THIS WEEKLY REPORT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID POOLE

 

 

2009 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #10 of 26:  Richmond #1

 

                                                Out         Last        Gain/Loss                                             Top         Top         Bot

09/LW/LY                 Pts       of 13^th    Race      13^th         Lst 5       W—2—3               5s           10s         10s

1/2/13-JGORDON 1441      +285       8/147      +24         683/E      1—2—0                 5              7              1

2/1/24-KuBusch    1431     +275       12/132   +9           713/E      1—0—1                 3              6              0

3/4/8-TSTEWART  1402     +246       2/170      +47         769/+4   0—2—1                 4              7              0

4/5/6-DHAMLIN     1321      +165       14/131   +8           694/+4   0—2—0                 2              4              0

 

5/6/1-KYBUSCH    1314      +158       1/190      +67         605/-1    3—0—1                 4              4              1

6/3/7-JJOHNSON  1290     +134       36/55      -68          663/+3   1—1—1                 4              6              1

7/9/2-JBURTON     1257     +101       3/165      +42         678/+6   0—0—2                 2              5              0

8/8/4-CBOWYER    1212     +56         18/114   -9            497/-5    0—1—0                 3              4              1

9/7/10-EDWARDS  1204    +48         26/85      -38          539/-4    0—0—1                 1              4              0

10/13/11-Newman 1198    +42         4/165      +42         723/+17 0—0—1                 2              4              1

11/10/9-GBIFFLE   1193      +37         17/112   -11          667/+7   0—0—1                 3              5              2

12/12/22-KENSTH 1187     +31         13/124   +1           597/-2    2—0—0                 3              3              1

                                                Out Of

                                                12^th

13/11/30-Reutimn  1156    -31          28/79      -44          549/-2    0—0—0                 1              2              0

14/16/16-Montoya  1152   -35          10/134   +10         606/+1   0—0—0                 0              3              0

15/18/28-MMartin   1126   -61          5/155      +31         685/+16 1—0—0                 2              5              3

16/17/17-BVickers 1118   -69          15/123   -1            565/-2    0—0—0                 1              4              1

17/14/12-Kahne      1106   -81          29/76      -48          448/-11  0—0—0                 1              2              1

18/15/3-DALE JR   1100     -87          27/82      -42          582/+1   0—1—0                 1              3              1

19/19/NA-Ambrose 1067 -120        11/130   +6           572/+5   0—0—0                 1              2              2

20/21/23-Mears      1049   -138        9/138      +14         561/+5   0—0—0                 0              1              0

21/23/15-Truex       989      -198        22/102   -22          481/-1    0—0—0                 0              2              0

23/20/5-HARVICK  979       -208        34/61      -63          384/-11  0—1—0                 2              2              3

 

 

2008  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

CHASE SEEDING

 

1—Kyle Busch                     5030                       7—Denny Hamlin                5000

2—Matt Kenseth                 5020                       8—Clint Bowyer                  5000

3—Jeff Gordon                    5010                       9—Jeff Burton                     5000

4—Jimmie Johnson          5010                       10—Carl Edwards              5000

5—Kurt Busch                     5010                       11—Greg Biffle                    5000

6—Tony Stewart                 5000                       12—Ryan Newman            5000

 

NOTES:

 

·          GIVE A CALL TO STEWART-HAAS:  Driver Tony Stewart ‘s strong second place at Richmond moved him up to third in the standings, comfortably for now at +246 over 13^th place. Owner Stewart saw his second car piloted by Ryan Newman come in fourth and crack the T12 for the first time this season. Newman, who has been second only to Stewart in points scored over the last five races, has risen an impressive 17 spots in the standings over that period.

·          BURTON ONLY RCR BRIGHT SPOT AT RIR:  Jeff Burton placed a strong third at RIR, but Clint Bowyer continued his recent slide with an 18^th, now only 56 points ahead of 13^th, and Kevin Harvick’s nightmarish season continued with a mishap and 34^th at Richmond. Plenty of time left to do it, but Harvick now stands 11 spots and 208 points out of the T12.

