Denny Hamlin is the statistical leader in a lot of categories at Pocono Raceway and boasts the best driver rating of the field in the last 16 races at the three-turn oval.
Jimmie Johnson, the winner of four of the last eight Dover races and a total of seven career victories at the Monster Mile, has to be the top contender entering this event.
Kasey Kahne is a four-time winner at Charlotte Motor Speedway and a three-time Coca-Cola 600 winner. He heads into this week's marathon as the favorite.
Superlatives are the only way to describe Jimmie Johnson, and with his record-setting fourth All-Star victory under his belt, he is the favorite heading into this week's Coca-Cola 600.
Jimmie Johnson rides into this weekend's race as the standings leader by a wide margin - and with the ability to roll the dice for the win at Darlington.
Matt Kenseth's success at Fort Worth has been nothing short of amazing, and it's almost mind-boggling that he's only captured two wins at the track in the last 11 years.
Thanks to consecutive victories at Martinsville and Texas, Jimmie Johnson heads to Phoenix this weekend with a seven-point lead in the championship chase ahead of Brad Keselowski.
Denny Hamlin was mired in a terrible slump just a couple weeks ago, but after convincing victories at Bristol and Atlanta the last two weeks the Joe Gibbs Racing star is the top contender this week at Richmond.
All is well at the midseason point for Tony Stewart. He wasted no time starting his title defense, and now he enters his usual strongest part of the schedule.
This time of year is when Tony Stewart tends to turn on the afterburners, and with two victories already under his belt this season it might get tough for anyone to compete.
Jimmie Johnson is the winner of three of the last six Dover races and has six career victories at the Monster Mile. Guess who's the favorite this week?