2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #11 of 26:  Darlington

 

                                                                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

1/1/21-Harvick                    1622       +320       6/155      +62         785/+3   1—2—1                 4              8              1

2/2/4-JOHNSON                  1512       +210       36/55      -38          614/-1    3—1—1                 5              7              2

3/3/7-KyBusch                    1509       +207       7/151      +58         806/+13 1—0—1                 2              6              0

4/6/1-JGORDON                 1475       +173       4/170      +77         702/+3   0—2—2                 6              6              0

5/4/10-Kenseth                   1472       +170       13/124   +31         590/-2    0—1—0                 3              6              0

 

6/7/5-HAMLIN                      1458       +156       1/190      +97         748/+9   3—0—0                 4              4              0

7/5/9-BIFFLE                        1431       +129       22/97      +4           621/-5    0—0—1                 2              7              0

8/8/3-KUBUSCH                 1420       +118       3/165      +72         644/-2    1—0—2                 4              6              2

9/9/6-JBurton                      1394       +92         8/147      +54         609/-4    0—0—1                 2              4              0

10/10/11-MARTIN               1357      +55         16/115   +22         673/+7   0—0—0                 4              5              1

11/11/12-EDWRDS             1345      +43         15/118   +25         629/+3   0—0—0                 1              5              1

12/13/18-DaleJr                  1318       +16         18/109   +16         579/-2    0—1—0                 1              3              0

                                                                Out of

                                                                12^th

13/14/19-Truex                    1302       -16          19/106   +1           634/+5   0—0—0                 1              4              1

14/16/8-NEWMAN               1280      -38          9/138      +33         668/+8   1—0—0                 2              4              3

15/12/13-Bowyer                1280      -38          32/67      -38          533/-6    0—0—0                 1              6              1

16/19/24-McMury                1279      -39          2/175      +70         625/+3   1—2—0                 3              4              1

17/18/14-MONTYA              1264      -54          5/155      +50         701/+8   0—0—2                 4              6              4

18/15/2-STEWART              1259      -59          23/99      -6            489/-10  0—1—0                 1              3              0

19/17/30-Logano                 1198       -120        27/82      -23          470/-6    0—1—0                 2              4              2

20/24/17-VICKERS             1158      -160        10/139   +34         424/-8    0—0—0                 0              3              0

22/22/16-KAHNE                1129       -189        20/103   -2            509/-2    0—0—0                 2              3              3

 

 

 

2009  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

CHASE SEEDING

1—Jimmie Johnson          5030                       7—Matt Kenseth                5000

2—Denny Hamlin               5030                       8—Dale Jr                            5000

3—Kevin Harvick               5010                       9—Greg Biffle                     5000

4—Kurt Busch                    5010                       10—Jeff Burton                  5000

5—Kyle Busch                    5010                       11—Mark Martin                 5000

6—Jeff Gordon                   5000                       12—Carl Edwards             5000

 

NOTES:

·         UP ELEVATOR:  Over the last five races, Kyle Busch +13, Denny Hamlin +9, Ryan Newman +8, Juan Montoya +8, Mark Martin +7 have gained the most positions. Kyle Busch has the most points over the period with 806.

·         DOWN ELEVATOR:  Tony Stewart -10, Brian Vickers -8, Clint Bowyer -6, Joey Logano -6 have lost the most positions over the last five. Among contenders, Vickers has the lowest point total for the period at 424.

·         CLINT OUT, DALE JR. IN:  We had another week with a change in the Top 12 at Darlington. Clint Bowyer’s 32^nd place finish dropped him from 12^th to 15^th while Dale Earnhardt Jr. moved from 13^th to 12^th, despite managing only an 18^th place finish.

