2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #16 of 26:  Infineon

 

                                                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

 

1/1/25-Harvick     2334       +459       3/165      +73         708/E      1—2—2                 6              11           1

2/6/3-JOHNSON   2194       +319       1/195      +103       682/E      4—1—1                 7              10           3

3/2/9-KyBusch     2193       +318       39/46      -46          684/E      2—1—2                 5              9              1

4/3/7-HAMLIN       2183       +308       34/61      -31          725/+2   5—0—0                 7              7              1

5/7/2-JGORDON   2142       +267       5/155      +63         667/-1    0—2—2                 7              8              0

6/4/4-KUBUSCH   2118       +243       32/67      -25          698/+2   2—0—3                 6              9              2

7/5/10-Kenseth    2092       +217       30/73      -19          620/-2    0—1—1                 4              8              0

 

8/8/15-Burton       2027       +152       27/82      -10          633/+1   0—1—1                 3              7              0

9/9/8-BIFFLE         2011       +136       7/146      +54         654/-2    0—0—1                 2              10           0

10/11/1-STEWART 1983    +108       9/143      +51         724/+8   0—1—1                 3              7              0

11/12/11-MARTIN 1947      +72         14/121   +29         590/-1    0—0—0                 5              6              1

12/10/5-EDWARDS 1932   +57         29/76      -16          593/-1    0—0—0                 1              6              1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/14/20-DaleJr  1875       -57          11/130   +24         557/-1    0—1—0                 1              4              0

14/13/16-Bowyer 1858      -74          31/75      -31          578/+1   0—0—0                 1              8              1

15/15/6-NEWMAN 1850     -82          16/115   +9           570/-1    1—0—0                 2              5              3

16/18/19-McMury 1790     -142        15/118   +12         511/E      1—3—0                 4              5              2

17/17/24-Logano 1783       -149        33/64      -42          585/+2   0—1—0                 2              6              2

18/21/13-KAHNE 1781       -151        4/160      +54         653/+4   0—1—0                 4              5              3

19/16/22-Truex    1775       -157        42/42      -64          473/-6    0—0—0                 1              4              2

20/20/12-MONTYA 1771    -161        10/134   +28         507/-3    0—0—2                 4              8              6

09  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

 

 

CHASE SEEDING

1—Denny Hamlin                5050                       7—Matt Kenseth 5000

2—Jimmie Johnson          5040                       8—Jeff Burton                     5000

3—Kyle Busch                     5020                       9—Tony Stewart                 5000

4—Kurt Busch                     5020                       10—Greg Biffle                    5000

5—Kevin Harvick                5010                       11—Carl Edwards              5000

6—Jeff Gordon                    5000                       12—Mark Martin                 5000

 

NOTES:

 

·          WHO’S GOING TO CHALLENGE FOR THE CHASE?  The question has to be asked:  who currently outside the Top 12 can mount a challenge to displace one of the current occupants? Dale Jr. might dink his way into the T12, especially if someone falters, and he might have to, with only one top five and four Top 10s in 16 races. Clint Bowyer is capable but the #33 car of late has been mediocre at best. Kasey Kahne, a lame duck in the #9 car, lurks 151 points out in 18^th place, and is capable of scoring points in bunches.

·          WHO MIGHT FALL OUT OF THE T12:  Mark Martin (+72) and Carl Edwards (+57) have to rank at the top of the list. Neither has a podium finish this year, but Mark outdoes Carl in top 5s, 5-1. Edwards has been getting by on avoiding disaster.

·          GIVE A CALL TO HAPPY:  Kevin Harvick sits comfortably atop the standings, 459 points ahead of 13^th place, and 24 spots better than last year.

 

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-STEWART         2364/+450

2-JGORDON         2280/+366

3-JJOHNSON       2207/+293

4-KU BUSCH         2084/+170

5-EDWARDS         2051/+137

6-NEWMAN           2046/+132

7-HAMLIN              2009/+95

8-BIFFLE                1992/+78

9-Ky Busch           1962/+48

10-Kenseth          1957/+43

11-MARTIN           1926/+12

12-MONTOYA       1917/+3

                                         Out of

                                         12^th

13-KAHNE             1914/-3

14-Reutimann      1877/-40

15-Burton             1871/-46

16-Bowyer            1852/-65

17-VICKERS         1794/-123

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH        2408/+518            1-JGORDON         2438/+719            1-JJOHNSON       2434/+498

2-JBURTON          2305/+415            2-D HAMLIN          2267/+548            2-M KENSETH      2333/+397

3-DALEJR             2256/+366            3-M KENSETH      2105/+386            3-K KAHNE            2121/+185

4-C EDWARDS     2150/+260            4-J BURTON         2084/+365            4-M MARTIN         2113/+177

5-J JOHNSON      2082/+192            5-J JOHNSON      2072/+353            5-DALE JR            2105/+169

6-J GORDON        2041/+151            6-T STEWART      2058/+339            6-J BURTON         2034/+98

7-G BIFFLE            2019/+129            7-C EDWARDS     2019/+300            7-T Stewart          2012/+76

8-D HAMLIN          2008/+118            8-K HARVICK        1964/+245            8-J GORDON        1986/+50

9-K Kahne             1958/+68               9-C BOWYER        1934/+215            9-G Biffle               1967/+31

10-C BOWYER     1924/+34               10-KY BUSCH       1905/+186            10-K HARVICK     1945/+9

11-T STEWART    1908/+18               11-M TRUEX         1863/+144                           

12-M KENSETH    1892/+2                 12-Dale Jr             1815/+96

 

13-K HARVICK     1890/-2                  13-R Newman      1719/-9                  11-D HAMLIN        1936/-9

14-D Ragan          1845/-47                14-J McMurray    1686/-129             12-KY BUSCH       1925/-20

15-B Vickers        1788/-104             15-M Martin          1662/-153             13-C Edwards      1872/-73

16-R Newman      1787/-105             16-KU BUSCH      1644/-171            

17-M Truex           1785/-107            

                               

 

 

2005                                                       2004

1-G BIFFLE            2250/+348            1-JJOHNSON       2375/+483

2-J JOHNSON      2228/+326            2-DALE JR            2348/+456

3-E Sadler             2073/+171            3-M KENSETH      2143/+251

4-T STEWART     2052/+150            4-J GORDON        2123/+231

5-M MARTIN         2022/+120            5-E SADLER          2067/+175

6-R WALLACE      2013/+111            6-T STEWART      2043/+151

7-R NEWMAN       1994/+92               7-B Labonte         2018/+126

8-KU BUSCH         1978/+76               8-KU BUSCH       1993/+101

9-C EDWARDS     1963/+61               9-R NEWMAN       1980/+88

10-J McMurray    1923/+21               10-K Harvick        1974/+82

 

11-J MAYFIELD    1902/-21                11-J McMurray    1892/-82

12-D Jarrett         1870/-53                12-K Kahne          1891/-83

13-K Harvick        1855/-68                13-J MAYFIELD    1851/-123

14-J Gordon         1836/-87                14-D Jarrett         1803/-171

15-M Waltrip        1827/-96                15-M MARTIN       1789/-185

20-M KENSETH    1652/-271            

 

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