2005 CHASE FOR THE NASCAR NEXTEL CUP

After Race #8 of 10:  Texas #2

Races Left in The Chase:  2

Phoenix #2                  Homestead

 

                                               

                                                                                                                                                                                    S-C       S-C       S-C

                                    Season-Chase  Out       Lst Rce Gain     Lst 5                             Season            Chase              Top      Top      Bottom

Pos./LW-Driver             Pts                   1^st         Fin/Pts             1st        Pts       Gain     W—2—3           W—2—3           5s         10s       10s      

 

1/1—Tony Stewart       6255/1210         --          6/155                -5         736          E       5—5—1            0—3—0            16-4      24-6      0-0

2/2—Jimmie Johnson 6217/1182         -38        5/160                +5        780         +3      4—2—3            2—0—1            13-4      21-6      4-0

3/4—Carl Edwards       6178/1163         -77        1/185                +30       759         +3      4—0—2            2—0—1            12-4      16-6      3-0

4/3—Greg Biffle           6133/1088         -122      20/108              -47        712         +1      5—2—4            0—1—1            13-3      19-4      3-0

5/6—Mark Martin          6132/1107         -123      2/175                +20       751         +4      1—2—1            1—1—1            11-5      18-6      3-2

6/7—Matt Kenseth        6120/1105         -135      3/175                +20       712         +1      1—2—4            0—0—3            11-5      16-5      4-1

7/5—Ryan Newman     6081/1076         -174      25/88                -67        566         -6       1—0—0            1—0—0            8-3        15-5      4-0

8/9—Kurt Busch           5974/944           -281      10/134              -21        635         +2      3—3—3            0—1—0            9-1        18-4      7-2

9/8—Rusty Wallace      5940/900           -315      22/97                -58        497         -6       0—0—1            0—0—1            8-1        17-3      2-1       

10/10—Jeremy Mayfld  5848/834           -407      35/58                -97        441         -2       1—0—0            0—0—0            4-0        8-1        2-2

 

THE RACE FOR NEXT BEST

                                                            Out of   Lst Rce                                     Season            Top      Top      Bottom

Pos./LW—Driver                      Pts       11^th       Fin/Pts Gain     Pts./Gain          W—2—3           5s         10s       10s       Bonus

11/11    Jamie McMurray          3912     --          11/130  +9        605/+1              0—1—0            4          10         2          10-0     

12/12    Jeff Gordon                  3861     -51        14/121  -9         659/+4              4—2—0            7          12         6          70-0

13/13    Elliott Sadler                3860     -52        9/138    +8       572/E               0—1—0            1          12         4          70-0

14/14    Kevin Harvick              3831     -81        16/120  -10        510/-3               1—0—0            3          9          2          65-25

15/15    Joe Nemechek             3745     -167      37/52    -78        523/E                0—1—1            2          9          2          55-0

 

 

THE HEAT INDEX

(Last 5 Races)

RED HOT                                                                      ICE COLD

1—Jimmie Johnson                780                               1—Scott Riggs                         353

2—Carl Edwards                      759                               2—Michael Waltrip                  411

3—Mark Martin                        751                               3—Kasey Kahne                      412

4—Tony Stewart                      736                               4—Sterling Marlin                    413

5—Greg Biffle                          712                               5—Jeff Green                           438

5—Matt Kenseth                       712                               6—Ken Schrader                     439

7—Jeff Gordon                         659                               7—Dale Jarrett                         440

7—Casey Mears                       659                               8—Jeremy Mayfield                 441

9—Ricky Rudd                         652                               9—Scott Wimmer                     442

10—Kurt Busch                        635                               10—Mike Bliss                          457

 

 

THE CHASE --  2005 VS. 2004 --  After 5 Races

                      2005                                                                             2004

Pos.-Driver                   Pts       1^st                                 Pos.-Driver                   Pts.      1st

1—Tony Stewart          6255     +38                               1—Kurt Busch 6191     +41

