2006 RACE TO THE CHASE
After Race #16 of 26:  Infineon

Races Left to the Chase:  10 (38%)

 

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

 

1/1/2-JJohnson     2434        --            +489        +498        10/139     -1             748/E       3—2—1                   7              13            0              35-0

2/2/20-Kenseth     2333        -101         +388        +397        17/112     -28           741/+1     2—2—3                   9              10            1              60-0

3/3/21-Kahne         2121        -313         +176        +185        31/70       -70           742/+5     4—0—0                   6              10            3              40-0

4/5/5-Martin           2113        -321         +168        +177        13/124     -16           626/E       0—1—0                   2              8              1              40-0

5/4/18-Ernhrdt Jr  2105        -329         +160        +169        26/85       -55           645/E       1—0—2                   5              7              0              35-0

6/7/16-JBurton      2034        -400         +89          +98          7/146       +6            739/+4     0—0—0                   3              10            1              25-0

7/6/4-Stewart        2012        -422         +67          +76          28/84       -56           419/-5      1—2—2                   7              8              3              70-0

8/11/14-JGordon  1986        -448         +41          +50          1/190       +50          595/-2      1—2—0                   5              7              3              65-0

9/10/1-Biffle           1967        -467         +22          +31          4/160       +20          778/+5     1—0—0                   4              9              3              85-0

10/8/13-Harvick     1945        -489         --             +9            24/96       -44           580/-1      1—1—2                   5              7              3              35-0

                                                                                                                Gain

                                                                                                                10th

11/9/35-Hamlin      1936        -498         -9             --            12/127     -11           717/+2     1—1—0                   3              6              2              35-0

12/12/19-KYBusch 1925        -509         -20           -11           11/130     -8             562/-5      0—0—1                   4              7              2              40-25

13/13/9-Edwards   1872        -562         -73           -64           6/150       +12          711/+4     0—1—2                   5              8              3              30-0

 

14/16/8-KuBusch   1780        -654         -165         -156         5/160       +22          634/+4     1—1—0                   3              5              3              35-0

15/14/25-Mears     1757        -677         -188         -179         20/103     -35           477/-4      0—1—0                   1              4              1              5-0

16/15/10-McMurry1733        -701         -212         -203         18/109     -29           634/+4     0—1—0                   2              5              4              25-0

17/17/7-Newman  1730        -704         -215         -206         2/175       +37          612/+2     0—1—1                   2              5              4              30-0

18/18/27-Bowyer   1665        -769         -280         -271         16/115     -23           484/-2      0—0—0                   1              3              2              5-0

19/21/3-ESadler     1644        -790         -301         -292         8/142       +4            463/-4      0—0—0                   1              3              2              30-0

20/22/23-Vickers  1619        -815         -326         -317         14/121     -17           549/+1     0—0—1                   2              4              5              25-0

21/20/25-Sorenson1584       -850         -361         -352         29/76       -62           531/+3     0—0—0                   1              3              3              5-0

22/24/15-Truex      1578        -856         -367         -358         15/118     -20           521/E       0—0—0                   0              1              3              5-0

23/19/12-Jarrett    1575        -859         -370         -361         34/61       -77           338/-11    0—0—0                   0              2              3              15-25

24/23/22-Riggs      1550        -884         -395         -386         27/82       -56           537/+2     0—0—0                   0              3              2              10-0

25/25/26-BLabonte1512       -922         -433         -424         35/58       -80           505/+2     0—0—0                   1              3              3              15-0

26/26/31-Green     1486        -948         -459         -450         19/106     -32           433/-1      0—0—0                   0              0              2              15-0

27/27/26-Yeley       1418        -1016       -527         -518         33/64       -74           365/-4      0—0—0                   0              1              4              25-0

28/29/17-Nemchek 1404      -1030       -541         -532         25/88       -50           416/+1     0—0—0                   0              0              2              5-0

29/28/38-RGordon 1371        -1063       -574         -565         40/43       -95           380/-1      0—0—0                   0              1              5              10-0

30/33/32-Petty       1334        -1100       -611         -602         21/100     -38           376/+2     0—0—0                   0              1              2              10-0

31/32/11-Mayfield 1333        -1101       -612         -603         22/97       -41           478/+3     0—0—0                   0              0              4              10-25

32/30/27-Blaney     1303        -1111       -622         -613         39/46       -72           341/-1      0—0—0                   0              0              1              15-0

33/31/28-Schrader 1241       -1193       -704         -695         41/40       -78           299/-3      0—0—0                   0              1              5              0-0

