2009 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #8 of 26:  Phoenix #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

1/1/13-JGORDON 1242      +305       25/88      -30          783/E      1—2—0                 5              6              0

2/2/4-JJOHNSON 1157      +220       4/165      +47         843/+17 1—1—1                 4              6              0

3/3/17-Kubush      1144      +207       3/170      +52         751/+4   1—0—1                 3              5              0

4/5/7-STEWART   1138      +201       2/175      +57         759/+4   0—1—1                 3              6              0

 

5/6/6-HAMLIN       1088      +151       6/150      +32         756/+9   0—2—0                 2              4              0

6/4/8-BOWYER    1052       +115       26/85      -33          611/-4    0—1—0                 3              4              0

7/7/2-KYBUSCH  1026        +89         17/112   -6            621/-1    2—0—1                 3              3              1

8/8/9-EDWARDS  1023       +86         10/134   +16         646/+1   0—0—1                 1              4              0

9/11/30-Reutmn     992      +55         8/147      +29         584/-4    0—0—0                 1              2              0

10/10/11-Kahne      975      +38         13/124   +6           637/+3   0—0—0                 1              2              0

11/12/1-BURTON   953       +16         15/118   E              637+7    0—0—1                 1              3              0

12/9/15-KENSETH 946       +9           27/82      -36          527/-9    2—0—0                 3              3              1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/18/27-Martin      937      -9            1/195      +84         726/+21 1—0—0                 1              4              2

14/15/10-BIFFLE     930      -16          5/155      +44         511/-10  0—0—1                 3              4              2

15/13/16-Montoya  910      -36          24/91      -20          584/E      0—0—0                 0              2              0

16/14/5-HARVICK  869       -77          30/73      -38          518/-5    0—1—0                 2              2              1

17/17/12-Newman 863      -83          16/120   +9           641/+16 0—0—0                 0              2              1

18/19/20-Vickers   848      -98          19/111     E            526/-1    0—0—0                 1              3              1

19/16/3-DALEJR    843       -103        31/75      -36          576/+10 0—0—0                 0              2              1

20/22/NA-Streme   829      -117        18/109   -2            527/+3   0—0—0                 0              0              0

21/24/14-Truex      818       -128        7/146      +35         534/+5   0—0—0                 0              2              0

22/23/24-Mears      791      -155        20/103   -8            509/+5   0—0—0                 0              0              0

23/20/51-Allmendg  789    -157        35/58      -53          484/-2    0—0—1                 1              2              2

24/27/26-McMurray 788    -158        11/130   +19         483/-2    0—0—0                 0              2              3

25/21/32-Waltrip    778      -168        37/57      -54          432/-13  0—0—0                 0              1              1             

 

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          MONSTER MOVE BY MIRACLE MARK:  Mark Martin left Las Vegas five races ago with a blown engine and a season already in jeopardy. Saturday night’s win at Phoenix capped an amazing five-race run since, moving up 21 spots in the standings over that span. Mark is now breathing down the neck of Matt Kenseth in 12^th place, just nine points out.

ท          MATT NEEDS TO STOP THE BLEEDING:  Matt Kenseth shocked the NASCAR world by winning the first two races of the season. His #17 team has hit hard times since, and is now in jeopardy of dropping out of the T12.

ท          DOES REUTIMANN HAVE STAYING POWER?  David Reutimann served notice last season that Michael Waltrip Racing had arrived and he is the leader of that effort. Another solid top 10 at Phoenix has him as the biggest surprise in the T12 so far.

 

 

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         1215/+308            1-JGORDON         1326/+458            1-MKENSETH       1218/+284

2-KYBUSCH          1135/+228            2-JBURTON          1252/+384            2-JJOHNSON       1209/+275

3-DALEJR             1129/+222            3-MKENSETH       1166/+298            3-KKAHNE             1167/+233

4-JJOHNSON       1116/+209            4-JJOHNSON       1115/+247            4-MMARTIN          1152/+218

5-KHARVICK         1115/+208            5-DHAMLIN           1084/+216            5-T Stewart          1141/+207

6-DHAMLIN           1078/+171            6-KYBUSCH          1002/+134            6-JGORDON         1045/+111

7-TSTEWART       1057/+150            7-TSTEWART       994/+126               7-DALE JR            1045/+111

8-CBOWYER         1044/+137            8-CEDWARDS      967/+99                 8-KHARVICK         1044/+110

9-CEDWARDS      1041/+134            9-CBOWYER         963/+95                 9-KYBUSCH          1010/+76

10-GBIFFLE           1039/+132            10-M Martin          921/+53                 10-CMears           948/+14

11-KKahne           929/+22                 11-KHARVICK      902/+34                

12-RNewman       915/+8                   12-JMcMurray     899/+31

 

13-JGORDON       907/-8                    13-KUBUSCH       868/-31                  11-DJarrett          934/-14

14-MTruex            897/-18                  14-G Biffle             850/-49                  12-C Bowyer        910/-38

15-MKENSETH     869/-46                  15-DaleJr              843/-56                  13-JBURTON        879/-69

16-JP Montoya    857/-58                  16-JP Montoya    831/-68                  14-E Sadler          861/-87

17-KuBusch         851/-64                  17-E Sadler          817/-82                  15-M Truex           841/-107

18-BLabonte        834/-81                  18-DStremme      813/-86                  16-CEdwards       822/-126

19-DRagan           828/-87                  19-BLabonte        780/-119                17-Ku Busch        813/-135

20-BVickers         828/-87                  20-MTRUEX          774/-125                18-DHAMLIN         808/-140

21-DGilliland         820/-95                  21-TRaines           752/-147                19-BVickers         808/-140

22-PMenard         779/-136                                                                                20-JMcMurray     796/-152

                                                                                                                                21-G Biffle             785/-163

 

 

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON       1260/+309            1-DALEJR             1167/+173

2-KU BUSCH         1087/+136            2-KUBUSCH          1162/+168

3-GBIFFLE             1052/+101            3-MKENSETH       1155/+161

4-JGordon            1027/+76               4-JJOHNSON       1088/+94

5-ESadler              1009/+58               5-ESADLER           1069/+75

6-MMARTIN          997/+46                 6-TSTEWART       1067/+73

7-RNEWMAN        994/+43                 7-JGORDON         1051/+57

8-CEDWARDS      979/+28                 8-RWallace          1010/+16

9-SMarlin              968/+17                 9-KKahne              1007/+13

10-RWALLACE    960/+9                   10-KHarvick         1003/+9

 

11-KHarvick         951/-9                    11-RNEWMAN      994/-9

12-Dale Jr             947/-13                  12-BLabonte        971/-32

13-DJarrett          947/-13                  13-SMarlin            955/-48

14-TSTEWART     913/-47                  14-JMcMurray     939/-64

15-JMcMurray     912/-48                  15-JMAYFIELD     880/-123

16-JMAYFIELD     904/-56                  16-JNemechek   858/-145

17-JBurton           879/-81                  17-DJarrett          855/-148

18-MWaltrip         866/-94                  18-MMARTIN        850/-153

19-SRiggs             847/-113

20-KKahne           810/-150

28-MKENSETH     745/-215