Who's Hot and Who's Not

HOT - Dale Earnhardt Jr.

SouthernCindi's Take: No "lame duck" driver here, had a gutsy performance to finish third at Dover International Speedway.

HOT - Jimmie Johnson

SouthernCindi's Take: Continued to stay in contention for a second consecutive championship by taking the pole, his second in three races, and finishing 14th at Dover.

HOT - Tony Stewart

SouthernCindi's Take: Displayed incredible spirit and passion throughout Sunday on his way to scoring his 20th top-10 finish of the year - which coincidentally also puts him second in the championship, only two points behind Jeff Gordon.

HOT - Kevin Harvick

SouthernCindi's Take: Had to endure even more tire problems this week, but worked through them to finish the race with a top-20 finish.

HOT - Carl Edwards

SouthernCindi's Take: Led a total of 95 laps at Dover en route to taking his 1st career win at the 'Monster Mile.'

NOT - David Gililand

SouthernCindi's Take: Nearly avoided the spinning car of Johnny Sauter on lap 12, but could only drive to a 24th place finish at the end of the day.

NOT - Paul Menard

SouthernCindi's Take: Created early fireworks by not giving Tony Stewart enough room on the tightly packed pit road, then went on to finish 21st, four laps behind.

NOT - Kyle Petty

SouthernCindi's Take: Not only did he finish 40th at Dover, but he also looked silly going after Denny Hamlin in the garage after a mid-race accident.

NOT- Kurt Busch

SouthernCindi's Take: Caused one of the biggest wrecks on Sunday at Dover (12 cars total).

NOT- Carl Edwards

SouthernCindi's Take: but then lost his momentum after his car failed postrace inspection and getting hit with a 25-point penalty.