The All-Motorsport Power Rankings: No. 66

Few things are sure in this world.

Night will always follow day.

Monday will always follow Sunday.

An undercover member of the FIA will always follow McLaren.

And Denny Hamlin will always win at Pocono.

Oh, and Pocono will always be a bit boring, though if we can always have a restart every dozen laps or so, then there's always a place for it, in my opinion.

Elsewhere, Indycar went racing again, only this time no one decided to start up a short haul airline. So the world carried on spinning, though it could have done with rotating a little slower to help the safety crew reach Simona de Silverstro a little faster.

F1 also rumbled on, and the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours got underway.

15. Ken Anderson (The Gutter)

It’s really, finally, eventually, fully, terminally, permanently, incurably over forever.

Apparently.

14. Bernie Ecclestone (Middle Earth)

So, the Korean Grand Prix is in doubt.

Bernie doesn’t care; you know he’s already cashed the check.

13. Arie Luyendyk (Doom-mongering)

And I thought only NASCAR could pull off the knee-jerk reaction.

However, Arie and Mark Blundell have basically called for a ban on oval Indycar fuel mileage races after Con-Air at Indy.

12. Simona de Silvestro (Indycar)

A fuel fire!

Don’t let Arie hear about it; the senile old fool will try banning fuel.

11. Rahel Frey (Le Mans)

Scientific proof* that women make bad drivers.

Three women drivers and this happens.

*In the interest of fairness (and truth) it should be pointed out that Romain Grosjean crashed the sister car first, but he had an excuse (“a bump”), and because he’s a bloke, that’s good enough for me.

10. Joey Logano (NASCAR, probably Formula Drift)

Joey has finally hit on how to make Pocono worthwhile.

Cars have to go around the corners sideways.

That’s what we need, fresh young minds thinking up NASCAR’s rules.

9. Mark Webber (F1)

This Red Bull feud is going to run and run.

Until another story tries to barge its way past under orders from the PR department, of course.

8. Valentino Rossi (Stretchers, crutches etc)

Well, this is a fine time for you to realise you’re mortal!

Read more.

7. Kasey Kahne (NASCAR, escapology)

Yes, Pocono was boring but Kasey attempting to leave half a lap early was audacious and only fooled by the swift intervention of the safety, er, hedge.

Watch here.

6. Jorge Lorenzo (Moto GP)

No excuses now....

5. Delana Harvick (Gender Roles)

On the whole Logano/her husband/firesuit ownership stuff:

“I wasn't anywhere near where it happened.”

Damn! And all this time I thought she actually rode around in the passenger seat with Kevin; glad she cleared that up.

4. Sebastien Bourdais (Le Mans)

Pole for the Le Mans 24 Hours, where tragically under appreciated F1 drivers get to overtake.

Qualifying results.

3. Dani Pedrosa (Moto GP)

OK Moto GP fans.

So, any win while Vale’s crippled gets an asterisk next to it in the record books, right?

Italian Moto GP report and result

2. Ryan Briscoe (Indycar)

“Briscoe beats Patrick”

Now, I don’t much like the woman, but physical violence is entirely uncalled for.

1. Denny Hamlin (NASCAR)

Hamlin.

Pocono.

End.

NASCAR Pocono Results