THIS WEEKLY REPORT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID POOLE

 

 

2009 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #15 of 26:  Michigan #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

1/1/11-STEWART 2189      +382       7/146      +17         787/+2   1—3—2                 7              11           0

2/2/9-JGORDON   2142      +335       2/170      +41         701/-1    1—3—0                 8              10           1

3/3/5-JJOHNSON 2047      +240       22/107   -22          757/+3   2—2—1                 6              9              1

 

4/5/19-KuBusch   1961      +154       8/142      +13         530/-2    1—0—1                 4              8              1

5/4/17-RNewman 1934      +127       23/94      -35          736/+5   0—1—1                 5              8              1

6/6/4-EDWARDS   1927      +120       4/165      +36         723/+3   0—1—1                 4              8              0

7/7/8-GBIFFLE      1913       +106       5/160      +31         720/+4   0—0—2                 5              8              2

8/13/24-MMartin    1868    +61         1/190      +61         742/+7   3—0—0                 4              8              3

9/9/1-KYBUSCH    1860      +53         13/129   E              546/-4    3—0—1                 4              5              2

10/12/6-DHAMLIN 1849     +42         3.170      +41         528/-6    0—2—1                 3              5              2

11/8/14-KENSETH 1848     +41         20/103   -26          661/+1   2—0—0                 4              6              1

12/10/2-JBURTON 1810    +3           26/85      -44          553/-5    0—0—2                 2              6              0

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/11/28-Reutman 1807   -3            19/106   -25          651/E      1—0—1                 3              4              0

14/15/22-Montoya  1767   -43          6/150      +19         615/E      0—0—0                 0              6              0

15/14/7-KKahne     1719    -91          21/100   -31          613/+2   0—0—0                 1              4              1

16/16/12-BOWYER 1710   -100        10/134   +3           498/-8    0—1—0                 3              5              2

17/17/16-Vickers   1674    -136        9/138      +7           556/-1    0—0—0                 2              6              1

18/20/3-DALE JR   1555     -255        14/121   -10          455/E      0—1—0                 1              3              2

23/26/10-HARVICK 1461   -349        18/109   -22          482/E      0—1—0                 2              2              4             

 

2008  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

CHASE SEEDING

1—Kyle Busch                     5030                       7—Kurt Busch                     5010

2—Mark Martin                   5030                       8—Denny Hamlin                5010

3—Jimmie Johnson          5020                       9—Ryan Newman               5000

4—Matt Kenseth                 5020                       10—Carl Edwards              5000

5—Tony Stewart                 5010                       11—Greg Biffle                    5000

6—Jeff Gordon                    5010                       12—Jeff Burton                  5000

 

NOTES:

 

·          HUGE RACE FOR “MIRACLE MARK”  --  The ageless wonder is methodically becoming THE story of the 2009 NSCS season. Three wins in the first 15 races, and back in the T12, although only 61 points ahead of David Reutimann in 13^th. Having a season that could help his NASCAR Hall of Fame chances down the road.

·          IS BURTON NEXT TO FALL OUT OF T12?  RCR’s recent woes continued at MIS and Jeff Burton’s mediocre 26^th place finish dropped him to just 3 points inside the T12.  Reutimann’s 19^th at MIS dropped him just out of the T12..

·          BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR JPM:  Juan Montoya’s strong run all day at MIS netted him a sixth place finish and gained him 19 precious points toward 12^th place.  Now just 43 points out of the T12, a win win or podium finish at Infineon would push JPM closer to the Chase field, if not at least temporarily in it. 

·          T12 BY OWNERS:  Stewart-Haas 2 of 2 (100%), Hendrick 3 of 4 (75%), Gibbs 2 of 3 (66%), Roush 3 of 5 (60%), Childress 1 of 4 (25%). 

·          T12 BY MANUFACTURERS:  Chevrolet 6, Ford 3, Toyota 2, Dodge 1

 

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        2213/+459            1-JGORDON         2392/+730            1-JJOHNSON       2295/+499

2-JBURTON          2181/+427            2-D HAMLIN          2128/+466            2-M KENSETH      2221/+425

3-DALEJR             2129/+375            3-J JOHNSON      2055/+393            3-K KAHNE            2051/+255

4-C EDWARDS     2007/+253            4-M KENSETH      2044/+382            4-DALE JR            2020/+224

5-J JOHNSON      1959/+205            5-JBURTON          1919/+257            5-M MARTIN         1989/+193

6-D HAMLIN          1926/+172            6-C EDWARDS     1905/+243            6-T Stewart          1928/+132

7-K Kahne             1889/+135            7-T STEWART      1903/+241            7-J BURTON         1888/+92

8-G BIFFLE            1884/+130            8-K HARVICK        1794/+132            8-K HARVICK        1849/+53

9-J GORDON        1876/+122            9-C BOWYER        1774/+112            9-D HAMLIN          1809/+13

10-K HARVICK     1817/+63               10-M TRUEX         1772/+110            10-G Biffle             1807/+11

11-T STEWART    1774/+20               11-KY BUSCH       1763/+101                           

12-C BOWYER     1764/+10               12-Dale Jr             1691/+29

 

13-D Ragan          1754/-10                13-M Martin          1662/-29                11-J GORDON      1796/-11

14-M KENSETH    1750/-14                14-J McMurray    1629/-62                12-KY BUSCH       1795/-12

15-M Truex           1670/-94                15-R Newman      1616/-75                13-C Edwards      1722/-85

16-B Vickers        1667/-97                16-KU BUSCH      1547/-144             14-C Mears          1654/-153

17-R Newman      1641/-123            

 

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON       2173/+374            1-JJOHNSON       2220/+399

2-G BIFFLE            2124/+325            2-DALE JR            2213/+392

3-E Sadler             1923/+124            3-M KENSETH      2040/+219

4-C EDWARDS     1914/+115            4-B Labonte         1954/+133

5-M MARTIN         1904/+105            5-T STEWART      1945/+124

6-T STEWART     1862/+63               6-J GORDON        1933/+112

7-R NEWMAN       1856/+57               7-E SADLER          1933/+112

8-R WALLACE      1848/+49               8-KU BUSCH       1933/+112

9-KU BUSCH         1813/+14               9-R NEWMAN       1859/+38

10-K Harvick        1803/+4                 10-K Harvick        1847/+26

 

11-J McMurray    1799/-4                  11-K Kahne          1821/-26

12-J Gordon         1767/-36                12-J MAYFIELD    1778/-69

13-J MAYFIELD    1756/-47                13-J McMurray    1722/-125

14-M Waltrip        1730/-73                14-D Jarrett         1694/-153

15-D Jarrett         1715/-88                15-R Wallace       1674/-173

16-J Burton          1688/-115             16-M MARTIN       1642/-205

17-Dale Jr             1670/-133

18-Ky Busch        `1652/-151

21-MKENSETH     1522/-281

 Eventual champion in italics