34/34/24-Marlin     1228        -1206       -717         -708         42/37       -81           314/-1      0—0—0                   0              1              6              5-0

35/35/15-Waltrip    1189        -1245       -756         -747         23/94       -44           373/E       0—0—0                   0              0              5              15-0

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHART -  After 16 Races

 

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

 

1—JIMMIE JOHNSON            2434/+101               1—GREG BIFFLE                    2250/+22                 1—JIMMIE JOHNSON            2375/+27

2—MATT KENSETH               2333/-101                2—JIMMIE JOHNSON            2228/-22                 2—DALE EARNHARDT JR.    2348/-27   

3—Kasey Kahne                   2121/-313                3—Elliott Sadler                    2073/-177                3—MATT KENSETH               2143/-232

4—MARK MARTIN                 2113/-321                4—TONY STEWART              2052/-198                4—JEFF GORDON                  2123/-252

5—Dale Earnhardt Jr.          2105/-329                5—MARK MARTI                   2022/-228                5—ELLIOTT SADLER            2067/-308

6—Jeff Burton                      2034/-400                6—RUSTY WALLACE            2013/-237                6—TONY STEWART              2043/-332

7—TONY STEWART              2012/-422                7—RYAN NEWMAN                1994/-256                7—Bobby Labonte               2018/-357

8—Jeff Gordon                     1986/-448                8—KURT BUSCH                    1978/-272                8—KURT BUSCH                    1993/-382

9—GREG BIFFLE                    1967/-467                9—CARL EDWARDS              1963/-287                9—RYAN NEWMAN                1980/-395

10—Kevin Harvick                1945/-489                10—Jamie McMurray          1923/-327                10—Kevin Harvick                1974/-401

                                                Pts/Outof10th                                                       Pts/Outof10th                                                       Pts/Outof10th

11—Denny Hamlin                1936/-9                    11—JEREMY MAYFIELD       1902/-21                  11—Jamie McMurray          1892/-82

12—Kyle Busch                    1925/-20                  12—Dale Jarrett                   1870/-53                  12—Kasey Kahne                 1891/-83

13—CARL EDWARDS            1872/-73                  13—Kevin Harvick                1855/-68                  13—JEREMY MAYFIELD       1851/-123

                                                                                14—Jeff Gordon                   1836/-87                 

14—KURT BUSCH                  1780/-165                15—Michael Waltrip             1827/-96                 15—MARK MARTIN               1789/-185                          

17—RYAN NEWMAN              1730/-215                                                                                               

31—JEREMY MAYFIELD       1333/-612                20—MATT KENSETH             1652/-271               

 

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—Greg Biffle                       778/+5                                     1—Ken Schrader                  299/-3

2—Jimmie Johnson            748/E                                       2—Sterling Marlin                314/-1

3—Kasey Kahne                  742/+5                                     3—Dale Jarrett                     338/-11

4—Matt Kenseth                  741/+1                                     4—Dave Blaney                     341/-1

5—Jeff Burton                      739/+4                                     5—J.J. Yeley                         365/-4

6—Denny Hamlin                  717/+2                                     6—Kyle Petty                        376/+2

7—Carl Edwards                  711/+4                                     7—Robby Gordon                380/-1

8—Dale Earnhardt Jr.          645/E                                       8—Joe Nemechek               416/+1

9—Kurt Busch                      634/+4                                     9—Tony Stewart                  419/-5

9—Jamie McMurray            634/+4                                     10—Jeff Green                     433/-1

               

THE TURNAROUNDS

(Position in Race to the Chase Versus Last Year at this time)

GOOD TURNS                                                                                         BAD TURNS

Rank-Driver                           06            05            Diff.                         Rank-Driver                           06            05            Diff.

1—Denny Hamlin*                11            35            +24                          1—Michael Waltrip*             35            15            -20

2—Matt Kenseth                  2              20            +18                          1—Jeremy Mayfield            31            11            -20

2—Kasey Kahne                   3              21            +18                          3—Elliott Sadler                    19            3              -16

4—Dale Earnhardt Jr.          5              18            +13                          4—Dale Jarrett                     23            12            -11

5—Jeff Burton                      6              16            +10                          4—Joe Nemechek               28            17            -11

5—Casey Mears                 15            25            +10                          6—Ryan Newman                 17            7              -10

6—Sterling Marlin                34            24            -10

* compared to #11 car in 2005                                                           * compared to #15 car in 2005