THE HEAT INDEX

(Last 3races)

RED HOT                                                                 ICE COLD

1—Kurt Busch                      452                                          1—Scott Wimmer                179

2—Jeff Gordon                     440                                          2—Travis Kvapil                   198

3—Jimmie Johnson            425                                          3—Jeff Green                       231

4—Earnhardt Jr.                   422                                          4—Tony Stewart                  234

5—Jeff Burton                      407                                          5—Dave Blaney                     237

6—Ryan Newman                 406                                          6—Ken Schrader                  244

7—Michael Waltrip               403                                          7—Mike Bliss                       255

8—Sterling Marlin                400                                          8—Jason Leffler                  258

9—Mark Martin                    388                                          9—Bobby Labonte               268

10—Jeremy Mayfield          382                                          10—Kyle Petty                      275

                                                                                               

 

THE TURNAROUNDS

(Position in Race to the Chase Versus Last Year at this time)

GOOD TURNS                                                                                         BAD TURNS

Rank-Driver                           05            04            Diff.                         Rank-Driver                           05            04            Diff.

1—Carl Edwards (99 car)    8              33            +25                          1—Matt Kenseth                  28            3              -25

2—Greg Biffle                       3              21            +18                          2—Bobby Labonte               34            12            -22

3—Scott Riggs                      19            34            +15                          3—Earnhardt Jr.                   12            1              -11

4—Michael Waltrip               18            31            +13                          3—Kasey Kahne                   20            9              -11

5—Mark Martin                    6              18            +12                          3—Scott Wimmer                33            22            -11

6—Jeff Burton (31 car)        17            25            +8                            6—Tony Stewart                  14            6              -8

7—Jeff Green                       29            35            +6                            6—Joe Nemechek               24            16            -8                         

8—Kyle Petty                        22            27            +5                            6—Mike Bliss (0 car)           27            19            -8

8—Dave Blaney                     21            26            +5

 

 

2005 RACE TO THE CHASE
After Race #8 of 26:  Phoenix #1

Races Left to the Chase:  18 (69%)

 

05/LW/04                                Season  Out of     Out of     Out of     LastRce Gain        Last 3     Finishes                                Top         Top                Bottom Bonus-

Driver                     Pts.         1^st            10^th          11^th          Fin/Pts    11^th          Pts          1—2—3                   5s            10s          10s       Penalty Pts

 

1/1/4-Johnson       1260        --            +300        +309        15/118     +16          425          1—2—1                   5              7              0              35-25

2/4/2-KuBusch       1087        -173         +127        +136        1/190       +88          452          1—1—2                   4              5              1              30-0

3/2/21-Biffle           1052        -208         +92          +101        41/45       -57           311          2—0—1                   3              5              1              35-0

4/5/7-JGordon       1027        -233         +67          +76          12/132     +30          440          2—0—0                   3              3              1              25-0

5/8/5-ESadler         1009        -251         +49          +58          11/130     +28          352          0—1—0                   1              4              0              10-0

6/7/18-MMartin      997          -263         +37          +46          16/115     +13          388          0—0—1                   2              4              0              15-0

7/9/11-Newman     994          -266         +34          +43          14/121     +19          406          0—0—0                   1              3              0              25-0

8/13/33-Edwards   979          -281         +19          +28          7/146       +44          301          1—0—0                   2              3              1              10-0

9/6/13-SMarlin       968          -292         +8            +17          26/85       -17           400          0—0—0                   1              3              1              15-0

10/3/8-RWallace     960          -300         --             +9            36/55       -47           349          0—0—0                   1              4              1              15-0

                                                                                                                Gain

                                                                                                                10th

11/12/10-Harvick   951          -309         -9             --             19/106     -1             297          1—0—0                   2              3              0              15-0

12/15/1-ErnhrdtJr 947          -313         -13           -4             4/160       +53          422          0—0—1                   3              4              1              5-0

13/10/17-DJarrett  947          -313         -13           -4             23/94       -13           336          0—0—0                   1              1              0              5-0

14/11/6-Stewart    913          -347         -47           -38           33/64       -43           234          0—0—1                   1              3              0              25-0

15/14/14-McMurry912          -348         -48           -39           25/88       -19           346          0—0—0                   2              2              0              0-0

16/16/15-Mayfield 904          -356         -56           -47           13/124     +17          382          0—0—0                   0              0              0              20-0

17/20/25-JBurton  879          -381         -81           -72           3/165       +58          407          0—0—1                   1              1              1              5-0

18/24/31-MWaltrip 866          -394         -94           -85           2/175       +68          403          0—1—0                   1              3              2              20-0

19/18/34-Riggs      847          -413         -113         -104         18/114     +7            281          0—0—0                   1              3              0              5-0

20/23/9-Kahne       810          -450         -150         -141         17/112     +5            340          0—1—0                   2              2              3              5-0

21/22/26-Blaney     798          -462         -162         -153         24/91       -16           237          0—0—0                   0              1              2              10-0

22/19/27-Petty       796          -464         -164         -155         31/70       -37           275          0—0—0                   0              1              1              20-0

23/28/24-Vickers  795          -465         -165         -156         5/160       +54          279          0—0—0                   1              2              3              10-0

24/26/16-Nemchek793         -467         -167         -158         10/134     +28          380          0—0—0                   0              2              2              15-0

25/27/23-KyBusch 792          -468         -168         -159         8/147       +41          293          0—1—0                   1              2              2              10-0

26/17/20-Mears     791          -469         -169         -160         39/46       -61           323          0—0—0                   1              2              1              5-0

27/25/19-Bliss        767          -493         -193         -184         20/103     -5             255          0—0—0                   0              0              2              0-0

28/21/3-Kenseth   745          -515         -215         -206         42/37       -70           286          0—0—0                   0              1              1              20-0

29/32/35-JGreen   687          -573         -273         -264         21/100     -6             231          0—0—0                   0              0              1              10-0

30/29/28-Kvapil      668          -592         -292         -283         40/43       -63           198          0—0—0                   0              1              1              5-0

31/30/30-Rudd       659          -601         -301         -292         34/61       -45           349          0—0—0                   0              2              2              0-0

32/31/32-Schrader651          -609         -309         -300         38/54       -52           244          0—0—0                   0              0              3              10-0

33/31/22-Wimmer 630          -630         -330         -321         32/72       -35           179          0—0—0                   0              0              1              10-0

34/37/12-BLabonte615         -645         -345         -336         6/150       +43          268          0—0—0                   0              1              4              5-0

35/34/NA-Leffler   599          -661         -361         -352         29/76       -31           258          0—0—0                   0              0              4              0-0

 

 

LEADER PACE

(The likelihood of the 400-point Wild Card will be determined by the pace set by the leader after 26 races. Here is the pace after four races)

 

2005                                        2004                                        2003                                                        2002

1 J Johnson          1260        1 Earnhardt Jr.  1167            1 M Kenseth    1233                             1 S Marlin              1209

10 R Wallace          960          10 K Harvick      1003            10 E Sadler        895                              10 Rudd                  993

18 teams within 400 pts     23 teams within 400            17 teams within 400                            21 teams within 400

10 teams with 156 of 10^th    8 teams within 156 of 10th 20 teams with 156 of 10^th                    8 teams within 156 of 10th