2—Jimmie Johnson     6217     -38                                2—Jeff Gordon             6150     -41

3—Carl Edwards          6178     -77                                3—Dale Earnhardt Jr.  6144     -47

4—Greg Biffle              6133     -122                              4—Jimmie Johnson     6143     -48

5—Mark Martin            6132     -123                              5—Mark Martin            6089     -102

6—Matt Kenseth           6120     -135                              6—Tony Stewart          6049     -142

7—Ryan Newman        6081     -174                              7—Ryan Newman        6041     -150

8—Kurt Busch              5974     -281                              8—Elliott Sadler           5869     -322

9—Rusty Wallace         5940     -315                              9—Matt Kenseth           5855     -336

10—Jeremy Mayfield   5848     -407                              10—Jeremy Mayfield   5836     -355

 

 

THE 2005 CHASE FORM CHART

Pos./Driver (Bonus Pts)            N.H.      Dov      Tall      Kan      Clt        Mar      Atl        Tex      Phx      Home

1—Tony Stewart (50)                2/180    18/109  2/180    4/165    25/93    2/180    9/143    6/155

2—Jimmie Johnson (25)           8/142    1/185    31/75    6/155    1/185    3/165    16/115  5/160

3—Carl Edwards (20)                19/106  9/138    5/160    3/170    10/134  26/85    1/185    1/185

4—Greg Biffle (35)                    4/165    13/129  27/82    2/175    3/170    20/108  7/151    20/108

5—Mark Martin (30)                  7/151    4/165    41/40    1/190    5/155    34/61    3/170    2/175

6—Matt Kenseth (30)                3/165    35/58    3/170    5/160    26/85    12/132  5/160    3/175

7—Ryan Newman (25)              1/185    5/160    4/165    23/94    7/151    10/134  23/99    25/88

8—Kurt Busch (20)                    35/58    23/104  8/147    14/121  2/175    6/150    36/55    10/134

9—Rusty Wallace (5)                6/150    3/165    25/88    7/151    24/91    19/106  37/52    22/97

10—Jeremy Mayfield (15)         16/115  7/146    14/126  16/120  11/135  28/79    38/49    35/58

 

 

THE 2005 CHASE FOR THE NEXTEL CUP

Pos.-Driver                   1^st         Last 4 Phoenix Finishes          

1—Tony Stewart          +38       8—18—8—33                           

2—Jimmie Johnson     -38        15—2—6—15                           

3—Carl Edwards          -77        37—7                                       

4—Greg Biffle             -122      15—13—41                              

5—Mark Martin            -123      4—10—15—16                         

6—Matt Kenseth           -135      1—6—36—42                           

7—Ryan Newman        -174      18—3—2—14                           

8—Kurt Busch              -281      6—4—10—1                             

9—Rusty Wallace         -315      2—33—7—36                           

10—Jeremy Mayfield   -407      25—43—21—13                       

 

THE RACE FOR NEXT BEST

11—Jamie McMurray   +51       40—12—24—25                       

12—Jeff Gordon           -51        3—7—3—12                             

13—Elliott Sadler         -52        10—20—38—11                       

14—Kevin Harvick        -81        17—34—4—19                         

 

 

OCTOBER PERFORMANCE  (5 Races:  Talladega #2, Kansas, Lowe’s #2, Martinsville #2, Atlanta #2)

Rank-Driver                              Pts       Start of Month              Month Finish                Spots Gained/Lost

1—Tony Stewart                      761                   5                                  1                                  +4

2—Carl Edwards                      734                   8                                  4                                  +4

3—Matt Kenseth                       707                   9                                  7                                  +2

4—Jimmie Johnson                 695                   1                                  2                                  -1

5—Greg Biffle                          686                   6                                  3                                  +3

6—Kurt Busch                          648                   10                                 9                                  +1

7—Ryan Newman                    643                   3                                  5                                  -2

8—Ricky Rudd                         642                   23                                 21                                 +2

9—Mark Martin                        616                   4                                  6                                  -2

