2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #23 of 26:  Michigan #2

Races Left to the Chase:  3

 

Bristol                    Richmond

Atlanta                  

 

 

                                                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     3400       +680       1/190      +101       716/E      3—3—2                 11           16           2

2/2/2-JGORDON   3107       +387       27/82      -7            635/E      0—2—4                 10           13           0

3/6/5-HAMLIN       3047       +327       2/175      +86         647/+2   5—1—0                 9              10           1

4/4/1-STEWART   3020       +300       6/155      +66         769/+5   0—3—1                 6              13           0

5/5/3-JOHNSON   3014       +294       12/132   +43         555/-2    5—1—1                 8              12           3

6/9/4-EDWARDS 2986        +266       3/165      +76         816/+6   0—1—2                 5              12           1

7/3/18-Burton       2986       +266       24/91      +2           667/+1   0—1—1                 4              12           0

8/7/15-KyBusch   2975       +255       18/109   +20         599/-2    2—1—2                 5              11           2

9/10/11-Kenseth 2961       +241       5/155      +66         639/-2    0—1—1                 5              9              0

10/4/6-KUBUSCH 2935      +215       40/43      -46          496/-6    2—0—4                 8              13           3

11/11/10-BIFFLE 2913        +193       4/170      +81         679/-1    1—0—2                 5              13           1

 

12/13/14-Bowyer 2755      +35         13/124   +35         634/+2   0—0—0                 3              11           1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/12/12-MARTIN 2720      -35          28/79      -35          589/E      0—0—0                 5              7              1

14/14/9-NEWMAN 2652     -103        23/94      -20          562/+1   1—0—0                 2              6              3

15/15/22-McMury 2650     -105        20/103   -11          705/+4   2—3—0                 6              8              3

16/17/8-KAHNE    2629       -126        14/121   +7           613/E      0—2—0                 5              7              4

17/16/21-DaleJr  2626       -129        19/106   -8            449/-6    0—1—0                 2              6              0

2009  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                5030                       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:

·          ADVANTAGE BOWYER: The back and forth battle for 12^th place went to Clint Bowyer at Michigan, but it could have been much better. His 13^th to Mark Martin’s 28^th was good for a 45 point difference, and gave Bowyer a 35-point edge going to Bristol. Mark has been in this position before and is tough at crunch time.

·          KURT WANTS TO STOP THE SLIDE AT BRISTOL:  Kurt Busch has lost altitude  of late, dropping six spots in the standings after Michigan, but still has a 215-point edge over 13^th. He wouldn’t want to lose another big bunch of points at Bristol, and this is obviously a good track for him to avoid that fate.

 

CLINCH SCENARIOS – 1-Kevin Harvick clinched at Michigan. After Bristol, +391 margin needed.

 

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-STEWART         3500/+721

2-JGORDON         3216/+437

3-JJOHNSON       3197/+418

4-EDWARDS         2995/+216

5-HAMLIN              2986/+207

6-KUBUSCH          2957/+178

7-MONTOYA         2887/+108

8-KAHNE               2884/+105

9-NEWMAN           2845/+66

10-BIFFLE              2821/+42

11-Kenseth          2811/+32

12-MARTIN           2791/+12

                                         Out of

                                         12^th

13-VICKERS         2779/-12

14-Bowyer            2733/-58

15-Ky Busch        2721/-70

16-Reutimn          2673/-118

18-Burton             2459/-332

21-Dale Jr             2278/-513

23-Harvick            2251/-540

 

 

 

                                      out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH        3429/+720            1-JGORDON         3471/+910            1-JJOHNSON       3365/+533

2-C EDWARDS     3207/+498            2-D HAMLIN          3195/+634            2-M KENSETH      3307/+475

3-J JOHNSON      3127/+418            3-M KENSETH      3117/+556            3-K HARVICK        3048/+216

4-DALE JR            3084/+375            4-T STEWART      3073/+512            4-M MARTIN         2970/+138

5-J BURTON         3080/+371            5-C EDWARDS     2970/+409            5-T Stewart          2959/+127

6-T STEWART      2871/+162            6-J JOHNSON      2959/+398            6-J GORDON        2931/+99

7-G BIFFLE            2854/+145            7-J BURTON         2927/+366            7-KY BUSCH         2922/+90

8- K HARVICK       2812/+103            8-KY BUSCH         2881/+320            8-D HAMLIN          2920/+88

9-J GORDON        2791/+82               9-C BOWYER        2779/+218            9-J BURTON         2916/+84

10-M KENSETH    2783/+74               10-K HARVICK     2773/+212            10-DALE JR          2881/+49

11-K Kahne          2756/+47               11-M TRUEX         2757/+196                           

12-D HAMLIN        2735/+26               12-KU BUSCH      2724/+163

 

13-C BOWYER     2709/-26                13-Dale Jr             2561/-163             11-K KAHNE         2832/-49

14-D Ragan          2709/-26

 

                                               

                                out of                                                     out of

2005                       pts/11th                 2004                       pts/11th

1-T STEWART     3268/+617            1-JGORDON         3254/+468

2-J JOHNSON      3142/+491            2-J JOHNSON      3186/+400

3-G BIFFLE            3016/+365            3-DALE JR            3115/+329

4-R WALLACE      2979/+328            4-T STEWART      3089/+303

5-M MARTIN         2899/+248            5-M KENSETH      3018/+232

6-J MAYFIELD      2869/+218            6-KU BUSCH       2909/+123

7-KU BUSCH         2848/+197            7-E SADLER          2864/+78

8-R NEWMAN       2773/+122            8-K Harvick          2832/+46

9-C EDWARDS     2758/+107            9-B Labonte         2799/+13

10-J McMurray    2702/+51               10-K Kahne          2792/+6

 

11-D Jarrett         2651/-51                11-J MAYFIELD    2786/-6

12-J Gordon         2644/-58                12-M MARTIN       2759/-33

13-E Sadler          2636/-66                13-R NEWMAN     2748/-44

14-K Harvick        2620/-82                14-D Jarrett         2734/-58

15-M KENSETH    2598/-104             15-J McMurray    2722/-70               

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