Tony Stewart

After the break this week, there's a string of races where the number 20 orange Home Depot car has excelled, places like Indy, Pocono and Watkins Glen. "It's not a life or death situation if you have a bad day as long as after 26 races you're in that top-12 group."

Stewart missed the Chase last year, but he doesn't plan on letting that happen again. "As long as you're in the top-12, it doesn't matter if you're first or 12th." Remember, he won three of the final 10 races last year.