10—Joe Nemechek                  614                   16                                 15                                 +1

11—Jamie McMurray               607                   13                                 11                                 +2

12—Jeff Gordon                       590                   14                                 12                                 +2

13—Brian Vickers                    585                   18                                 16                                 +2

14—Jeff Burton                        560                   20                                 18                                 +2

15—Casey Mears                     548                   25                                 24                                 +1

16—Dave Blaney                     541                   32                                 28                                 +4

17—Kevin Harvick                    529                   12                                 14                                 -2

18—Travis Kvapil                     524                   34                                 34                                 E

19—Bobby Labonte                 515                   24                                 25                                 -1

20—Jeremy Mayfield               509                   7                                  10                                 -3

21—Elliott Sadler                     500                   11                                 13                                 -2

22—Kasey Kahne                     499                   21                                 22                                 +1

22—Kyle Petty                         499                   28                                 26                                 +2

24—Dale Jarrett                       498                   15                                 17                                 -2

25—Rusty Wallace                   488                   2                                  8                                  -6

26—Kyle Busch                        485                   19                                 20                                 -1

27—Scott Wimmer                   472                   33                                 33                                 E

28—Sterling Marlin                  465                   29                                 30                                 -1

29—Ken Schrader                    453                   30                                 31                                 -1

30—Jeff Green                         434                   26                                 27                                 -1

31—Dale Earnhardt Jr.             420                   17                                 19                                 -2

32—Mike Bliss                          412                   27                                 29                                 -2

33—Michael Waltrip                403                   22                                 23                                 -1

34—Scott Riggs                        347                   31                                 32                                 -1

 

 

SEPTEMBER PERFORMANCE  (4 Races: California #2, Richmond #2, New Hampshire #2, Dover #2)

Driver                                       Pts       Start of Month               Month Finish              Spots Gained/Lost

1—Greg Biffle                          639                   3                                  6                                  -3

2—Kyle Busch                          607                   22                                 19                                 +3

3—Tony Stewart                      595                   1                                  5                                  -4

4—Rusty Wallace                     588                   4                                  2                                  +2

5—Ryan Newman                    581                   9                                  3                                  +6

6—Mark Martin                        575                   5                                  4                                  +1

7—Matt Kenseth                       549                   11                                 9                                  +2

8—Jimmie Johnson                 530                   2                                  1                                  +1

9—Carl Edwards                      509                   8                                  8                                  E

10—Jeremy Mayfield               506                   6                                  7                                  -1

11—Kevin Harvick                    505                   16                                 12                                 +4

12—Kurt Busch                        484                   7                                  10                                 -3

13—Brian Vickers                    467                   18                                 18                                 E

14—Elliott Sadler                     457                   13                                 11                                 +2

15—Kasey Kahne                     436                   21                                 21                                 E

16—Jeff Burton                        435                   19                                 20                                 -1

17—Joe Nemechek                  419                   17                                 16                                 +1

18—Ricky Rudd                        417                   23                                 23                                 E

19—Michael Waltrip                407                   20                                 22                                 -2

19—Jeff Green                         407                   30                                 26                                 +4

21—Casey Mears                     389                   25                                 25                                 E

22—Jamie McMurray               388                   12                                 13                                 -1

23—Dale Earnhardt Jr.             387                   15                                 17                                 -2

24—Dale Jarrett                       364                   14                                 15                                 -1

24—Kyle Petty                         364                   31                                 28                                 +3

26—Bobby Labonte                 358                   24                                 24                                 E

27—Jeff Gordon                       351                   10                                 14                                 -4

28—Travis Kvapil                     339                   34                                 34                                 E

29—Mike Bliss                          328                   26                                 27                                 -1

29—Dave Blaney                     328                   32                                 32                                 E

31—Sterling Marlin                  321                   29                                 29                                 E

32—Ken Schrader                    304                   28                                 30                                 -2

33—Scott Riggs                        301                   27                                 31                                 -4

33—Scott Wimmer                   301                   33                                 33                                 E

 

 

