2008 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #11 of 26:  Darlington

 

                                                Out of     LstRace                                Lst 5       Finishes                Top         Top         Bottom

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

1/1/11-KyBusch   1690       +426       1/195      +87         859         3—1—1                 7              8              1

2/2/5-JBurton       1611       +347       10/134   +26         696         1—0—1                 3              7              0

3/3/14-Dale Jr      1556       +292       4/165      +57         710         0—1—1                 4              8              1

4/6/13-D Hamlin   1500       +236       7/151      +43         742         1—0—2                 4              7              1

5/4/9-C Bowyer    1490       +226       15/118   +10         750         1—1—1                 3              7              0

6/7/2-J Johnson  1442       +178       13/124   +16         696         1—2—0                 4              4              0

7/10/10-Edwards1400       +136       2/170      +62         714         3—1—0                 5              7              2

8/8/6-T Stewart   1397       +133       21/100   -8            565         0—1—1                 4              6              2

9/5/8-K Harvick    1396       +132       39/46      -62          523         0—1—0                 2              5              1

10/13/1-JGordon 1326       +62         3/170      +62         577         0—1—2                 4              5              3

11/9/16-GBiffle     1308       +44         43/39      -69          453         0—0—1                 3              5              2

12/14/26-Ragan   1266       +2           5/160      +52         632         0—0—0                 2              3              1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/11/13-Newmn1264       -2            37/52      -52          548         1—0—0                 2              5              2

14/12/30-Kahne   1264       -2            22/102   -2            478         0—0—0                 0              5              1

15/15/18-Truex    1230       -36          14/126   +22         535         0—0—0                 1              3              2

16/16/21-JPM      1190       -76          23/94      -10          560         0—1—0                 1              1              0

17/17/43-Vickers1161       -105        25/88      -16          524         0—0—0                 1              2              1

18/19/NA-Kvapil   1155       -111        8/147      +43         612         0—0—0                 0              3              1

19/18/19-Labnte  1128       -138        18/109   +5           524         0—0—0                 0              0              2

20/22/3-Kenseth 1113       -153        6/155      +51         436         0—0—0                 1              5              4

21/20/27-Gilland  1088       -178        20/108   +4           510         0—0—0                 0              1              1

22/24/7-KuBush  1072       -194        12/132   +28         397         0—1—0                 1              1              3

23/26/12-McMury1032      -234        11/135   +31         541         0—0—0                 0              1              3             

24/21/38-Menard1027       -239        36/55      -49          466         0—0—0                 0              0              1

25/27/37-Riggs    1006       -260        17/112   +8           494         0—0—0                 0              0              2

 

NOTES

 

ท          RAGAN BREAKS THE TOP 12  --  Quietly, very quietly, David Ragan has put together a string of races good enough to land the #6 team into the all-important Top 12. His stealth-like crashing of the T12 party should earn the young Georgian some much-needed exposure.

ท          HOTTEST TEAM CHASING THE CHASE?  TRY KVAPIL AND THE #28  --  Travis Kvapil’s strong 8^th place run at Darlington has the unsponsored Yates Racing #28 team just 111 points and 6 spots out of the Top 12.  Over the last five races, Kvapil has more points than any other Chase contender currently outside the T12. Wow.

ท          KENSETH’S RUN THE BEGINNING?  --  Matt Kenseth’s 6^th at Darlington was crucial to give the #17 team some positive momentum. He gained 51 points on 12^th and now lurks 153 points out of the T12.

ท          TWO TO HALFWAY  --  We are two races away from the halfway mark in The Race to The Chase.

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

                                      Out of                                              Out of                                              Out of

2007                       Pts/13^th                 2006                       Pts/11^th                 2005                       Pts/11th

1-JGORDON       1881/+718               1-J JOHNSON      1686/+406            1-J JOHNSON    1562/+229

2-JJOHNSON       1650/+487            2-T Stewart          1593/+313            2-G BIFFLE            1521/+188

3-M KENSETH    1582/+419               3-M KENSETH     1592/+312              3-J Gordon         1438/+105

4-D HAMLIN          1539/+376            4-M MARTIN         1487/+207            4-E Sadler             1413/+80

5-J BURTON         1486/+323            5-DALE JR            1460/+180            5-KU BUSCH         1407/+74

6-T STEWART      1375/+212            6-J GORDON        1391/+111            6-T STEWART      1397/+64

7-KU BUSCH         1325/+162            7-KY BUSCH         1388/+108            7-R NEWMAN       1370/+37

8-K HARVICK        1315/+152            8-K KAHNE            1379/+99               8-K Harvick          1364/+31

9-C BOWYER        1302/+139            9-K HARVICK        1365/+85               9-J McMurray      1351/+18

10-C EDWARDS   1291/+128            10-J BURTON       1295/+15               10-M MARTIN       1344/+11

11-KY BUSCH       1281/+118            Out of 10^th                                            Out of 10^th

12-J McMurray    1214/+51               11-C Mears          1280/-15                11-Dale Jr             1333/-11

                                Out of 12^th            12-D Jarrett         1237/-58                12-R WALLACE   1290/-54

13-R Newman      1163/-51                13-D HAMLIN        1219/-76                13-C EDWARDS   1289/-55

14-Dale Jr             1160/-54                14-G Biffle             1189/-106             14-D Jarrett         1264/-80

15-M Martin          1159/-55                15-E Sadler          1181/-114             15-K Kahne          1261/-83

16-G Biffle             1155/-59                16-C Bowyer        1181/-114             16-J MAYFIELD    1257/-87

17-E Sadler          1127/-87                17-C Edwards      1161/-134             17-M Waltrip        1235/-109

18-M TRUEX         1117/-97                18-Ku Busch        1146/-149             18-J Burton          1228/-116

19-B Labonte       1107/-107             19-R Newman      1118/-177             19-S Marlin           1168/-176

20-JJ Yeley          1086/-128             20-J McMurray    1099/-196             20-J Nemechek  1162/-182

21-J P Montoya   1080/-134                                                                             21-M KENSETH    1097/-247

22-D Stremme     1070/-144

23-J Green           1031/-183

24-T Raines          997/-217

 

                                Out of

2004                       Pts/11^th

1-DALE JR            1643/+355

2-J JOHNSON      1603/+315

3-J GORDON        1581/+293

4-M KENSETH      1517/+229

5-T STEWART      1449/+161

6-R NEWMAN       1442/+154

7-B Labonte         1430/+142

8-K Harvick          1404/+116

9-KU BUSCH         1391/+103

10-E SADLER       1377/+89

                                Out of 10^th

11-K Kahne          1288/-89

12-M MARTIN       1281/-96

13-J McMurray    1249/-128

14-R Wallace       1247/-130

15-S Marlin           1230/-147

16-J MAYFIELD    1208/-169

17-D Jarrett         1195/-182

18-C Mears          1160/-217

19-R Gordon         1124/-253

20-T Labonte       1120/-257

 

Names in ALL CAPS made the Chase in that year