2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #25 of 26:  Atlanta #2

Races Left to the Chase:  1

 

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

 

1/1/23-Harvick     3585       +636       33/64      -65          665/E      3—3—2                 11           16           2

2/2/2-JGORDON   3366       +417       13/124   -5            630/E      0—2—4                 10           13           0

3/3/14-KyBusch   3325       +376       5/155      +26         695/+3   3—1—2                 7              13           2

4/6/1-STEWART   3302       +353       1/195      +66         758/+5   1—3—1                 7              14           0

5/4/5-EDWARDS  3288       +339       2/175      +46         792/+5   0—2—2                 6              13           1

6/7/18-JBurton    3261       +312       4/160      +31         646/+1   0—1—1                 5              13           0

7/9/3-JOHNSON   3247       +298       3/170      +41         588/-3    5—1—2                 9              13           4

8/10/7-KUBUSCH 3228      +279       6/155      +26         570/-3    2—0—4                 8              15           3

9/8/12-Kenseth    3225       +276       11/130   +1           652/-1    0—1—1                 5              10           0

10/5/4-HAMLIN     3147       +198       43/39      -90          487/-7    5—1—0                 9              10           3

 

11/11/11-BIFFLE 3110        +161       36/55      -74          648/E      1—0—2                 5              14           2

12/12/16-Bowyer 3066      +117       7/146      +17         620/E      0—0—0                 4              13           1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/15/9-NEWMAN 2949     -117        8/147      +1           650/+2   1—0—0                 2              8              3

14/13/22-McMury 2938     -128        15/118   -28          643/+2   2—3—1                 7              9              3

15/14/10-MARTIN 2919      -147        21/100   -46          535/-2    0—0—0                 5              7              1

 

2009  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

 

CHASE SEEDING

1—Jimmie Johnson          5050                       7—Greg Biffle                      5010

2—Denny Hamlin                5050                       8—Jeff Gordon                    5000

3—Kevin Harvick                5030                       9—Carl Edwards                                5000

4—Kyle Busch                     5030                       10—Jeff Burton                  5000

5—Kurt Busch                     5020                       11—Matt Kenseth              5000

6—Tony Stewart                 5010                       12—Clint Bowyer                5000

 

 

NOTES:

·          POSSIBLE BUT NOT PROBABLE:  Ryan Newman (-117), Jamie McMurray (-128) and Mark Martin (-147) are all looking to make Chase history at Richmond Saturday night, one becoming the driver to make up the biggest deficit in the last race before the Chase. Jeremy Mayfield’s dramatic win in 2004 overcame a 55 point deficit and landed him in Chase I.

·          GIVE A CALL TO COUSIN CARL:  Carl Edwards’ strong second at Atlanta was another in a very good string of late for the #99. He’s scored the most points over the last five races (792) and went from being a Chase bubble driver to clinching a race early.

·          WATCH OUT FOR TONY:  The “Smoke” is rising. Sunday night’s win makes a statement that the winner of Chase II in 2005 might be ready for a repeat. Stewart’s typical summer charge has transformed him from sweating the Chase two months ago, to making it easily.

 

CLINCH SCENARIOS – 1-Kevin Harvick clinched at Michigan. 2-Jeff Gordon clinched at Bristol. 3-Kyle Busch, 4-Tony Stewart, 5-Carl Edwards, 6-Jeff Burton, 7-Jimmie Johnson, 8-Kurt Busch, 9-Matt Kenseth, 10-Denny Hamlin clinched at Atlanta.

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-STEWART         3694/+637

2-JGORDON         3457/+400

3-JJOHNSON       3404/+347

4-HAMLIN              3296/+239

5-EDWARDS         3162/+105

6-KAHNE               3153/+96

7-KU BUSCH         3152/+95

8-MONTOYA         3145/+88

9-NEWMAN           3138/+81

10-MARTIN           3126/+69

11-BIFFLE              3125/+68

12-Kenseth          3077/+20

                                         Out of

                                         12^th

13-VICKERS         3057/-20

14-KyBusch         3040/-37

15-Reutimann      2945/-132

16-Bowyer            2909/-168

18-Burton             2629/-448

21-Dale Jr             2528/-549

23-Harvick            2475/-602

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH        3755/+783            1-JGORDON         3679/+798            1-M KENSETH      3638/+489

