Check out a short list of favorites for Sunday's Michigan 400 at Brooklyn, Mich.

	Earnhardt

Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Set track record of 191.149 mph set in the Pepsi 400 qualifying in August 2000; started and finished 12th in the Pepsi 400 here last year; seeking seventh career win and first win since April 21 at Talladega; is 14th in the Winston Cup points standings for the second straight week; finished eighth in the Winston Cup race last year when he had three dramatic wins.

Bill Elliott
Leads all active drivers with seven poles and seven wins at Michigan; has 17 top-5 finishes and 29 top-10 finishes in 48 Winston Cup appearances here; did not finish the Pocono 500 due to engine failure and was 30th; seeking his first win since November 11 at the Penzoil 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, which was his first victory in 227 races; dropped two spots to 11th in the Winston Cup standings; has six top-10 finishes in 13 races this year.

Jeff Gordon
Four-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion is seeking his first win since September 30 in the Protection One 400 at Kansas City; the 22 races without a win is his longest drought since 1994 which was his second full year in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series; remained third in the standings after finishing fifth in the Pocono 500; has four top-5 finishes and nine top-10; won the Pepsi 400 in 1998 and the Kmart 400 last year; in 1999, took off from the pole but Dale Jarrett held him off late; has 12 top-five finishes in 17 starts here.

Dale Jarrett
Ended a 30-race winless streak at the Pocono 500; it was his 30th career victory and first since last July in New Hampshire; the victory moved Jarrett up one spot in the Winston Cup standings to 12th; started 21st and finished 18th in the Kmart 400 last year; won the Goodwrench 400 here in 1996; set the Kmart 400 record here in 1999 at 173,997 miles per hour; his first career Winston Cup win came here in the Champion 400 in 1991.

Jimmie Johnson
After becoming only the second rookie to win in Dover's 65-race history when he held off Bill Elliott in the MBNA Platinum 400, he finished third in his first NASCAR race at Pocono Raceway; did not lead in the Pocono 500, but rallied from 10th place following a restart on the 172nd lap; four top-5 finishes,including two wins and is second in the Winston Cup points standings with 1,928; is 450 points ahead of Ryan Newman, the next closest rookie in the points standings.

	Labonte

Bobby Labonte
The 2-mile oval has been one of his favorite tracks; has had three Winston Cup wins in Michigan and one in the Busch series; started 25th and finished 13 in the Kmart 400 last year; started ninth and finished 19th in last year's Pepsi 400 here; started from the pole in the Kmart 400 in 2000 and finished third; also third in the Pepsi 400 in 2000; is 20th in the Winston Cup standings; has finished seventh or better in the standings five straight years.

Sterling Marlin
First in Winston Cup standings with 1,899 points, nine top-10 finishes, two wins, with both coming in March; finished fourth in the Pocono 500; the 26-year-veteran did not fall below seventh in the standings last year and finished a career-high third; finished third in the Kmart 400 last year after starting 29th; started 15th here in the Pepsi 400 in August and recorded his seventh career win.

Ricky Rudd
Penalized by NASCAR for changing engines and had to start in the back of the field at the Pocono 500; bad luck continued as a leaky tire cost him a chance at a first win this year and finished 17th; is eighth in the Winston Cup points standings with 1,728; has at least one win in 16 straight seasons, which is tied with Rusty Wallace for the modern-era record; has not won since snapping an 88-race losing streak with a victory from the pole in the 2001 Pocono 500.

Tony Stewart
One of four drivers with two wins this year; moved up one slot to sixth place in the Winston Cup standings after finishing seventh at the Pocono 500; was a career-best second in the standings last year; won the Kmart 400 in 2000, but was 25th last year.

Rusty Wallace
Winner of four races at Michigan Speedway with the most recent coming in the 1999 Kmart 400; although he has no top-5 finishes in 14 starts this year, he has eight top-10 finishes; has 54 career wins and at least one in 16 straight years, tying him with Ricky Rudd for the modern-era record; is fifth in the standings with 1,826 points.