2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup OWNERS Points Standings after Michigan
August 16, 2009 - Race 23 of 36
For Drivers Points, see my 2009 Sprint Cup Drivers Points Standings after Michigan page
Vickers wins at Michigan: #83-Brian Vickers won the CARMAX 400 at Michigan International Speedway for his 1st win of 2009, 2nd of his career, 1st win ever in Sprint Cup for Red Bull Racing, 1st win from the pole for Vickers [after 11 poles] and first ever win at MIS for Toyota. Vickers in the 13th different winner in 23 Sprint Cup races this season [the record is 19]. #24-Gordon finished 2nd followed by #88-Earnhardt Jr. [1st top 5 since Talladega in May], #99-Edwards, #77-Hornish Jr., #07-Mears, #20-Logano, #33-Bowyer, #00-Reutimann and #11-Hamlin. #48-Johnson was leading with 2 laps to go but ran out of fuel and finished 33rd. Points leader #14-Stewart finished 17th and increased his points lead to 284 points over now 2nd place, #24-Gordon as Johnson fell to 3rd. Vickers is now only 12 points out of the Chase with three races to go before the chase, #5-Martin is now 12th after running out of fuel on the last lap and finishing 31st. There were 7 cautions for 36 caution laps, an18 minute red flag for a light rain shower on lap 8 and there were 25 lead changes among 14 drivers.
Scheduled Race Re-Air: ESPN2 on Monday, August 17 at 3:00am/et; ESPN Classic on Monday, August 17 at 1:00pm/et; and SPEED, Wednesday, August 19 at 12:00pm/et.
For race results, awards and more, see my Michigan Race Results Page.(8-16-2009) Comment here
UNOFFICIAL Driver Points Standings
[after Michigan, race 23 of 36]:
pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish
1) #14-Tony Stewart, 3500 [3 wins], finished 17th
2) #24-Jeff Gordon 3216, -284 [1 win], 2nd
3) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3197, -303 [3 wins], 33rd
4) #99-Carl Edwards, 2995, -505, 4th
5) #11-Denny Hamlin, 2986, -514 [1 win], 10th
6) #2-Kurt Busch 2957, -543 [1 win], 36th
7) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 2887, -613 (108 ahead of 13th), 19th
8) #9-Kasey Kahne, 2884, -616 (+105)[1 win], 11th
9) #39-Ryan Newman, 2845, -655 (+66), 15th
10) #16-Greg Biffle 2821, -679 (+42), 20th
11) #17-Matt Kenseth, 2811, -689 (+32)[2 wins], 14th
12) #5-Mark Martin, 2791, -709 (+12 ahead of 12th)[4 wins], 31st
Contenders for the top-12/chase:
13) #83-Brian Vickers, 2779, 12 points out of 12th, [1 win] 1st
14) #33-Clint Bowyer, 2733, -58, 8th
15) #18-Kyle Busch, 2721, -70, [3 wins] 23rd
16) #00-David Reutimann 2673, -118 [1 win], 9th
For drivers and owners points standings, see the Drivers Points Standings page.(8-16-2009)
NOTE: DRIVERS points and OWNERS points are NOT the same, teams who fail to make the race still get points, while drivers who miss the race get no points
OWNERS CHASE: The Owners championship takes the same format as the drivers championship. Owners have their own Chase, so if a team uses more then one driver and is in the Top 12 after 26 races, that TEAM [not driver] would run for the Chase for the owners championship. The drivers would NOT. This means a driver in the Chase would have a team that is NOT in the chase. Rules on The Chase on my Chase News and Rules page 2009
NOTES II: these points standings are directly from NASCAR Statistics, the unofficial are posted after the race and the official are posted when released, usually sometime Monday afternoon. If they differ from NASCAR.com, take it up with NASCAR.com, I do NOT run that site and have no idea why they would differ, usually with the way penalties are handled, Folks with questions can email NASCAR or NASCAR.com, see my Racing FAQ page this info. Most questions come from folks in Fantasy Leagues, I don't not participate or follow these, ask the person running it how they handles penalties, they should have a rule for such a thing, I do not mediate such things or draft drivers for anyone.
