2008 CHASE FOR THE NEXTEL CUP

After Race #7 of 10:  Atlanta #2

Races Left in the Chase:  3 (30%)

Texas                     Homestead

Phoenix

 

 

                       Season/Chase                 Out of   Lst Rce  Lst 5       Overall     Chase                  Top         Top         Bottom

Pos./LW                 Pts             1^st         Fin/Pts    Pts/         W—2—3   W—2—3               5s            10s          10s         

1/1-JGordon (-44) 6201/1161   +9        7/146       861          6—5—3     2—1—2                 20-5         27-6         1-0

2/2-Johnson +44) 6192/1132    -9        1/190       856          8—2—5     2—1—1                 18-4         21-5         5-0

3/3-Bowyer (+4)    6090/1090  -111      6/150       768          1—2—1     1—2—0                 5-3           17-5         3-0

4/4-Edwards (+24)                5940/910    -261      2/170       603          3—2—2     1—1—0                 10-3         14-3         3-1

5/4-Stewart (-73)  5879/849    -322      30/73       551          3—3—2     0—0—1                 10-1         22-4         5-1

6/6-KyBsh (-38)     5873/863    -328      20/108     543          1—2—2     0—0—1                 10-4         18-4         5-2

7/7-Harvick (-23)   5809/799    -392      15/123     584          1—1—0     0—0—0                 4-0           13-2         3-0

8/9-Burton (+9)      5801/791    -400      5/155       536          1—1—2     0—0—0                 9-2           15-3         5-2

9/10-KuBsh (+1)    5782/765    -419      8/147       596          2—0—2     0—0—0                 5-0           12-2         2-0

10/8-Hamlin (-50)  5777/767    -424      24/96       595          1—2—5     0—0—0                 11-1         17-2         3-1

11/12-Kensth (+14) 5753/743                  -448      4/160       529          1—2—1     0—0—0                 10-2         19-3         6-3

12/11-Truex (-66)  5688/678    -513      31/80       394          1—2—1     0—0—0                 6-1           11-1         5-2

 

 

 

NOTES

 

ท          1-2 CLOSEST EVER WITH THREE TO GO:  Jimmie Johnson’s second straight win pulled him within 9 points of leader Jeff Gordon, marking the closest margin between 1-2 at this point in The Chase’s four-year history. The previous best was last year, when Matt Kenseth led Johnson by 26.

ท          MR. CONSISTENCY IN THE CHASE:  Jimmie Johnson has been second with three to go in each of the four Chases … wow.

ท          THE PUSH FOR THE PODIUM: Denny Hamlin slipped back to the bubble spot, and is now 24 points ahead of Matt Kenseth and Martin Truex by 89.

 

 

2007 CHASE FINISHES

                                NH     DO    KS     TA     LO     MA     AT     TX     PH     HO

 

1—J Gordon           2      11        5        1        1         3       7

2—J Johnson          6       14        3        2      14         1       1

3—C Bowyer            1      12       2      11        2         9       6

4—C Edwards        12        1       37     14        5        11      2

5—T Stewart            3        9       39        8       7         13    30

6—Ky Busch            4        5       41     36       3           4    20

7—K Harvick          17      20         6      20      33       10    15

8—J Burton            18        7        36    43        4        12      5

9—Ku Busch          25      29        11      7       26       31      8

10—D Hamlin         15      38        29      4       20         6     24

11—M Kenseth        7      35        35     26      34         5       4

12—M Truex            5      13        38     42      17        19     31     

 

 

 

 

CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

                                      Out of                                              Out of                                              Out of

2006                        Pts/1st                   2005                        Pts/1st                   2004                        Pts/1st

1-MKENSETH          6008/+26                 1-TSTEWART         6100/+43                                 1-KUBUSCH            6052/+59

2-JJOHNSON          5982/-26                  2-JJOHNSON          6057/-43                  2-JJOHNSON          5993/-59

3-DHAMLIN            5943/-65                  3-GBIFFLE              6025/-75                  3-JGORDON            5980/-72

4-DALE JR              5924/-84                  4-CEDWARDS         5993/-107                4-MMARTIN           5971/-81

5-JBURTON            5924/-84                  5-RNEWMAN          5993/-107                5-DALE JR              5954/-98

6-KHARVICK          5887/-121                6-MMARTIN           5957/-143                6-TSTEWART         5907/-145

7-JGORDON            5862/-146                7-MKENSETH          5945/-155                7-RNEWMAN          5866/-186

8-MMARTIN           5807/-201                8-RWALLACE        5843/-257                8-ESADLER             5815/-237

9-KKAHNE               5798/-210                9-KUBUSCH            5840/-260                9-MKENSETH          5795/-257

10-KYBUSCH          5759/-249                10-JMAYFIELD       5790/-310                10-JMAYFIELD       5736/-316