2009 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #7 of 26:  Texas #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

1/1/14-J GORDON 1154     +335       1/195      +73         850         1—2—0                 5              6              0

2/4/6-J JOHNSON    992    +173       2/175      +53         779         1—1—1                 3              5              0

3/3/15-Ku Busch      974    +155      8/147     +25           680         1—0—0                 2              4              0

4/2/11-C BOWYER   967    +148       22/97      -25          701         0—1—0                 3              4              0

5/7/5-T STEWART    963    +144       4/165      +43         669         0—0—1                 2              5              0

6/5/7-D HAMLIN        938    +119       12/127   +5           703         0—2—0                 2              3              0

7/6/3-KY BUSCH       914    +95         18/114   -8            699         2—0—1                 3              3              1

8/8/9-C EDWARDS  889     +70         10/139   +17         629         0—0—1                 1              3              0

9/12/13-KENSETH   864     +45         5/160      +38         479         2—0—0                 3              3              1

10/9/12-Kahne          851    +32         19/106   -16          648         0—0—0                 1              2              0

11/11/31-Reutiman  845    +26         11/135   +13         597         0—0—0                 1              1              0

12/13/1-JBURTON   835     +16         9/138      +16         689         0—0—1                 1              3              0

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/14/19-Montoya    819    -16          7/146      +5           563         0—0—0                 0              2              0

14/10/2-HARVICK    796     -39          27/82      -49          577         0—1—0                 2              2              1

15/23/8-BIFFLE          775    -60          3/170      +39         507         0—0—1                 2              3              2

16/16/4-DALE JR      768    -67          20/108   -23          635         0—0—0                 0              2              1

17/18/10-Newman    743   -92          15/118   -13          609         0—0—0                 0              2              1

18/27/30-Martin        742   -93          6/155      +24         574         0—0—0                 0              3              2

19/20/18-Vickers     737    -98          16/120   -11          557         0—0—0                 1              3              1

20/15/50-Allmendgr 731   -104        34/61      -70          490         0—0—1                 1              2              1

21/17/32-Waltrip      721    -114        24/91      -40          457         0—0—0                 0              1              0

22/25/NA-Stremme  720   -115        14/121   -10          527         0—0—0                 0              0              0

23/26/26-Mears        688    -147        21/100   -31          479         0—0—0                 0              0              0

24/28/16-Truex         672    -163        25/88      -43          455         0—0—0                 0              1              0

25/24/20-ESadler     667    -168        32/67      -64          419         0—0—0                 1              1              0

 

08 Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

CHASE SEEDING

 

1—Kyle Busch                     5020                       7—Tony Stewart                 5000

2—Matt Kenseth                 5020                       8—Denny Hamlin                5000

3—Jeff Gordon                    5010                       9—Carl Edwards                5000

4—Jimmie Johnson          5010                       10—Kasey Kahne               5000

5—Kurt Busch                     5010                       11—David Reutimann        5000

6—Clint Bowyer                  5000                       12—Jeff Burton                  5000

 

NOTES:

 

ท          BIG MOVE BY BIFFLE:  Greg Biffle shook off two Bottom 10 finishes in the first six races and carded a third place finish at Texas, lifting him eight spots all the way to 15^th place, now only 60 points out.

ท          IS MONTOYA FOR REAL THIS TIME?  Juan Pablo Montoya lurks in 13^th place, 16 points out, but he was even closer at this juncture in 2007 in his rookie season, 12 points out. He’s improved six positions over this point in 08, and is leading the way for the Earnhardt/Ganassi stable.

ท          MARK NOW LESS THAN 100 OUT:  Engine problems have parked Mark Martin twice already, but his sixth  at Texas has him well within range of The Chase, 93 points out in 18^th place.  This is the first time Mark has gone for The Chase since 2006.

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

2008                       pts/13^th                  2007                       pts/13^th                  2006                       pts/11th

1-J BURTON         1065/+245            1-JGORDON         1136/+369            1-JJOHNSON       1063/+235

2-KHARVICK         1006/+186            2-JBURTON          1128/+361            2-MKENSETH       1048/+220

3-KYBUSCH          1001/+181            3-MKENSETH       1011/+244            3-KKAHNE             1017/+189

4-DALE JR            978/+158               4-JJOHNSON       955/+188               4-MMARTIN          1017/+189

5-TSTEWART       957/+137               5-DHAMLIN           914/+147               5-T Stewart          966/+138

6-JJOHNSON       921/+101               6-CBOWYER         866/+99                 6-DALE JR            951/+123

7-DHAMLIN           913/+93                 7-KYBUSCH          856/+89                 7-KYBUSCH          950/+122

8-GBIFFLE             901/+81                 8-CEDWARDS      837/+70                 8-JGORDON         911/+83

9-CEDWARDS      881/+61                 9-TSTEWART       814/+47                 9-KHARVICK         859/+31

10-RNewman       876/+56                 10-JMcMurray     805/+38                 10-CMears           845/+17

11-CBOWYER      874/+54                 11-MMartin           794/+27                

12-KKahne           874/+54                 12-D Stremme     779/+12

 

13-MKENSETH     820/-54                  13-JP Montoya    767/-12                  11-DJarrett          828/-17

14-JGORDON       783/-91                  14-KHARVICK      763/-16                  12-E Sadler          804/-41

15-KuBusch         763/-111                15-KUBUSCH       759/-20                  13-C Bowyer        750/-95

16-M Truex           755/-119                16-E Sadler          756/-23                  14-DHAMLIN         747/-98

17-D Ragan          752/-122                17-G Biffle             738/-41                  15-M Truex           744/-101

18-BVickers         746/-128                18-Dale Jr             737/-42                  16-JBURTON        741/-104

19-JP Montoya    739/-135                19-M TRUEX         671/-108                17-Ku Busch        722/-123

20-ESadler           711/-163                20-RNewman       656/-123                18-RNewman       711/-134

21-BLabonte        707/-167                21-RGordon          654/-125                19-RSorenson     701/-144

22-DGilliland         699/-175                22-JJYeley           650/-129                20-BVickers         684/-161

23-PMenard         676/-198                23-BLabonte        638/-141                21-JMcMurray     675/-170

 

 

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON       1142/+293            1-KUBUSCH          1032/+207

2-GBIFFLE             1007/+154            2-MKENSETH       1013/+188

3-RWALLACE       905/+56                 3-DALEJR             997/+172

4-KUBUSCH          897/+48                 4-TSTEWART       946/+121

5-JGordon            895/+46                 5-ESADLER           942/+117

6-S Marlin             883/+34                 6-JJOHNSON       923/+98

7-MMARTIN          882/+33                 7-KKahne              902/+77

8-ESadler              879/+30                 8-KHarvick           897/+72

9-RNEWMAN        873/+24                 9-JGORDON         891/+66

10-DJarrett          853/+4                   10-RNEWMAN      834/+9

 

11-TSTEWART     849/-4                    11-RWallace        825/-9

12-KHarvick         845/-8                    12-JMAYFIELD     825/-9

13-CEDWARDS    833/-20                  13-JMcMurray     818/-16

14-JMcMurray     824/-29                  14-SMarlin            817/-17

15-DaleJr              787/-66                  15-BLabonte        801/-33

16-JMAYFIELD     780/-73                  16-MMARTIN        789/-45

17-CMears           745/-108                17-JNemechek   776/-58

18-SRiggs             733/-120                18-CMears           752/-82

19-KPetty              726/-127                19-GBiffle              745/-89

20-JBurton           714/-139                20-DJarrett          721/-113

21-MKENSETH     708/-145