2007 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #13 of 26:  Dover #1

Races Left to the Chase  13 (50%)

 

                                                Out of     LstRace                                Lst 5       Finishes                Top         Top         Bottom

07/LW/06              Pts          13^th         Fin/Pts   Gain        Pts          1—2—3                 5s           10s         10s-MR

1/1/9-JGordon      2059       +632       9/138      +18         733/E      3—3—1                 9              11           1

2/2/1-JJohnson   1907       +480       15/118   -2            792/+2   4—1—2                 8              9              2

3/3/2-MKenseth   1869       +442       5/155      +35         703/E      1—1—1                 6              9              0

4/4/11-DHamlin    1842       +415       4/160      +40         758/+1   0—1—4                 6              8              0

5/5/7-JBurton       1704       +277       12/127   +7           452/-3    1—1—1                 5              7              2

6/8/14-Edwards   1584       +157       3/170      +50         617/+2   0—0—1                 2              4              1

7/6/5-TStewart    1573       +146       40/43      -77          579/E      0—2—0                 2              8              3

8/10/16-Bowyer   1525       +98         8/147      +27         562/+1   0—0—0                 0              6              2

9/7/8-KHarvick     1518       +91         20/103   -17          616/+2   1—0—0                 2              5              1

10/11/10-KyBsch1471       +44         17/112   -8            469/-4    1—1—0                 3              6              3

11/9/18-KuBsch  1439       +12         42/37      -83          571/+2   0—0—1                 2              3              2

12/14/3-MMartin  1435       +8           7/146      +26         514/-2    0—1—1                 4              6              0-3

 

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                                                12th

13/16/23-Truex    1427       -8            1/195      +80         653/+7   1—0—0                 1              4              2

14/12/15-McMrry1411       -24          24/91      -24          512/-2    0—0—0                 2              5              2

15/13/4-DaleJr     1404       -31          22/97      -18          661/E      0—0—0                 1              5              2

16/18/19-Newmn1389       -46          2/175      +60         684/+10 0—1—0                 2              5              3

17/17/24-BLbnte 1340       -95          18/109   -6            560/+2   0—0—0                 0              1              1

18/19/12-GBiffle  1339       -96          6/150      +35         489/-4    0—0—0                 1              3              2

19/15/27-Yeley     1313       -122        37/52      -63          563/+3   0—1—0                 1              1              3

 

20/20/20-ESadler1267       -168        26/85      -30          450/-3    0—0—0                 0              1              2

21/21/37-Streme 1237       -198        36/55      -60          424/-3    0—0—0                 0              2              5

22/22/13-JPM      1229       -206        31/70      -45          398/-6    0—0—0                 1              2              0

23/23/39-Raines  1218       -217        21/100   -15          466/-2    0—0—0                 0              0              2

24/27/33-Marlin   1165       -270        16/115     E            517/+7   0—0—0                 0              0              3

25/24/21-Sorsen 1153       -282        27/82      -33          473/+2   0—0—0                 1              2              4

26/28/3-Ragan     1150       -285        14/121   +6           475/+2   0—0—0                 1              1              4

27/29/13-Mears   1144       -291        13/124   +9           532/+8   1—0—0                 1              2              5

28/25/22-JGreen 1141       -294        30/73      -42          427/-3    0—0—0                 0              2              4

29/32/6-Kahne     1133       -302        11/135   +20         507/+4   0—0—0                 0              1              4

30/34/31-Petty     1126       -309        34/61      -54          511/+4   0—0—1                 1              1              4

31/33/28-RGordn 1126       -309        10/134   +19         381/-8    0—0—0                 0              1              4

32/30/29-Nemch 1096       -339        25/88      -27          365/-8    0—0—0                 0              1              2-1

33/34/20-Gilland  1062       -373        29/76      -39          404/-4    0—0—0                 1              2              5

34/31/17-Rudd     1045       -390        39/46      -69          398/-2    0—0—0                 0              1              3

35/35/NA-Sauter 1009       -426        32/72      -43          358/-5    0—0—0                 0              1              2-1

 

 

NOTES

 

·          BEING IN THE CHASE FIELD AT HALFWAY IS A GOOD SIGN:  In two out of three years, only two drivers in the top 10 at the halfway point failed to make The Chase field. Last year, only one: Tony Stewart, fell out and Denny Hamlin raced his way in.

·          RALLY RECORD:  Only Matt Kenseth has come from farther than 100 points out at halfway to make the field. In 2005, Matt roared back from 278 points out of 10^th at halfway, making

up 12 spots and making the field in 9^th position with a 125-point cushion over 11^th-place Elliott Sadler.

·          AT THE TOP OF THE FIELD, IT’S ABOUT WINS:  Remember, if you’re safely in The Chase,

the only thing that matters over the next 13 races is wins. Each one equals 10 precious

Chase points.

