2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #13 of 26:  Charlotte #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

 

1/1/24-Harvick    1898       +355       11/130   -9            787/+3   1—2—1                 4              9              1

2/2/6-KyBusch    1869       +326       3/170      +31         849/+4   2—0—2                 4              8              0

3/3/8-Kenseth      1781       +238       10/139   E             641/-1    0—1—1                 4              8              0

4/6/2-JGORDON 1760       +217       6/155      +16         732/+1   0—2—2                 5              6              0

5/5/7-HAMLIN      1732       +189       18/114   -25          759/+6   3—0—0                 5              5              0

6/9/4-KUBUSCH 1726       +183       1/195      +56         727/+3   2—0—2                 5              7              2

 

7/4/3-JOHNSON  1694       +151       37/57      -82          446/-6    3—1—1                 5              7              3

8/8/10-Burton      1657       +114       25/88      -51          652/E     0—1—1                 3              5              0

9/7/9-BIFFLE        1648       +105       32/67      -72          602/-6    0—0—1                 2              8              0

10/11/12-MARTIN 1635     +92         4/160      +21         641/E     0—0—0                 5              6              1

11/10/11-EDWRDS 1602  +59         16/115   -24          671/+4   0—0—0                 1              6              1

12/13/5-NEWMAN 1547    +4           9/143      +4           615/+4   1—0—0                 2              5              3

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/15/16-Bowyer 1543      -4            7/151      +38         603/+1   0—0—0                 1              7              1

14/12/19-Truex    1533       -14          23/99      -14          615/+3   0—0—0                 1              4              1

15/17/22-McMury 1521     -26          2/175      +62         698/+6   1—3—0                 4              5              1

16/14/1-STEWART 1520   -27          15/123   +10         579/-3    0—1—0                 1              4              0

17/16/18-DaleJr  1493       -54          22/102   -11          480/-10  0—1—0                 1              3              0

18/18/23-Logano 1461       -86          13/129   +16         520/-6    0—1—0                 2              5              2

19/20/13-Reutmn 1422     -125        5/160      +47         699/+11 0—0—0                 3              3              3

 

20/19/15-MONTYA 1371   -176        38/49      -64          582/+4   0—0—2                 4              6              6

21/21/14-KAHNE1364       -183        12/127   +14         543/+1   0—0—0                 2              3              3

 

2009  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

 

CHASE SEEDING

1—Jimmie Johnson          5030                       7—Jeff Gordon                   5000

2—Denny Hamlin               5030                       8—Matt Kenseth                5000

3—Kyle Busch                    5020                       9—Jeff Burton                    5000

4—Kurt Busch                    5020                       10—Greg Biffle                   5000

5—Kevin Harvick               5010                       11—Mark Martin                 5000

6—Ryan Newman              5010                       12—Carl Edwards             5000

 

 

NOTES:

·         HALFWAY TURNAROUND AWARD GOES TO HAPPY:  Kevin Harvick has improved 23 positions from 2009 to this season. Last year at the halfway mark in The Race to the Chase, Harvick was mired in 24^th place, 306 points out of the Top 12. Harvick enters the second 13 races in first place, a comfortable 355 points ahead of 13^th. Happy has scored 637 more points than last year. Tony Stewart is 15 spots worse than last year, and is jeopardy of missing the 2010 Chase.

·         JIMMIE’S WORST POSITION?  Jimmie Johnson’s 37^th at Charlotte dropped him to 7^th place and in the “danger zone,” within one race of dropping out of the T12. But, Jimmie was in a little more danger at the halfway mark in 2008, only 128 points out of 13^th. He enters the second half 151 points ahead of 13^th. Of course, Johnson went on to win the 2008 title.

·         WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF MOVING INTO THE T12?  In the six year history of The Chase, no more than two drivers out of the T12 at the halfway mark have been able to make the field.

