THIS WEEKLY REPORT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID POOLE

 

 

2009 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #12 of 26:  Charlotte #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

1/1/10-JGORDON 1722      +300       14/121   -37          604E       1—2—0                 6              8              1

2/2/8-TSTEWART 1678      +256       19/106   -52          715/+3   0—2—2                 5              8              0

3/3/21-KuBusch   1607      +185       34/61      -97          633/E      1—0—1                 3              6              1

4/4/9-JJOHNSON 1594      +172       13/129   -29          602/-2    1—2—1                 5              7              1

 

5/5/4-DHAMLIN    1575       +153       11/130   -28          641/+1   0—2—0                 2              4              0

6/7/1-KYBUSCH   1540       +118       6/160      +2           626/+1   3—0—1                 4              5              2

7/8/14-RNewman 1538      +116       2/175      +17         795/+10 0—1—1                 4              6              1

8/6/2-JBURTON    1472      +50         25/88      -70          637/+4   0—0—2                 2              5              0

9/10/16-KENSTH   1460     +38         10/134   -24          616/E      2—0—0                 3              5              1

10/9/11-GBIFFLE  1448       +26         20/103   -55          673/+5   0—0—1                 3              6              2

11/12/6-EDWRDS 1431      +9           4/160      -2            542/-3    0—0—1                 2              5              0

12/11/24-Martin     1428    +6           17/112   -46          686/+6   2—0—0                 3              6              3

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/15/26-Reutmn  1422     -6            1/190      +33         577/-2    1—0—0                 2              3              0

14/14/17-Montoya 1397    -31          8/142      -15          578/-1    0—0—0                 0              4              0

15/16/12-KKahne  1351     -77          7/146      -11          481/-5    0—0—0                 1              3              1

16/17/20-Vickers   1348    -80          5/160      +3           611/+3   0—0—0                 2              5              1

17/13/5-BOWYER  1319     -109        36/55      -102        352/-13  0—1—0                 3              4              3

18/19/15-Truex      1238    -190        23/94      -63          566/+6   0—0—0                 0              3              0

19/18/3-DALE JR   1225     -203        40/43      -114        457/-3    0—1—0                 1              3              2

23/21/7-HARVICK  1149     -279        41/40      -117        342/-9    0—1—0                 2              2              4

 

2008  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

CHASE SEEDING

 

1—Kyle Busch                     5030                       7—Tony Stewart                 5000

2—Matt Kenseth                 5020                       8—Denny Hamlin                5000

3—Mark Martin                   5020                       9—Ryan Newman               5000

4—Jimmie Johnson          5010                       10—Jeff Burton                  5000

5—Jeff Gordon                    5010                       11—Greg Biffle                    5000

6—Kurt Busch                     5010                       12—Carl Edwards              5000

 

NOTES:

 

·          COKE LESS THAN 600 POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FOR THREE 08 CHASERS:  2008 Chase participants Clint Bowyer (36^th), Dale Jr. (40^th) and Kevin Harvick (41^st) all lost important ground at LMS as we reach the halfway mark in The Race to The Chase. Harvick, now 279 points out of the T12, is in the toughest spot, and is going through one of the toughest streaks he’s had in recent memory. Bowyer is still within one race out of the T12 at 109 points out, but this team has lost a dizzying 13 spots in the last five races.

·          EDWARDS MANAGES A FOURTH AT LMS:  Carl Edwards’ tumble in the standings stopped at LMS with a fourth in rain-shortened race. Still, Cousin Carl is only 9 points ahead of 13^th place and needs to generate some momentum.

·          HALFWAY AFTER DOVER:  We are officially at the halfway point of The Race to The Chase after Dover: 13 down, 13 to go. Special halfway analysis next week.

 

 

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        1860/+462            1-JGORDON         1921/+614            1-JJOHNSON       1861/+487

2-JBURTON          1766+368             2-JJOHNSON       1789/+482            2-M KENSETH      1752/+378

3-DALEJR             1721/+323            3-MKENSETH       1714/+407            3-M MARTIN         1652/+278

4-DHAMLIN           1596/+198            4-DHAMLIN           1682/+375            4-T Stewart          1630/+256

5-CBOWYER         1578/+180            5-JBURTON          1577/+203            5-DALE JR            1590/+216

6-C EDWARDS    1538/+140             6-T STEWART      1530/+223            6-K KAHNE            1569/+195

7-KHARVICK         1517/+119            7-K HARVICK        1415/+108            7-J GORDON        1451/+77

8-TSTEWART       1511/+113            8-C EDWARDS     1414/+107            8-J BURTON         1450/+76

9-JJOHNSON       1493/+95               9-KU BUSCH         1402/+95               9-K HARVICK        1426/+52

10-JGORDON       1486/+88               10-C BOWYER     1378/+71               10-KY BUSCH       1412/+38

11-GBIFFLE           1483/+85               11-KY BUSCH     1359/+52                               

12-K Kahne          1454/+56               12-J McMurray    1320/+13

 

13-D Ragan          1398/-56                13-Dale Jr             1307/-13                11-C Mears          1374/-38

14-R Newman      1369/-85                14-M Martin          1289/-31                12-D HAMLIN        1362/-50

15-MTruex            1291/-163             15-JJ Yeley          1261/-59                13-G Biffle             1340/-72

16-M KENSETH    1264/-190             16-M TRUEX         1232/-88                14-C Edwards      1331/-81

                                                                17-B Labonte       1231/-89                15-C Bowyer        1287/-125

18-R Newman      1214/-106             16-D Jarrett         1271/-141

19-G Biffle             1189/-131             17-E Sadler          1259/-153

                                                                20-E Sadler          1182/-138

                                                                21-D Stremme     1182/-138            

                                                                22-J Montoya       1159/-161

 

 

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON       1747/+318            1-DALEJR             1798/+378

2-G BIFFLE            1676/+247            2-JJOHNSON       1793/+373

3-E Sadler             1542/+113            3-M KENSETH      1687/+267

4-R NEWMAN       1530/+101            4-J GORDON        1654/+234

5-J Gordon           1516/+87               5-T STEWART      1587/+167

6-T STEWART     1488/+59               6-B Labonte         1554/+134

7-K Harvick          1485/+56               7-E SADLER          1537/+117

8-C EDWARDS     1459/+30               8-KU BUSCH       1521/+101

9-J McMurray      1451/+22               9-R NEWMAN       1500/+803

10-KU BUSCH      1441/+12               10-K Harvick        1498/+78

 

11-R WALLACE   1429/-12                11-K Kahne          1420/-78

12-M MARTIN       1423/-18                12-J McMurray    1414/-84

13-J MAYFIELD    1417/-24                13-R Wallace       1381/-117

14-D Jarrett         1406/-35                14-J MAYFIELD    1350/-148

15-Dale Jr             1397/-44                15-M MARTIN       1336/-162

16-K Kahne          1351/-90

17-J Burton          1325/-116

18-M Waltrip        1295/-146                            

23-MKENSETH     1149/-292

 

Eventual champion in italics