2006 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 5Finishes     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

 

1/2/28-Kenseth     1218        --            +273        +287        3/170       +67          730          1—2—2                   5              5              0              35-0

2/1/1-JJohnson     1209        -9             +264        +278        7/146       +43          669          2—1—1                   4              6              0              15-0

3/3/20-Kahne         1167        -51           +222        +236        6/150       +47          712          2—0—0                   4              6              1              15-0

4/4/6-M Martin       1152        -66           +207        +221        11/135     +32          722          0—1—0                   1              5              0              25-0

5/5/14-TStewart    1141        -77           +196        +210        2/175       +72          837          1—1—1                   5              5              1              55-0

6/8/4-JGordon       1045        -173         +100        +114        10/134     +31          671          0—1—0                   3              4              0              20-0

7/6/12-ErnhrdtJr   1045        -173         +100        +114        23/94       -9             676          0—0—1                   2              3              0              15-0

8/9/11-Harvick       1044        -174         +99          +113        1/185       +82          712          1—1—0                   2              4              1              20-0

9/7/25-KyBusch     1010        -208         +65          +79          36/60       -43           607          0—0—1                   2              4              1              20-0

10/10/26-Mears     945          -273         --             +14          21/100     -3             491          0—1—0                   1              3              0              0-0

                                                                                                                Gain

                                                                                                                10th

11/11/13-Jarrett    931          -287         -14           --             20/103     +3            579          0—0—0                   0              2              0              5-0

12/13/21-Bowyer  910          -308         -35           -21           5/160       +60          521          0—0—0                   1              2              0              5-0

13/16/17-JBurton  879          -339         -66           -52           9/138       +38          506          0—0—0                   1              4              1              10-0

14/15/18-Truex      871          -347         -74           -60           12/127     +27          535          0—0—0                   0              1              1              5-0

15/12/5-Sadler       861          -357         -84           -70           37/57       -43           476          0—0—0                   1              2              1              20-0

16/22/8-Edwards   822          -396         -123         -109         4/160       +50          538          0—0—1                   3              4              2              10-0

17/17/2-KuBusch   813          -405         -132         -118         24/91       -9             524          1—0—0                   1              1              3              20-0

18/14/35-Hamlin    808          -410         -137         -123         34/61       -39           474          0—0—0                   1              2              2              10-0

19/20/23-Vickers  805          -413         -140         -126         14/121     +11          443          0—0—0                   0              2              2              10-0

20/21/15-McMurry793          -425         -152         -138         15/118     +8            492          0—0—0                   2              0              3              10-0

21/23/3-Biffle         782          -436         -163         -149         16/125     +15          513          0—0—0                   0              2              2              45-0

22/18/7-Newman   757          -461         -188         -164         39/46       -54           450          0—0—1                   1              2              3              10-0

23/26/29-Green     748          -470         -197         -173         19/106     -5             511          0—0—0                   0              0              1              5-0

24/19/26-Sornson 744          -474         -201         -177         40/43       -57           525          0—0—0                   0              1              2              0-0

25/29/34-BLabonte743         -475         -202         -178         8/142       +31          537          0—0—0                   1              3              2              10-0

26/24/34-Yeley       736          -482         -209         -185         28/84       -26           437          0—0—0                   0              1              2              20-0

27/30/32-Schrade  709          -509         -236         -222         17/112     +1            452          0—0—0                   0              1              2              0-0

28/25/24-Nemche  707          -511         -238         -224         35/58       -52           437          0—0—0                   0              0              1              0-0

29/28/19-Riggs      684          -534         -261         -247         38/49       -62           499          0—0—0                   0              2              2              0-0

30/34/9-Marlin       679          -539         -266         -252         13/124     +13          496          0—0—0                   0              0              3              5-0

31/27/39-RGordon 677          -541         -268         -254         41/40       -71           341          0—0—0                   0              0              2              0-0

32/31/21-Blaney     676          -542         -269         -255         27/87       -24           436          0—0—0                   0              0              0              5-0

33/32/22-Petty       655          -563         -290         -276         31/70       -41           440          0—0—0                   0              1              2              5-0

34/35/16-Mayfield 635          -583         -310         -296         26/85       -26           395          0—0—0                   0              0              2              0-0

35/33/18-Waltrip    595          -623         -350         -336         42/37       -74           373          0—0—0                   0              0              3              5-0

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHART -  After 8 Races

 

2006                                        Pts/Outof1st         2005                                        Pts/Outof1st         2004                                        Pts/Outof1st

 

1—MATT KENSETH               1218/+9                   1—JIMMIE JOHNSON            1260/+173               1—DALE EARNHARDT JR.    1167/+5