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-STEWART         1853/+317

2-JGORDON        1807/+271

3-JJOHNSON      1789/+253

4-KU BUSCH       1762/+226

5-NEWMAN          1680/+144

6-Ky Busch          1634/+98

7-HAMLIN             1630/+94

8-Kenseth            1625/+89

9-BIFFLE               1618/+82

10-Burton             1587/+51

11-EDWARDS     1582/+46

12-MARTIN           1567/+31

                                         Out of

                                         12^th

13-Reutimann     1536/-31

14-KAHNE            1501/-66

15-MONTOYA      1475/-92

16-Bowyer           1449/-118

17-Vickers           1436/-131

18-Dale Jr            1352/-215

24-Harvick           1261/-306

 

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH      2050/+534            1-JGORDON        2059/+648            1-JJOHNSON      2011/+519

2-JBURTON         1908+392             2-JJOHNSON      1907/+496            2-M KENSETH     1937/+445

3-DALEJR            1779/+263            3-MKENSETH      1869/+458            3-M MARTIN         1795/+303

4-C EDWARDS    1713/+197            4-DHAMLIN          1842/+431            4-DALE JR           1729/+237

5-G BIFFLE           1658/+142            5-JBURTON         1704/+293            5-T Stewart          1718/+226

6-J GORDON       1646/+130            6-C EDWARDS    1584/+173            6-K KAHNE          1715/+223

7-J JOHNSON     1644/+128            7-T STEWART      1573/+162            7-J BURTON        1615/+123

8-C BOWYER      1633/+117            8-C BOWYER      1525/+114            8-K HARVICK      1591/+99

9-D HAMLIN         1630/+114            9-K HARVICK      1518/+107            9-J GORDON       1583/+91

10-K HARVICK    1566/+50               10-KY BUSCH     1471/+60               10-KY BUSCH     1572/+80

11-T STEWART   1551/+35               11-M Martin          1435/+24                              

12-K Kahne          1524/+8                 12-M TRUEX        1427/+16

 

13-D Ragan          1516/-8                  13-J McMurray    1411/-16                11-D HAMLIN       1492/-80

14-R Newman     1495/-29                14-Dale Jr            1404/-23                12-G Biffle            1487/-85

15-MTruex            1441/-83                15-R Newman     1389/-38                13-C Mears          1474/-98

16-M KENSETH  1429/-95                16-B Labonte       1340/-87                14-C Edwards     1454/-118

17-J Montoya       1390/-134             17-KU BUSCH    1339/-88                15-J McMurray    1421/-151

18-T Kvapil           1370/-154             18-G Biffle            1339/-88               

19-JJ Yeley          1313/-114

                                                                20-E Sadler          1267/-160

                                                               

 

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON      1912/+350            1-DALEJR            1963/+431

2-G BIFFLE           1866/+304            2-JJOHNSON      1865/+333

3-E Sadler            1681/+119            3-M KENSETH     1784/+252

4-R NEWMAN      1672/+110            4-T STEWART      1767/+235

5-T STEWART     1606/+44               5-J GORDON       1709/+177

6-M MARTIN         1588/+26               6-KU BUSCH       1648/+116

7-R WALLACE     1584/+22               7-E SADLER        1646/+114

8-KU BUSCH       1579/+17               8-B Labonte         1642/+110

9-C EDWARDS    1574/+12               9-K Harvick         1632/+100

10-K Harvick       1573/+11               10-R NEWMAN    1596/+64

 

11-J Gordon         1562/-11                11-J McMurray    1532/-64

12-J MAYFIELD   1538/-35                12-K Kahne          1525/-71

13-J McMurray    1536/-37                13-M MARTIN      1521/-75

14-D Jarrett         1500/-73                14-R Wallace       1505/-91

15-Dale Jr            1494/-79                15-J MAYFIELD   1497/-99

16-J Burton          1452/-121

17-M Waltrip        1419/-154

22-MKENSETH   1295/-278

 

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