2013.
Kevin Harvick has momentum and scored two top-5s in the last three lead-lap finishes at Talladega.
Kyle Busch is the star of Richmond International Raceway where he has dominated in recent years.
Matt Kenseth is settled into this team and appears to be one of the strongest drivers on the circuit heading into this week's race at Richmond.
Kyle Busch is on fire coming to the Kansas oval this weekend after conquering Texas in his last start.
Kyle Busch has matured as a driver in recent seasons, and this could be the year everything comes together for the super quick fighter.
Matt Kenseth's success at Fort Worth has been nothing short of amazing, and it's almost mind-boggling that he's only captured two wins at the track in the last 11 years.
The first driver to score a repeat victory in 2013, Jimmie Johnson is looking every bit as strong as he has in each of his championship seasons.
After a shocking performance at Fontana it will be good for Jimmie Johnson to get back to action on a short track this week.