RACE TO THE
CHASE COMPARISON CHART -
After 23 Races
2006 Pts/Outof1st 2005 Pts/Outof1st 2004 Pts/Outof1st
1—JIMMIE JOHNSON 3365/+58 1—TONY STEWART 3268/+126 1—JEFF GORDON 3254/+68
2—MATT KENSETH 3307/-58 2—JIMMIE JOHNSON 3142/-126 2—JIMMIE JOHNSON 3186/-68
3—Kevin Harvick 3048/-317 3—GREG BIFFLE 3016/-252 3—DALE EARNHARDT JR. 3115/-139
4—MARK MARTIN 2970/-395 4—RUSTY WALLACE 2979/-289 4—TONY STEWART 3089/-165
5—TONY STEWART 2959/-406 5—MARK MARTIN 2899/-369 5—MATT KENSETH 3018/-236
6—Jeff Gordon 2931/-434 6—JEREMY MAYFIELD 2869/-399 6—KURT BUSCH 2909/-345
7—Kyle Busch 2922/-443 7—KURT BUSCH 2848/-420 7—ELLIOTT SADLER 2864/-390
8—Denny Hamlin 2920/-445 8—RYAN NEWMAN 2773/-495 8—Kevin Harvick 2832/-422
9—Jeff Burton 2916/-449 9—CARL EDWARDS 2758/-510 9—Bobby Labonte 2799/-455
10—Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2881/-484 10—Jamie McMurray 2702/-566 10—Kasey Kahne 2792/-462
Pts/Outof10th Pts/Outof10th Pts/Outof10th
11—Kasey Kahne 2832/-49 11—Dale Jarrett 2651/-51 11—JEREMY MAYFIELD 2786/-6
12—Jeff Gordon 2644/-58 12—MARK MARTIN 2759/-33
12—GREG BIFFLE 2692/-189 13—Elliott Sadler 2636/-66 13—RYAN NEWMAN 2748/-44
13—CARL EDWARDS 2637/-244 14—Kevin Harvick 2620/-82 14—Dale Jarrett 2734/-58
14—KURT BUSCH 2602/-279 15—MATT KENSETH 2598/-104 15—Jamie McMurray 2722/-70
18—RYAN NEWMAN 2444/-437 16—Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2544/-158 16—Casey Mears 2555/-237
35—JEREMY MAYFIELD 1647/-1234 17—Joe Nemechek 2533/-169 17—Michael Waltrip 2488/-304
18—Brian Vickers 2487/-215 18—Rusty Wallace 2362/-294
19—Kasey Kahne 2405/-297
CLINCHED:
1—TONY STEWART
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 795/+6 1—Ryan Newman 457/E
2—Denny Hamlin 751/+4 2—Casey Mears 461/-2
3—Jimmie Johnson 714/E 3—Elliott Sadler 475/-1
4—Jeff Gordon 712/+4 4—Clint Bowyer 477/-3
5—Matt Kenseth 707/E 5—Bobby Labonte 481/E
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—Ryan Newman 18 8 -10
2—Kyle Busch 7 22 +15 2—Greg Biffle 12 3 -9
3—Matt Kenseth 2 15 +13 3—Kurt Busch 14 7 -7
3—Clint Bowyer 19 32 +13 3—Elliott Sadler 20 13 -7
3—Robby Gordon 24 37 +13
6—Kevin Harvick 3 14 +11
CURRENT CHASE FIELD
BY OWNER, BY MANUFACTURER
HENDRICK (3) 1—Jimmie Johnson; 6—Jeff Gordon; 7—Kyle Busch
ROUSH (2) 2—Matt Kenseth; 4—Mark Martin
CHILDRESS (2) 3—Kevin Harvick;
9—Jeff
GIBBS (2) 5—Tony Stewart; 8—Denny Hamlin
DEI (1) 10—Dale Earnhardt Jr.
CHEVROLET 8
FORD 2
MARGIN NEEDED FOR
EARLY CLINCHES
After
After
ELIGIBLE TO CLINCH AT
1. Jimmie Johnson -- Needs to lose 152 points or less to 11th place
2. Matt Kenseth -- Needs to lose 94 points or less to 11th place
DRIVERS IN POSITION TO BECOME CHASE “THREE-PEATS”
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Mark Martin
4. Tony Stewart
