2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #20 of 26:  Indy

Races Left to the Chase:  6

 

 

                                                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

 

1/1/23-Harvick     2920       +536       2/175      +62         747/E      2—3—2                 9              14           2

2/2/3-JGORDON   2736       +352       23/94      -19          749/+5   0—2—4                 10           11           0

3/4/6-HAMLIN       2660       +276       15/118   +5           538/E      5—0—0                 7              8              1

4/3/2-JOHNSON   2659       +275       22/102   -11          660/+2   5—1—1                 8              11           3

5/5/4-KUBUSCH   2658       +274       10/134   +21         607/-1    2—0—4                 7              12           2

6/6/14-KyBusch   2630       +246       8/142      +29         483/-4    2—1—2                 5              10           2

7/7/17-Burton       2615       +231       6/150      +37         670/+1   0—1—1                 4              10           0

8/8/12-Kenseth    2573       +189       12/127   +14         554/-3    0—1—1                 4              8              0

 

9/9/1-STEWART   2544       +160       5/155      +42         704/+2   0—2—1                 5              10           0

10/10/5-EDWRDS 2496      +112       7/151      +38         646/E      0—1—0                 2              9              1

11/11/11-BIFFLE  2462       +78         3/170      +57         671/-2    0—0—2                 3              11           1

12/12/16-Bowyer 2446      +62         4/160      +47         668/+1   0—0—0                 3              11           1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/14/9-MARTIN  2384       -62          11/135   -25          594/-1    0—0—0                 5              6              1

14/13/22-DaleJr  2353       -93          27/82      -78          608/E      0—1—0                 2              6              0

15/16/7-NEWMAN 2299     -147        17/112   -48          474/E      1—0—0                 2              6              3

16/18/20-McMury 2295     -151        1/190      +30         623/+2   2—3—0                 6              7              3

17/17/8-KAHNE    2290       -156        13/124   -36          670/+4   0—2—0                 5              7              4

22/21/20-MONYA 2121      -325        32/77      -83          408/-2    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:

 

·          INDY A TURNING POINT FOR ROWDY?   Last season, Kyle Busch finished 38^th at the Brickyard, fell out of the T12 and missed the Chase. He must have had a flashback at Indy Sunday as he lost control and collected Sam Hornish. This time, the #18 team was able to keep Busch in the race and he salvaged an 8^th place finish. Put an asterisk by this one if Rowdy makes the 2010 Chase.

·          BREATHING ROOM INSIDE THE T12:  Indy was a day for building cushion for the four drivers in the “danger zone” in the Top 12. Tony Stewart (+42), Carl Edwards (+38), Greg Biffle (+57), and Clint Bowyer (+47) all added vital margin points on 13^th place. Their challengers all suffered less than optimum results: 13^th-Mark Martin (-25), 14^th-Dale Jr. (-78) and 15^th-Ryan Newman (-48) all lost ground.

·          MCMURRAY TOO LATE TO MAKE A RUN?  Not so fast. Jamie McMurray’s dramatic win at Indy not only earned him a big check, he catapulted him into Chase contention. McMurray is within one-race range of 12^th, 151 points out. Matt Kenseth came from 213 points back with six to go in 2005.

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-STEWART         3054/+693

2-JJOHNSON       2862/+501

3-JGORDON         2847/+486

4-KU BUSCH         2608/+247

5-EDWARDS         2556/+195

6-HAMLIN              2518/+157

7-NEWMAN           2506/+145

8-KAHNE               2482/+121

9-MARTIN              2471/+110

10-MONTOYA       2461/+100

11-BIFFLE              2445/+84

12-Kenseth          2429/+68

                                         Out of

                                         12^th

13-Reutimann      2361/-68

14-KyBusch         2347/-82

15-VICKERS         2309/-120

16-Bowyer            2278/-151

17-Burton             2201/-228

22-Dale Jr             1983/-446

23-Harvick            1939/-490

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH        3004/+644            1-JGORDON         3076/+872            1-JJOHNSON       2939/+477

2-DALE JR            2751/+391            2-D HAMLIN          2705/+501            2-M KENSETH      2842/+380

3-JBURTON          2733/+373            3-M KENSETH      2699/+495            3-J BURTON         2621/+159

4-J JOHNSON      2689/+329            4-J BURTON         2633/+429            4-KY BUSCH         2582/+120

5-C EDWARDS     2684/+324            5-T STEWART      2624/+420            5-K HARVICK        2563/+101

6-J GORDON        2544/+184            6-C EDWARDS     2582/+378            6-M MARTIN         2557/+95

7-G BIFFLE            2460/+100            7-K HARVICK        2488/+284            7-K KAHNE            2515/+53

8-D HAMLIN          2453/+93               8-KY BUSCH         2479/+275            8-D HAMLIN          2514/+52

9-K Kahne             2441/+81               9-J JOHNSON      2469/+265            9-J GORDON        2512/+50

10-T STEWART    2399/+39               10-C BOWYER     2405/+201            10-T Stewart        2477/+15

11-M KENSETH    2366/+6                 11-M TRUEX         2335/+131                           

12-C BOWYER     2362/+2                 12-Dale Jr             2217/+13

 

13-K HARVICK     2360/-2                  13-KU BUSCH      2204/-13                11-DALE JR          2462/-15

14-D Ragan          2306/-56                14-R Newman      2158/-59                12-G Biffle             2433/-44

15-B Vickers        2230/-132             15-J McMurray    2104/-113

16-R Newman      2218/-144             16-G Biffle             2089/-128                                                                                            

                                                                               

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON       2799/+436            1-JJOHNSON       3040/+660

2-T STEWART     2733/+370            2-J GORDON        2808/+428

3-G BIFFLE            2712/+349            3-DALE JR            2773/+393

4-R WALLACE      2617/+254            4-M KENSETH      2623/+243

5-KU BUSCH         2537/+174            5-T STEWART      2606/+226

6-R NEWMAN       2507/+144            6-E SADLER          2504/+124

7-M MARTIN         2490/+127            7-KU BUSCH       2481/+101

8-J MAYFIELD      2394/+31               8-R NEWMAN       2472/+92

9-E Sadler             2391/+28               9-B Labonte         2466/+86

10-D Jarrett         2372/+9                 10-K Harvick        2420/+40

 

11-J McMurray    2363/-9                  11-J MAYFIELD    2380/-40

12-C EDWARDS   2360/-12                12-K Kahne          2351/-69

13-K Harvick        2299/-73                13-M MARTIN       2331/-89

14-Dale Jr             2262/-110             15-J McMurray    2287/-133

15-J Gordon         2258/-114            

17-M KENSETH    2159/-213            

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