2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #10 of 26:  Richmond #1

 

                                                Out         Last        Gain/Loss                                             Top         Top         Bot

10/LW/LY                 Pts       of 13^th    Race      13^th         Lst 5       W—2—3                5s           10s         10s

1/2/23-Harvick    1467       +258       3/170      +28         693/E     1—2—1                 4              7              1

2/1/6-JOHNSON  1457       +248       10/134   -8            697/+1   3—1—1                 5              7              1

 

3/5/5-Ky Busch   1358       +149       1/195      +53         752/+7   1—0—1                 2              5              0

4/4/12-Kenseth   1348       +139       13/124   -18          575/-2    0—1—0                 3              6              0

5/3/11-BIFFLE      1334       +125       22/97      -45          584/-1    0—0—1                 2              7              0

6/10/1-JGORDON 1305     +96         2/175      +33         702/+5   0—2—2                 4              4              0

7/9/4-HAMLIN      1268       +59         11/130   -12          753/+12 2—0—0                 3              3              0

8/7/2-KUBUSCH 1255       +46         18/109   -33          578/-2    1—0—1                 3              5              2

9/12/7-JBurton    1247       +38         4/165      +23         570/-2    0—0—1                 2              3              0

10/6/15-MARTIN  1242       +33         25/88      -54          663/+6   0—0—0                 4              5              1

11/13/9-EDWARDS 1227  +18         5/160      +18         647/+2   0—0—0                 1              5              1

12/11/8-Bowyer  1213       +4           12/127   -15          612/E     0—0—0                 1              6              1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/8/18-DaleJr    1209       -4            32/67      -64          588/-5    0—1—0                 1              3              0

14/15/21-Truex    1196       -17          7/151      +20         683/+6   0—0—0                 1              4              1

15/14/3-STEWART 1160   -53          23/99      -32          475/-10  0—1—0                 1              3              0

16/18/10-NEWMAN 1142  -71          8/147      +16         690/+10 1—0—0                 2              3              3

17/16/32-Logano 1116       -97          16/115   -16          558/E     0—1—0                 2              4              2

18/20/14-MONTOYA 1109-104        6/150      +19         601/+4   0—0—2                 3              5              4

19/17/25-McMurry 1104    -109        19/106   -25          523/-4    1—1—0                 2              3              1

 

2009  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

 

CHASE SEEDING

1—Jimmie Johnson          5030                       7—Matt Kenseth                5000

2—Denny Hamlin               5020                       8—Greg Biffle                     5000

3—Kevin Harvick               5010                       9—Jeff Burton                    5000

4—Kyle Busch                    5010                       10—Mark Martin                 5000

5—Kurt Busch                    5010                       11—Carl Edwards             5000

6—Jeff Gordon                   5000                       12—Clint Bowyer               5000

 

NOTES:

 

·         JOE GIBBS RACING IS SURGING:  Kyle Busch is rowdy once again with a dominant win at Richmond. He (752, +7) and teammate Denny Hamlin (753, +12) have scored more points than any other driver over the last five races and Hamlin has made up the most positions in the standings over that period. Sophomore teammate Joey Logano is much improved over last year, but is struggling to overcome some recent adversity and needs a solid top 10 at Darlington to stay in close contact with the Top 12.

·         JUNIOR OUT, CARL IN:  Dale Earnhardt Jr. fell out of the T12 with his disappointing 32^nd place finish at RIR, and Carl Edwards swept in to 11^th place on the strength of a fifth at RIR. How significant is it to be out of the T12 with 16 races to go? Not necessarily so much. Four members of the T12 after 10 races last year fell out before the cutoff.

·         TONY NOT A TIGER RIGHT NOW:  A developing story is the struggles of Stewart Haas Racing, and Tony Stewart in particular. Tony has the lowest points over the last five among contenders and has dropped 10 positions. Ryan Newman had a difficult start, and has moved up 10 spots over the same period, but still remains 71 points out in 16^th place.heading to his home track at Richmond. There’s still plenty of time for Tony, traditionally a strong stretch runner in the summer.

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                      Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-JGORDON        1441/+285

2-KUBUSCH        1431/+275

3-TSTEWART       1402/+246

4-HAMLIN             1321/+165

5-Ky Busch          1314/+158

6-JJOHNSON      1290/+134

7-JBurton             1257/+101

8-CBowyer           1212/+56

9-EDWARDS        1204/+48

10-NEWMAN        1198/+42

11-BIFFLE            1193/+37

12-Kenseth          1187/+31

                                        Out of

                                        12^th

13-Reutimann     1156/-31

14-MONTOYA      1152/-35

15-MMARTIN       1126/-61

16-VICKERS        1118/-69

17-KAHNE            1106/-81

18-Dale Jr            1100/-87

19-Ambrose         1067/-120

20-Mears              1049/-138

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH      1495/+339            1-JGORDON        1691/+592            1-JJOHNSON      1521/+364

2-JBURTON         1477/+321            2-JJOHNSON      1480/+381            2-TStewart           1466/+309

