THIS WEEKLY REPORT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF DAVID POOLE

 

 

2009 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #18 of 26:  Daytona #2

Races Left to the Chase: 8

 

                                                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

1/1/12-TSTEWART 2719    +618       1/195      +142       881/E      2—4—2                 10           14           0

2/2/6-JGORDON   2539       +438       28/84      +31         732/E      1—4—0                 9              12           1

3/3/5-JOHNSON   2525       +424       2/170      +117       736/E      2—3—1                 8              12           1

4/4/17-KuBusch  2414       +313       5/160      +107       652/E      1—0—2                 6              10           1

5/5/4-EDWARDS  2317       +216       4/160      +107       735/+6   0—1—1                 5              9              0

6/6/7-DHAMLIN    2302       +201       3/170      +117       672/+1   0—2—2                 5              7              2

 

7/7/16-Newman   2235       +134       20/108   +55         555/-2    0—1—1                 5              8              1

8/8/1-KYBUSCH   2234       +133       14/126   +73         600/-2    3—0—1                 4              6              2

9/9/11-GBIFFLE    2215       +114       18/109   +56         597/E      0—0—2                 5              8              2

10/10/9-KENSTH 2201       +100       8/147      +94         576/-2    2—0—0                 4              7              1

11/12/21-Montoya 2187    +86         9/138      +85         712/+4   0—0—0                 0              8              0

12/13/8-Kahne     2166       +65         15/118   +65         665/+2   1—0—0                 2              6              1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/11/28-MMartin 2101     -65          38/49      -68          534/-1    3—0—0                 4              8              5

14/14/27-Reutmn 2092      -74          36/55      -62          556/-1    1—0—1                 4              5              1

15/16/3-BURTON 2061      -105        16/120   +3           474/-5    0—0—2                 2              6              1

16/15/10-BOWYER 2031   -135        29/76      -41          582/E      0—1—0                 3              6              2

21/19/2-DALE JR 1810       -356        39/46      -71          458/-3    0—1—0                 1              3              3

26/27/13-HARVCK 1683    -483        26/85      -32          422/-2    0—1—0                 2              2              5

 

2008  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

CHASE SEEDING

 

1—Kyle Busch                     5030                       7—Kasey Kahne                 5010

2—Tony Stewart                 5020                       8—Denny Hamlin                5000

3—Jimmie Johnson          5020                       9—Ryan Newman               5000

4—Matt Kenseth 5020                       10—Carl Edwards              5000

5—Jeff Gordon                    5010                       11—Greg Biffle                    5000

6—Kurt Busch                     5010                       12—Juan Montoya             5000

 

NOTES:

 

·          MARTIN, REUTIMANN WOES MEAN BREATHING ROOM FOR T12:  Mark Martin (38^th) and David Reutimann (36^th) got in big trouble at Daytona and the result was everyone in the Top 12 gained big ground. Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin went from being in the 161-point “danger zone” after New Hampshire to good cushions now. Mark Martin’s fifth Bottom 10 finish of the year dropped him out of the T12.

·          MONTOYA GETS SOME CUSHION:  Juan Pablo Montoya’s ninth at DIS gained him 85 points over 13^th place. Lots of racing left, but the #42 team has to feel great going to Chicagoland in 11^th place, with an 86-point margin over 13^th. JPM has yet to record a top 5 this season.

·          T12 BY OWNERS:  Stewart-Haas 2 of 2 (100%), Gibbs 2 of 3 (66%), Roush 3 of 5 (60%), Hendrick 2 of 4 (50%), Earnhardt/Ganassi 1 of 2 (50%) Penske 1 of 3 (33%), Petty 1 of 3 (33%). 

·          T12 BY MANUFACTURERS:  Chevrolet 5, Ford 3, Toyota 2, Dodge 2

 

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        2686/+543            1-JGORDON         2773/+782            1-JJOHNSON       2651/+479

2-DALE JR            2504/+361            2-D HAMLIN          2496/+505            2-M KENSETH      2600/+428

3-JBURTON          2484/+341            3-M KENSETH      2390/+399            3-DALE JR            2394/+222

4-C EDWARDS     2437/+294            4-J JOHNSON      2366/+375            4-J BURTON         2327/+155

5-J JOHNSON      2319/+176            5-J BURTON         2345/+354            5-K KAHNE            2303/+131

6-J GORDON        2249/+106            6-C EDWARDS     2308/+317            6-M MARTIN         2291/+119

7-D HAMLIN          2240/+97               7-T STEWART      2234/+243            7-T Stewart          2274/+102

8-K Kahne             2177/+34               8-KY BUSCH         2190/+199            8-KY BUSCH         2265/+93

9-M KENSETH      2166/+23               9-K HARVICK        2172/+181            9-K HARVICK        2253/+81

10-C BOWYER     2159/+16               10-M TRUEX         2157/+166            10-J GORDON      2219/+47

11-G BIFFLE          2153/+10               11-C BOWYER     2142/+151                           

12-T STEWART    2145/+2                 12-Dale Jr             2040/+49

 

13-K HARVICK     2143/-2                  13-J McMurray    1991/-49                11-G Biffle             2172/-47

14-D Ragan          20435/-102           14-R Newman      1979/-61                12-D HAMLIN        2169/-50

15-B Vickers        2033/-112             15-KU BUSCH      1919/-121             13-Ku Busch        2087/-132

                                               

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON       2548/+409            1-JJOHNSON       2720/+612

2-G BIFFLE            2440/+301            2-DALE JR            2615/+507

3-T STEWART     2397/+258            3-J GORDON        2478/+370

4-R WALLACE      2300/+161            4-T STEWART      2393/+285

5-E Sadler             2230/+91               5-M KENSETH      2321/+213

6-M MARTIN         2202/+63               6-B Labonte         2278/+170

7-R NEWMAN       2196/+57               7-E SADLER          2252/+144

8-J McMurray      2190/+51               8-K Harvick          2229/+121

9-J MAYFIELD      2179/+40               9-KU BUSCH       2211/+103

10-KU BUSCH      2172/+33               10-R NEWMAN     2173/+65

 

11-D Jarrett         2139/-33                11-J MAYFIELD    2108/-65

12-C EDWARDS   2073/-99                12-D Jarrett         2083/-90

13-Dale Jr             2057/-115             13-J McMurray    2068/-105

14-K Harvick        2052/-120             14-K Kahne          2044/-129

15-J Gordon         2046/-126             15-M MARTIN       2035/-138            

16-M KENSETH    1970/-202            

 

Eventual champion in italics

Underline denotes last driver with more than one-race margin over 13^th place. Until 2007, the most points you could lose to another driver if you started  the race was 156. With the extra five points for winning instituted in 2007, you can now lose 161.