2007 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #23 of 26:  Michigan #2

Races Left to the Chase  3 (11%)

 

                                                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

1/1/6-JGordon      3471       +910       27/87      -41          598/E      4—4—2                 14           20           1

2/2/8-DHamlin      3195       +634       5/155      +27         699/E      1—2—5                 15           21           1

3/3/2-MKenseth   3117       +556       4/165      +37         727/E      1—2—1                 8              15           2

4/4/5-TStewart    3073       +512       10/134   +6           839/+3   3—2—1                 7              16           4

5/5/13-Edwards   2970       +409       7/146      +18         662/+1   1—0—2                 5              9              1

6/7/1-JJohnson   2959       +398       3/170      +42         493/-2    4—1—4                 12           14           5

7/6/9-JBurton       2927       +366       14/121   -7            582/-2    1—1—2                 6              11           3

8/8/7-KyBusch     2881       +320       13/124   -4            691/E      1—2—0                 5              12           3

9/9/19-Bowyer     2779       +218       17/112   -16          637/+2   0—0—0                 1              11           3

10/10/3-Harvick   2773       +212       15/118   -10          601/-1    1—1—0                 4              10           3

11/11/23-Truex    2757       +196       2/170      -42          600/-1    1—2—1                 5              9              3

12/12/14-KuBsh  2724       +163       1/195      +67         705/+3   2—0—2                 5              7              2

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/14/10-DaleJr  2561       -163        12/132   -63          521/-1    0—1—0                 4              8              5

14/13/18-Newmn                2553       -171        16/120   -75          574/E      0—2—0                 3              9              5

15/15/12-GBiffle  2428       -296        19/111   -84          592/+1   0—0—0                 2              6              3

 

NOTES

 

ท          KURT BUSCH MAKES A STATEMENT, AND SO DOES TRUEX:  The two guys closest to the bubble didn’t show any signs of feeling the pressure as Kurt Busch and Martin Truex finished 1-2 at MIS.  Busch gained 63 huge points on Dale Jr and 75 points on teammate Ryan Newman. Busch now has the luxury of a bad race and can still maintain his lead, although he certainly doesn’t want to squander the 163-point advantage he carries to Bristol.

ท          HAMLIN 2-FOR-2 IN MAKING THE CHASE.  No sophomore jinx for Denny Hamlin as he easily clinched his second straight Chase at Michigan with a fifth.

ท          CLINCH WATCH FOR BRISTOL (Magic number is +391 over 13^th coming out of Bristol)  Clinch candidates at Bristol:  Kenseth +556, Stewart +512, Edwards +409, Johnson +398, Burton +366, Kyle Busch +320.

 

CHASE CLINCH WATCH

 

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

Clinched at WG

                                                                                                #23 Michigan                       +586   D Hamlin

                                                                                                                                                Clinched at MIS

                                                                                                #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-Kurt Busch                       5020                             -20

5-Denny Hamlin                   5010                             -30

6-Matt Kenseth                   5010                             -30

7-Kyle Busch                       5010                             -30

8-Jeff Burton                       5010                             -30

9-Martin Truex                    5010                             -30

10-Kevin Harvick                5010                             -30

11-Carl Edwards                 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       3365/+533            1-TSTEWART       3268/+617            1-JGORDON         3254/+468

2-MKENSETH       3307/+475            2-JJOHNSON       3142/+491            2-JJOHNSON       3186/+400

3-KHARVICK         3048/+216            3-GBIFFLE             3016/+365            3-DALE JR            3115/+329

4-MMARTIN          2970/+138            4-RWALLACE       2979/+328            4-TSTEWART       3089/+303

5-TStewart           2959/+127            5-MMARTIN          2899/+248            5-MKENSETH       3018/+232

6-JGORDON         2931+99                6-JMAYFIELD       2869/+218            6-KUBUSCH          2909/+123

7-KYBUSCH          2922/+90               7-KUBUSCH          2848/+197            7-ESADLER           2864/+78

8-DHAMLIN           2920/+88               8-RNEWMAN        2773/+122            8-KHarvick           2832/+46

9-JBURTON          2916/+84               9-CEDWARDS      2758/+107            9-BLabonte          2799/+13

10-DALE JR          2881/+49               10-JMcMurray     2702/+51               10-KKahne           2792/+6

 

                                     Out of                                              Out of                                                Out of

                                        10^th                                                       10^th                                                  10th       

11-KKAHNE          2832/-49                11-DJarrett          2651/-51                                11-JMAYFIELD     2786/-6

12-GBiffle              2692/-189             12-JGordon          2644/-58                                12-MMARTIN        2759/-33

13-CEdwards       2637/-244             13-ESadler           2636/-66                                13-RNEWMAN      2748/-44

14-KuBusch         2602/-279             14-KHarvick         2620/-82                                14-DJarrett          2734/-58

                                                                15-MKENSETH     2598/-104                            15-JMcMurray     2722/-70

                                                                16-Dale Jr             2544/-158            

                                                                17-JNemechek   2533/-169            

 

Names in ALL CAPS made the Chase in that year