Who is hot in NASCAR Cup right now? Sept 2 2013 (drivers, engine, traffic)

[PDD]

In the last 10 races avg. finish among contenders.
#78 avg finish 11.1
#18 ............ 11.6
#15 ............ 12.3
#29 .............12.4
#22 .............12.5
#24 ............ 12.9
#39 ............ 13.6
#20 ............ 14.0
#88 .............14.1
#48 .............14.2
#5 .............. 14.3
#99 .............15.6
#16 ............ 15.7
#2 .............. 18.5

In the last five races avg finish among contenders

#22 ... 4.4
#18 ... 5.2
#78 ... 10.0
#39.... 11.4
#16 ....11.8
#24 ....13.6
#20 ....14.6
#29 ....15.0
#88 ....15.0
#15 ....15.6
#5 ..... 16
#99 ... 16.4
#2 ..... 17.0
# 48... 25

[texdav]

I agree that Legano is the most improved driver in sprint cup this year,he has always been fast in nationwide. Johnson still is the measure tho. Both Bush's seem to have take more control as they have always been great drivers;but attitude has hurt their teams often.

[JonasW]

Yeah the Busch brothers are both hot right now. They still have the most pure talent if they can manage to keep their heads out of their arses.

[mkpunk]

I think Lagano's problem was JGR. He definetly had the gift and had to un-wrap it still. Now with Penske he has. I just find it weird that his teammate and defending cup champion is not in the chase and has little chance to.

[rbohm]

Originally Posted by mkpunk

I think Lagano's problem was JGR. He definetly had the gift and had to un-wrap it still. Now with Penske he has. I just find it weird that his teammate and defending cup champion is not in the chase and has little chance to.

a lot of bad luck on brads part through out the season. that and the fords were down on power for a good part of the season.

one guy that is also starting to heat up is carl edwards. he has had a few chances to win races in the last five, i know an engine issue ended one of his runs, and a bad call hurt him in the last race.

[texdav]

I think ford teams is just now getting a gripe on the handling; personally. They had plenty of speed but real lack of rear grip. The main thing I see is these cars are fast especially aero wise. That an lead to huge difference in traffic compared to clear air over older cars.

[Gimme3steps]

Originally Posted by mkpunk

I think Lagano's problem was JGR. He definetly had the gift and had to un-wrap it still. Now with Penske he has. I just find it weird that his teammate and defending cup champion is not in the chase and has little chance to.

Looks like Logano's getting better equipment than BK.

[texdav]

I think he is doing a better job of setup the car with his team than BK his teammate. I mean its like Scrub; he's a hell of driver but not over all as good as having jimmy Johnson on a team.Johnson is like having Iceman on your team.