3-DALEJR            1391/+235            3-MKENSETH      1431/+332            3-MKENSETH      1422/+265

4-CBOWYER       1372/+216            4-DHAMLIN          1359/+260            4-MMARTIN          1345/+188

5-KHARVICK       1350/+194            5-JBURTON         1352/+253            5-KHARVICK       1313/+156

6-DHAMLIN          1349/+193            6-KYBUSCH        1229/+130            6-DALE JR           1305/+148

7-JJOHNSON      1318/+162            7-TSTEWART       1225/+126            7-KKAHNE           1274/+117

8-TSTEWART       1297/+141            8-KHARVICK       1203/+104            8-KY BUSCH       1237/+80

9-GBIFFLE            1269/+113            9-KU BUSCH       1198/+99               9-J GORDON       1216/+59

10-CEDWARDS  1230/+74               10-C BOWYER    1159/+60               10-C Mears          1168/+9

11-RNewman      1212/+56               11-CEDWARDS   1131/+32                             

12-KKahne           1162/+6                 12-Dale Jr            1118/+19

 

13-JGORDON      1156/-6                  13-JMcMurray     1099/-19                11-JBURTON      1157/-9

14-DRagan           1106/-56                14-MMartin           1038/-80                12-DJarrett          1141/-27

15-MTruex            1104/-58                15-GBiffle             1037/-81                13-C Edwards     1115/-53

16-JMontoya        1096/-66                16-ESadler           1022/-96                14-E Sadler          1105/-63

17-BVickers        1073/-80                17-DStremme     1009/-109             15-C Bowyer       1087/-81

18-BLabonte        1019/-143             18-BLabonte        1001/-117             16-DHAMLIN        1085/-83

19-TKvapil            1008/-154             19-RNewman      998/-120                17-JMcMurray     1062/-106

22-KENSETH       958/-204                20-M TRUEX        987/-131                18-Ku Busch       1040/-128

                                                                21-JMontoya        986/-132                19-BVickers        1030/-138

                               

 

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON      1521/+317            1-DALEJR            1453/+244

2-JGordon            1392/+188            2-JJOHNSON      1428/+219

3-GBIFFLE            1371/+167            3-JGORDON        1426/+217

4-KU BUSCH       1290/+86               4-M KENSETH     1357/+148

5-ESadler             1267/+63               5-KU BUSCH       1316/+107

6-M MARTIN         1226/+22               6-KHarvick          1316/+107

7-T STEWART      1222/+18               7-R NEWMAN      1299/+90

8-J McMurray      1217/+13               8-T STEWART      1284/+75

9-DaleJr                1212/+8                 9-B Labonte         1265/+56

10-R NEWMAN    1205/+1                 10-E SADLER      1250/+41

 

11-K Harvick       1204/-1                  11-K Kahne          1209/-41

12-D Jarrett         1203/-2                  12-J McMurray    1200/-50

13-C EDWARDS 1189/-16                13-M MARTIN      1135/-115

14-R WALLACE   1184/-21                14-R Wallace       1132/-118

15-J MAYFIELD   1133/-72                15-S Marlin           1112/-138

16-J Burton          1113/-92                16-JMAYFIELD    1106/-144

17-M Waltrip        1097/-108

18-S Marlin           1074/-131                            

19-K Kahne          1071/-134

24-MKENSETH   965/-240

 

 

WHO MADE THE CHASE, YEAR BY YEAR

 

                                                2009       2008       2007       2006       2005       2004

Jimmie Johnson                    X              X             X             X             X             X         6 of 6

 

Denny Hamlin                         X              X             X             X            NA          NA       4 of 4

 

Jeff Gordon                             X              X             X             X             No           X         5 of 6

 

Matt Kenseth                         No             X             X             X             X             X         5 of 6

 

Tony Stewart                           X             X             X            No            X             X         5 of 6

 

Mark Martin                             X            NA           NA          X             X             X         4 of 4

 

Kurt Busch                              X            No            X            No            X             X         4 of 6

 

Carl Edwards                          X             X             X            No            X            NA       4 of 5

 

Kyle Busch                              No           X             X             X            No           NA       3 of 5

 

Greg Biffle                                X             X            No           No            X            No        3 of 6

 

Dale Jr                                     No            X            No            X            No             X        3 of 6

 

Jeff Burton                              No            X             X             X            No           No        3 of 6

 

Kevin Harvick                        No            X             X             X            No           No        3 of 6

 

Jeremy Mayfield                    NA          NA          NA          NA           X             X         2 of 2

 

Ryan Newman                        X            No           No           No            X            X         3 of 6

 

Clint Bowyer                           No            X             X            No           NA          NA       2 of 4

 

Kasey Kahne                           X            No           No            X            No           No        2 of 6

 

Juan Montoya                          X            No           No           NA          NA          NA       1 of 3

 

Martin Truex                           No           No            X            No           NA          NA       1 of 4

 

Rusty Wallace                        NA          NA          NA          NA           X            No        1 of 2

 

Brian Vickers                          X            No           No           No           No           No        1 of 6

 

Elliott Sadler                           No           No           No           No           No            X         1 of 6