After Race #10 of 10: Homestead
Pos./LW/Gain Season/ Out Last Last Season Chase Top Top Bottom
On 1st Chase of 1st Race 5 1—2—3 1—2—3 5s 10s 10s
1/1-Johnson (+33) 6652/1622 +141 5/160 729 7—4—1 4—1—0 16-7 24-9 4-1
2/2-Martin (-33) 6511/1471 -141 12/127 678 5—3—0 1—1—0 14-5 21-7 5-0
3/3-J Gordon (-10) 6473/1463 -179 6/150 715 1—8—1 0—2—0 16-4 25-7 2-0
4/4-Ku Busch (+5) 6446/1436 -206 4/165 700 2—1—2 1—0—0 10-3 21-7 3-0
5/8-Hamlin (+35) 6335/1315 -317 1/195 784 4—4—3 2—2—1 15-6 20-6 6-3
6/5-Stewart (-58) 6309/1279 -343 22/102 541 4—4—3 1—0—0 15-2 23-5 2-1
7/7-Biffle (-39) 6292/1292 -360 14/121 637 0—0—3 0—0—1 10-2 16-4 2-0
8/6-Montoya (-111) 6252/1252 -400 38/49 524 0—1—4 0—0—3 7-5 18-6 3-3
9/9-Newman (-66) 6175/1175 -477 23/94 540 0—1—1 0—0—0 5-0 15-3 2-1
10/10-Kahne (-48) 6128/1108 -524 17/112 536 2—1—2 0—1—1 7-2 14-4 4-3
11/11-Edwards (-14) 6118/1118 -534 7/146 536 0—1—2 0—0—0 7-0 14-3 3-2
12/12-Vickers (-57) 5929/924 -723 20/103 497 1—0—0 0—0—0 4-0 13-0 5-3
2009 CHASE BY RACE
NH DO KS CA CH MA TA TX PH HO
1—Johnson 4 1 9 1 1 2 6 38 1 5
2—Martin 1 2 7 4 17 8 28 4 4 12
3—J Gordon 15 6 2 2 4 5 20 13 9 6
4—Ku Busch 6 5 11 8 10 17 30 1 6 4
5—Hamlin 2 22 5 37 42 1 38 2 3 1
6—Stewart 14 9 1 5 13 9 35 6 25 22
7—Biffle 9 13 3 20 16 25 4 8 14 14
8—Montoya 3 4 4 3 35 3 19 37 8 38
9—Newman 7 10 22 15 11 7 36 12 20 23
10—Kahne 38 8 6 34 3 32 2 33 15 17
11—Edwards 17 11 10 6 39 20 14 39 16 7
12—Vickers 11 18 37 29 34 11 13 26 38 20
NOTES:
JIMMIE VS. JEFF: Clearly, Jimmie Johnson has been the dominant driver in NASCAR over the last eight years, but how does he compare to Jeff Gordon’s first eight years?
Jeff Jimmie
Races 256 288
Wins 52 47
Led Series in Wins 5 2
Top 5s 129 117
Top 10s 166 178
Championships 3 4
Runnerup 1 2
Jeff gets the nod in total wins over 32 fewer races and leading the series five straight times in wins, and Jimmie gets the nod for one more championship, and winning four in a row. Conclusion? Jeff was better running for the checkers and Jimmie was better running for points and performing in the clutch. Johnson can certainly finish with more championships than Gordon (with one more), but must get 36 more wins than JG the rest of his career to better him in career wins.
