2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #26 of 26:  Richmond #2

 

 

                                                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     3723       +644       9/138      +8           643/E      3—3—2                 11           17           2

2/3/13-KyBusch   3495       +414       2/170      +40         771/+4   3—2—2                 8              14           2

3/2/2-JGORDON   3495       +412       12/127   -5            602/-1    0—2—4                 10           13           0

4/5/8-EDWARDS  3427       +348       10/139   +9           761/+6   0—2—2                 6              14           1

5/7/3-JOHNSON   3417       +338       3/170      +40         614/-1    5—1—3                 10           14           4

6/4/1-STEWART   3417       +338       16/115   -15          698/+2   1—3—1                 7              14           0

7/6/18-Burton       3390       +311       13/129   -1            633/-2    0—1—1                 5              13           0

8/9/14-Kenseth    3346       +267       14/121   -9            664/+1   0—1—1                 5              10           0

9/10/4-HAMLIN     3342       +263       1/195      +65         522/-6    6—1—0                 10           11           3

10/8/5-KUBSCH   3337       +258       18/109   -21          615/-3    2—0—4                 8              15           3

11/12/15-Bowyer 3211      +132       6/155      +15         657/+1   0—0—0                 4              14           1

12/11/11-BIFFLE  3177       +98         32/67      -63          525/-1    1—0—2                 5              14           2

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/13/10-NEWMAN 3079   -98          11/130   +19         653/+2   1—0—0                 2              8              3

14/14/23-McMury 3050     -127        17/112   +1           658/+3   2—3—1                 7              9              3

15/15/6-MARTIN  3022       -155        20/103   -8            492/-2    0—0—0                 5              7              1

16/17/10-MONTYA 3017    -160        7/151      +40         776/+5   1—0—2                 5              13           7

2009 Chase participants in ALL CAPS

 

 

2010 CHASE SEEDING

1—Denny Hamlin                5060       +10

2—Jimmie Johnson          5050       -10

3—Kevin Harvick                5030       -30

4—Kyle Busch                     5030       -30

5—Kurt Busch                     5020       -40

6—Tony Stewart                 5010       -50

7—Greg Biffle                      5010       -50

8—Jeff Gordon                    5000       -60

9—Carl Edwards                5000       -60

10—Jeff Burton                  5000       -60

11—Matt Kenseth              5000       -60

12—Clint Bowyer                5000       -60

 

 

CHASE FIELD BY CAR OWNERS

Richard Childress Racing                3 of 3      (100%)

Roush Fenway                                     3 of 4      (75%)

Joe Gibbs Racing                               2 of 3      (66%)

Hendrick Motorsports                       2 of 4      (50%)

Stewart Haas                                      1 of 2      (50%)

Penske                                                  1 of 3      (33%)

 

 

CHASE FIELD BY MANUFACTURERS

Chevrolet              6

Ford                        3

Toyota                   2

Dodge                    1

 

 

 

THE 2010 RACE TO THE CHASE BY HALVES

(First 13 Races)                                                                  (Second 13 Races)

1    Kevin Harvick                1898                                       1    Tony Stewart                 1897

2    Kyle Busch                     1869                                       2    Kevin Harvick                1825

3    Matt Kenseth                 1781                                             Carl Edwards                 1825

4    Jeff Gordon                    1760                                       4    Jeff Gordon                    1733

5    Denny Hamlin                1732                                             Jeff Burton                     1733

6    Kurt Busch                     1726                                       6    Jimmie Johnson          1723

7    Jimmie Johnson          1694                                       7    Clint Bowyer                  1678

8    Jeff Burton                     1657                                       8    Juan Montoya               1646

9    Greg Biffle                      1648                                       9    Kyle Busch                     1626

10  Mark Martin                   1635                                       10  Kurt Busch                    1611

11  Carl Edwards                1602                                       11  Denny Hamlin                1610

12  Ryan Newman              1547                                       12  Kasey Kahne                 1568

13  Clint Bowyer                  1543                                       13  Matt Kenseth                1565

14  Martin Truex                 1533                                       14  David Reutimann          1564

15  Jamie McMurray          1521                                       15  Ryan Newman              1532

16  Tony Stewart                1520                                       16  Greg Biffle                      1529

17  Dale Earnhardt Jr.       1493                                             Jamie McMurray          1529

18  Joey Logano                 1461                                       18  AJ Allmendinger          1497

19  David Reutimann          1422                                       19  Marcos Ambrose         1442

20  Juan Montoya               1371                                       20  Joey Logano                 1417

21  Kasey Kahne                 1364                                       21  Dale Earnhardt Jr.       1415

22  Paul Menard                  1359                                       22  Mark Martin                   1387

23  AJ Allmendinger          1323                                       23  Martin Truex                 1351

      David Ragan                   1323                                       24  Paul Menard                  1283

25  Brad Keselowski         1318                                       25  David Ragan                  1227

 

 

NOTES:

 

·          ONLY JOHNSON AND HAMLIN ARE PERFECT IN MAKING THE CHASE:  Jimmie Johnson is the only Sprint Cup driver who has made all seven Chase for the Sprint Cup fields. Denny Hamlin, who did not start fulltime in the series until 2006, has made all five he’s attempted.

