2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #14 of 26:  Pocono #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

 

1/1/26-Harvick    2063       +378       4/165      +23         762/+1   1—2—1                 5              10           1

2/2/9-KyBusch    2044       +359       2/175      +33         881/+3   2—1—2                 5              9              0

3/5/12-HAMLIN    1927       +242       1/195      +53         789/+6   4—0—0                 6              6              0

4/3/8-Kenseth      1893       +208       17/112   -30          669/E     0—1—1                 4              8              0

5/6/5-KUBUSCH 1881       +196       6/155      +13         735/+2   2—0—2                 5              8              2

6/7/3-JOHNSON  1849       +164       5/155      +13         526/-5    3—1—1                 6              8              3

 

7/4/2-JGORDON 1827       +142       32/67      -75          697/+3   0—2—2                 5              6              0

8/8/10-Burton      1803       +118       7/146      +4           721/+4   0—1—1                 3              6              0

9/11/6-EDWARDS 1729    +44         12/127   -15          668/+4   0—0—0                 1              6              1

10/9/7-BIFFLE      1727       +42         28/79      -63          564/-7    0—0—1                 2              8              0

11/10/13-MARTIN 1711     +26         29/76      -66          557/-5    0—0—0                 5              6              1

12/13/16-Bowyer 1686      +1           9/143      +1           600/-1    0—0—0                 1              8              1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/16/1-STEWART 1685   -1            3/165      +26         624/+1   0—1—1                 2              5              0

14/12/4-NEWMAN 1668    -18          14/121   -18          673/+4   1—0—0                 2              5              3

15/14/19-Truex    1621       -65          25/88      -51          576/E     0—0—0                 1              4              1

16/17/20-DaleJr  1599       -87          19/106   -33          457/-8    0—1—0                 1              3              0

17/18/25-Logano 1585       -101        13/124   -15          584/-1    0—1—0                 2              5              2

18/15/22-McMury 1576     -110        36/55      -84          578/-1    1—3—0                 4              5              2

19/19/11-Reutmn 1540     -146        15/118   -21          691/+8   0—0—0                 3              3              3

 

20/20/15-MONTYA 1513   -173        8/142      +3           554/E     0—0—2                 4              7              6

23/21/14-KAHNE 1446      -240        27/82      -57          521/E     0—0—0                 2              3              3             

 

2009  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

 

 

CHASE SEEDING

 

1—Denny Hamlin               5040                       7—Matt Kenseth                5000

2—Jimmie Johnson          5030                       8—Jeff Burton                    5000

3—Kyle Busch                    5020                       9—Greg Biffle                     5000

4—Kurt Busch                    5020                       10—Carl Edwards             5000

5—Kevin Harvick               5010                       11—Mark Martin                 5000

6—Jeff Gordon                   5000                       12—Clint Bowyer               5000

 

 

 

NOTES:

 

·         NEWMAN OUT, BOWYER IN … FOR NOW:  Ryan Newman placed 14^th and Clint Bowyer managed a 9^th, and that was all it took for Bowyer to unseat Newman in this week’s Top 12. Tony Stewart’s strong third place run brought him within a single point of the T12.

·         KAHNE OUT OF CONTENTION?  Kasey Kahne’s harrowing wreck at Pocono ruined the finish for a lot of cars, and may have put the Bud driver out of serious contention for the ’10 Chase.  The 27^th place finish dropped him to 240 points out of the T12, in 23^rd place. Only once in the history of The Race to the Chase has a driver come from that far back:  Matt Kenseth overcame a 320-point deficit in 24^th place at this point in 2005.

·         DENNY’S HOT, ROWDY’S SCORING MORE POINTS:  Denny Hamlin has found Victory Lane four of the last 9 races, but his teammate Kyle Busch has a string of 8 straight top 10 finishes over that stretch, and five podium finishes. Over the last five races, Rowdy has outscored Hamlin by 92 points.

