2006 RACE TO THE CHASE
After Race #17 of 26:  Daytona #2

Races Left to the Chase:  9 (35%)

 

05/LW/04                Season  Out of     Out of     Out of     LastRce Gain        Last 5     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

 

1/1/1-JJohnson     2501        --            +453        +459        32/67       -39           640/E       3—2—1                   7              13            0              35-0

2/2/19-Kenseth     2493        -8             +445        +451        5/160       +54          741/E       2—2—3                   10            11            1              65-0

3/5/16-ErnhrdtJr  2234        -267         +186        +192        13/129     +23          644/+2     1—0—2                   6              10            3              40-0

4/3/21-Kahne         2209        -292         +161        +167        25/88       -18           640/+2     4—0—0                   2              8              1              40-0

5/7/3-Stewart        2202        -299         +154        +160        1/190       +94          572/-1      2—2—2                   8              9              3              80-0

6/4/8-Martin           2177        -324         +129        +135        33/64       -42           525/-3      0—1—0                   2              8              1              40-0

7/6/15-JBurton      2152        -349         +104        +110        15/118     +12          702/+1     0—0—0                   3              10            1              25-0

8/12/20-KyBusch  2095        -406         +47          +53          2/170       +64          683/+2     0—1—1                   5              8              2              40-25

9/10/14-Harvick     2088        -413         +40          +46          9/143       +37          662/E       1—1—2                   5              8              3              40-0

10/11/36-Hamlin    2048        -453         --             +6            17/112     +6            686/+2     1—1—0                   3              6              2              35-0

                                                                                                                Gain

                                                                                                                10th

11/9/2-Biffle           2042        -459         -6             --            31/75       -28           702/+2     1—0—0                   4              9              3              90-0

12/8/13-JGordon   2034        -467         -14           -8             40/48       -55           583/-5      1—2—0                   5              7              4              70-0

13/14/9-KuBusch   1945        -556         -103         -97           3/165       +62          753/+6     1—1—1                   4              6              3              35-0

14/13/12-Edwards 1923        -578         -125         -119         39/51       -52           592/E       0—1—2                   5              8              4              35-0

15/15/28-Mears     1903        -598         -145         -139         7/146       +43          529/-4      0—1—0                   1              5              1              5-0

16/16/7-McMurry  1875        -626         -173         -167         8/142       +39          634/+2     0—1—0                   2              6              4              25-0

17/17/6-Newman  1860        -641         -188         -182         11/130     +27          684/+5     0—1—1                   2              5              4              30-0

18/18/27-Bowyer   1799        -702         -249         -243         10/134     +31          512/-3      0—0—0                   1              4              2              5-0

19/19/4-ESadler     1794        -707         -254         -248         6/150       +47          535/-2      0—0—0                   1              4              2              30-0

20/20/22-Vickers  1733        -768         -315         -309         18/114     +11          611/+7     0—0—1                   2              4              5              30-0

21/23/10-Jarrett    1677        -824         -371         -365         22/102     -1             406/-5      0—0—0                   0              2              3              20-25

22/22/17-Truex      1659        -842         -389         -383         29/81       -22           502/+1     0—0—0                   0              1              3              10-0

23/24/24-Riggs      1653        -848         -395         -389         20/103     E             511/+2     0—0—0                   0              3              2              10-0

24/21/28-Sorenson1650       -851         -398         -392         34/66       -37           463/-4      0—0—0                   1              3              4              10-0

25/26/33-Green     1571        -930         -477         -471         26/85       -18           386/-4      0—0—0                   0              0              2              15-0

26/25/25-BLabonte1549       -952         -499         -493         42/37       -66           425/E       0—0—0                   1              3              4              15-0

27/26/18-Nemchek1510       -991         -538         -532         19/106     +3            413/+2     0—0—0                   0              0              2              5-0

28/29/38-RGordon 1497        -1004       -551         -545         14/126     +23          391/E       0—0—0                   0              1              5              15-0

29/27/25-Yeley       1475        -1026       -573         -567         37/57       -46           319/-5      0—0—0                   0              1              5              30-0

30/30/31-Petty       1413        -1088       -635         -629         28/79       -24           367/+1     0—0—0                   0              1              2              10-0

31/33/26-Schrade  1408        -1093       -640         -634         12/127     +64          341/-1      0—0—0                   0              1              5              0-0

