Johnny Benson
Remained the only driver in the top-10 without a victory after a poor 31st at Dover, Delaware last week; having one of his better season in recent years with 11 top-10 finishes and earnings over $2 million.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Winner of the MBNA 400 at Dover last week, his second of the year and fourth career in Winston Cup; the result bettered his third place finish at that track in June; up to sixth in the points standings and now is fourth in laps led with 526; at the start of April the team was as low as 26th in the points, a remarkable run to reach sixth; tested at Kansas Speedway for a day earlier in the season; purse winning this year already top $3.5 million, which is third on the list; first win this year was scored at the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway where his father was killed in a crash in February's Daytona 500.

Jeff Gordon
Maintained consistency with a fourth-place finish at Dover Downs this past Sunday; it was his series leading 17th top-five result; leads and is near the top of several series categories including wins (5), poles (6), laps led (1,921) and money earned, over $5.6 million; has 212 points lead over second place Ricky Rudd in the standings; on pace to capture his fourth career NASCAR Winston Cup championship provided he avoids any major letdown in the last nine races.

Dale Jarrett
Placed 12th at Dover and fell another spot down to fourth in the points table; second most wins this year with four races to his name and poles (4); has scored 10 top fives and 13 top-10 results.

Bobby Labonte
Among the series winners this year with, notching his 17th career at the Pennsylvania 500 on July 29; a lowly finish of 36th at Dover pushed him down three slots to ninth in the points standings; has only five other top-five results in addition to his victory; has topped the $3 million mark in earning this season.

Sterling Marlin
A good eighth place finish at the MBNA Cal Ripkin Jr. 400 at Dover Downs Speedway marked his 14th top 10 this year; he started 26th, but battled to the front of the pack during the early stages of the race; fifth overall in the Winston Cup standings, 63 points out of fourth; the 25-year-veteran is having one of his better years in recent times; won the Pepsi 400 at Michigan Speedway for his first win in more than five years and seventh career; it was the first win for Dodge since 1977 when Neil Bonnett won at Ontario Motor Speedway in California; led a total of 348 laps which is seventh best this year.

Mark Martin
His bad season continued at Dover where he was 32nd; cannot seem to snap out of a bad luck run the last several races; a driver who usually does well in inaugural races having posted four straight top-10 finishes, including a win, in the past four inaugural races; has five top top-10 results in the nine inaugural races held since 1988; 12th in the Winston Cup standings.

Ricky Rudd
Another track incident with Rusty Wallace may have cost him the victory at Dover Downs, but in the end had to settle for a third place finish; riding a wave of momentum after also winning at Richmond the previous race; feels the championship is within grasp as he trails leader Jeff Gordon by 212 points with 10 races remaining; earned 19 top-10 finishes this year, two wins and has finished seventh or better in five of his last six races; his two victories (his first in more than two years) for the 44-year-old veteran were posted at the Pocono 500 in June and earlier this month at the Monte Carlo 400; has done weel over the years at inaugural races, with five top-fives in nine he has entered, winning the inaugural event at Sears Point in 1989.

Tony Stewart
Another top-five result, his 11th of the year, at Dover last Sunday, improved his status to third in the points behind leader Jeff Gordon and Ricky Rudd; is 200 points behind Rudd; recorded three victories this year, which is third-best in the series to Gordon (5) and Dale Jarrett (4); led 213 laps in 28 races.