2—JIMMIE JOHNSON            1209/-9                    2—KURT BUSCH                    1087/-173                2—KURT BUSCH                    1162/-5

3—Kasey Kahne                   1167/-51                  3—GREG BIFFLE                    1052/-208                3—MATT KENSETH               1155/-12

4—MARK MARTIN                 1152/-66                  4—Jeff Gordon                     1027/-233                4—JIMMIE JOHNSON            1088/-79

5—TONY STEWART              1141/-77                  5—Ellliott Sadler                   1009/-251                5—ELLIOTT SADLER            1069/-98

6—Jeff Gordon                     1045/-173                6—MARK MARTIN                 997/-263                  6—TONY STEWART              1067/-100

7—Dale Earnhardt Jr.          1045/-173                7—RYAN NEWMAN                994/-266                  7—JEFF GORDON                  1051/-104

8—Kevin Harvick                  1044/-174                8—CARL EDWARDS              979/-281                  8—Rusty Wallace                 1010/-157

9—Kyle Busch                      1010/-208                9—Sterling Marli                  968/-292                  9—Kasey Kahne                   1007/-160

10—Casey Mear                   945/-273                  10—RUSTY WALLACE          960/-300                  10—Kevin Harvick                1003/-164

                                                Pts/Outof10th                                                       Pts/Outof10th                                                       Pts/Outof10th

11—Dale Jarrett                   931/-14                    11—Kevin Harvick                951/-9                      11—RYAN NEWMAN              994/-9

12—Clint Bowyer                 910/-35                    12—Dale Earnhardt Jr.        947/-13                    12—Bobby Labonte             971/-32

13—Jeff Burton                    879/-66                    13—Dale Jarrett                   947/-13                    13—Sterling Marlin              955/-48

14—Martin Truex Jr.           871/-74                    14—TONY STEWART            913/-47                    14—Jamie McMurray          939/-64

15—Elliott Sadler                  861/-84                    15—Jamie McMurray          912/-48                    15—JEREMY MAYFIELD       880/-123

16—CARL EDWARDS            822/-123                  16—JEREMY MAYFIELD       904/-56                    16—Joe Nemechek             858/-145

17—KURT BUSCH                  813/-132                  17—Jeff Burton                    879/-81                    17—Dale Jarrett                   855/-148

18—Denny Hamlin                808/-137                  18—Michael Waltrip             866/-94                    18—MARK MARTIN               850/-153

19—Brian Vickers                805/-140                  19—Scott Riggs                    847/-113                 

20—Jamie McMurray          793/-152                  20—Kasey Kahne                 810/-150 

21—GREG BIFFLE                  782/-163                  28—MATT KENSETH             745/-215

22—RYAN NEWMAN              757/-188

34—JEREMY MAYFIELD       635/-310

 

ALL CAPS made 05 Chase                                 ALL CAPS made 05 Chase                                 ALL CAPS made 04 Chase

                                                                                                                                                               

THE HEAT INDEX

(Last 5 races, only drivers in top 35)

RED HOT                                                                                 ICE COLD

1—Tony Stewart                  837                                          1—Robby Gordon                341

2—Matt Kenseth                  730                                          2—Michael Waltrip               373

3—Mark Martin                    722                                          3—Jeremy Mayfield            395

4—Kasey Kahne                   712                                          4—Dave Blaney                     436

4—Kevin Harvick                  712                                          5—J.J. Yeley                         437

6—Dale Earnhardt Jr.          676                                          5—Joe Nemechek               437

7—Jeff Gordon                     671                                          7—Kyle Petty                        440

8—Jimmie Johnson            669                                          8—Brian Vickers                  443

9—Kyle Busch                      607                                          9—Ryan Newman                 450

10—Dale Jarrett                   579                                          10—Ken Schrader                452

                                                                                               

 

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—Matt Kenseth                  1              28            +27                          1—Sterling Marlin                30            9              -21

2—Kasey Kahne                   3              20            +17                          2—Greg Biffle                       21            3              -18

3—Denny Hamlin                  18            35            +17                          2—Jeremy Mayfield            34            16            -18

4—Kyle Busch                      9              25            +16                          4—Michael Waltrip               35            18            -17

5—Casey Mears                  10            26            +16                          5—Kurt Busch                      17            2              -15

6—Tony Stewart                  5              14            +9                            5—Ryan Newman                 22            7              -15

6—Clint Bowyer                   12            21            +9                            7—Kyle Petty                        33            22            -11

6—Bobby Labonte               25            34            +9                            8—Elliott Sadler                    15            5              -10

                                                                                                                8—Scott Riggs                      29            19            -10