2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #22 of 26:  Watkins Glen

Races Left to the Chase:  4

 

Michigan               Atlanta

Bristol                   Richmond

 

 

                                                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    3210       +579       11/130   +29         717/E     2—3—2                 10           15           2

2/2/3-JGORDON 3025       +394       10/134   +33         723/+3   0—2—4                 10           13           0

3/5/18-JBurton    2895       +264       9/138      +37         736/+5   0—1—1                 4              12           0

4/7/4-KUBUSCH 2892       +261       2/170      +69         604/+2   2—1—4                 8              13           2

5/4/2-JOHNSON  2882       +251       28/79      -22          498/-3    5—1—1                 8              12           3

6/3/5-HAMLIN      2872       +241       37/52      -49          568/-2    5—0—0                 8              9              2

7/6/13-KyBusch  2866       +235       8/142      +41         538/-4    2—1—2                 5              11           2

8/8/1-STEWART  2865       +234       7/146      +45         706/+1   0—3—1                 6              12           0

9/10/6-EDWARDS 2821    +190       5/155      +54         807/+3   0—1—1                 4              11           1

10/9/12-Kenseth 2806       +175       13/124   +23         602/-3    0—1—1                 4              8              0

11/11/10-BIFFLE 2743       +112       24/91      -10          691/-1    1—0—2                 4              12           1

12/13/11-MARTIN 2641     +10         19/111   +10         630/-1    0—0—0                 5              7              1

                                                Out of                     Gain/Loss

                                                12^th                       12th

13/12/15-Bowyer 2631      -10          32/67      -10          632/+2   0—0—0                 3              11           1

14/15/9-NEWMAN 2558    -83          12/132   +55         463/E     1—0—0                 2              6              3

15/17/20-McMury 2547     -94          6/155      +78         648/+2   2—3—0                 6              8              3

16/14/25-DaleJr  2520       -121        26/85      +8           503/-3    0—1—0                 2              6              0

17/16/8-KAHNE   2508       -133        17/112   +35         663/+3   0—2—0                 5              7              4

19/21/7-MONTYA 2436      -205        1/195      +118       523/+3   1—0—2                 5              9              7

 

09  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

 

 

CHASE SEEDING

1—Jimmie Johnson          5050                       7—Tony Stewart                 5000

2—Denny Hamlin               5050                       8—Jeff Gordon                   5000

3—Kevin Harvick               5020                       9—Jeff Burton                    5000

4—Kurt  Busch                   5020                       10—Carl Edwards             5000

5—Kyle Busch                    5020                       11—Matt Kenseth              5000

6—Greg Biffle                     5010                       12—Mark Martin                 5000

 

NOTES:

·         ADVANTAGE MARK:  Clint Bowyer’s trip behind the wall at Watkins Glen put him a couple of laps down and ended up knocking him out of the Top 12 with four races to go. Mark Martin could have taken better advantage of the break, but his 19^th did move him 10 points ahead of Bowyer.

·         NEWMAN, MCMURRAY MAKE UP GROUND:  Ryan Newman got a 12^th and it was good enough to gain him 55 big points on 12^th, pulling him within 83 of the cutoff for the Chase. Jamie McMurray continued his late charge with a sixth and now lurks 94 points out.  Kasey Kahne recorded a 17^th and moved up 35 points, now 133 out and still with a puncher’s chance.

·         EDWARDS, KENSETH MOVE OUT OF “DANGER ZONE:” Carl Edwards’ fifth and Matt Kenseth’s 13^th were good enough to gain them 54 and 23 points respectively, and now both have a one-race cushion on staying in the T12.

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-STEWART         3383/+756

2-JJOHNSON      3123/+496

3-JGORDON        3041/+414

4-KU BUSCH       2902/+275

5-HAMLIN             2847/+220

6-EDWARDS        2830/+203

7-MONTOYA        2781/+154

8-KAHNE              2754/+127

9-NEWMAN          2727/+100

10-BIFFLE            2718/+91

11-MARTIN           2716/+89

12-Kenseth          2685/+58

                                         Out of

                                         12^th

13-Ky Busch        2627/-58

14-VICKERS        2589/-96

15-Bowyer           2586/-99

16-Reutimn          2530/-155

17-Burton             2350/-155

22-Harvick           2124/-561

25-Dale Jr            2108/-577

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH       3254/+648            1-JGORDON         3384/+951            1-JJOHNSON       3241/+569

2-C EDWARDS    3012/+406            2-D HAMLIN         3040/+607            2-M KENSETH     3117/+445

3-J JOHNSON     3010/+404            3-M KENSETH     2952/+519            3-K HARVICK      2918/+246

4-DALE JR           2985/+379            4-T STEWART      2939/+506            4-J BURTON        2879/+207

5-J BURTON        2945/+339            5-C EDWARDS    2824/+391            5-KY BUSCH       2871/+199

6-J GORDON       2754/+148            6-J BURTON        2806/+373            6-M MARTIN         2815/+143

7-T STEWART      2744/+138            7-J JOHNSON     2789/+356            7-T Stewart          2794/+122

8- K Kahne           2713/+107            8-KY BUSCH       2757/+324            8-D HAMLIN         2782/+110

9-D HAMLIN         2689/+83               9-C BOWYER      2667/+234            9-J GORDON       2756/+84

10-G BIFFLE        2689/+83               10-K HARVICK    2655/+222            10-DALE JR         2726/+54

11-K HARVICK    2670/+64               11-M TRUEX        2587/+154                           

12-M KENSETH  2628/+22               12-KU BUSCH    2529/+96

 

13-C BOWYER    2606/-22                13-R Newman     2433/-96                11-K KAHNE        2672/-54

14-D Ragan          2539/-89                14-Dale Jr            2429/-100            

                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                               

2005                                                       2004

1-T STEWART     3113/+523            1-JJOHNSON      3143/+511

2-J JOHNSON     3008/+418            2-J GORDON       3103/+471

3-G BIFFLE           2861/+271            3-DALE JR           3015/+383

4-R WALLACE     2855/+265            4-T STEWART      2951/+319

5-M MARTIN         2782/+192            5-M KENSETH     2876/+244

6-KU BUSCH       2692/+102            6-E SADLER        2792/+160

7-J MAYFIELD     2684/+94               7-KU BUSCH       2754/+122

8-R NEWMAN      2646/+56               8-K Harvick         2717/+85

9-J McMurray      2599/+9                 9-B Labonte         2714/+82

10-C EDWARDS 2593/+3                 10-J MAYFIELD   2656/+24

 

11-E Sadler          2590/-3                  11-K Kahne          2632/-24

12-D Jarrett         2590/-3                  12-R NEWMAN    2627/-29

13-J Gordon         2526/-67                13-M MARTIN      2584/-72

14-K Harvick       2523/-70                14-D Jarrett         2569/-87

16-M KENSETH  2428/-162             15-J McMurray    2557/-99               

 

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