2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #21 of 26:  Pocono #2

Races Left to the Chase:  5

 

Watkins Glen       Atlanta

Michigan               Richmond

Bristol

 

                                                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

 

1/1/22-Harvick     3080       +550       4/160      +14         742/E      2—3—2                 10           15           2

2/2/3-JGORDON   2891       +361       6/155      +9           749/+3   0—2—4                 10           12           0

3/3/5-HAMLIN       2820       +290       5/160      +14         637/+1   5—0—0                 8              9              1

4/4/2-JOHNSON   2803       +273       10/144   -2            609/-2    5—1—1                 8              12           3

5/7/17-Burton       2757       +227       8/142      -4            730/+3   0—1—1                 4              11           0

6/6/13-KyBusch   2724       +194       23/94      -52          531/-3    2—1—2                 5              10           2

7/5/4-KUBUSCH   2722       +192       33/64      -82          604/-1    2—0—4                 7              12           2

8/9/1-STEWART   2719       +189       2/175      +29         735/+2   0—3—1                 6              11           0

 

9/8/11-Kenseth    2682       +152       18/109   -37          590/-2    0—1—1                 4              8              0

10/10/6-EDWRDS 2666      +136       3/170      +24         740/+2   0—1—1                 3              10           1

11/11/12-BIFFLE  2652       +122       1/190      +44         715/-2    1—0—2                 4              12           1

12/12/15-Bowyer 2564      +34         15/118   -28          711/+2   0—0—0                 3              11           1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/13/10-MARTIN 2530      -34          7/146      +28         619/-2    0—0—0                 5              7              1

14/14/23-DaleJr  2435       -129        27/82      -36          560/-1    0—1—0                 2              6              0

15/15/9-NEWMAN 2426     -138        12/127   +9           486/E      1—0—0                 2              6              3

 

16/17/7-KAHNE    2396       -168        19/106   -12          616/+2   0—2—0                 5              7              4

17/16/20-McMury 2392     -172        22/97      -21          602/-1    2—3—0                 6              7              3

21/22/8-MONTYA 2241      -323        16/120   +2           394/-1    0—0—2                 4              8              7

 

09  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

 

CHASE SEEDING

1—Jimmie Johnson          5050                       7—Jeff Gordon                    5000

2—Denny Hamlin                5050                       8—Tony Stewart                 5000

3—Kevin Harvick                5020                       9—Jeff Burton                     5000

4—Kyle Busch                     5020                       10—Matt Kenseth              5000

5—Kurt Busch                     5020                       11—Carl Edwards              5000

6—Greg Biffle                      5010                       12—Clint Bowyer                5000

 

NOTES:

 

·          BATTLE FOR 12^TH SHAPING UP AS CLINT VS. MARK:  There’s lot of laps left and hazards at places like Watkins Glen this week and Bristol down the road, but for now, the real battle to watch is Clint Bowyer vs. Mark Martin for the 12^th and final spot in the 2010 Chase. Mark made up some ground at Pocono, finishing 7^th to Clint’s 15^th, and gaining 28 points. Now, only 34 points separate the two going to the Glen.

·          RCR IS THE TURNAROUND STORY OF ‘10:  Talk about a difference a year makes. Richard Childress Racing, skunked in the Chase last year, has all three cars in the T12 as of now, and those three have improved their positions a combined 36 spots over this time last year (Harvick +21, Burton +12, Bowyer +3).

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-STEWART         3188/+726

2-JJOHNSON       2991/+529

3-JGORDON         2989/+527

4-KU BUSCH         2751/+289

5-HAMLIN              2713/+251

6-EDWARDS         2665/+203

7-NEWMAN           2506/+145

8-KAHNE               2642/+180

9-NEWMAN           2627/+165

10-MARTIN           2622/+160

11-Kenseth          2564/+102

12-BIFFLE              2563/+101

                                         Out of

                                         12^th

13-Ky Busch        2462/-101

14-VICKERS         2459/-104

15-Bowyer            2448/-115

16-Reutimn          2442/-121

17-Burton             2301/-262

22-Harvick            2066/-497

23-Dale Jr             2062/-501

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH        3059/+558            1-JGORDON         3236/+844            1-JJOHNSON       3124/+549

2-DALE JR            2883/+382            2-D HAMLIN          2870/+478            2-M KENSETH      3017/+442

3-C EDWARDS     2874/+373            3-M KENSETH      2825/+433            3-J BURTON         2749/+174

4-J JOHNSON      2859/+358            4-J BURTON         2763/+371            4-K HARVICK        2733/+158

5-J BURTON         2833/+332            5-T STEWART      2749/+357            5-KY BUSCH         2733/+158

6-J GORDON        2678/+177            6-C EDWARDS     2682/+290            6-M MARTIN         2712/+137

7-K Kahne             2592/+91               7-J JOHNSON      2624/+232            7-D HAMLIN          2648/+73

8- G BIFFLE           2589/+88               8-KY BUSCH         2611/+219            8-J GORDON        2627/+52

9-T STEWART      2569/+68               9-J JOHNSON      2624/+232            9-T Stewart          2619/+44

10-D HAMLIN        2547/+46               10-C BOWYER     2552/+160            10-DALE JR          2612/+37

11-K HARVICK     2520/+19               11-M TRUEX         2437/+45                              

12-C BOWYER     2512/+11               12-KU BUSCH      2399/+7

 

13-M KENSETH    2501/-11                13-Dale Jr             2392/-7                  11-K KAHNE         2575/-37

14-D Ragan          2466/-46                14-R Newman      2309/-90                12-G Biffle             2497/-115

                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                               

2005                                                       2004

1-T STEWART     2923/+448            1-JJOHNSON       3095/+584

2-J JOHNSON      2848/+373            2-J GORDON        2998/+487

3-G BIFFLE            2812/+337            3-DALE JR            2855/+344

4-R WALLACE      2705/+230            4-T STEWART      2761/+250

5-KU BUSCH         2646/+171            5-M KENSETH      2738/+227

6-M MARTIN         2636/+161            6-E SADLER          2674/+163

7-R NEWMAN       2568/+93               7-KU BUSCH       2615/+104

8-J MAYFIELD      2554/+79               8-B Labonte         2584/+73

9-D Jarrett            2493/+18               9-K Harvick          2562/+51

10-C EDWARDS   2487/+12               10-R NEWMAN     2542/+31

 

11-J McMurray    2475/-12                11-K Kahne          2511/-31

12-E Sadler          2463/-24                12-J MAYFIELD    2510/-32

13-K Harvick        2405/-82                13-D Jarrett         2487/-55

14-J Gordon         2400/-87                14-J McMurray    2433/-109

15-M KENSETH    2319/-168             15-M MARTIN       2419/-123            

               

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