AUGUST PERFORMANCE (4 Races: Indy, Watkins Glen, Michigan #2, Bristol #2)

Driver                                       Pts         Start of Month               Month Finish             Spots Gained/Lost

1—Tony Stewart                      677                       2                              1                                  +1

2—Matt Kenseth                       629                   17                                 11                                 +6

3—Jeremy Mayfield                 589                   8                                  6                                  +2

4—Brian Vickers                      553                   22                                 18                                 +4

5—Jeff Gordon                         541                   15                                 10                                 +5

6—Mark Martin                        524                   7                                  5                                  +2

7—Rusty Wallace                     522                   4                                  4                                  E

8—Joe Nemechek                    491                   16                                 17                                 -1

9—Carl Edwards                      489                   12                                 8                                  +4

10—Greg Biffle                        474                   3                                  3                                  E

11—Kurt Busch                        445                   5                                  7                                  -2

12—Casey Mears                     431                   25                                 25                                 E

13—Jamie McMurray               424                   11                                 12                                 -1

14—Ricky Rudd                        421                   24                                 23                                 +1

15—Dale Earnhardt Jr.             420                   14                                 15                                 -1

16—Mike Bliss                          418                   30                                 26                                 +4

17—Kasey Kahne                     405                   21                                 21                                 E

17—Scott Wimmer                   405                   34                                 33                                 +1

19—Jimmie Johnson               398                   1                                  2                                  -1

20—Jeff Green                         397                   32                                 30                                 +2

21—Jeff Burton                        392                   18                                 19                                 -1

22—Kyle Petty                         384                   31                                 31                                 E

23—Ken Schrader                    382                   29                                 28                                 +1

24—Kevin Harvick                    376                   13                                 16                                 -3

25—Elliott Sadler                     374                   9                                  13                                 -4

26—Michael Waltrip                360                   19                                 20                                 -1

27—Dale Jarrett                       349                   10                                 14                                 -4

28—Scott Riggs                        346                   27                                 27                                 E

29—Bobby Labonte                 318                   23                                 24                                 -1

30—Ryan Newman                  312                   6                                  9                                  -3

31—Kyle Busch                        301                   20                                 22                                 -2

32—Dave Blaney                     295                   28                                 32                                 -4

33—Travis Kvapil                     250                   33                                 34                                 -1

 

JULY PERFORMANCE  (4 Races:  Daytona #2, Chicago, New Hampshire #1, Pocono #2)

Driver                           Pts         Start of Month               Month Finish             Spots Gained/Lost

1—Tony Stewart          681                   4                                  2                                  +2

2—Rusty Wallace         604                   6                                  4                                  +2

3—Jimmie Johnson     571                   2                                  1                                  +1

4—Kurt Busch              559                   8                                  5                                  +3

5—Dale Earnhardt Jr.  555                   18                                 14                                 +4

6—Ryan Newman        513                   7                                  6                                  +1

7—Matt Kenseth           507                   20                                 17                                 +3

8—Dale Jarrett             502                   12                                 10                                 +2

9—Ricky Rudd             498                   30                                 24                                 +6

10—Jeremy Mayfield   492                   11                                 8                                  +3

10—Brian Vickers        492                   23                                 22                                 +1

12—Bobby Labonte     489                   26                                 23                                 +3

13—Mark Martin           468                   5                                  7                                  -2

14—Greg Biffle            462                   1                                  3                                  -2

15—Joe Nemechek      447                   17                                 16                                 +1

16—Kevin Harvick        444                   13                                 13                                 E

17—Jamie McMurray   440                   10                                 11                                 -1

18—Jeff Gordon           422                   14                                 15                                 -1

19—Mike Bliss              402                   33                                 30                                 +3

20—Carl Edwards        397                   9                                  12                                 -3

20—Kyle Busch            397                   19                                 20                                 -1

20—Kasey Kahne         397                   21                                 21                                 E

23—Ken Schrader        379                   28                                 29                                 -1