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OWNER LEADERS LAST RACE DATE: 8/16/2009RACE RACE #23: MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY PRINTOUT DATE: 8/17/2009POS CAR# OWNER NAME POINTS STARTS WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 ATTEMPTS 1 14 MARGARET HAAS 14 3500 23
3 13 18
23 2 24 RICK HENDRICK 24 3216 23
1 11 16
23 3 48 JEFF GORDON 48 3197 23
3 9 14
23 4 99 JACK ROUSH 99 2995 23
0 7 11
23 5 11 J D GIBBS 11 2986 23
1 7 11
23 6 2 WALTER CZARNECKI 2 2957 23
1 6
12 23 7 42 TERESA EARNHARDT 42 2887 23
0 1 11
23 8 9 GEORGE GILLETT, JR 9 2884 23
1 4 9
23 9 39 TONY STEWART 39 2845 23
0 5 9
23 10 16 JACK ROUSH 16 2821 23
0 7 10
23 11 17 JOHN HENRY 17 2811 23
2 4 8
23 12 5 MARY HENDRICK 5 2791 23
4 6 11
23 13 83 DIETRICH
MATESCHITZ 83 2779 23
1 4 11
23 14 33 BOBBY GINN, III
33 2733 23
0 4 10
23 15 18 JOE GIBBS 18 2721 23
3 5 7
23 16 00 MICHAEL WALTRIP
00 2673
23 1 4
7 23 17 47 ROB KAUFFMAN
47 2474 23
0 3 6
23 18 31 RICHARD CHILDRESS
31 2459 23
0 2 6
23 19 20 JOE GIBBS 20 2426 23
1 1 5
23 20 07 RICHARD CHILDRESS
07 2354 23
0 0 3
23 21 88 RICK HENDRICK
88 2278 23
0 2 4
23 22 26 GEOFF SMITH
26 2273 23
0 0 3
23 23 29 RICHARD CHILDRESS
29 2251 23
0 2 3
23 24 1 TERESA EARNHARDT
1 2217 23
0 0 3
23 25 44 GEORGE GILLETT, JR
44 2206 23
0 1 3
23 26 77 BILL 27 19 GEORGE GILLETT, JR
19 2170 23
0 1 3
23 28 43 RICHARD PETTY
43 2087 23
0 0 1
23 29 96 JEFF MOORAD
96 2065
23 0 1
1
23 30 6 JOHN HENRY 6 2065 23
0 0 1
23 31 55 MICHAEL WALTRIP
55 1993 23
0 0 1
23 32 12 ROGER PENSKE
12 1980 23 0 0 0 23 33 98 MAX JONES 98 1919 23
0 0 0 23 34 7 ROBBY GORDON 7 1833 23
0 1 1 23 35 34 TERESA EARNHARDT
34 1705 23
0 0 0 23 36 82 DIETRICH MATESCHITZ 82 1545
20 0 1
1
23 37 171
KEVIN BUCKLER 171
1337 22 0
0 0 23 38 09 JAMES FINCH 09 1267 18
1 1 2
23 39 187
ANDREA NEMECHEK 187
1079 20 0
0 0 23 40 78 BARNEY VISSER 78 989 11
0 0 0 11 41 66 PHIL PARSONS 66 960 21
0 0 0 23 42 36 TOMMY BALDWIN 36 946 16
0 0 0 23 43 21 GLEN WOOD 21 737 8
0 0 0 8 44 113
BOB GERMAIN 113
731 8 0
0
1 11 45 25 RICK HENDRICK 25 478 5
0 0 1
6 46 41 SHANA MAYFIELD 41 478 5
0 0 0 12 47 8 CHIP GANASSI 8 451 7
0 0 0 7 48 37 BRAD JENKINS 37 424 7
0 0 0 15 49 64 LARRY GUNSELMAN 64 351 4
0 0 0 14 50 28 JEFF MOORAD 28 323 4
0 0 0 5 51 08 JOHN CARTER 08 217 3
0 0 0 4 52 51 DAVID BEAN 51 187 1
0 0 0 7 53 175
DERRIKE COPE 175
113 0 0 0 0 5 54 106
THERESA BOYS 106
91 0 0 0 0 4 55 73 BARRY HAEFELE 73 85 1
0 0 0 5 56 127
KIRK SHELMERDINE 127
72 0 0 0 0 3 57 102
KENNETH WOOD 102
62 1 0
0 0 2 58 204
ROBBY GORDON 204
40 2
0 0 0 2 59 135
MICHAEL HILLMAN 135
31 0 0 0 0 1 60 4 JERRY MCCLURE 4 28 0
0 0 0 1 61 170
KEVIN BUCKLER 170
25 0 0 0 0 1 62 157
NORM BENNING 157
7 0 0 0 0 1 63 123
ROBERT RICHARDSON 123
1 0 0 0 0 1 64 146
DANIELLE LONG 146
-153 0 0 0 0 2 UNOFFICIAL POINTS that were posted the day of the race Owner Points Following Race # 23
TEAMS in RED are NOT in Top 35 of OWNERS POINTS TEAMS in GREEN are CURRENTLY in the CHASE for the SPRINT CUP from NASCAR PR used with permission |
The Points Penalties for the 2009 season
#1-Martin Truex Jr. and team owner 25 pts [Chicago 7-11-2009]
#7-Robby Gordon and team owner 50 pts [Charlotte 5-25-2009]
#46-Carl Long and team owner 200 pts [Sprint Showdown, LMS 5-16-2009]
