2006 RACE TO THE CHASE
After Race #13 of 26:  Dover #1

Races Left to the Chase:  13 (50%)

 

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     2011        --            +439        +519        6/150       +32          802          3—2—1                   7              10            0              30-0

2/2/22-Kenseth     1937        -74           +365        +445        1/185       +67          719          2—2—3                   8              9              1              55-0

3/3/6-Martin           1795        -216         +223        +303        9/143       +25          643          0—1—0                   2              8              1              40-0

4/5/15-ErnhrdtJr   1729        -282         +157        +237        10/139     +21          684          1—0—1                   4              6              0              30-0

5/4/5-Stewart        1718        -293         +146        +226        25/88       -30           577          1—2—1                   6              7              2              60-0

6/6/18-Kahne         1715        -296         +143        +223        7/146       +28          548          3—0—0                   5              8              3              30-0

7/8/16-JBurton      1615        -396         +43          +123        4/165       +47          736          0—0—0                   3              8              1              20-0

8/9/10-Harvick       1591        -420         +19          +99          3/165       +47          547          1—1—2                   5              6              3              30-0

9/7/11-JGordon     1583        -428         +11          +91          12/132     +14          538          0—2—0                   4              5              2              45-0

10/10/19-KyBusch 1572        -439         --             +80          5/160       +42          562          0—0—1                   4              7              2              35-25

                                                                                                                Gain

                                                                                                                10th

11/12/36-Hamlin    1492        -519         -80           --             11/130     -30           684          0—1—0                   2              5              2              25-0

12/13/2-Biffle         1487        -524         -85           -5             8/147       -13           702          1—0—0                   2              6              3              75-0

13/11/27-Mears     1474        -537         -98           -18           21/100     -60           526          0—1—0                   1              3              0              5-0

14/14/9-Edwards   1454        -557         -118         -38           15/123     -37           632          0—0—2                   4              6              3              20-0

15/18/13-McMurry1421        -590         -151         -71           2/180       +20          625          0—1—0                   2              5              4              25-0

 

16/15/28-Bowyer  1399        -612         -173         -93           17/112     -48           489          0—0—0                   1              3              1              5-0

17/16/14-Jarrett    1362        -649         -210         -130         24/91       -69           453          0—0—0                   0              2              1              15-25

18/19/8-KuBusch   1307        -704         -265         -185         16/115     -45           494          1—0—0                   1              2              3              25-0

19/22/4-Newman   1302        -709         -270         -190         14/126     -34           545          0—0—1                   1              4              4              20-0

20/17/3-ESadler     1302        -709         -270         -190         40/43       -117         441          0—0—0                   1              2              2              30-0

21/20/27-Sorenson1293       -718         -279         -199         19/106     -54           549          0—0—0                   0              2              2              0-0

22/21/31-Green     1264        -747         -308         -228         28/79       -81           513          0—0—0                   0              0              1              15-0

23/23/17-Truex      1254        -757         -318         -238         22/97       -63           413          0—0—0                   0              1              3              5-0

24/26/29-BLabonte1248       -763         -324         -244         13/124     -36           505          0—0—0                   1              3              2              15-0

25/25/20-Riggs      1245        -766         -327         -247         20/103     -57           561          0—0—0                   0              3              2              5-0

26/27/24-Vickers 1216        -795         -356         -276         23/94       -66           408          0—0—1                   1              3              5              15-0

27/24/29-Yeley       1193        -818         -379         -299         42/37       -123         457          0—0—0                   0              1              3              25-0

28/28/39-RGordon 1161        -850         -411         -331         36/55       -105         484          0—0—0                   0              1              3              10-0

29/29/21-Nemchek1155       -856         -417         -337         35/58       -102         448          0—0—0                   0              0              2              5-0

30/30/30-Schrader1131        -880         -441         -361         33/64       -96           419          0—0—0                   0              1              3              0-0

31/31/26-Petty       1128        -883         -444         -364         27/82       -68           473          0—0—0                   0              1              0              5-0

32/33/28-Blaney     1102        -909         -470         -390         30/73       -87           426          0—0—0                   0              0              0              15-0

33/32/23-Marlin     1100        -911         -472         -392         31/70       -90           418          0—0—0                   0              1              4              5-0