24—Jeff Burton            376                   16                                 18                                 -2

25—Mike Wallace        365                   35                                 35                                 E

26—Kyle Petty             347                   32                                 31                                 +1

27—Casey Mears         339                   25                                 25                                 E

28—Scott Wimmer       335                   34                                 34                                 E

29—Dave Blaney         334                   27                                 28                                 -1

30—Jeff Green             333                   31                                 32                                 -1

31—Elliott Sadler         318                   3                                  9                                  -6

32—Sterling Marlin      309                   24                                 26                                 -2

33—Michael Waltrip    295                   15                                 19                                 -4

34—Scott Riggs            265                   22                                 27                                 -5

35—Travis Kvapil         259                   29                                 33                                 -4

 

JUNE PERFORMANCE (4 Races:  Dover #1, Pocono #1, Michigan #1, Infineon)

Driver                                       Pts.         Start of Month               Month Finish                        Spots Gained/Lost

1—Mark Martiin                       599                   12                                 5                                              +7

2—Rusty Wallace                     584                   11                                 6                                              +5

3—Greg Biffle                          574                   2                                  1                                              +1

4—Tony Stewart                      564                   6                                  4                                              +2

5—Kurt Busch                          537                   10                                 8                                              +2

6—Michael Waltrip                  532                   18                                 15                                             +3

7—Elliott Sadler                       531                   3                                  3                                              E

8—Kyle Busch                          516                   22                                 19                                             +3

9—Carl Edwards                      504                   8                                  9                                              -1

10—Matt Kenseth                     503                   23                                 20                                             +3

11—Joe Nemechek                  496                   19                                 17                                             +2

12—Jeremy Mayfield               485                   13                                 11                                             +2

13—Jimmie Johnson               481                   1                                  2                                              -1

14—Jamie McMurray               472                   9                                  10                                             -1

15—Ryan Newman                  464                   4                                  7                                              -3

15—Dale Jarrett                       464                   14                                 12                                             +2

17—Jeff Burton                        436                   17                                 16                                             +1

18—Brian Vickers                    431                   27                                 23                                             +4

19—Travis Kvapil                     409                   33                                 29                                             +4

20—Casey Mears                     408                   28                                 25                                             +3
21—Kevin Harvick                    370                   7                                  13                                             -6

22—Scott Riggs                        367                   21                                 22                                             -1

23—Bobby Labonte                 364                   24                                 26                                             -2

24—Ricky Rudd                        361                   32                                 30                                             +2

25—Dave Blaney                     328                   25                                 27                                             -2

25—Scott Wimmer                   328                   35                                 34                                             +1

27—Jeff Gordon                       320                   5                                  14                                             -9

28—Jeff Green                         316                   31                                 31                                             E

29—Dale Earnhardt Jr.             310                   15                                 18                                             -3

29—Sterling Marlin                  310                   20                                 24                                             -4

31—Kyle Petty                         306                   30                                 32                                             -2

32—Ken Schrader                    297                   26                                 28                                             -2

33—Kasey Kahne                     289                   16                                 21                                             -5

34—Mike Bliss                          295                   29                                 33                                             -4

35—Mike Wallace                    188                   34                                 35                                             -1

 

MAY PERFORMANCE (4 Races:  Talladega, Darlington, Richmond, Charlotte)

Driver                           Pts.          Start of Month               Month Finish                       Spots Gained/Lost

1—Greg Biffle              624                   3                                  2                                              +1

2—Tony Stewart          575                   14                                 6                                              +8

3—Kasey Kahne          541                   20                                 16                                             +4

4—Jamie McMurray     539                   15                                 9                                              +6

5—Ryan Newman        536                   7                                  4                                              +3

6—Kevin Harvick         534                   11                                 7                                              +4

7—Elliott Sadler           533                   5                                  3                                              +2

8—Bobby Labonte       528                   34                                 24                                             +10

9—Jeremy Mayfield     513                   16                                 13                                             +3

10—Jeff Gordon           489                   4                                  5                                              -1

