Ryan Newman

Meanwhile, Kyle Busch wants to improve on his eighth ranking, so he is trying to figure out how to improve on a sixth place Michigan finish in June. "We ran well up top, but we just weren't as quick as we were on the bottom, but our car didn't drive as well on the bottom, so you try and have to find a balance to figure out where exactly you run better," said Kyle Busch.

Just in front of Kyle Busch in the standings is Jimmie Johnson. He has always run well at Michigan, but he has not been in the position to win there. "The way we ran in last, I guess the spring race there, we qualified second and ran up-front until unfortunately ran out of gas," said Johnson.