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-JGORDON        1601/+337

2-STEWART         1572/+308

3-KUBUSCH        1546/+282

4-JJOHNSON      1465/+201

5-HAMLIN             1445/+181

6-JBurton             1384/+120

7-KyBusch           1380/+116

8-NEWMAN          1363/+99

9-BIFFLE               1345/+81

10-Kenseth          1326/+62

11-MARTIN           1316/+52

12-EDWARDS     1271/+7

                                         Out of

                                         12^th

13-Bowyer           1264/-7

14-MONTOYA      1255/-16

15-Reutimann     1232/-39

16-KAHNE            1205/-66

17-VICKERS        1188/-83

18-Dale Jr            1182/-89

19-Truex               1144/-127

20-Ambrose         1131/-140

21-Harvick           1109/-162

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH      1690/+426            1-JGORDON        1881/+718            1-JJOHNSON      1686/+406

2-JBURTON         1611/+347            2-JJOHNSON      1650/+487            2-TStewart           1593/+313

3-DALEJR            1556/+292            3-MKENSETH      1582/+419            3-MKENSETH      1592/+312

4-DHAMLIN          1500/+236            4-DHAMLIN          1539/+376            4-MMARTIN          1487/+207

5-CBOWYER       1490/+226            5-JBURTON         1486/+323            5-DALE JR           1460/+180

6-JJOHNSON      1442/+178            6-T STEWART      1375/+212            6-J GORDON       1391/+111

7-CEDWARDS     1400/+136            7-KU BUSCH       1325/+162            7-KY BUSCH       1388/+108

8-TSTEWART       1397/+133            8-KHARVICK       1315/+152            8-K KAHNE          1379/+99

9-KHARVICK       1396/+132            9-C BOWYER      1302/+139            9-K HARVICK      1365/+85

10-JGORDON      1326/+62               10-C EDWARDS 1291/+128            10-J BURTON     1295/+15

11-GBIFFLE         1308/+44               11-KY BUSCH     1281/+118                           

12-DRagan           1266/+2                 12-J McMurray    1214/+51

 

13-RNewman      1264/-2                  13-R Newman     1163/-51                                11-C Mears          1280/-15

14-KKahne           1264/-2                  14-Dale Jr            1160/-54                                12-DJarrett          1237/-58

15-MTruex            1230/-36                15-M Martin          1159/-55                                13-D HAMLIN       1219/-76

16-JMontoya        1190/-76                16-G Biffle            1155/-59                                14-G Biffle            1189/-106

17-BVickers        1161/-105             17-E Sadler          1127/-87                                15-E Sadler          1181/-114

18-TKvapil            1155/-111             18-M TRUEX        1117/-97                                16-C Bowyer       1181/-114

19-BLabonte        1128/-138             19-B Labonte       1107/-107                             17-C Edwards     1161/-134

20-KENSETH       1113/-153             20-JJ Yeley          1086/-128                             18-Ku Busch       1146/-149

                                                                21-JMontoya        1080/-134            

                                                                22-D Stremme    1070/-144

                               

 

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON      1562/+229            1-DALEJR            1643/+355

2-G BIFFLE           1521/+188            2-JJOHNSON      1603/+315

3-J Gordon           1438/+105            3-JGORDON        1581/+293

4-E Sadler            1413/+80               4-M KENSETH     1517/+229

5-KU BUSCH       1407/+74               5-T STEWART      1449/+161

6-T STEWART     1397/+64               6-R NEWMAN      1442/+154

7-R NEWMAN      1370/+37               7-B Labonte         1430/+142

8-K Harvick         1364/+31               8-K Harvick         1404/+116

9-J McMurray      1351/+18               9-KU BUSCH       1391/+103

10-M MARTIN      1344/+11               10-E SADLER      1377/+89

 

11-Dale Jr            1333/-11                11-K Kahne          1288/-89

12-R WALLACE   1290/-54                12-M MARTIN      1281/-96

13-C EDWARDS 1289/-55                13-J McMurray    1249/-128

14-D Jarrett         1264/-80                14-R Wallace       1247/-130

15-K Kahne          1261/-83                15-S Marlin           1230/-147

16-J MAYFIELD   1257/-87                16-JMAYFIELD    1208/-169

17-M Waltrip        1235/-109

18-J Burton          1228/-116                            

21-MKENSETH   1097/-247

 

Eventual champion in italics

 

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