BIGGEST CHASE THREAT IN 2010? HAMLIN. Denny Hamlin projects as a strong contender in next year’s Chase after getting an emphatic win in the Homestead finale. In fact, Hamlin had a deceptively strong ’09 Chase, weighted down by four bad finishes. Using a tie-breaker system of podium finishes, Denny would have finished second:
Wins 2nds 3rds
Johnson 4 2 1
Hamlin 2 2 1
Martin 1 1 0
Kurt Busch 1 0 0
Stewart 1 0 0
J Gordon 0 2 0
Kahne 0 1 1
Montoya 0 0 3
Biffle 0 0 1
Newman 0 0 0
Edwards 0 0 0
Vickers 0 0 0
TOTAL POINTS OVER FINAL 10:
1-Johnson 1622 19-Logano* 1086
2-Martin 1471 20-Truex* 1048
3-J Gordon 1463 21-McMurray* 1040
4-Ku Busch 1436 22-Allmen* 1021
5-Hamlin 1315 23-Ambrose* 1000
6-Bowyer* 1300 24-Ragan* 938
7-Biffle 1292 25-Sadler* 934
8-Burton* 1284
9-Stewart 1279
10-Ky Busch* 1262
11-Montoya 1252
12-Kenseth* 1224
13-Harvick* 1183
14-Newman 1175
15-Reutiman 1173
16-Mears 1120
17-Edwards 1118
18-Kahne 1108
PAST CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS
2008 FINAL (After 10 Races)
1-JOHNSON 6684/+69
2-Edwards 6615/-69
3-Biffle 6467/-217
4-Harvick 6408/-276
5-Bowyer 6381/-303
6-Burton 6335/-349
7-JGordon 6316/-368
8-Hamlin 6214/-470
9-Stewart 6202/-482
10-KyBusch 6186/-498
11-Kenseth 6184/-500
12-DaleJr 6127/-557
2008 CHASE FINISHES
NH DO KS TA LO MA AT TX PH HO PTS
1—J JOHNSON 2 5 1 9 6 1 2 15 1 15 +69
2—C Edwards 3 3 2 29 33 3 1 1 4 1 -69
3—G Biffle 1 1 3 24 7 12 10 5 11 18 -217
4—K Harvick 10 6 6 20 13 7 13 7 7 2 -276
5—C Bowyer 12 8 12 5 12 10 20 4 12 5 -303
6—J Burton 4 9 7 4 1 17 18 13 9 40 -349
7—J Gordon 14 7 4 38 8 4 9 2 41 4 -368
8—D Hamlin 9 38 11 39 16 5 3 17 5 13 -470
9—T Stewart 8 11 40 1 11 26 17 16 22 9 -482
10—Ky Busch 34 43 28 15 4 29 5 6 8 19 -498
11—M Kenseth 40 2 5 26 41 8 4 9 15 25 -500
12--Dale Jr 5 24 13 28 36 2 11 20 6 41 -557
2007 FINAL (After 10 Races)
1-JOHNSON 6723/+77
2-J Gordon 6646/-77
3-Bowyer 6377/-346
4-Kenseth 6298/-425
5-KyBusch 6293/-430
6-Stewart 6242/-481
7-KuBusch 6231/-492
8-JBurton 6231/-492
9-Edwards 6222/-501
10-Harvick 6199/-524
11-Truex 6164/-559
12-Hamlin 6143/-580
2007 CHASE FINISHES
NH DO KS TA LO MA AT TX PH HO PTS
1—J JOHNSON 6 14 3 2 14 1 1 1 1 7 +77
2—J Gordon 2 11 5 1 1 3 7 7 10 4 -77
3—C Bowyer 1 12 2 11 2 9 6 19 11 39 -346
4—M Kenseth 7 35 35 26 34 5 4 2 3 1 -425
5—Ky Busch 4 5 41 36 3 4 20 4 8 20 -430
6—T Stewart 3 9 39 8 7 13 30 11 4 30 -481
7—Ku Busch 25 29 11 7 26 31 8 8 12 2 -492
8—J Burton 18 7 36 43 4 12 5 6 9 8 -492
9—C Edwards 12 1 37 14 5 11 2 26 42 5 -501
10—K Harvick 17 20 6 20 33 10 15 10 6 19 -524
11—M Truex 5 13 38 42 17 19 31 3 7 6 -559
