2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #12 of 26:  Dover #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

1/1/23-Harvick    1768       +364       7/146      +44         803/+3   1—2—1                 4              9              1

2/3/6-KyBusch    1699       +295       1/190      +88         844/+10 2—0—1                 3              7              0

3/5/9-Kenseth      1642       +238       3/170      +68         605/-1    0—1—1                 4              7              0

4/2/4-JOHNSON  1637       +233       16/125   +23         564/-3    3—1—1                 5              7              2

5/6/5-HAMLIN      1618       +214       4/160      +58         835/+13 3—0—0                 5              5              0

6/4/1-JGORDON 1605       +201       11/130   +28         657/-1    0—2—2                 5              5              0

7/7/10-BIFFLE      1581       +177       6/150      +48         674/-4    0—0—1                 2              8              0

8/9/8-JBurton      1569       +165       2/175      +73         696/-1    0—1—1                 3              5              0

 

9/8/3-KUBUSCH 1531       +127       19/111   +9           697/+5   1—0—2                 4              6              2

10/11/11-EDWRDS 1487  +83         8/142      +40         625/-2    0—0—0                 1              6              1

11/10/12-MARTIN 1475     +71         15/118   +16         631/+2   0—0—0                 4              5              1

12/13/18-Truex    1434       +30         12/132   +30         654/+7   0—0—0                 1              4              1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/14/7-NEWMAN 1404    -30          13/124   +8           602/+3   1—0—0                 2              4              3

14/18/2-STEWART 1397   -37          9/138      +22         528/-5    0—1—0                 1              4              0

15/15/17-Bowyer 1392      -42          17/112   -4            507/-9    0—0—0                 1              6              1

16/12/19-DaleJr  1391       -43          30/73      -43          525/-6    0—1—0                 1              3              0

17/16/21-McMury 1346     -88          32/67      -49          601/+3   1—2—0                 3              4              1

18/19/25-Logano 1332       -102        10/134   +18         470/-7    0—1—0                 2              5              2

19/17/14-MONTYA 1322   -112        35/58      -58          599/+2   0—0—2                 4              6              5

 

21/22/15-KAHNE1237       -197        20/108   -8            571/+5   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—Jeff Burton                    5000

3—Kyle Busch                    5020                       9—Greg Biffle                     5000

4—Kevin Harvick               5010                       10—Mark Martin                 5000

5—Kurt Busch                    5010                       11—Carl Edwards             5000

6—Jeff Gordon                   5000                       12—Martin Truex               5000

 

NOTES:

 

·         IN PRAISE OF ROWDY:  Kyle Busch’s victory at Dover is his second of the year and 18^th since he became a fulltime Cup driver in 2005. He is tied for second for most wins over the period: 1-Jimmie Johnson 36, 2-Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart 18, 3-Carl Edwards 16, 4-Jeff Gordon 13, 5-Greg Biffle, Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin 11.

·         TRUEX BACK IN TOP 12:  He has the least impressive stats in the T12, but Martin Truex gained 12^th place in the standings with his 12^th at Dover, benefiting from Dale Jr.’s 30^th at Dover, which bounced him down all the way to 16^th place.

·         HALFWAY MARK AFTER COKE 600:  Hard to believe, but we will be at halfway in The Race to The Chase 2010 after the Coke 600, race no. 13 of 26 before the cutoff.

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-JGORDON        1722/+300

2-STEWART         1678/+256

3-KUBUSCH        1607/+185

4-JJOHNSON      1594/+172

5-HAMLIN             1575/+153

6-Ky Busch          1540/+118

7-NEWMAN          1538/+116

8-JBurton             1472/+50

9-Kenseth            1460/+38

10-BIFFLE            1448/+26

11-EDWARDS     1431/+9

12-MARTIN           1428/+6

                                         Out of

                                         12^th

13-Reutimann     1422/-6

14-MONTOYA      1397/-31

15-KAHNE            1351/-77

16-VICKERS        1348/-80

17-Bowyer           1319/-109

19-Dale Jr            1225/-203

23-Harvick           1149/-279

 

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH      1860/+462            1-JGORDON        1921/+614            1-JJOHNSON      1861/+487

2-JBURTON         1766+368             2-JJOHNSON      1789/+482            2-M KENSETH     1752/+378

3-DALEJR            1721/+323            3-MKENSETH      1714/+407            3-M MARTIN         1652/+278

4-DHAMLIN          1596/+198            4-DHAMLIN          1682/+375            4-T Stewart          1630/+256

5-CBOWYER       1578/+180            5-JBURTON         1577/+203            5-DALE JR           1590/+216

6-C EDWARDS    1538/+140            6-T STEWART      1530/+223            6-K KAHNE          1569/+195

7-KHARVICK       1517/+119            7-K HARVICK      1415/+108            7-J GORDON       1451/+77

8-TSTEWART       1511/+113            8-C EDWARDS    1414/+107            8-J BURTON        1450/+76

9-JJOHNSON      1493/+95               9-KU BUSCH       1402/+95               9-K HARVICK      1426/+52

10-JGORDON      1486/+88               10-C BOWYER    1378/+71               10-KY BUSCH     1412/+38

11-GBIFFLE         1483/+85               11-KY BUSCH     1359/+52                             

12-K Kahne          1454/+56               12-J McMurray    1320/+13

 

13-D Ragan          1398/-56                13-Dale Jr            1307/-13                11-C Mears          1374/-38

14-R Newman     1369/-85                14-M Martin          1289/-31                12-D HAMLIN       1362/-50

15-MTruex            1291/-163             15-JJ Yeley          1261/-59                13-G Biffle            1340/-72

16-M KENSETH  1264/-190             16-M TRUEX        1232/-88                14-C Edwards     1331/-81

                                                                17-B Labonte       1231/-89                15-C Bowyer       1287/-125

18-R Newman     1214/-106             16-D Jarrett         1271/-141

19-G Biffle            1189/-131             17-E Sadler          1259/-153

                                                                20-E Sadler          1182/-138

                                                                21-D Stremme    1182/-138            

                                                                22-J Montoya       1159/-161

                               

 

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON      1747/+318            1-DALEJR            1798/+378

2-G BIFFLE           1676/+247            2-JJOHNSON      1793/+373

3-E Sadler            1542/+113            3-M KENSETH     1687/+267

4-R NEWMAN      1530/+101            4-J GORDON       1654/+234

5-J Gordon           1516/+87               5-T STEWART      1587/+167

6-T STEWART     1488/+59               6-B Labonte         1554/+134

7-K Harvick         1485/+56               7-E SADLER        1537/+117

8-C EDWARDS    1459/+30               8-KU BUSCH       1521/+101

9-J McMurray      1451/+22               9-R NEWMAN      1500/+803

10-KU BUSCH    1441/+12               10-K Harvick       1498/+78

 

11-R WALLACE   1429/-12                11-K Kahne          1420/-78

12-M MARTIN      1423/-18                12-J McMurray    1414/-84

13-J MAYFIELD   1417/-24                13-R Wallace       1381/-117

14-D Jarrett         1406/-35                14-J MAYFIELD   1350/-148

15-Dale Jr            1397/-44                15-M MARTIN      1336/-162

16-K Kahne          1351/-90

17-J Burton          1325/-116

18-M Waltrip        1295/-146                            

23-MKENSETH   1149/-292

 

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