·          MARTIN FAILS TO MAKE THE CHASE FOR THE FIRST TIME:  Mark Martin made the first three Chases, then went part time in 2007 and 2008, then got back in the Chase as he resumed a fulltime schedule in 2009. He missed this year’s Chase by 155 points.

·          USUALLY A TOP FIVE REGULAR SEASON FINISHER WINS THE CHASE:  Only in Chase I in 2004 did a driver who finished worse than fourth in the regular season point standings go on to win the Chase. Kurt Busch scored the seventh most points that season, went on a tear early in the Chase, then withstood the challenge of Jimmie Johnson to prevail by a scant 8 points at Homestead.

·          GIVE A CALL TO RCR:  Richard Childress Racing is easily the comeback story of 2010. After being shut out of the 2009 Chase, RCR stormed back this season to place all three drivers in the field, including Kevin Harvick’s amazing turnaround from 22^nd to 1^st over the first 26 races.

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-STEWART         3806/+611

2-JGORDON         3627/+432

3-JJOHNSON       3534/+339

4-HAMLIN              3491/+239

5-KU BUSCH         3322/+127

6-MARTIN              3291/+96

7-KAHNE               3280/+95

8-EDWARDS         3280/+85

9-NEWMAN           3271/+76

10-MONTOYA       3251/+56

11-BIFFLE              3249/+54

12-VICKERS         3203/+8

                                         Out of

                                         12^th

13-KyBusch         3195/-8

14-Kenseth          3165/-38

15-Bowyer            3059/-144

16-Reutimann      3048/-155

18-Burton             2738/-465

22-Harvick            2613/-590

 

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH        3878/+831            1-JGORDON         3849/+895            1-M KENSETH      3785/+482

2-C EDWARDS     3671/+624            2-T STEWART      3537/+583            2-J JOHNSON      3728/+425

3-J JOHNSON      3576/+529            3-D HAMLIN          3490/+536            3-K HARVICK        3481/+178

4-DALE JR            3488/+441            4-J JOHNSON      3439/+485            4-KY BUSCH         3424/+121

5-J BURTON         3384/+337            5-M KENSETH      3430/+476            5-D HAMLIN          3348/+45

6-T STEWART      3285/+238            6-C EDWARDS     3372/+418            6-DALE JR            3338/+35

7-K HARVICK        3283/+236            7-J BURTON         3328/+374            7-M MARTIN         3336/+33

8- G BIFFLE           3280/+233            8-KY BUSCH         3302/+348            8-J BURTON         3322/+19

9-D HAMLIN          3235/+188            9-C BOWYER        3179+225             9-J GORDON        3321/+18

10-J GORDON      3221/+174            10-KU BUSCH      3160/+206            10-K KAHNE         3319/+16

11-M KENSETH    3132/+85               11-M TRUEX         3160/+206                           

12-C BOWYER     3116/+69               12-K HARVICK     3155/+201

 

13-K Kahne          3047/-69                13-Dale Jr             2954/-201             11-T Stewart        3303/-16

14-D Ragan          3039/-77                                               

 

2005                                                       2004

1-T STEWART     3716/+727            1-J GORDON        3602/+431

2-G BIFFLE            3531/+542            2-J JOHNSON      3542/+371

3-R WALLACE      3412/+423            3-DALE JR            3541/+370

4-J JOHNSON      3400/+411            4-T STEWART      3410/+239

5-KU BUSCH         3304/+315            5-M KENSETH      3337/+166

6-M MARTIN         3273/+284            6-E SADLER          3316/+145

7-J MAYFIELD      3228/+239            7-KU BUSCH       3309/+138

8-C EDWARDS     3114/+125            8-M MARTIN         3213/+42

9-M KENSETH      3114/+125            9-J MAYFIELD      3193/+22

10-R NEWMAN     3055/+66               10-R NEWMAN     3186/+15

 

11-E Sadler          2989/-66                11-J McMurray    3171/-15

12-J Gordon         2972/-83                12-K Kahne          3158/-28

13-J McMurray    2972/-83                13-B Labonte       3137/-49

14-K Harvick        2937/-118             14-K Harvick        3129/-57

15-K Harvick        2798/-131             15-D Jarrett         3100/-86               

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 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

 

                                                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                         No          X                NA            NA           X             X             X         4 of 5

 

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                 X            No           No            X            No        4 of 7

 

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

 

Clint Bowyer                        X             No               X             X            No           NA           NA        3 of 5

 

Ryan Newman                     No           X                No           No           No            X             X         3 of 7

Jeremy Mayfield                 NA          NA              NA           NA           NA            X             X         2 of 2

 

Kasey Kahne                       No           X                No           No            X            No           No        2 of 7

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Brian Vickers                      NA           X                No           No           No           No           No        1 of 6

 

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