THIS WEEKLY REPORT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID POOLE

 

 

2009 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #16 of 26:  Infineon

 

                                                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 2364      +450       2/175      +68         792/+1   1—4—2                 8              12           0

2/2/6-JGORDON   2280      +366       9/138      +31         679/-1    1—3—0                 8              11           1

3/3/5-JJOHNSON 2207      +293       4/160      +53         742/+1   2—2—1                 7              10           1

4/4/22-KuBusch   2084      +170       15/123   +16         538/-1    1—0—1                 4              8              1

 

5/6/4-EDWARDS  2051       +137       13/124   +17         780/+7   0—1—1                 4              8              0

6/5/16-RNewman 2046      +132       17/112   +5           683/+2   0—1—1                 5              8              1

7/10/8-DHAMLIN  2009       +95         5/160      +53         564/-2    0—2—1                 4              6              2

8/7/7-GBIFFLE     1992        +78         28/79      -28          647/+1   0—0—2                 5              8              2

9/9/1-KYBUSCH  1962        +48         22/102   -5            582/-2    3—0—1                 4              5              2

10/11/12-KENSTH 1957     +43         18/109   +2           631/E      2—0—0                 4              6              1

11/8/27-MMartin  1926      +12         35/58      -49          610/E      3—0—0                 4              8              4

12/14/19-Montoya 1917    +3           6/150      +43         662/+2   0—0—0                 0              7              0

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/15/9-KKahne  1914       -3            1/195      +88         709/+3   1—0—0                 2              5              1

14/13/28-Reutmn 1877      -40          31/70      -37          645/+1   1—0—1                 3              4              0

15/12/2-BURTON 1871       -46          34/61      -46          487/-9    0—0—2                 2              6              1

16/16/10-BOWYER 1852   -65          8/142      +35         588/-3    0—1—0                 3              6              2

17/17/15-Vickers 1794      -123        16/120   +13         616/E      0—0—0                 2              6              1

20/18/3-Dale Jr     1640     -277        26/85      -22          458/-2    0—1—0                 1              3              2

25/23/13-HARVICK 1537   -380        29/76      -31          428/-4    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—Juan Montoya             5000

 

NOTES:

 

·          NOT A WIN BUT JPM CAPITALIZES --  Juan Pablo Montoya didn’t win at Infineon, but his sixth place finish catapulted him into the T12 for the first time at this point of the season in his three-year career.  There are thousands of miles left to go to The Chase, but give a call to JPM.

·          KAHNE’S WIN HAS HIM KNOCKING ON THE CHASE DOOR:  Kasey Kahne’s very impressive win at Infineon gained him 88 points on 12^th place and stamps him as a legitimate contender for the ’09 Chase, just three points out.

·          HARD TIMES AT RCR:  Jeff Burton, the last remaining RCR driver in the T12 heading into Infineon, dropped three spots with his hard-luck 34^th.  In fact, Burton (-9), Clint Bowyer (-3) and Kevin Harvick (-4) have dropped a combined 16 spots in the standings over the last five races.  Burton (-46) and Bowyer (-65) remain strong contenders for the Chase if they can regain momentum in the next few races.  Harvick, miles away from the T12 at -380, is having the worst season of his career since his rookie season in 2002.

·          T12 BY OWNERS:  Stewart-Haas 2 of 2 (100%), Hendrick 3 of 4 (75%), Gibbs 2 of 3 (66%), Roush 3 of 5 (60%), Earnhardt/Ganassi 1 of 2 (50%). 

·          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        2408/+518            1-JGORDON         2438/+719            1-JJOHNSON       2434/+498

2-JBURTON          2305/+415            2-D HAMLIN          2267/+548            2-M KENSETH      2333/+397

3-DALEJR             2256/+366            3-M KENSETH      2105/+386            3-K KAHNE            2121/+185

4-C EDWARDS     2150/+260            4-J BURTON         2084/+365            4-M MARTIN         2113/+177

5-J JOHNSON      2082/+192            5-J JOHNSON      2072/+353            5-DALE JR            2105/+169

6-J GORDON        2041/+151            6-T STEWART      2058/+339            6-J BURTON         2034/+98

7-G BIFFLE            2019/+129            7-C EDWARDS     2019/+300            7-T Stewart          2012/+76

8-D HAMLIN          2008/+118            8-K HARVICK        1964/+245            8-J GORDON        1986/+50

9-K Kahne             1958/+68               9-C BOWYER        1934/+215            9-G Biffle               1967/+31

10-C BOWYER     1924/+34               10-KY BUSCH       1905/+186            10-K HARVICK     1945/+9

11-T STEWART    1908/+18               11-M TRUEX         1863/+144                           

12-M KENSETH    1892/+2                 12-Dale Jr             1815/+96

 

13-K HARVICK     1890/-2                  13-R Newman      1719/-9                  11-D HAMLIN        1936/-9

14-D Ragan          1845/-4                  14-J McMurray    1686/-129             12-KY BUSCH       1925/-20

15-B Vickers        1788/-104             15-M Martin          1662/-153             13-C Edwards      1872/-73

16-R Newman      1787/-105             16-KU BUSCH      1644/-171            

17-M Truex           1785/-107            

                                               

 

2005                                                       2004

1-G BIFFLE            2250/+348            1-JJOHNSON       2375/+483

2-J JOHNSON      2228/+326            2-DALE JR            2348/+456

3-E Sadler             2073/+171            3-M KENSETH      2143/+251

4-T STEWART     2052/+150            4-J GORDON        2123/+231

5-M MARTIN         2022/+120            5-E SADLER          2067/+175

6-R WALLACE      2013/+111            6-T STEWART      2043/+151

7-R NEWMAN       1994/+92               7-B Labonte         2018/+126

8-KU BUSCH         1978/+76               8-KU BUSCH       1993/+101

9-C EDWARDS     1963/+61               9-R NEWMAN       1980/+88

10-J McMurray    1923/+21               10-K Harvick        1974/+82

 

11-J MAYFIELD    1902/-21                11-J McMurray    1892/-82

12-D Jarrett         1870/-53                12-K Kahne          1891/-83

13-K Harvick        1855/-68                13-J MAYFIELD    1851/-123

14-J Gordon         1836/-87                14-D Jarrett         1803/-171

15-M Waltrip        1827/-96                15-M MARTIN       1789/-185

20-M KENSETH    1652/-271