2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #17 of 26:  New Hampshire #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

 

1/1/27-Harvick     2489       +472       5/155      +13         717/E      1—2—2                 7              12           1

2/2/3-JOHNSON   2384       +367       1/190      +48         747/+2   5—1—1                 8              11           3

3/3/8-KyBusch     2328       +311       11/135   -7            629/-1    2—1—2                 5              9              1

4/4/6-HAMLIN       2304       +287       14/121   -21          686/+1   5—0—0                 7              7              1

5/5/2-JGORDON   2302       +285       4/160      +18         697/+1   0—2—2                 8              9              0

6/6/4-KUBUSCH   2288       +271       3/170      +28         757/+3   2—0—4                 7              10           2

7/7/10-Kenseth    2204       +187       17/112   -30          562/-4    0—1—1                 4              8              0

 

8/8/16-Burton       2159       +142       12/132   -10          590/E      0—1—1                 3              7              0

9/10/1-STEWART 2158      +141       2/175      +33         761/+5   0—2—1                 4              8              0

10/9/9-BIFFLE       2126       +109       16/115   -27          619/-3    0—0—1                 2              10           0

11/11/11-MARTIN 2047      +30         21/100   -42          608/E      0—0—0                 5              6              1

12/12/5-EDWARDS 2020   +3           25/88      -54          539/-2    0—0—0                 1              6              1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/13/19-DaleJr  2017       -3            8/142      +54         626/+3   0—1—0                 1              5              0

14/15/7-NEWMAN 2005     -15          6/155      +67         601/-1    1—0—0                 2              6              3

15/14/15-Bowyer                2004      -16          7/146      +58         612/E      0—0—0                 1              9              1

16/17/21-Logano 1921       -99          9/138      +50         589/+2   0—1—0                 2              7              2

17/16/22-McMury 1899     -121        18/109   +21         553/E      1—3—0                 4              5              2

18/19/24-Truex    1872       -148        22/97      +9           438/-6    0—0—0                 1              4              2

19/21/14-Reutmn 1870      -150        15/118   +30         608/+1   0—0—0                 3              3              3

 

20/18/13-KAHNE  1846       -174        36/65      -23          610/+1   0—1—0                 4              5              4

22/20/12-MONTYA 1837    -183        34/66      -22          515/-3    0—0—2                 4              8              7

2009  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

CHASE SEEDING

1—Jimmie Johnson          5050                       7—Tony Stewart                 5000

2—Denny Hamlin                5050                       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—Jeff Gordon                    5000                       12—Carl Edwards              5000

 

NOTES:

·          ROUSH IN JEOPARDY:  Carl Edwards’ lackluster 25^th at Loudon chopped 54 of the 57 point advantage he held over 13^th place after Infineon. His decline over the last several races has brought several drivers into close contention for the Top 12. He is joined in jeopardy by stablemate Greg Biffle, who has lost three positions over the last five faces and now sits only 109 points ahead of 13^th.  Matt Kenseth, the third Roushie currently in the T12, has lost altitude as well, dropping four spots over the last five, and is one bad race away from being in the danger zone.

·          DALE JR. ON THE MOVE:  Dale Earnhardt Jr. has righted the ship, and while not spectacular, is clicking off top 10s. He’s moved up three spots over the last five races and lurks just 3 points out of 12^th. A podium finish at DIS could catapult Junior to a Chase run.

·          BAD DAYS FOR ’09 CHASERS KAHNE, MONTOYA:  Kasey Kahne’s 36^th and Juan Montoya’s 34^th deprived them of opportunities to make up valuable ground on 12^th place. Though not out of it, they need to record some top fives, and soon.

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-STEWART         2524/+476

2-JGORDON         2455/+407

3-JJOHNSON       2355/+307

4-KU BUSCH         2254/+206

5-EDWARDS         2157/+109

6-HAMLIN              2132/+84

7-NEWMAN           2127/+79

8-Ky Busch           2108/+60

9-BIFFLE                2106/+58

10-Kenseth          2054/+6

11-MARTIN           2052/+4

12-MONTOYA       2049/+1

                                         Out of

                                         12^th

13-KAHNE             2048/-1

14-Reutimann      2037/-12

15-Bowyer            1955/-94

16-Burton             1941/-108

17-VICKERS         ?????/-???

 

 

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

1- KY BUSCH        2496/+495            1-JGORDON         2613/+755            1-JJOHNSON       2501/+459

2-JBURTON          2432/+431            2-D HAMLIN          2457/+599            2-M KENSETH      2493/+451

3-DALEJR             2352/+351            3-M KENSETH      2248/+390            3-DALE JR            2234/+192

4-C EDWARDS     2262/+261            4-J JOHNSON      2232/+374            4-K KAHNE            2209/+167

5-J JOHNSON      2220/+219            5-J BURTON         2230/+372            5-T Stewart          2202/+160

6-J GORDON        2171/+170            6-T STEWART      2185/+327            6-M MARTIN         2177/+135

7-D HAMLIN          2150/+149            7-C EDWARDS     2148/+290            7-J BURTON         2152/+110

8-G BIFFLE            2119/+118            8-K HARVICK        2106/+248            8-KY BUSCH         2095/+53

9-T STEWART      2042/+41               9-M TRUEX           2033/+175            9-K HARVICK        2088/+46

10-K Kahne          2031/+30               10-KY BUSCH       2015/+157            10-D HAMLIN        2048/+6

11-C BOWYER     2021/+20               11-C BOWYER     1986/+128                           

12-K HARVICK     2016/+15               12-Dale Jr             1985/+127

 

13-M KENSETH    2001/-15                13-R Newman      1858/-127             11-G Biffle             2042/-6

14-M Truex           1945/-71                14-J McMurray    1801/-184             12-J GORDON      2034/-14

15-R Newman      1905/-111             15-KU BUSCH      1749/-236             13-Ku Busch        1945/-103

16-B Vickers        1903/-113                                                                             14-C Edwards      1923/-125            

17-D Ragan          1888/-128                                                                             15-C Mears          1903/-145

                               

 

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON       2378/+349            1-JJOHNSON       2545/+561

2-G BIFFLE            2305/+276            2-DALE JR            2518/+534

3-T STEWART     2242/+213            3-J GORDON        2313/+329

4-E Sadler             2178/+149            4-T STEWART      2203/+219

5-R WALLACE      2173/+144            5-M KENSETH      2189/+205

6-R NEWMAN       2115/+86               6-B Labonte         2164/+180

7-J McMurray      2093/+64               7-KU BUSCH       2153/+169

8-M MARTIN         2068/+39               8-E SADLER          2152/+168

9-KU BUSCH         2030/+1                 9-R NEWMAN       2112/+128

10-D Jarrett         2030/+1                 10-K Harvick        2095/+111

 

11-J MAYFIELD    2029/-1                  11-K Kahne          1984/-111

12-C EDWARDS   2027/-3                  12-J MAYFIELD    1948/-147

13-J Gordon         1982/-48                13-J McMurray    1944/-151

14-K Harvick        1946/-84                14-M MARTIN       1939/-156

15-J Burton          1891/-139            

19-M KENSETH    1790/-240            

 

 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