Truex's car too high at Chicago UPDATE Penalties announced: The #1 Chevy driven by Martin Truex Jr. did not pass a post-race inspection when NASCAR officials discovered the right rear quarter panel was too high on the car. Truex finished 16th in the LifeLock 400 race at Chicagoland Speedway. The car will be taken back to the NASCAR Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C., for further evaluations. NASCAR officials will determine if the height problem is a violation that requires a penalty. Any announcement of the process will come later this week, likely on Tuesday or Wednesday. Similar height situations have resulted in championship point reductions and fines in the past.(ESPN.com)(7-12-2009)
UPDATE: NASCAR announced that Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #1 Chevy in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, crew chief Kevin Manion and car owner Teresa Earnhardt have been penalized for rule violations during last weekend’s event at Chicagoland Speedway.
Truex was penalized 25 points in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver standings. Manion was fined $25,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31, 2009. Earnhardt was penalized 25 points in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series owner standings. The three were penalized for violating Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); Section 12-4-I (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules) and Section 20-12.8.1C (right rear quarter panel height did not meet the required specifications; too high in post-race inspection).(NASCAR)(7-14-2009) Comment here
Robby penalized for rear axle: NASCAR has issued penalties to the #7 team that competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as a result of rules violations committed at Lowe’s Motor Speedway earlier this week. The #7 car, driven and owned by Robby Gordon, was found to be in violation of Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4I (any determination by NASCAR Officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20-10.6H (rear axle housing exceeded the maximum specified toe of plus or minus one degree) of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rule Book. The violation was found during post-race inspection on May 25. As a result, Gordon has been penalized with the loss of 50 championship owner and 50 championship driver points. Crew chief Kirk Almquist has been fined $50,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31.(NASCAR PR)(5-27-2009) Comment here
Long's team recieves record penalty: NASCAR has issued penalties, suspensions and fines to the #46 team [#146] in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as a result of rules infractions committed during last weekend’s event at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. The car was found to be in violation of Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-I (any determination by NASCAR Officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20-5.4A (engine exceeded the maximum engine size of 358.000 cubic inch displacement) of the 2009 NASCAR rule book. As a result, crew chief Charles Swing has been fined $200,000, suspended from the next 12 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship events, suspended from NASCAR until Aug. 18 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31. Driver Carl Long and owner Danielle Long have been penalized with the loss of 200 driver and 200 owner points, respectively, suspended from the next 12 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship events, suspended from NASCAR until Aug. 18 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31.(NASCAR)(5-20-2009)
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