
2010 SPRINT CUP SERIES RACE 27 of 36
CHASE RACE 1 of 10
2010 CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUP
After Race #1 of 10: New Hampshire #1
Races Left in the Chase: 9 (90%)
Dover Talladega
Kansas Texas
California Phoenix
Charlotte Homestead
Martinsville
Pos./LW/Gain Season/ Out Last Last Season Chase Top Top Bottom
On 1st Chase of 1st Race 5 1—2—3 1—2—3 5s 10s 10s
1/1-Hamlin (+25) 5230/170 +35 2/170 640 6—2—0 0—1—0 11-1 12-1 3-0
2/10-Bowyer (+25) 5195/195 -35 1/195 785 1—0—0 1—0—0 5-1 15-1 1-0
3/3-Harvick (-15) 5185/155 -45 5/155 668 3—3—2 0—0—0 12-1 18-1 2-0
4/4-Ky Busch (-32) 5168/138 -62 9/138 767 3—2—2 0—0—0 8-0 15-1 2-0
5/8-J Gordon (-15) 5155/155 -75 6/155 623 0—2—4 0—0—0 10-0 14-1 0-0
6/5-Ku Busch (-46) 5144/124 -86 13/124 569 2—0—4 0—0—0 8-0 15-0 3-0
7/2-Johnson (-82) 5138/88 -92 25/88 623 5—1—3 0—0—0 10-0 14-0 4-0
8/9-Edwards (-35) 5135/135 -95 11/135 741 0—2—2 0—0—0 6-0 14-0 1-0
9/7-Biffle (-58) 5122/112 -108 17/112 546 1—0—2 0—0—0 5-0 14-0 2-0
10/10-Burton (-52) 5118/118 -112 15/118 613 0—1—1 0—0—0 5-0 13-0 0-0
11/6-Stewart (-74) 5106/96 -124 24/96 648 1—3—1 0—0—0 7-0 14-0 0-0
12/11-Kenseth (-76) 5094/94 -136 23/94 634 0—1—1 0—0—0 5-0 10-0 0-0
2010 CHASE BY RACE
NH DO KS CA CH MA TA TX PH HO
1—Hamlin 2
2—Bowyer 1
3—Harvick 5
4—Kyle Busch 9
5—J Gordon 6
6—Kurt Busch 13
7—Johnson 25
8—Edwards 11
9—Biffle 17
10—Burton 15
11—Stewart 24
12—Kenseth 23
NOTES:
STARTS USUALLY MATTER: Only once in the six years of The Chase, 2006, has the eventual winner been worse than 2nd place after the first Chase race. Jimmie Johnson’s 39th at Loudon that year mired him in 9th place, 139 points out of first. Of course, we all know he rallied and won by 56 points over Matt Kenseth that year. Based on that pattern, the title would come down to a battle between Denny Hamlin and Clint Bowyer.
BOWYER HAS THE HOT HAND: Clint Bowyer stayed strong down the stretch to make Chase VII, and he’s the hottest driver over the last five races, with finishes of 13th, 4th, 7th, 6th and 1st, scoring 785 points. Kyle Busch has been next best with 767 points and he dodged trouble enough at N.H. to place 9th. Carl Edwards is third in points scored over the last five with 741. .
YOU CAN’T WIN THE CHASE IN THE FIRST RACE, BUT YOU CAN POSSIBLY LOSE IT: Tony Stewart’s gamble on gas at Loudon dropped him to 24th place and he lost 74 points to first place as a result. He recorded a solid second at N.H. when he won Chase II in 2005, and left Loudon in first place.
PAST CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS
2009 (After 1 Race)
1-Martin 5230/+35
2-JOHNSON 5195/-35
3-Hamlin 5195/-35
4-Montoya 5175/-55
5-Kurt Busch 5165/-65
6-Stewart 5156/-74
7-Newman 5151/-79
8-Vickers 5140/-90
9-Biffle 5138/-92
10-JGordon 5128/-102
11-Edwards 5117/-113
12-Kahne 5069/-161
2009 CHASE BY RACE
NH DO KS CA CH MA TA TX PH HO PTS
1—Johnson 4 1 9 1 1 2 6 38 1 5 +141
2—Martin 1 2 7 4 17 8 28 4 4 12 -141
3—J Gordon 15 6 2 2 4 5 20 13 9 6 -179
4—Ku Busch 6 5 11 8 10 17 30 1 6 4 -206
5—Hamlin 2 22 5 37 42 1 38 2 3 1 -317
6—Stewart 14 9 1 5 13 9 35 6 25 22 -343
7—Biffle 9 13 3 20 16 25 4 8 14 14 -360
8—Montoya 3 4 4 3 35 3 19 37 8 38 -400
9—Newman 7 10 22 15 11 7 36 12 20 23 -477
