Brett Winningham
11/24/11 11:54 P.M.
With the Daytona 500 right around the corner these are the top 10 drivers Ithink will do good in 2011. Driver number 10 Jeff Burton #31, Jeff Burton had some bad luck in the 2010 season. Jeff got 6 top 5's, and had 15 top 10's last year. Driver number 9 Kevin Harvick #29. Kevin had a fantastic year in 2010. Kevin got 3 wins, 16 top 5's and 26 top 10's, and finished third in driver points. Driver number 8 Tony Stewart #14, Tony had struggled for most of the season, but in late 2010 Tony won 2 NASCAR sprint cup races those came at Atlanta, and Fontana in the fall. Driver number seven 2010 NASCAR sprint cup champion Jimmie Johnson #48, Jimmie had a fantastic year in 2010 NASCAR season. Jimmie had 17 top 5's, and had 23 top 10's, he also got 6 wins. Driver number six Denny Hamlin #11, Denny had a break out season with 6 wins in the 2010 season, Denny had 14 top 5's, and had 18 top 10's Denny finished 2nd to a tight battle in the points system. Driver number 5 Juan Pablo Montoya #42, in 2010 Juan had many struggles, but when Watkins Glen came around that changed since Sonoma in 2007 Juan got his 2nd NASCAR sprint cup win, and was his 3rd nascar top 3 series win. Juan Montoya with his agressive driving style will be on everyone's mind as the 2011 NASCAR sprint cup season starts. Juan got 6 top 5's and 14 top 10's in the 2010 NASCAR sprint cup season. Driver number 4 2010 Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray #1, Jamie had a break out season in 2010. He won the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, and at Charlotte in the fall. Jamie was a hugh help for Chip Ganassi and Teresa Earnhardt to give Chip the triple crown. Chip became the first car owner to win the Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500, and Brickyard 400 all in the same year. In 2010 Jamie had 9 top 5's and 12 top 10's, and was just short of making the 2010 chase. Driver numer three Jeff Gordon #24, Jeff had many struggles in the 2010 NASCAR sprint cup season. Jeff got 11 top 5's, and 17 top 10's, and got 0 wins last year. Driver number 2 Kurt Busch #22, Kurt Busch will be in a new number this year in the #22 Shell Penzoil Dodge Charger. Kurt got 9 top 5's, and 17 top 10's.
Driver number 1 Carl Edwards #99, Carl Edwards struggled for the first part of the 2010 season, and then won the last 2 NASCAR sprint cup series races of the season at Phoenix, and Homestead. Carl had 9 top 5's and 19 top 10's and finished the points in the 4th position.
