RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON
CHART - After 22
Races
2006 Pts/Outof1st 2005 Pts/Outof1st 2004 Pts/Outof1st
1—JIMMIE JOHNSON 3241/+124 1—TONY STEWART 3113/+105 1—JIMMIE JOHNSON 3143/+40
2—MATT KENSETH 3117/-124 2—JIMMIE JOHNSON 3008/-105 2—JEFF GORDON 3103/-40
3—Kevin Harvick 2918/-323 3—GREG BIFFLE 2861/-252 3—DALE EARNHARDT JR. 3015/-128
4—Jeff Burton 2879/-362 4—RUSTY WALLACE 2855/-258 4—TONY STEWART 2951/-192
5—Kyle Busch 2871/-370 5—MARK MARTIN 2782/-331 5—MATT KENSETH 2876/-267
6—MARK MARTIN 2815/-426 6—KURT BUSCH 2692/-421 6—ELLIOTT SADLER 2792/-351
7—TONY STEWART 2794/-447 7—JEREMY MAYFIELD 2684/-429 7—KURT BUSCH 2754/-389
8—Denny Hamlin 2782/-459 8—RYAN NEWMAN 2646/-467 8—Kevin Harvick 2717/-426
9—Jeff Gordon 2756/-485 9—Jamie McMurray 2599/-514 9—Bobby Labonte 2714/-429
10—Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2726/-515 10—CARL EDWARDS 2593/-520 10—JEREMY MAYFIELD 2656/-487
Pts/Outof10th Pts/Outof10th Pts/Outof10th
11—Kasey Kahne 2672/-54 11—Elliott Sadler 2590/-3 11—Kasey Kahne 2632/-24
12—Dale Jarrett 2590/-3 12—RYAN NEWMAN 2627/-29
12—KURT BUSCH 2549/-177 13—Jeff Gordon 2526/-67 13—MARK MARTIN 2584/-72
13—GREG BIFFLE 2546/-180 14—Kevin Harvick 2523/-70 14—Dale Jarrett 2569/-87
14—CARL EDWARDS 2535/-191 15—Jamie McMurray 2557/-99
15—Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2430/-163
19—RYAN NEWMAN 2279/-447 16—MATT KENSETH 2428/-165 16—Casey Mears 2452/-204
34—JEREMY MAYFIELD 1647/-1079 17—Joe Nemechek 2386/-207 17—Michael Waltrip 2371/-285
18—Brian Vickers 2349/-244 18—Rusty Wallace 2362/-294
19—Kasey Kahne 2324/-269
20—Kyle Busch 2290/-303
21—Michael Waltrip 2282/-311
ALL CAPS made 05 Chase ALL CAPS made 05 Chase ALL CAPS made 04 Chase
WHAT IT TOOK TO MAKE THE FIRST
TWO CHASES
2005 Pts Out of 11th 2004 Out of 11th
1—TONY STEWART 3716 +727 1—JEFF GORDON 3602 +431
2—GREG BIFFLE 3531 +542 2—JIMMIE JOHNSON 3542 +371
3—RUSTY WALLACE 3412 +423 3—DALE EARNHARDT JR. 3541 +370
4—JIMMIE JOHNSON 3400 +411 4—TONY STEWART 3410 +239
5—KURT BUSCH 3304 +315 5—MATT KENSETH 3337 +166
6—MARK MARTIN 3273 +284 6—ELLIOTT SADLER 3316 +145
7—JEREMY MAYFIELD 3228 +239 7—KURT BUSCH 3309 +138
8—CARL EDWARDS 3114 +125 8—MARK MARTIN 3213 +42
9—MATT KENSETH 3114 +125 9—JEREMY MAYFIELD 3193 +22
10—RYAN NEWMAN 3055 +66 10—RYAN NEWMAN 3186 +15
Out of 10th Out of 10th
11—Elliott Sadler 2989 -66 11—Jamie McMurray 3171 -15
12—Jeff Gordon 2972 -83 - 12—Kasey Kahne 3158 -28
13—Jamie McMurray 2972 -83 13—Bobby Labonte 3137 -49
14—Kevin Harvick 2937 -118 14—Kevin Harvick 3129 -57
15—Dale Jarrett 3100 -86
THE HEAT INDEX
(Last 5 races, only drivers in top 25)
RED HOT ICE COLD
1—Kevin Harvick 830/+6 1—Dale Jarrett 388/-3
2—Kyle Busch 776/+3 2—Elliott Sadler 417/-1
3—Jimmie Johnson 740/E 3—Ryan Newman 419/-2
4—Denny Hamlin 734/+2 4—Casey Mears 434/-3
5—Jeff
5—Jamie McMurray 463/-1
THE
TURNAROUNDS
(Position in Race to the Chase Versus Last Year at this time, Top 25 only
GOOD TURNS BAD TURNS
Rank-Driver 05 04 Diff. Rank-Driver 05 04 Diff.
1—Denny Hamlin 8 35 +27 1—Dale Jarrett 24 12 -12
2—Jeff Burton 4 22 +18 2—Ryan Newman 19 8 -11
3—Clint Bowyer 16 32 +16 3—Greg Biffle 13 3 -10
4—Kyle Busch 5 20 +15 4—Elliott Sadler 20 11 -9
5—Matt Kenseth 2 16 +14 5—Kasey Kahne 11 19 -8
6—Kevin Harvick 3 14 +11 5—Jamie McMurray 17 9 -8
CURRENT CHASE FIELD BY OWNER, BY
MANUFACTURER
HENDRICK (3) 1—Jimmie Johnson; 5—Kyle Busch; 9—Jeff Gordon
ROUSH (2) 2—Matt Kenseth; 6—Mark Martin
CHILDRESS (2) 3—Kevin Harvick;
4—Jeff
GIBBS (2) 7—Tony Stewart; 8—Denny Hamlin
DEI (1) 10—Dale Earnhardt Jr.
CHEVROLET 8
FORD 2
MARGIN NEEDED FOR EARLY CLINCHES
After
After
After
ELIGIBLE TO CLINCH AT
1. Jimmie Johnson -- Needs to gain 2 points over 11th place
2. Matt Kenseth -- Needs to gain 126 points over 11th place