2-C EDWARDS     3547/+575            2-T STEWART      3362/+481            2-J JOHNSON      3629/+480

3-J JOHNSON      3386/+414            3-D HAMLIN          3335/+454            3-K HARVICK        3296/+147

4-DALE JR            3323/+351            4-C EDWARDS     3330/+449            4-J GORDON        3251/+102

5-J BURTON         3234/+262            5-M KENSETH      3309/+428            5-KY BUSCH         3244/+95

6-G BIFFLE            3159/+187            6-J JOHNSON      3249/+368            6-DALE JR            3226/+77

7-K HARVICK        3132/+160            7-J BURTON         3219/+338            7-D HAMLIN          3225/+76

8- T STEWART     3110/+138            8-KY BUSCH         3199/+318            8-T Stewart          3194/+45

9-M KENSETH      3081/+109            9-C BOWYER        3047/+166            9-M MARTIN         3181/+32

10-J GORDON      3074/+102            10-M TRUEX         3042/+161            10-J BURTON       3179/+30

11-D HAMLIN        3065/+93               11-KU BUSCH      3022/+141                           

12-C BOWYER     2989/+17               12-K HARVICK     3009/+128

 

13-D Ragan          2972/-17                13-Dale Jr             2881/-128             11-K KAHNE         3149/-30

14-K Kahne          2941/-48                                               

                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                               

2005                                                       2004

1-T STEWART     3570/+642            1-J JOHNSON      3482/+449

2-G BIFFLE            3361/+433            2-J GORDON        3432/+399

3-J JOHNSON      3312/+384            3-DALE JR            3366/+333

4-R WALLACE      3257/+329            4-T STEWART      3304/+271

5-M MARTIN         3149/+221            5-M KENSETH      3253/+220

6-KU BUSCH         3114/+186            6-E SADLER          3204/+171

7-J MAYFIELD      3073/+145            7-KU BUSCH       3186/+153

8-C EDWARDS     3014/+86               8-R NEWMAN       3078/+45

9-M KENSETH      2939/+11               9-K Kahne             3067/+34

10-J McMurray    2929/+1                 10-M MARTIN       3058/+25

 

11-R NEWMAN     2928/-1                  11-J McMurray    3033/-25

12-J Gordon         2899/-30                12-B Labonte       3022/-36

13-E Sadler          2877/-52                13-D Jarrett         3015/-43

14-D Jarrett         2812/-117             14-J MAYFIELD    3003/-55

15-K Harvick        2798/-131             15-K Harvick        3002/-56               

16-J Nemechek  2794/-135            

 

 

Eventual champion in italics

Underline denotes last driver with more than one-race margin over 13^th place.

Until 2007, the most points a driver could lose to another driver if a driver started  the race was 156.

With the extra five points for winning instituted in 2007, a driver can now lose 161.

 

 

 

 

 

WHO MADE THE CHASE, YEAR BY YEAR

 

                                                2010       2009       2008       2007       2006       2005       2004

Jimmie Johnson                 X             X                 X             X             X             X             X         7 of 7

 

Denny Hamlin                      X             X                 X             X             X            NA           NA        5 of 5

 

Jeff Gordon                          X             X                 X             X             X             No           X         6 of 7

 

Matt Kenseth                       X             No               X             X             X             X             X         6 of 7

 

Tony Stewart                       X             X                 X             X            No            X             X         6 of 7

 

Mark Martin                                         X                NA            NA           X             X             X         4 of 4

 

Kurt Busch                           X             X                No            X            No            X             X         5 of 7

 

Carl Edwards                       X             X                 X             X            No            X            NA        5 of 6

 

Kyle Busch                           X             No               X             X             X            No           NA        4 of 6

 

Greg Biffle                                            X                 X            No           No            X            No        3 of 6

 

Dale Jr                                   No           No               X            No            X            No             X        3 of 7

 

Jeff Burton                           X             No               X             X             X            No           No        4 of 7

 

Kevin Harvick                         X          No               X             X             X            No           No        4 of 7

 

Jeremy Mayfield                    NA        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                       No           X                No           No            X            No           No        2 of 7

 

Juan Montoya                      No          X                No           No           NA           NA           NA        1 of 4

 

Martin Truex                        No           No              No            X            No           NA           NA        1 of 5

 

Rusty Wallace                        NA        NA              NA           NA           NA            X            No        1 of 2

 

Brian Vickers                          No       X                No           No           No           No           No        1 of 7

 

Elliott Sadler                        No          No              No           No           No           No            X         1 of 7