2006 RACE TO THE CHASE
After Race #12 of 26:
Races Left to the Chase: 14 (54%)
05/LW/04 Season Out of Out of Out of LastRce Gain Last 5 Finishes Top Top Bottom Bonus-
Driver Pts. 1st 10th 11th Fin/Pts 11th Pts 1—2—3 5s 10s 10s Penalty Pts
Gain
10th
13/14/2-Biffle 1340 -521 -72 -34 7/151 +20 683 1—0—0 2 5 3 65-0
14/17/8-Edwards 1331 -530 -81 -43 3/170 +39 669 0—0—2 4 6 3 20-0
15/16/25-Bowyer 1287 -574 -125 -87 19/106 -25 537 0—0—0 1 3 1 5-0
17/15/3-ESadler 1259 -602 -153 -115 30/78 -53 455 0—0—0 1 2 1 30-0
18/20/9-McMurray1241 -620 -171 -133 8/142 +11 566 0—0—0 1 4 4 15-0
19/18/10-KuBusch 1192 -669 -220 -182 39/46 -85 470 1—0—0 1 2 3 25-0
20/24/28-Sorenson1187 -674 -225 -187 10/134 +3 486 0—0—0 0 2 2 0-0
21/25/31-JGreen 1185 -676 -227 -189 12/132 +1 543 0—0—0 0 0 1 10-0
22/19/4-Newman 1176 -685 -236 -198 35/58 -73 465 0—0—1 1 4 4 15-0
23/22/18-Truex 1157 -704 -255 -217 21/100 -31 413 0—0—0 0 1 3 5-0
24/23/24-Yeley 1156 -705 -256 -218 20/103 -28 504 0—0—0 0 1 2 25-0
25/26/21-Riggs 1142 -719 -270 -232 13/129 -2 507 0—0—0 0 3 2 5-0
26/27/24-BLabonte1124 -737 -288 -250 17/117 -14 523 0—0—0 1 3 2 15-0
27/21/27-Vickers 1122 -739 -290 -252 37/52 -79 438 0—0—1 1 3 5 15-0
28/28/39-RGordon 1106 -755 -306 -268 16/115 -16 469 0—0—0 0 1 2 10-0
29/29/19-Nemchek1097 -764 -315 -277 18/109 -22 448 0—0—0 0 0 1 5-0
30/30/26-Schrader1067 -794 -345 -307 26/85 -46 470 0—0—0 0 1 3 0-0
31/32/30-Petty 1046 -815 -376 -328 25/88 -43 461 0—0—0 0 0 0 15-0
32/33/20-Marlin 1030 -831 -382 -344 28/79 -52 475 0—0—0 0 1 4 5-0
33/31/25-Blaney 1029 -832 -383 -345 32/67 -64 440 0—0—0 0 0 0 15-0
34/34/13-Mayfield 973 -888 -439 -401 15/93 -38 423 0—0—0 0 0 3 5-0
35/35/18-Waltrip 861 -1000 -551 -513 41/45 -86 303 0—0—0 0 0 5 15-0
RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHART - After 12 Races
2006 Pts/Outof1st 2005 Pts/Outof1st 2004 Pts/Outof1st
1—JIMMIE JOHNSON 1861/+109 1—JIMMIE JOHNSON 1747/+71 1—DALE EARNHARDT JR. 1798/+5
2—MATT KENSETH 1752/-109 2—GREG BIFFLE 1676/-71 2—JIMMIE JOHNSON 1793/-5
3—MARK MARTIN 1652/-209 3—Elliott Sadler 1542/-205 3—MATT KENSETH 1687/-111
4—TONY STEWART 1630/-231 4—RYAN NEWMAN 1530/-217 4—JEFF GORDON 1654/-144
5—Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1590/-271 5—Jeff Gordon 1516/-231 5—TONY STEWART 1587/-211
6—Kasey Kahne 1569/-292 6—TONY STEWART 1488/-259 6—Bobby Labonte 1554/-244
7—Jeff Gordon 1451/-410 7—Kevin Harvick 1485/-262 7—ELLIOTT SADLER 1537/-261
8—Jeff Burton 1450/-411 8—CARL EDWARDS 1459/-288 8—KURT BUSCH 1521/-277
9—Kyle Busch 1437/-424 9—Jamie McMurray 1451/-296 9—RYAN NEWMAN 1500/-298
10—Kevin Harvick 1426/-435 10—KURT BUSCH 1441/-306 10—Kevin Harvic 1498/-300
Pts/Outof10th Pts/Outof10th Pts/Outof10th
11—Casey Mears 1374/-52 11—RUSTY WALLACE 1429/-12 11—Kasey Kahne 1420/-78
12—Denny Hamlin 1362/-64 12—MARK MARTIN 1423/-18 12—Jamie McMurray 1414/-84
13—GREG BIFFLE 1340/-86 13—JEREMY MAYFIELD 1417/-24 13—Rusty Wallace 1381/-117
14—CARL EDWARDS 1331/-95 14—Dale Jarrett 1406/-35 14—JEREMY MAYFIELD 1350/-148
15—Clint Bowyer 1287/-139 15—Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1397/-44
16—Dale Jarrett 1271/-155 16—Kasey Kahne 1351-90 15—MARK MARTIN 1336/-162
17—Jeff Burton 1325/-116
19—KURT BUSCH 1192/-234 18—Michael Waltrip 1295/-146
22—RYAN NEWMAN 1176/-250
34—JEREMY MAYFIELD 998/-428 23—MATT KENSETH 1149/-292
ALL CAPS made 05 Chase ALL CAPS made 05 Chase ALL CAPS made 04 Chase
THE HEAT INDEX
(Last 5 races, only drivers in top 35)
RED HOT ICE COLD
1—Jimmie Johnson 798 1—Michael Waltrip 303
2—Jeff
3—Matt Kenseth 704 3—Jeremy Mayfield 423
4—Greg Biffle 683 4—Brian Vickers 438
5—Carl Edwards 669 5—Dave Blaney 440
6—Tony Stewart 664 6—Joe Nemechek 448
7—Dale Earnhardt Jr. 639 7—Elliott Sadler 455
8—Mark Martin 635 8—Kyle Petty 461
9—Denny Hamlin 615 9—Kyle Busch 462
10—Kevin Harvick 567 10—Ryan Newma 465
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 12 36 +24 1—Jeremy Mayfield 34 13 -21
2—Matt Kenseth 2 23 +21 2—Ryan Newman 22 4 -18
3—Casey Mears 11 28 +17 3—Michael Waltrip 35 18 -17
4—Kyle Busch 10 22 +12 4—Elliott Sadler 17 3 -14
5—Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5 15 +10 5—
5—Kasey Kahne 6 16 +10 6—Greg Biffle 13 2 -11
5—Clint Bowyer 15 25 +10