34/34/12-Mayfield 1087        -924         -485         -405         18/114     -46           477          0—0—0                   0              0              3              10-25

35/35/17-Waltrip    928          -1083       -644         -564         32/67       -93           333          0—0—0                   0              0              5              15-0

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHART -  After 13 Races

 

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

 

1—JIMMIE JOHNSON            2011/+74                 1—JIMMIE JOHNSON            1912/+46                 1—DALE EARNHARDT JR.    1963/+98

2—MATT KENSETH               1937/-74                  2—GREG BIFFLE                    1866/-46                  2—JIMMIE JOHNSON            1865/-98  

3—MARK MARTIN                 1795/-216                3—Elliott Sadler                    1681/-231                3—MATT KENSETH               1784/-179

4—Dale Earnhardt Jr.          1729/-282                4—RYAN NEWMAN                1672/-240                4—TONY STEWART              1767/-196

5—TONY STEWART              1718/-293                5—TONY STEWART              1606/-306                5—JEFF GORDON                  1709/-254

6—Kasey Kahne                   1715/-296                6—MARK MARTIN                 1588/-324                6—KURT BUSCH                    1648/-315

7—Jeff Burton                      1615/-396                7—RUSTY WALLACE            1584/-328                7—ELLIOTT SADLER            1646/-317

8—Kevin Harvick                  1591/-420                8—KURT BUSCH                    1579/-333                8—Bobby Labonte               1642/-321

9—Jeff Gordon                     1583/-428                9—CARL EDWARDS              1574/-338                9—Kevin Harvick                  1632/-331

10—Kyle Busch                    1572/-439                10—Kevin Harvick                1573/-339                10—RYAN NEWMAN              1596/-367

                                                Pts/Outof10th                                                       Pts/Outof10th                                                       Pts/Outof10th

11—Denny Hamlin                1492/-80                  11—Jeff Gordon                   1562/-11                  11—Jamie McMurray          1532/-64

12—GREG BIFFLE                 1487/-85                  12—JEREMY MAYFIELD       1538/-35                  12—Kasey Kahne                 1525/-71

13—Casey Mear                   1474/-98                 13—Jamie McMurray          1536/-37                  13—MARK MARTIN               1521/-75

14—CARL EDWARDS            1454/-118                14—Dale Jarrett                   1500/-73                  14—Rusty Wallace               1505/-91

15—Jamie McMurray          1421/-151                15—Dale Earnhardt Jr.        1494/-79                  15—JEREMY MAYFIELD       1497/-99

                                                                                16—Jeff Burton                    1452-121                                       

18—KURT BUSCH                  1307/-265                17—Michael Waltrip             1419/-154

19—RYAN NEWMAN              1302/-270                                           

34—JEREMY MAYFIELD       1087/-485                22—MATT KENSETH             1295/-278

 

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—Jimmie Johnson            802                                          1—Michael Waltrip               333

2—Jeff Burton                      736                                          2—Brian Vickers                  408

3—Matt Kenseth                  719                                          3—Martin Truex Jr.             413

4—Greg Biffle                      702                                          4—Sterling Marlin                418

5—Dale Earnhardt Jr.          684                                          5—Ken Schrader                  419

5—Denny Hamlin                  684                                          6—Dave Blaney                     426

7—Mark Martin                    643                                          7—Elliott Sadler                    441

8—Carl Edwards                  632                                          8—Joe Nemechek               448

9—Jamie McMurray            625                                          9—Dale Jarrett                     453

10—Tony Stewart                577                                          10—J.J. Yeley                       457

               

 

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                  11            36            +25                          1—Jeremy Mayfield            34            12            -22

2—Matt Kenseth                  2              22            +20                          2—Michael Waltrip               35            17            -18

3—Casey Mears                  13            27            +14                          3—Elliott Sadler                    20            3              -17

4—Kasey Kahne                   6              18            +12                          4—Ryan Newman                 19            4              -15

4—Clint Bowyer                   16            28            +12                          5—Greg Biffle                       12            2              -10

6—Earnhardt Jr.                   4              15            +11                          5—Kurt Busch                      18            8              -10

6—Robby Gordon                28            39            +11                          5—Sterling Marlin                33            23            -10