12—D Hamlin 15 38 29 4 20 6 24 29 16 3 -580
2006 FINAL (After 10 Races)
1-JOHNSON 6475/+56
2-Kenseth 6419/-56
3-Hamlin 6407/-68
4-Harvick 6397/-78
5-Dale Jr 6328/-147
6-JGordon 6256/-219
7-J Burton 6228/-247
8-Kahne 6183/-292
9-Martin 6168/-307
10-Ky Busch 6027/-448
2006 CHASE FINISHES
NH DO KS TA LO MA AT TX PH HO PTS
1—J JOHNSON 39 13 14 24 2 1 2 2 2 9 +56
2—M Kenseth 10 10 23 4 14 11 4 12 13 6 -56
3—D Hamlin 4 9 18 21 28 2 8 10 3 3 -68
4—Harvick 1 32 15 6 18 9 31 3 1 5 -78
5—Dale Jr 13 21 10 23 4 22 3 6 9 19 -147
6—J Gordon 3 3 39 36 24 5 6 9 4 24 -219
7—J Burton 7 1 5 27 3 42 13 38 10 14 -247
8—K Kahne 16 38 33 2 1 7 38 33 7 4 -292
9—M Martin 11 14 3 8 30 24 36 22 6 18 -307
10-Ky Busch 38 40 7 11 6 18 27 4 38 38 -448
2005 (After 10 Races)
1-STEWART 6533/+35
2-Biffle 6498/-35
3-Edwards 6498/-35
4-Martin 6428/-105
5-Johnson 6406/-127
6-Newman 6359/-174
7-Kenseth 6352/-181
8-R Wallace 6140/-393
9-Mayfield 6073/-460
10-KuBusch 5974/-559
2005 CHASE FINISHES
NH DO TA KA LO MA AT TX PH HO PTS
1—T STEWART 2 18 2 4 25 2 9 6 4 15 +35
2—G Biffle 4 13 27 2 3 20 7 20 2 1 -35
3—C Edwards 19 9 5 3 10 26 1 1 6 4 -35
4—M Martin 7 4 41 1 5 34 3 2 14 2 -105
5—J Johnson 8 1 31 6 1 3 16 5 7 40 -127
6—R Newman 1 5 4 23 7 10 23 25 12 7 -174
7—M Kenseth 3 35 3 5 26 12 5 3 32 3 -181
8—R Wallace 6 3 25 7 24 19 37 22 29 13 -393
9—J Mayfield 16 7 14 16 11 28 38 35 24 10 -460
10-Ku Busch 35 23 8 14 2 6 36 10 NA NA -559
2004 (After 10 Races)
1-KU BUSCH 6506/+8
2-Johnson 6498/-8
3-J Gordon 6490/-16
4-Martin 6399/-107
5-Dale Jr 6368/-138
6-Stewart 6326/-180
7-Newman 6180/-326
8-Kenseth 6069/-437
9-E Sadler 6024/-482
10-Mayfield 6000/-506
2004 CHASE FINISHES
NH DO TA KA LO MA AT PH DA HO PTS
1—KU BUSCH 1 5 5 6 4 5 42 10 6 5 +8
2—J Johnson 11 10 37 32 1 1 1 6 1 2 -8
3—J Gordon 7 3 19 13 2 9 34 3 3 3 -16
4—M Martin 13 2 15 20 13 12 2 15 2 11 -107
5—Dale Jr 3 9 1 9 3 33 33 1 11 23 -138
6—T Stewart 39 6 6 14 10 15 9 8 17 4 -180
7—R Newman 33 1 16 33 14 3 17 2 34 30 -326
8—M Kenseth 2 32 14 17 11 16 41 36 20 19 -437
9—E Sadler 8 20 22 4 7 32 36 38 23 34 -482
10—J Mayfield 35 7 38 5 30 6 26 21 19 35 -506
THE CHASE for the SPRINT CUP
35. Phoenix
34. Texas
33. Talladega
32. Martinsville
31. Lowe's Motor Speedway
30. Auto Club
29. Kansas
28. Dover
27. New Hampshire
26. Richmond
25. Atlanta
24. Bristol
23. Michigan
22. Watkins Glen
21. Pocono
20. Indianapolis
19. Chicago
18. Daytona
17. New Hampshire
16. Sonoma
15. Michigan
14. Pocono
13. Dover
12. Charlotte
11. Darlington
10. Richmond
9. Talladega
8. Phoenix
7. Texas
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