2007 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #21 of 26:  Pocono #2

Races Left to the Chase  5 (19%)

 

                                                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

1/1/8-JGordon      3236       +844       4/160      -28          698/E      4—4—2                 14           19           1

2/2/7-DHamlin      2870       +478       3/165      -23          603/E      1—1—5                 8              12           1

3/3/2-MKenseth   2825       +433       14/126   -62          720/E      1—2—1                 7              14           2

4/4/3-JBurton       2763       +371       11/130   -58          679/E      1—1—2                 6              11           2

5/5/9-TStewart    2749       +357       6/150      -63          691/+1   2—2—1                 6              14           4

6/6/14-Edwards   2682       +290       21/100   -88          663/+1   1—0—2                 5              7              1

7/9/1-JJohnson   2624       +232       5/155      -33          452/-2    4—1—2                 10           12           5

8/8/5-KyBusch     2611       +219       12/132   -56          731/+2   1—2—0                 5              11           3

9/7/4-KHarvick     2600       +208       17/112   -76          636/-1    1—1—0                 4              10           2

10/10/17-Bowyer2552       +160       8/147      -41          618/-1    0—0—0                 1              11           3

11/11/20-Truex    2437       +45         22/102   -86          574/E      1—1—2                 4              7              3

12/13/13-KuBsh  2399       +7           1/195      +20         655/+4   1—0—2                 4              6              2

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/12/10-DaleJr  2392       -7            2/175      -20          577/-1    0—1—0                 4              8              4

14/1418-Newmn 2309       -90          7/151      -31          590/-1    0—2—0                 3              9              5

15/17/6-MMartin  2183       -216        9/138      -44          596/E      0—1—1                 4              9              0-5

16/16/12-GBiffle  2183       -216        23/94      -88          567/+1   0—0—0                 2              5              3

17/15/19-McMry  2147       -252        40/43      -139        461/-3    1—0—0                 3              7              5

18/18/15-JPM      2132       -267        16/115   -67          576/+3   1—1—0                 3              4              1

19/19/15-Mears   2113       -286        10/134   -48          557/+1   1—0—0                 4              6              6

20/20/25-BLbnte 2030       -369        30/78      -104        459/-1    0—0—0                 0              1              3

21/21/26-Yeley     1975       -424        35/58      -124        371/-3    0—1—0                 1              1              6

22/22/6-DRagan  1923       -476        33/64      -118        512/+3   0—0—0                 1              1              4

23/23/22-Sadler  1884       -515        32/67      -115        338/-1    0—0—0                 0              1              3

24/24/23-Sorson 1874       -525        28/84      -98          493/+3   0—0—0                 2              3              6

25/25/35-Streme 1854       -545        25/88      -94          413/-2    0—0—0                 0              2              7             

 

NOTES

 

·          Positions 10-12 Are in Play:  #10-Clint Bowyer (+160), #11-Martin Truex (+45), and #12-Kurt Busch (+7) are very much in play with five races left in The Race to The Chase.  #13-Dale Jr. (-7), and #14-Ryan Newman (-90) are in strong contention. #15-Mark Martin (-216), #16-Greg Biffle (-216), #17-Jamie McMurray (-252) #18-Juan Pablo Montoya (-267) and #19-Casey Mears (-286) have to be considered real long shots at this point.

·          CLINCH WATCH: With a good run at Watkins-Glen, frontrunner Jeff Gordon can tie up the first of 12 Chase spots Sunday. The magic margin for Gordon to come out of The Glen with is 781 points in front of 13^th place. He starts the race 844 points ahead of 13^th-place Dale Earnhardt Jr.

 

CHASE CLINCH WATCH

 

Point Advantage On 13^th Needed After Race              #22 Watkins-Glen               +781

                                                                                                #23 Michigan                       +586

                                                                                                #24 Bristol                            +391

                                                                                                #25 California                      +196

 

OWNERSHIP BREAKDOWN OF CURRENT TOP 12

 

Childress              3 of 3      100%

Hendrick               3 of 4      75%

Gibbs                     2 of 3      66%

Roush                    2 of 5      40%

DEI                          1 of 2      50%

Penske                  1 of 2      50%

 

 

MANUFACTURER BREAKDOWN OF CURRENT TOP 12

 

Chevrolet              9

Ford                        2

Dodge                    1

 

 

CHASE BONUS POINTS

1-Jimmie Johnson             40

1-Jeff Gordon                      40

2-Tony Stewart                   20

3-Matt Kenseth                   10

3-Kyle Busch                       10

3-Kevin Harvick                   10

3-Jeff Burton                       10

3-Casey Mears                    10

3-Martin Truex                    10

3-Carl Edwards                   10

3-Juan Pablo Montoya      10

3-Denny Hamlin                   10

3-Jamie McMurray             10

3—Kurt Busch                     10

 

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       3124/+549            1-TSTEWART       2923/+448            1-JJOHNSON       3095/+584

2-MKENSETH       3017/+442            2-JJOHNSON       2848/+373            2-JGORDON         2998/+487

3-JBURTON          2749/+174            3-GBIFFLE             2812/+337            3-DALE JR            2855/+344

4-KHARVICK         2733/+158            4-RWALLACE       2705/+230            4-TSTEWART       2761/+250

5-KYBUSCH          2733/+158            5-KUBUSCH          2646/+171            5-MKENSETH       2738/+227

6-MMARTIN          2712/+137            6-MMARTIN          2636/+161            6-ESADLER           2674/+163

7-DHAMLIN           2648/+73               7-RNEWMAN        2568/+93               7-KUBUSCH          2615/+104

8-JGORDON         2627/+52               8-JMAYFIELD       2554/+79               8-BLabonte          2584/+73

9-TStewart           2619/+44               9-DJarrett             2493/+18               9-KHarvick           2562/+51

10-DALE JR          2612/+37               10-CEDWARDS    2487/+12               10-RNEWMAN      2542/+31

 

                                     Out of                                              Out of                                                Out of

                                        10^th                                                       10^th                                                  10th       

11-KKAHNE          2575/-37                11-JMcMurray     2475/-12                11-KKahne           2511/-31

12-GBiffle              2497/-115             12-ESadler           2463/-24                12-JMAYFIELD     2510/-32

13-KuBusch         2438/-174             13-KHarvick         2405/-82                13-DJarrett          2487/-55

14-CEdwards       2380/-232             14-JGordon          2400/-87                14-JMcMurray     2433/-109

15-CMears           2279/-333             15-MKENSETH     2319/-168             15-MMARTIN        2419/-123

16-BVickers         2251/-361             16-Dale Jr             2296/-191             16-CMears           2287/-255

17-CBowyer         2224/-388             17-JNemechek   2248/-239             17-RWallace        2274/-268

18-RNewman       2204/-408             18-JBurton           2240/-247             18-MWaltrip         2268/-274

19-JMcMurray     2173/-439             19-MWaltrip         2237/-250             19-SMarlin            2223/-319

20-MTruex            2123/-489             20-KyBusch         2226/-261             20-TLabonte        2208/-334

 

Names in ALL CAPS made the Chase in that year