 

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-STEWART         2043/+365

2-JGORDON        1972/+294

3-JJOHNSON      1940/+262

4-NEWMAN          1840/+162

5-KU BUSCH       1819/+141

6-EDWARDS        1762/+84

7-BIFFLE               1753/+75

8-Kenseth            1745/+67

9-Ky Busch          1731/+53

10-Burton             1725/+47

11-Reutimann     1701/+23

12-HAMLIN           1679/+1

                                         Out of

                                         12^th

13-MARTIN           1678/-1

14-KAHNE            1619/-60

15-MONTOYA      1617/-62

16-Bowyer           1576/-103

17-VICKERS        1536/-143

 

 

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH      2084/+477            1-JGORDON        2249/+685            1-JJOHNSON      2145/+501

2-JBURTON         2063/+456            2-M KENSETH     2007/+443            2-M KENSETH     2097/+453

3-DALEJR            1939/+332            3-D HAMLIN         2002/+438            3-M MARTIN         1907/+263

4-C EDWARDS    1856/+249            4-J JOHNSON     1944/+380            4-T Stewart          1888/+244

5-D HAMLIN         1800/+193            5-JBURTON         1828/+264            5-K KAHNE          1866/+222

6-J JOHNSON     1799/+192            6-T STEWART      1733/+169            6-DALE JR           1850/+206

7-G BIFFLE           1781/+174            7-C EDWARDS    1710/+146            7-J BURTON        1758/+114

8-J GORDON       1767/+160            8-C BOWYER      1659/+95               8-K HARVICK      1715/+71

9-K Kahne            1719/+112            9-K HARVICK      1648/+84               9-D HAMLIN         1682/+38

10-K HARVICK    1690/+83               10-KY BUSCH     1613/+49               10-KY BUSCH     1669/+25

11-C BOWYER    1679/+72               11-M TRUEX        1597/+33                              

12-T STEWART   1614/+7                 12-M Martin          1586/+22

 

13-D Ragan          1607/-7                  13-R Newman     1564/-22                11-J GORDON     1644/-25

14-R Newman     1604/-10                14-Dale Jr            1531/-55                12-G Biffle            1642/-27

15-M KENSETH  1580/-34                15-J McMurray    1487/-99                13-C Edwards     1547/-122

16-M Truex           1558/-56                16-KU BUSCH    1454/-132             14-J McMurray    1530/-139

17-B Vickers       1502/-112             17-B Labonte       1446/-140             15-C Mears          1508/-161

18-T Kvapil           1464/-150             18-JJ Yeley          1425/-161

19-B Labonte       1455/-159            

               

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON      2062/+381            1-DALEJR            2113/+441

2-G BIFFLE           1939/+258            2-JJOHNSON      2055/+383

3-E Sadler            1781/+100            3-M KENSETH     1889/+217

4-C EDWARDS    1759/+78               4-J GORDON       1874/+202

5-M MARTIN         1734/+53               5-T STEWART      1854/+182

6-R NEWMAN      1733/+52               6-B Labonte         1812/+140

7-K Harvick         1715/+34               7-KU BUSCH       1803/+131

8-R WALLACE     1714/+33               8-E SADLER        1773/+101

9-J Gordon           1700/+19               9-K Harvick         1735/+63

10-T STEWART   1682/+1                 10-R NEWMAN    1674/+2

 

11-KU BUSCH    1681/-1                  11-J MAYFIELD   1672/-2

12-J McMurray    1670/-12                12-J McMurray    1670/-4

13-J MAYFIELD   1659/-23                13-K Kahne          1651/-23

14-D Jarrett         1624/-58                14-M MARTIN      1581/-93

15-M Waltrip        1579/-103             15-R Wallace       1572/-102

16-Dale Jr            1558/-124             16-C Mears          1524/-150

17-J Burton          1558/-124

24-MKENSETH   1362/-320

 

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