·          MARK ON THE MARCH:  Mark Martin carded a fifth at RIR and his relentless march to the T12 continued at RIR. Now just 61 points out of Kenseth, few are betting against the #5 getting into the Chase, who will he unseat?.

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

2008                       pts/13^th                  2007                       pts/13^th                  2006                       pts/11th

1- KY BUSCH        1495/+339            1-JGORDON         1691/+592            1-JJOHNSON       1521/+364

2-JBURTON          1477/+321            2-JJOHNSON       1480/+381            2-TStewart           1466/+309

3-DALEJR             1391/+235            3-MKENSETH       1431/+332            3-MKENSETH       1422/+265

4-CBOWYER         1372/+216            4-DHAMLIN           1359/+260            4-MMARTIN          1345/+188

5-KHARVICK         1350/+194            5-JBURTON          1352/+253            5-KHARVICK         1313/+156

6-DHAMLIN           1349/+193            6-KYBUSCH          1229/+130            6-DALE JR            1305/+148

7-JJOHNSON       1318/+162            7-TSTEWART       1225/+126            7-KKAHNE             1274/+117

8-TSTEWART       1297/+141            8-KHARVICK         1203/+104            8-KY BUSCH         1237/+80

9-GBIFFLE             1269/+113            9-KU BUSCH         1198/+99               9-J GORDON        1216/+59

10-CEDWARDS    1230/+74               10-C BOWYER     1159/+60               10-C Mears          1168/+9

11-RNewman       1212/+56               11-CEDWARDS   1131/+32                              

12-KKahne           1162/+6                 12-Dale Jr             1118/+19

 

13-JGORDON       1156/-6                  13-JMcMurray     1099/-19                                11-JBURTON        1157/-9

14-DRagan           1106/-56                14-MMartin           1038/-80                                12-DJarrett          1141/-27

15-MTruex            1104/-58                15-GBiffle              1037/-81                                13-C Edwards      1115/-53

16-JMontoya        1096/-66                16-ESadler           1022/-96                                14-E Sadler          1105/-63

17-BVickers         1073/-80                17-DStremme      1009/-109                             15-C Bowyer        1087/-81

18-BLabonte        1019/-143             18-BLabonte        1001/-117                             16-DHAMLIN         1085/-83

19-TKvapil            1008/-154             19-RNewman       998/-120                                17-JMcMurray     1062/-106

22-KENSETH        958/-204                20-M TRUEX         987/-131                                18-Ku Busch        1040/-128

                                                                21-JMontoya        986/-132                                19-BVickers         1030/-138

                               

 

 

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON       1521/+3634          1-DALEJR             1453/+244

2-JGordon            1392/+188            2-JJOHNSON       1428/+219

3-GBIFFLE             1371/+167            3-JGORDON         1426/+217

4-KU BUSCH         1290/+86               4-M KENSETH      1357/+148

5-ESadler              1267/+63               5-KU BUSCH         1316/+107

6-M MARTIN         1226/+22               6-KHarvick           1316/+107

7-T STEWART      1222/+18               7-R NEWMAN       1299/+90

8-J McMurray      1217/+13               8-T STEWART      1284/+75

9-DaleJr                1212/+8                 9-B Labonte         1265/+56

10-R NEWMAN     1205/+1                 10-E SADLER       1250/+41

 

11-K Harvick        1204/-1                  11-K Kahne          1209/-41

12-D Jarrett         1203/-2                  12-J McMurray    1200/-50

13-C EDWARDS   1189/-16                13-M MARTIN       1135/-115

14-R WALLACE   1184/-21                14-R Wallace       1132/-118

15-J MAYFIELD    1133/-72                15-S Marlin           1112/-138

16-J Burton          1113/-92                16-JMAYFIELD     1106/-144

17-M Waltrip        1097/-108

18-S Marlin           1074/-131                            

19-K Kahne          1071/-134

24-MKENSETH     965/-240