11—Jimmie Johnson   487                   1                                  1                                              E

12—Carl Edwards        480                   8                                  8                                              E

13—Ken Schrader        472                   32                                 26                                             +6

14—Rusty Wallace       469                   10                                 11                                             -1

15—Dale Jarrett           459                   13                                 14                                             -1

16—Dale Earnhardt Jr. 450                   12                                 15                                             -3

17—Jeff Burton            446                   17                                 17                                             E

18—Joe Nemechek      433                   24                                 19                                             +5

19—Michael Waltrip    429                   18                                 18                                             E

20—Mark Martin           426                   6                                  12                                             -6

21—Jeff Green             406                   29                                 31                                             +2

22—Matt Kenseth         401                   28                                 23                                             +5

23—Ricky Rudd            390                   31                                 32                                             -1

24—Kyle Busch            387                   25                                 22                                             +3

25—Mike Wallace        371                   36                                 34                                             +2

26—Kurt Busch            354                   2                                  10                                             -8

27—Dave Blaney         340                   21                                 25                                             -4

28—Travis Kvapil         336                   30                                 33                                             -3

29—Scott Wimmer       334                   33                                 35                                             -2

30—Scott Riggs            333                   19                                 21                                             -2

31—Mike Bliss              331                   27                                 29                                             -2

32—Brian Vickers        319                   23                                 27                                             -4

33—Casey Mears         312                   26                                 28                                             -2

34—Kyle Petty             299                   22                                 30                                             -8

35—Sterling Marlin      246                   9                                  20                                             -11

 

APRIL PERFORMANCE  (4 Races:  Bristol, Martinsville, Texas, Phoenix)

Driver                                       Pts.           Start of Month               Month Finish          Spots Gained/Lost

1—Earnhardt Jr.                       582                   26                                 12                                 +14

2—Jimmie Johnson                 580                   1                                  1                                  E

3—Jeff Gordon                         563                   12                                 4                                  +8

4—Sterling Marlin                    530                   16                                 9                                  +7

5—Elliott Sadler                       527                   8                                  5                                  +3

6—Michael Waltrip                  514                   27                                 18                                 +9

7—Kurt Busch                          510                   4                                  2                                  +2

8—Jeremy Mayfield                 494                   21                                 16                                 +5

9—Dale Jarrett                         491                   15                                 13                                 +2

10—Rusty Wallace                   483                   9                                  10                                 -1

11—Kevin Harvick                    482                   11                                 11                                 E

12—Ryan Newman                  479                   6                                  7                                  -1

13—Jeff Burton                        462                   20                                 17                                 +3

14—Kasey Kahne                     461                   28                                 20                                 +8

15—Mark Martin                       458                   5                                  6                                  -1

16—Greg Biffle                        454                   2                                  3                                  -1

17—Joe Nemechek                  444                   29                                 24                                 +5

18—Jamie McMurray               437                   10                                 15                                 -5

18—Ricky Rudd                        437                   39                                 31                                 +8

20—Kyle Petty                         417                   24                                 22                                 +2

21—Scott Riggs                        415                   18                                 19                                 -1

22—Brian Vickers                    406                   22                                 23                                 -1

22—Matt Kenseth                     406                   31                                 28                                 +3

24—Tony Stewart                    399                   7                                  14                                 -7

25—Carl Edwards                    386                   3                                  8                                  -5

26—Kyle Busch                        372                   19                                 25                                 -6

27—Bobby Labonte                 365                   37                                 34                                 +3

28—Casey Mears                     357                   17                                 26                                 -9

29—Travis Kvapil                     344                   32                                 30                                 +2

30—Dave Blaney                     340                   14                                 21                                 -7

31—Ken Schrader                    338                   33                                 32                                 +1

32—Mike Bliss                          307                   13                                 27                                 -14

32—Jeff Green                         307                   23                                 29                                 -6

32—Jason Leffler                     307                   34                                 35                                 -1

35—Scott Wimmer                   261                   25                                 33                                 -8