NASCAR Winston Cup Points Comparison: 1996 vs. 1995

03/29/96

ESPNET recently published a table that compares this year's rankings of top Winston Cup Series drivers with how the drivers were doing in last year's series. Here's the table:

Driver		'96 Ranking	'95 Ranking	Gain/Loss
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D. Jarrett	    1st		    9th 	   +8
D. Earnhardt	    2nd		    1st 	   -1
R. Rudd 	    3rd		   12th 	   +9
R. Craven	    4th		   24th	          +20
B. Elliott	    5th		   19th	          +14
T. Labonte	    6th		    5th	           -1
T. Musgrave	    7th 	    6th	           -1
M. Martin	    8th	            3rd	           -5
J. Gordon	    9th	            8th	           +1
K. Schrader	   10th	           14th	           +4
S. Marlin          12th	            2nd	          -10
R. Wallace	   14th		   16th	           +2
D. Waltrip	   34th		   29th	           -5