32/31/11-Mayfield 1388        -1113       -660         -654         36/55       -48           415/+2     0—0—0                   0              0              5              10-25

33/32/27-Blaney     1385        -1116       -663         -657         27/82       -21           356/E       0—0—0                   0              0              1              15-0

34/34/23-Marlin     1356        -1145       -692         -686         24/91       -12           326/-2      0—0—0                   0              1              6              5-0

35/35/17-Waltrip    1238        -1263       -810         -804         38/49       -54           377/E       0—0—0                   0              0              6              15-0

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHART -  After 17 Races

 

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

 

1—JIMMIE JOHNSON            2501/+8                   1—JIMMIE JOHNSON            2378/+73                 1—JIMMIE JOHNSON            2545/+27

2—MATT KENSETH               2493/-8                    2—GREG BIFFLE                    2305/-73                 2—DALE EARNHARDT JR.    2518/-27   

3—Dale Earnhardt Jr.          2234/-267                3—TONY STEWART              2242/-136                3—JEFF GORDON                  2313/-32

4—Kasey Kahne                   2209/-292                4—Elliott Sadler                    2178/-200                4—TONY STEWART              2203/-342

5—TONY STEWART              2202/-299                5—RUSTY WALLACE            2173/-205                5—MATT KENSETH               2189/-356

6—MARK MARTIN                 2177/-324                6—RYAN NEWMAN                2115/-263                6—Bobby  Labonte              2164/-381

7—Jeff Burton                      2152/-349                7—Jamie McMurray            2093/-285                7—KURT BUSCH                    2153/-392

8—Kyle Busch                      2095/-406                8—MARK MARTIN                 2068/-310                8—ELLIOTT SADLER            2152/-393

9—Kevin Harvick                  2088/-413                9—KURT BUSCH                    2030/-348                9—RYAN NEWMAN                2112/-433

10—Denny Hamlin                2048/-453                10—Dale Jarrett                   2030/-348                10—Kevin Harvick                2095/-450

                                                Pts/Outof10th                                                       Pts/Outof10th                                                       Pts/Outof10th

11—GREG BIFFLE                 2042/-6                    11—JEREMY MAYFIELD       2029/-1                    11—Kasey Kahne                 1984/-111

12—Jeff Gordon                  2034/-14                  12—CARL EDWARDS            2027/-3                    12—JEREMY MAYFIELD       1948/-147

13—KURT BUSCH                  1945/-103                13—Jeff Gordon                   1982/-48                  13—Jamie McMurray          1944/-151

14—CARL EDWARDS            1923/-125                14—Kevin Harvick                1946/-84                  14—MARK MARTIN               1939/-156

15—Casey Mears                1903/-145                15—Jeff Burton                    1891/-139                          

 

17—RYAN NEWMAN              1860/-188                19—MATT KENSETH             1790/-240

32—JEREMY MAYFIELD       1388/-660                               

 

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 10^th                                                                              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 35)

RED HOT                                                                 ICE COLD

1—Kurt Busch                      753/+6                                     1—J.J. Yeley                         319/-5

2—Matt Kenseth                  741/E                                       2—Sterling Marlin                326/-2

3—Jeff Burton                      702/+1                                     3—Dave Blaney                     356/E

3—Greg Biffle                       702/+2                                     4—Kyle Petty                        367/+1

5—Denny Hamlin                  686/+2                                     5—Michael Waltrip               377/E

6—Ryan Newman                 684/+5                                     6—Jeff Green                       386/-4

7—Kyle Busch                      683/+4                                     7—Dale Jarrett                     406/-5

8—Kevin Harvick                  662/E                                       8—Joe Nemechek               413/+2

9—Jimmie Johnson            640/E                                       9—Jeremy Mayfield            415/+2

9—Kasey Kahne                  640/E                                       10—Bobby Labonte             425/E

               

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—Denny Hamlin                  10            36            +26                          1—Jeremy Mayfield            32            11            -21

2—Matt Kenseth                  2              19            +17                          2—Michael Waltrip*             35            17            -18

2—Kasey Kahne                   4              21            +17                          3—Elliott Sadler                    19            4              -15

4—Dale Earnhardt Jr.          3              16            +13                          4—Ryan Newman                 17            6              -11

4—Casey Mears                  15            28            +13                          4—Dale Jarrett                     21            10            -11

6—Kyle Busch                      8              20            +12                          4—Sterling Marli                  34            23            -11

                                                                                                                * compared to #15 car in 2005