·          FOUR IN A ROW:  Only three drivers can make it a perfect four-out-of-four in

making The Chase field each year since the debut in 2004: 

1.       Jimmie Johnson

2.       Matt Kenseth

3.       Mark Martin

 

 

CHASE BONUS POINTS

1-Jimmie Johnson             40

2-Jeff Gordon                      30

3-Matt Kenseth                   10

3-Kyle Busch                       10

3-Kevin Harvick                   10

3-Jeff Burton                       10

3-Casey Mears                    10

3-Martin Truex                    10

 

 

PLUS TURNAROUNDS                                                       MINUS TURNAROUNDS

                                                07           06           Diff.                                                         07           06           Diff.

1—David Stremme             21           37           +16         1--#David Ragan                 26           3              -23

1—Tony Raines                   23           39           +16         1—Kasey Kahne                 29           6              -23

3—Martin Truex                  13           23           +10         3--##Ricky Rudd                 34           17           -17

4—Sterling Marlin              24           33           +9           4—###Casey Mears          27           13           -14

5—Jeff Gordon                    1              9              +8           5--####David Gilliland        33           20           -13

5—Carl Edwards                6              14           +8           6—Dale Jr.                           15           4              -11

5—Clint Bowyer                  8              16           +8

5—J.J. Yeley                        19           27           +8

 

# 6 car

## 88 car

### 42 car in 2006

#### 38 car

 

 

MOMENTUM INDEX (Last 5 Races, Drivers in top 25)

UP                                                                                           DOWN

                                                Pts          Pos.                                                                        Pts.         Pos.

1—Jimmie Johnson          792         +2                           1—Juan Montoya               398         -6

2—Denny Hamlin                758         +1                           2—David Stremme             424         -3

3—Jeff Gordon                    733         E                              3—Elliott Sadler                  450         -3

4—Matt Kenseth                 703         E                              4—Jeff Burton                     452         -3

5—Ryan Newman               684         +10                         5—Tony Raines                   466         -2

6—Dale Jr.                           661         E                              6—Kyle Busch                     469         -4

7—Martin Truex                  653         +7                           7—Reed Sorenson             473         +2

8—Carl Edwards                617         +2                           8—Greg Biffle                      489         -4

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

                                      Out of                                              Out of                                              Out of

2006                       Pts/11^th                 2005                       Pts/11^th                 2004                       Pts/11th

1-JJOHNSON       2011/+519            1-JJOHNSON       1912/+350            1-DALEJR             1963/+431

2-MKENSETH       1937/+445            2-GBIFFLE             1866/+304            2-JJOHNSON       1865/+333

3-MMARTIN          1795/+303            3-ESadler              1681/+119            3-MKENSETH       1784/+252

4-DALE JR            1729/+237            4-RNEWMAN        1672/+110            4-TSTEWART       1767/+235

5-T Stewart          1718/+226            5-TSTEWART       1606/+44               5-JGORDON         1709/+177

6-KKAHNE             1715/+223            6-MMARTIN          1588/+26               6-KUBUSCH          1648+116

7-JBURTON          1615/+123            7-RWALLACE       1584/+22               7-ESADLER           1646/+114

8-KHARVICK         1591/+101            8-KUBUSCH          1579/+17               8-BLabonte          1642/+110

9-JGORDON         1583/+91               9-CEDWARDS      1574/+12               9-KHarvick           1632/+100

10-KYBUSCH        1572/+80               10-KHarvick         1573/+11               10-RNEWMAN      1596/+64

 

                                     Out of                                              Out of                                                Out of

                                        10^th                                                       10^th                                                  10th       

11-DHAMLIN         1492/-8                  11-JGordon          1562/-11                11-JMcMurray     1532/-64

12-GBiffle              1487/-85                12-JMAYFIELD     1538/-35                12-KKahne           1525/-71

13-CMears           1474/-98                13-JMcMurray     1536/-37                13-MMARTIN        1521/-75

14-CEdwards       1454/-118             14-DJarrett          1500/-73                14-RWallace        1505/-91

15-JMcMurray     1421/-151             15-DaleJr              1494/-79                15-JMAYFIELD     1497/-99

16-CBowyer         1399/-173             16-JBurton           1452/-121             16-DJarrett          1434/-162

17-DJarrett          1362/-210             17-MWaltrip         1419/-154             17-CMears           1390/-206

18-KuBusch         1307/-265             18-KKahne           1409/-164             18-SMarlin            1357/-239

19-RNewman       1302/-270             19-KyBusch         1354/-219             19-RGordon          1348/-248

20-ESadler           1302/-270             20-SRiggs             1310/-263             20-MWaltrip         1335/-261

21-RSorenson     1293/-279             21-JNemechek   1308/-265             21-TLabonte        1318/-278

22-JGreen            1264/-308             22-MKENSETH     1295/-278             22-WBurton         1312/-284

23-MTruex            1254/-318             23-SMarlin            1281/-292             23-BVickers         1290/-306

24-BLabonte        1248/-324             24-BVickers         1264/-309             24-JBurton           1284/-312

25-SRiggs             1245/-327             25-MBliss             1207/-366             25-GBiffle              1280/-316

 

Names in ALL CAPS made the Chase in that year