2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #19 of 26:  Chicagoland

Races Left to the Chase:  7

 

 

                                                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     2745       +474       34/61      -79          678/E      2—2—2                 8              13           2

2/2/2-JGORDON   2642       +371       3/170      +30         815/+5   0—2—4                 10           11           0

3/3/3-JOHNSON   2557       +286       25/98      -42          708/+3   5—1—1                 8              11           3

4/5/5-HAMLIN       2542       +271       8/142      +2           615/-1    5—0—0                 7              8              1

5/4/4-KUBUSCH   2524       +253       26/85      -55          643/E      2—0—4                 7              11           2

6/6/10-KyBusch   2488       +217       17/112   -28          444/-4    2—1—2                 5              9              2

7/8/17-Burton       2465       +194       7/146      +6           662/+1   0—1—1                 4              9              0

8/7/12-Kenseth    2446       +175       13/124   -16          553/-4    0—1—1                 4              8              0

 

9/9/1-STEWART   2389       +118       9/138      -2            704/+4   0—2—1                 4              9              0

10/12/6-EDWARDS 2345   +74         2/175      +35         622/-1    0—1—0                 2              8              1

11/10/13-BIFFLE  2292       +21         35/58      -82          639/-1    0—0—1                 2              10           1

12/14/15-Bowyer 2286      +15         4/165      +25         600/E      0—0—0                 2              10           1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/11/21-DaleJr  2271       -15          23/94      -22          672/+3   0—1—0                 2              6              0

14/13/11-MARTIN 2249      -37          15/118   +2           574/-3    0—0—0                 5              6              1

15/17/14-Reutmn 2190      -96          1/190      +74         650/+4   1—0—0                 4              4              3

16/15/7-NEWMAN 2187     -99          22/97      -19          519/-2    1—0—0                 2              6              3

17/16/8-KAHNE    2166       -120        6/150      +34         721/+6   0—2—0                 5              7              4

21/21/19-MONTYA 2044    -242        16/120   +4           455/-1    0—0—2                 4              8              7

09  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

 

CHASE SEEDING

1—Jimmie Johnson          5050                       7—Tony Stewart                 5000

2—Denny Hamlin                5050                       8—Jeff Burton                     5000

3—Kevin Harvick                5020                       9—Matt Kenseth                 5000

4—Kyle Busch                     5020                       10—Carl Edwards              5000

5—Kurt Busch                     5020                       11—Greg Biffle                    5000

6—Jeff Gordon                    5000                       12—Clint Bowyer                5000

 

NOTES:

 

·          BIG RACE FOR CARL:  Carl Edwards picked a good time for his first podium finish of 2010, finishing a strong second at Chicagoland. He catapulted from 12^th to 10^th, and picked up 35 precious points over 13^th place, now 74 ahead.

·          DALE JR. GOES BACKWARD:  Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a brief stay in the Top 12, as his 23^rd at Joliet dropped him back to 13^th. The #88 was not competitive at Chicagoland and driver and team will need to find some momentum for the final push to Richmond.

·          REUTIMANN RACES INTO CONTENTION:  David Reutimann’s win at Joliet was a feel-good story, and the MWR driver also drove himself into Chase contention, gaining two spots and 74 points on 12^th place. Reutimann now sits within a one-race margin of 12^th. He was in Chase contention throughout 2009, and may be ready to make the final jump.

·          KAHNE HANGS TOUGH:  Kasey Kahne’s sixth at Chicagoland gained him 34 points and another position on 12^th. Kasey is just 120 points out in 17^th, and has the second most points (721) over the last five races.

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-STEWART         2884/+599

2-JGORDON         2709/+424

3-JJOHNSON       2672/+387

4-KU BUSCH         2526/+241

5-HAMLIN              2457/+172

6-EDWARDS         2438/+153

7-NEWMAN           2385/+100

8-KAHNE               2336/+51

9-MONTOYA         2321/+36

10-Ky Busch        2298/+13

11-MARTIN           2296/+11

12-Kenseth          2295/+10

                                         Out of

                                         12^th

13-BIFFLE              2285/-10

14-Reutimann      2219/-76

15-Bowyer            2169/-126

16-VICKERS         2149/-146

17-Burton             2113/-182

21-Dale Jr             1928/-367

25-Harvick            1789/-506

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH        2881/+625            1-JGORDON         2911/+790            1-JJOHNSON       2789/+458

2-DALE JR            2619/+363            2-D HAMLIN          2608/+487            2-M KENSETH      2721/+390

3-JBURTON          2590/+334            3-M KENSETH      2565/+444            3-J BURTON         2478/+147

4-C EDWARDS     2509/+253            4-J BURTON         2491/+370            4-KY BUSCH         2455/+124

5-J JOHNSON      2494/+238            5-C EDWARDS     2473/+352            5-M MARTIN         2451/+120

6-J GORDON        2384/+128            6-T STEWART      2429/+308            6-K KAHNE            2445/+114

7-G BIFFLE            2318/+62               7-J JOHNSON      2423/+302            7-DALE JR            2428/+97

8-M KENSETH      2317/+61               8-K HARVICK        2337/+216            8-K HARVICK        2408/+77

9-K HARVICK        2308/+52               9-KY BUSCH         2314/+193            9-J GORDON        2342/+11

10-T STEWART    2305/+49               10-C BOWYER     2281/+160            10-G Biffle             2342/+11

11-K Kahne          2295/+39               11-M TRUEX         2208/+87                              

12-D HAMLIN        2283/+27               12-Dale Jr             2151/+30

 

13-C BOWYER     2256/-27                13-R Newman      2121/-30                11-T Stewart        2331/-11

14-B Vickers        2188/-95                14-KU BUSCH      2074/-77                12-D HAMLIN        2324/-18

15-D Ragan          2185/-98                15-J McMurray    2040/-111             13-C Edwards      2196/-146

 

 

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON       2672/+439            1-JJOHNSON       2850/+608

2-G BIFFLE            2595/+362            2-DALE JR            2685/+443

3-T STEWART     2587/+354            3-J GORDON        2648/+406

4-R WALLACE      2442/+209            4-T STEWART      2548/+306

5-KU BUSCH         2347/+114            5-M KENSETH      2481/+239

6-R NEWMAN       2347/+114            6-KU BUSCH       2396/+154

7-M MARTIN         2320/+87               7-B Labonte         2390/+148

8-J MAYFIELD      2285/+52               8-E SADLER          2370/+128

9-E Sadler             2276/+43               9-K Harvick          2353/+111

10-D Jarrett         2254/+21               10-R NEWMAN     2348/+106

 

11-J McMurray    2233/-21                11-J MAYFIELD    2242/-106

12-C EDWARDS   2200/-54                12-D Jarrett         2221/-127

13-Dale Jr             2195/-59                13-J McMurray    2214/-134

14-K Harvick        2149/-105             15-M MARTIN       2156/-192

15-J Gordon         2134/-120            

16-M KENSETH    2104/-150            

 

Eventual champion in italics

Underline denotes last driver with more than one-race margin over 13^th place. Until 2007, the most points you could lose to another driver if you started  the race was 156. With the extra five points for winning instituted in 2007, you can now lose 161.

 

 

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