2007 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #22 of 26:  Watkins Glen

Races Left to the Chase  4 (15%)

 

                                                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      3384       +951       9/148      +107       671/E      4—4—2                 14           20           1

2/2/8-DHamlin      3040       +607       2/170      +129       583/E      1—2—5                 9              13           1

3/3/2-MKenseth   2952       +519       12/127   +86         704/E      1—2—1                 7              14           2

4/5/7-TStewart    2939       +506       1/190      +149       754/+2   3—2—1                 7              15           4

5/6/14-Edwards   2824       +391       8/142      +101       676/+2   1—0—2                 5              8              1

6/4/4-JBurton       2806       +373       40/43      +2           576/-1    1—1—2                 6              11           3

7/7/1-JJohnson   2789       +356       3/165      +124       457/-3    4—1—3                 11           13           5

8/8/5-KyBusch     2757       +324       7/146      +105       742/+2   1—2—0                 5              12           3

9/10/17-Bowyer   2667       +234       16/115   +74         681/+2   0—0—0                 1              11           3

10/9/3-KHarvick  2655       +222       36/55      +14         549/-2    1—1—0                 4              10           3

11/11/21-Truex    2587       +154       6/150      +109       554/-2    1—1—2                 4              8              3

12/12/12-KuBsh  2529       +96         11/130   +89         680/+3   1—0—2                 4              6              2

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/14/16-Newmn2433       -96          13/124   -6            575/E      0—2—0                 3              9              5

14/13/10-Dale Jr 2429       -100        42/37      -93          444/-2    0—1—0                 4              8              5

15/16/13-GBiffle  2317       -212        10/134   +4           631/+2   0—0—0                 2              6              3

16/19/19-CMears2231       -298        15/118   -12          581/+5   1—0—0                 4              6              6

17/17/18-McMry  2213       -316        34/66      -64          412/-3    1—0—0                 3              7              6

18/15/6-MMartin  2183       -346        NA/NA    -130        596/+2   0—1—1                 4              9              0-6

19/18/19-JPM      2178       -351        39/46      -84          516/E      1—1—0                 3              4              2

20/20/25-BLbnte 2126       -403        24/96      -34          446/-2    0—0—0                 0              1              3

21/21/27-Yeley     2084       -445        18/109   -21          383/-5    0—1—0                 1              1              6

22/23/20-Sadler  1996       -533        17/112   -18          386/E      0—0—0                 0              1              3

23/22/6-Ragan     1990       -539        32/67      -63          461/E      0—0—0                 1              1              4

24/25/35-Streme 1954       -575        21/100   -30          431/+1   0—0—0                 0              2              7

25/24/23-Sorson 1953       -576        28/79      -51          490/+2   0—0—0                 2              3              6

 

 

NOTES

 

ท          DESPITE SPIN, GORDON CLINCHES:  Not that anyone mentioned it Sunday, but Jeff Gordon became the first driver (barring penalty) to clinch a spot in the 2007 Chase at Watkins Glen. The significance? Now crew chief Steve Letarte and JG can really take some chances to get wins over the next four races.

ท          NEXT IN LINE TO CLINCH:  Magic number coming out of Michigan is +586. Candidates are: Denny Hamlin +607, Matt Kenseth +519, Tony Stewart +506.

ท          JUNIOR’S BAD BREAK GIVES BIG BREATHING ROOM TO BUBBLE GUYS:  Martin Truex moved a big step closer to his first Chase with a solid sixth at the Glen, while his teammate saw a great run go up in engine smoke. Now Junior has 100 points to make up on Kurt Busch and pass Ryan Newman for the final transfer spot. Newman’s 13^th wasn’t good enough to make up any ground on Busch.

 

 

CHASE CLINCH WATCH

 

Point Advantage On 13^th Needed After Race              #22 Watkins-Glen               +781       J Gordon [Clinched]

                                                                                                #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 STARTING POINTS                                Out of 1st

1-Jeff Gordon                      5040                              --

2-Jimmie Johnson             5040                              --

3-Tony Stewart                   5030                             -10

4-Denny Hamlin                   5010                             -30

5-Matt Kenseth                   5010                           -30

6-Kyle Busch                       5010                             -30

7-Jeff Burton                       5010                             -30

8-Martin Truex                    5010                             -30

9-Kevin Harvick                   5010                             -30

10-Carl Edwards                 5010                             -30

11-Kurt Busch                     5010                             -30

12-Clint Bowyer                  5000                             -40

 

 

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       3241/+569            1-TSTEWART       3113/+523            1-JJOHNSON       3143/+511

2-MKENSETH       3117/+445            2-JJOHNSON       3008/+418            2-JGORDON         3103/+471

3-KHARVICK         2918/+246            3-GBIFFLE             2861/+271            3-DALE JR            3015/+383

4-JBURTON          2879/+207            4-RWALLACE       2855/+265            4-TSTEWART       2951/+319

5-KYBUSCH          2871/+199            5-MMARTIN          2782/+192            5-MKENSETH       2876/+244

6-MMARTIN          2815/+143            6-KUBUSCH          2692/+102            6-ESADLER           2792/+160

7-TStewart           2794/+122            7-JMAYFIELD       2684/+94               7-KUBUSCH          2754/+122

8-DHAMLIN           2782/+110            8-RNEWMAN        2646/+56               8-KHarvick           2717/+85

9-JGORDON         2756/+84               9-JMcMurray       2599/+9                 9-BLabonte          2714/+82

10-DALE JR          2726/+54               10-CEDWARDS    2593/+3                 10-JMAYFIELD     2656/+24

 

                                     Out of                                              Out of                                                Out of

                                        10^th                                                       10^th                                                  10th       

11-KKAHNE          2672/-54                11-ESadler           2590/-3                  11-KKahne           2632/-24

12-KuBusch         2554/-172             12-DJarrett          2590/-3                  12-RNEWMAN      2627/-29

13-GBiffle              2546/-180             13-JGordon          2526/-67                13-MMARTIN        2584/-72

14-CEdwards       2535/-191             14-KHarvick         2523/-70                14-DJarrett          2569/-87

15-BVickers         2366/-360             15-Dale Jr             2430/-163             15-JMcMurray     2557/-99

16-RNewman       2351/-375             16-MKENSETH     2428/-165             16-CMears           2452/-204

17-CBowyer         2345/-381             17-JNemechek   2386/-207             17-MWaltrip         2371/-285

18-JMcMurray     2338/-388             18-BVickers         2349/-244             18-RWallace        2362/-294

19-CMears           2337/-389             19-KKahne           2324/-269             19-RGordon          2289/-367

20-ESadler           2215/-511             20-KyBusch         2290/-303             20-SMarlin            2278/-378

 

Names in ALL CAPS made the Chase in that year