| Driver (1st place votes) | Last Week |
| 1 | Kevin Harvick (15) | 1 |
| | Played the part of the Invisible Man at Bristol. | |
| | Dean Reller | |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson (6) | 2 |
| | Can't call it a slump until it's slumping in the Chase. | |
| | Monte Dutton | |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | 3 |
| | Fun fact: Since January, 2008, David Reutimann has more wins than Jeff Gordon. | |
| | Tom Bowles | |
| 4 | Tony Stewart | 4 |
| | If only for brake lights, Bristol could have been so different. | |
| | Ron Thornton | |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | 7 |
| | If his ego gets any bigger, it will fill up Talladega.. | |
| | Matt Myftiu | |
| 6 | Carl Edwards | 8 |
| | When 12th is worst finish in your past seven, things are going good. | |
| | Ron Thornton | |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | 10 |
| | He would have gotten by in the Golden Age, and not many today can say that. | |
| | Monte Dutton | |
| 8 | Jeff Burton | 6 |
| | Seldom a wrong move but not enough right ones. | |
| | Monte Dutton | |
| 9 | Kurt Busch | 5 |
| | The right Busch won because the bow is cooler than snow angels or backward laps. | |
| | Dennis Michelsen | |
| 10 | Denny Hamlin | 9 |
| | Sure seems to get the car with the bum part more often than Kyle. | |
| | Dennis Michelsen | |
| 11 | Matt Kenseth | 11 |
| | He's ahead of Jimmie Johnson in points...seriously. | |
| | Matt Myftiu | |
| 12 | Clint Bowyer | 12 |
| | Leading the series in large, cartoon hand paint schemes for the year. | |
| | Mike Neff | |
| 13 | Jamie McMurray | 14 |
| | What? The Bristol night race isn't big enough to win this season? | |
| | Dennis Michelsen | |
| 14 | Mark Martin | 13 |
| | Maybe it is time for a final Salute to You tour. | |
| | Dennis Michelsen | |
| 15 | Kasey Kahne | 15 |
| | Reserving a cold case of Bud for Scott Speed as a parting gift for when he slides into the No.82 in 2011. | |
| | Tom Bowles | |
| 16 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 16 |
| | No championship, but he did bag a champion at Bristol. | |
| | Ron Thornton | |
| 17 | David Reutimann | 19 |
| | Five DNFs by the guys in front of him over the next two races, and he might sneak into the Chase. | |
| | Mike Neff | |
| 18 | Joey Logano | 17 |
| | Made it out of Bristol without shoving anyone or talking bad about someone's wife. | |
| | Mike Neff | |
| 19 | Ryan Newman | 18 |
| | I dare Rowdy to beat and bang on Newman. I double dare him. | |
| | Ron Thornton | |
| 20 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 20 |
| | Bring back Pops campaign starts any day now in Junior Nation. | |
| | Dennis Michelsen | |
