2008 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #12 of 26:  Lowe’s #1

 

 

                                                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   1860       +462       3/170      +36         859         3—1—2                 8              9              1

2/2/5-JBurton       1766       +368       6/155      +21         701         1—0—1                 3              8              0

3/3/13-Dale Jr      1721       +323       5/165      +31         743         0—1—1                 5              9              1

4/4/4-D Hamlin     1596       +198       24/96      -38          683         1—0—2                 4              7              1

5/5/10-C Bowyer 1578       +180       25/88      -46          704         1—1—1                 3              7              0

6/7/8-C Edwards 1538       +140       9/138      +4           657         3—1—0                 5              8              2

7/9/7-KHarvick     1517       +119       14/121   -13          514         0—1—0                 2              5              1

8/8/6-T Stewart   1511       +113       18/114   -20          533         0—1—1                 4              6              2

9/6/2-JJohnson   1493       +95         39/51      -83          572         1—2—0                 4              4              1

10/10/1-JGordon 1486       +88         4/160      +26         703         0—1—2                 5              6              3

11/11/19-GBiffle  1483       +85         2/175      +41         582         0—1—1                 4              6              2

12/14/32-Kahne   1454       +56         1/190      +56         580         1—0—0                 1              6              1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/12/28-Ragan   1398       -56          12/132   -56          640         0—0—0                 2              3              1

14/13/18-Newmn1369       -85          21/105   -83          493         1—0—0                 2              5              2

15/15/16-Truex    1291       -163        34/61      -127        536         0—0—0                 1              3              3

16/20/3-Kenseth 1264       -190        7/151      -37          444         0—0—0                 1              6              4

17/16/22-JPM      1263       -191        30/73      -115        527         0—1—0                 1              1              0

18/19/17-Labonte1258      -196        11/130   -58          551         0—0—0                 0              0              2

19/18/NA-Kvapil   1240       -214        26/85      -103        588         0—0—0                 0              3              1

20/1740-Vickers 1203       -251        42/42      -146        451         0—0—0                 1              2              2

21/22/9-KuBsch  1192       -262        16/120   -68          423         0—1—0                 1              1              3

22/21/34-Gililand 1131       -323        40/43      -145        435         0—0—0                 0              1              2

23/23/12-McMury1126      -328        23/94      -94          514         0—0—0                 0              1              3

24/26/14-MMartin1121      -333        15/118   -70          558         0—0—1                 2              4              3             

25/28/20-Sadler  1119       -335        8/147      -41          408         0—0—0                 0              2              3             

 

NOTES

 

ท          CUSHION NO MORE --  You have to go all the way to fifth place Clint Bowyer to find the first driver with more than a one race cushion on falling out of the T12. Jimmie Johnson had the biggest fall of the group at LMS, dropping 83 points on 13^th place and sliding three spots back to 9^th.

ท          KAHNE CATAPULTS TO THE T12  --  Kasey Kahne’s big win in the C600 allowed him to knock David Ragan out of the T12 and claim the “ bubble” spot. 

ท          CONTENDERS SLIP FURTHER FROM THE CHASE  --  Only Ragan and Ryan Newman remain within one race of the T12 after the C600. Martin Truex lost 127 points on 12^th, JP Montoya lost 127 and Brian Vickers’ failed wheel cost him 146 points on 12^th.

ท          ONE MORE TO HALFWAY  --  After Dover, we are halfway 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       1921/+614               1-J JOHNSON      1861/+487            1-J JOHNSON    1747/+318

2-JJOHNSON       1789/+482            2-M KENSETH      1752/+378            2-G BIFFLE            1676/+247

3-M KENSETH    1714/+407               3-M MARTIN         1652/+278            3-E Sadler             1542/+113

4-D HAMLIN          1682/+375            4-T Stewart          1630/+256            4-R NEWMAN       1530/+101

5-J BURTON         1577/+203            5-DALE JR            1590/+216            5-J Gordon           1516/+87

6-T STEWART      1530/+223            6-K KAHNE            1569/+195            6-T STEWART      1488/+59

7-K HARVICK        1415/+108            7-J GORDON        1451/+77               7-K Harvick          1485/+56

8-C EDWARDS     1414/+107            8-J BURTON         1450/+76               8-C EDWARDS     1459/+30

9-KU BUSCH         1402/+95               9-K HARVICK        1426/+52               9-J McMurray      1451/+22

10-C BOWYER     1378/+71               10-KY BUSCH       1412/+38               10-KU BUSCH      1441/+12

11-KY BUSCH       1359/+52               Out of 10^th                                            Out of 10^th

12-J McMurray    1320/+13               11-C Mears          1374/-38                11-R WALLACE   1429/-12

                                Out of 12^th            12-D HAMLIN        1362/-50                12-M MARTIN       1423/-18

13-Dale Jr             1307/-13                13-G Biffle             1340/-72                13-J MAYFIELD    1417/-24

14-M Martin          1289/-31                14-C Edwards      1331/-81                14-D Jarrett         1406/-35

15-JJ Yeley          1261/-59                15-C Bowyer        1287/-125             15-Dale Jr             1397/-44

16-M TRUEX         1232/-88                16-D Jarrett         1271/-141             16-K Kahne          1351/-90

17-B Labonte       1231/-89                17-E Sadler          1259/-153             17-J Burton          1325/-116

18-R Newman      1214/-106             18-J McMurray    1241/-171             18-M Waltrip        1295/-146

19-G Biffle             1189/-131             19-Ku Busch        1192/-220             19-J Nemechek  1226/-215

20-E Sadler          1182/-138             20-R Sorenson    1187/-225             20-S Marlin           1214/-227

21-D Stremme     1182/-138                                                                             23-M KENSETH    1149/-292

22-JPM                  1159/-161

23-T Raines          1118/-202

24-R Sorenson    1071/-249

 

                                Out of

2004                       Pts/11^th

1-DALE JR            1798/+378

2-J JOHNSON      1793/+373

3-M KENSETH      1687/+267

4-J GORDON        1654/+234

5-T STEWART      1587/+167

6-B Labonte         1554/+134

7-E SADLER          1537/+117

8-KU BUSCH         1521/+101

9-R NEWMAN       1500/+80

10-K Harvick        1498/+78

                                Out of 10^th

11-K Kahne          1420/-78

12-J McMurray    1414/-84

13-R Wallace       1381/-117

14-J MAYFIELD    1350/-148

15-M MARTIN       1336/-162

16-C Mears          1311/-187

17-D Jarrett         1304/-194

18-S Marlin           1276/-222

19-R Gordon         1227/-271

20-W Burton        1206/-292

 

Names in ALL CAPS made the Chase in that year