CONTENDERS PAST
PERFORMANCES AT
02 02 03 03 04 04 05 05 06
3. Kevin Harvick 40 18 6 16 25 12 5 10 3
4. Jeff Gordon 7 40 16 10 6 3 39 30 40
5. Kyle Busch 4 4 5
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 36 4 3 17 1 2 14 20 1
7. Denny Hamlin 2
8. TONY STEWART 1 30 41 27 4 19 2 7 6
9. MARK MARTIN 4 6 5 13 7 5 15 13 11
10. Jeff Burton 3 39 9 4 14 23 16 18 15
11. Kasey Kahne 28 24 1 8 34
WHAT EACH TOP 10 MEMBER MUST DO
TO ASSURE
3. Kevin Harvick Needs a 41st
4. Jeff Gordon Needs a 25th
5. Kyle Busch Needs a 22nd
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Needs a 16th
7. Denny Hamlin Needs a 16th
8. Tony Stewart Needs a 7th
9. Mark Martin Needs a 4th
10. Jeff Burton Needs
a 4th
RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON
CHART - After 25
Races
2006 Pts/Outof1st 2005 Pts/Outof1st 2004 Pts/Outof1st
1—MATT KENSETH 3638/+9 1—TONY STEWART 3570+209 1—JIMMIE JOHNSON 3482/+50
2—JIMMIE JOHNSON 3629/-9 2—GREG BIFFLE 3361/-209 2—JEFF GORDON 3432/-50
3—Kevin Harvick 3296/-342 3—JIMMIE JOHNSON 3312/-258 3—DALE EARNHARDT JR. 3366/-116
4—Jeff Gordon 3251/-387 4—RUSTY WALLACE 3257/-313 4—TONY STEWART 3304/-178
5—Kyle Busch 3244/-394 5—MARK MARTIN 3149/-421 5—MATT KENSETH 3253/-229
6—Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3226/-412 6—KURT BUSCH 3114/-456 6—ELLIOTT SADLER 3204/-278
7—Denny Hamlin 3225/-413 7—JEREMY MAYFIELD 3073/-497 7—KURT BUSCH 3186/-296
8—TONY STEWART 3194/-444 8—CARL EDWARDS 3014/-556 8—RYAN NEWMAN 3078/-404
9—MARK MARTIN 3181/-457 9—MATT KENSETH 2939/-631 9—Kasey Kahne 3067/-415
10—Jeff Burton 3179/-459 10—Jamie McMurray 2929/-641 10—MARK MARTIN 3058/-424
Pts/Outof10th Pts/Outof10th Pts/Outof10th
11—Kasey Kahne 3149/-30 11—RYAN NEWMAN 2928/-1 11—Jamie McMurray 3033/-25
12—Jeff Gordon 2899/-30 12—Bobby Labonte 3022/-36
12—xCARL EDWARDS 2953/-226 13—Elliott Sadler 2877/-52 13—Dale Jarrett 3015/-43
13—xGREG BIFFLE 2889/-290 14—Dale Jarrett 2812/-117 14—JEREMY MAYFIELD 3003/-55
14—xKURT BUSCH 2746/-433 15—Kevin Harvick 2798/-131 15—Kevin Harvick 3002/-56
16—xRYAN NEWMAN 2650/-529 16—Joe Nemechek 2794/-135
37—xJEREMY MAYFIELD 1647/-1532
CLINCHED: CLINCHED: CLINCHED:
1—JIMMIE JOHNSON 1—TONY STEWART 1—JEFF GORDON
2—MATT KENSETH 2—JIMMIE JOHNSON 2—JIMMIE JOHNSON
3—GREG BIFFLE 3—DALE EARNHARDT JR.
x-eliminated from Chase contention 4—RUSTY WALLACE 4—TONY STEWART
5—MARK MARTIN 5—MATT KENSETH
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—Matt Kenseth 796/+1 1—Bobby Labonte 419/-1
2—Dale Earnhardt Jr. 764/+5 2—Elliott Sadler 428/E
3—Jeff Gordon 739/+5 3—Kurt Busch 430/-1
4—Kevinn Harvick 733/+2 4—Brian Vickers 454/-4
5—Tony Stewart 717/+2 5—Greg Biffle 456/-1
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 7 35 +28 1—Greg Biffle 13 2 -11
2—Kyle Busch 5 22 +17 2—Dale Jarrett 24 14 -10
3—Clint Bowyer 18 31 +13 3—Kurt Busch 14 6 -8
4—Kevin Harvick 3 15 +12 3—Elliott Sadler 21 13 -8
4—Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6 18 +12 5—Jamie McMurray 17 10 -7
6—Jeff
6—Scott Riggs 19 30 +11
CURRENT CHASE FIELD BY OWNER, BY
MANUFACTURER
HENDRICK (3) 2—Jimmie Johnson; 4—Jeff Gordon; 5—Kyle Busch
ROUSH (2) 1—Matt Kenseth; 9—Mark Martin
CHILDRESS (2) 3—Kevin Harvick;
10—Jeff
GIBBS (2) 7—Denny Hamlin; 8—Tony Stewart
DEI (1) 6—Dale Earnhardt Jr.
CHEVROLET 8
FORD 2
MARGIN NEEDED FOR EARLY CLINCHES
After
After
After
CLINCHED
AT
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Matt Kenseth
DRIVERS IN POSITION TO BECOME CHASE “THREE-PEATS”
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Matt Kenseth
3. Mark Martin
4. Tony Stewart
