2008 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #14 of 26:  Pocono #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

1/1/10-KyBusch   2084       +477       43/34      -57          759/+1   4—1—2                 9              10           2

2/2/5-JBurton       2063       +456       5/155      +64         716/-1    1—0—1                 4              10           0

3/3/14-Dale Jr      1939       +332       4/160      +69         671/E      0—1—1                 6              10           2

4/4/7-CEdwards  1856       +249       9/143      +52         772/+6   3—2—0                 6              10           2

5/9/3-D Hamlin     1800       +193       3/170      +79         552/-1    1—0—3                 5              8              2

6/7/4-JJohnson   1799       +192       6/155      +64         554/-1    1—2—0                 4              6              1

7/5/19-G Biffle      1781       +174       15/123   +32         633/+1   0—1—2                 5              7              2

8/6/1-J Gordon     1767       +160       14/121   +30         749/+6   0—1—2                 6              7              3

9/12/28-K Kahne 1719       +112       1/195      +104       691/+4   2—0—0                 2              7              1

10/10/9-Harvick   1690       +83         13/124   +33         485/-4    0—1—0                 2              5              2

11/8/8-C Bowyer 1679       +72         39/46      -45          497/-4    1—1—1                 3              7              2

12/11/6-Stewart  1614       +7           35/63      -28          456/-3    0—1—1                 4              6              4

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/13/26-Ragan   1607       -7            24/91      +1           607/+2   0—0—0                 2              3              1

14/14/13-Newmn1604       -10          18/109   +19         542/-3    1—0—0                 2              5              2

15/16/2-Kenseth 1580       -34          7/151      +61         671/+4   0—0—0                 2              8              4

16/15/11-Truex    1558       -56          17/117   +27         609/+1   0—0—0                 1              4              3

17/19/38-Vickers1502       -112        2/175      +85         502/-1    0—1—0                 2              3              2

18/18/NA-Kvapil   1464       -150        23/94      +4           565/+5   0—0—0                 0              3              1

19/20/17-Labnte  1455       -159        11/130   +40         560/+3   0—0—0                 0              0              2

20/17/21-Montya 1439       -175        38/49      -41          413/-8    0—1—0                 1              1              1

21/21/16-KuBsch1437       -177        8/142      +52         528/-1    0—1—0                 1              2              3

22/22/15-McMury1368      -246        20/103   +13         533/+1   0—0—0                 0              2              3

23/23/34-Gilland  1361       -253        16/115   +25         424/-5    0—0—0                 0              1              2

24/24/12-Martin   1349       -265        10/134   +44         626/+6   0—0—1                 2              5              3

25/26/43-Reutmn1289       -325        19/106   +16         525/+4   0—0—0                 0              1              3

 

 

CHASE SEEDING

 

1   Kyle Busch                      5040      

2   Carl Edwards                 5020       -20

3   Kasey Kahne                  5020       -20

4  Jimmie Johnson            5010       -30

5   Clint Bowyer                   5010       -30

6   Denny Hamlin                 5010       -30

7   Jeff Burton                      5010       -30

8   Jeff Gordon                     5000       -40

9   Dale Jr                             5000       -40

10 Tony Stewart                 5000       -40

11 Greg Biffle                       5000       -40

12 Kevin Harvick                 5000       -40

 

NOTES

 

ท          UP ELEVATOR INSIDE THE TOP 12:   Over the last five races, Carl Edwards has moved up six positions to 4^th place, Jeff Gordon up six spots to 8^th, and Kasey Kahne is up four to 9^th place.

ท          HERE COMES THE #17:   Matt Kenseth continues a relentless, methodical march back into the T12. He’s made up four spots since a 41^st at Talladega, and now lurks 34 points out of the T12 in 15^th place. Don’t think the #17 is in good shape? Check out how far out Matt and the Killer Bees were below in 2005: 320 out in 24^th place in a 10-car Chase.

ท          AT RISK INSIDE THE CHASE:  10^th place Kevin Harvick has lost four spots over the last five, 11^th place Clint Bowyer has slipped four as well, and 12^th place Tony Stewart’s 35^th place finish at Pocono has him only seven points ahead of David Ragan.

 

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       2249/+685               1-J JOHNSON      2145/+501            1-J JOHNSON      2062/+381

2-M KENSETH      2007/+443            2-M KENSETH      2097/+453            2-G BIFFLE            1939/+258

3-D HAMLIN          2002/+438            3-M MARTIN         1907/+263            3-E Sadler             1781/+100

4-J JOHNSON      1944/+380            4-T Stewart          1888/+244            4-C EDWARDS     1759/+78

5-J BURTON         1828/+264            5-K KAHNE            1866/+222            5-M MARTIN         1734/+53

6-T STEWART      1733/+169            6-DALE JR            1850/+206            6-R NEWMAN       1733/+52

7-C EDWARDS     1710/+146            7-J BURTON         1758/+114            7-K Harvick          1715/+34

8-C BOWYER        1659/+95               8-K HARVICK        1715/+71               8-R WALLACE      1714/+33

9-K HARVICK        1648/+84               9-D HAMLIN          1682/+38               9-J Gordon           1700/+19

10-KY BUSCH       1613/+49               10-KY BUSCH       1669/+25               10-T STEWART    1682/+1

11-M TRUEX         1597/+33               Out of 10^th                                            Out of 10^th

12-M Martin          1586/+22               11-J GORDON      1644/-25                11-KU BUSCH      1681/-1

                                Out of 12^th            12-G Biffle             1642/-27                12-J McMurray    1670/-12

13-R Newman      1564/-22                13-C Edwards      1547/-122             13-J MAYFIELD    1659/-23

14-Dale Jr             1531/-55                14-J McMurray    1530/-139             14-D Jarrett         1624/-58

15-J McMurray    1487/-99                15-C Mears          1508/-161             15-M Waltrip        1579/-103

16-KU BUSCH      1454/-132             16-C Bowyer        1504/-165             16-Dale Jr             1558/-124

17-B Labonte       1446/-140             17-Ku Busch        1482/-187             17-J Burton          1558/-124

18-JJ Yeley          1425/-161             18-R Newman      1437/-232             18-Ky Busch        1514/-168

19-G Biffle             1412/-174             19-D Jarrett         1411/-258             19-K Kahne          1491/-191

20-E Sadler          1367/-219             20-E Sadler          1405/-264             20-J Nemechek  1473/-209

21-J Montoya       1332/-254                                                                             24-M KENSETH    1362/-320

22-D Stremme     1331/-255

23-C Mears          1309/-277

 

                                Out of

2004                       Pts/11^th

1-DALE JR            2113/+441

2-J JOHNSON      2055/+383

3-M KENSETH      1889/+217

4-J GORDON        1874/+202

5-T STEWART      1854/+182

6-B Labonte         1812/+140

7-KU BUSCH         1803/+131

8-E SADLER          1773/+101

9-K Harvick          1735/+63

10-R NEWMAN     1674/+2

                                Out of 10^th

11-J MAYFIELD    1672/-2

12-J McMurray    1670/-4

13-K Kahne          1651/-23

14-M MARTIN       1581/-93

15-R Wallace       1572/-102

16-C Mears          1524/-150

17-D Jarrett         1524/-150

18-R Gordon         1490/-184

19-T Labonte       1469/-205

20-S Marlin           1432/-242

 

Names in ALL CAPS made the Chase in that year