10—Kahne 38 8 6 34 3 32 2 33 15 17 -524
11—Edwards 17 11 10 6 39 20 14 39 16 7 -534
12—Vickers 11 18 37 29 34 11 13 26 38 20 -723
2008 (After 1 Race)
1-Edwards 5220/+1
2-JOHNSON 5220/-1
3-Biffle 5190/-30
4-Dale Jr 5170/-50
5-Burton 5170/-50
6-Hamlin 5148/-72
7-Stewart 5147/-73
8-Kyle Busch 5146/-74
9-Bowyer 5137/-83
10-Harvick 5134/-86
11-JGordon 5121/-99
12-Kenseth 5043/-177
2008 CHASE FINISHES
NH DO KS TA LO MA AT TX PH HO PTS
1—J JOHNSON 2 5 1 9 6 1 2 15 1 15 +69
2—C Edwards 3 3 2 29 33 3 1 1 4 1 -69
3—G Biffle 1 1 3 24 7 12 10 5 11 18 -217
4—K Harvick 10 6 6 20 13 7 13 7 7 2 -276
5—C Bowyer 12 8 12 5 12 10 20 4 12 5 -303
6—J Burton 4 9 7 4 1 17 18 13 9 40 -349
7—J Gordon 14 7 4 38 8 4 9 2 41 4 -368
8—D Hamlin 9 38 11 39 16 5 3 17 5 13 -470
9—T Stewart 8 11 40 1 11 26 17 16 22 9 -482
10—Ky Busch 34 43 28 15 4 29 5 6 8 19 -498
11—M Kenseth 40 2 5 26 41 8 4 9 15 25 -50
12--Dale Jr 5 24 13 28 36 2 11 20 6 41 -557
2007 (After 1 Race)
1-JOHNSON 5210/+1
2-J Gordon 5210/-1
3-Stewart 5200/-10
4-Bowyer 5195/-16
5-Kyle Busch 5175/-36
6-Truex 5170/-41
7-Kenseth 5156/-55
8-Edwards 5147/-64
9-Hamlin 5128/-83
10-Harvick 5122/-89
11-Burton 5119/-92
12-Kurt Busch 5108/-103
2007 CHASE FINISHES
NH DO KS TA LO MA AT TX PH HO PTS
1—J JOHNSON 6 14 3 2 14 1 1 1 1 7 +77
2—J Gordon 2 11 5 1 1 3 7 7 10 4 -77
3—C Bowyer 1 12 2 11 2 9 6 19 11 39 -346
4—M Kenseth 7 35 35 26 34 5 4 2 3 1 -425
5—Ky Busch 4 5 41 36 3 4 20 4 8 20 -430
6—T Stewart 3 9 39 8 7 13 30 11 4 30 -481
7—Ku Busch 25 29 11 7 26 31 8 8 12 2 -492
8—J Burton 18 7 36 43 4 12 5 6 9 8 -492
9—C Edwards 12 1 37 14 5 11 2 26 42 5 -501
10—K Harvick 17 20 6 20 33 10 15 10 6 19 -524
11—M Truex 5 13 38 42 17 19 31 3 7 6 -559
12—D Hamlin 15 38 29 4 20 6 24 29 16 3 -580
2006 (After 1 Race)
1-Harvick 5230/+35
2-Hamlin 5195/-35
3-Kenseth 5189/-41
4-J Gordon 5180/-50
5-Burton 5166/-64
6-Martin 5155/-75
7-Dale Jr 5149/-81
8-Kahne 5120/-110
9-JOHNSON 5091/-139
10-Ky Busch 5084/-146
2006 CHASE FINISHES
NH DO KS TA LO MA AT TX PH HO PTS
1—J JOHNSON 39 13 14 24 2 1 2 2 2 9 +56
2—M Kenseth 10 10 23 4 14 11 4 12 13 6 -56
3—D Hamlin 4 9 18 21 28 2 8 10 3 3 -68
4—Harvick 1 32 15 6 18 9 31 3 1 5 -78
5—Dale Jr 13 21 10 23 4 22 3 6 9 19 -147
6—J Gordon 3 3 39 36 24 5 6 9 4 24 -219
7—J Burton 7 1 5 27 3 42 13 38 10 14 -247
8—K Kahne 16 38 33 2 1 7 38 33 7 4 -292
9—M Martin 11 14 3 8 30 24 36 22 6 18 -307
10-Ky Busch 38 40 7 11 6 18 27 4 38 38 -448
2005 (After 1 Race)
1-STEWART 5230/+20
2-Biffle 5210/-20
3-Newman 5190/-40
4-R Wallace 5190/-40
5-Kenseth 5180/-50
6-Johnson 5177/-53
7-Martin 5176/-54
8-Mayfield 5135/-95
9-Edwards 5121/-109
10-Ku Busch 5088/-142
2005 CHASE FINISHES
NH DO TA KA LO MA AT TX PH HO PTS
1—T STEWART 2 18 2 4 25 2 9 6 4 15 +35
2—G Biffle 4 13 27 2 3 20 7 20 2 1 -35
3—C Edwards 19 9 5 3 10 26 1 1 6 4 -35
4—M Martin 7 4 41 1 5 34 3 2 14 2 -105
5—J Johnson 8 1 31 6 1 3 16 5 7 40 -127
6—R Newman 1 5 4 23 7 10 23 25 12 7 -174
7—M Kenseth 3 35 3 5 26 12 5 3 32 3 -181
8—R Wallace 6 3 25 7 24 19 37 22 29 13 -393
9—J Mayfield 16 7 14 16 11 28 38 35 24 10 -460
10-Ku Busch 35 23 8 14 2 6 36 10 NA NA -559
2004 (After 1 Race)
1-Dale Jr 5210/+9
2-KU BUSCH 5210/+9
3-J Gordon 5201/-9
4-Kenseth 5200/-10
5-Johnson 5180/-30
6-Sadler 5172/-38
7-Martin 5139/-71
8-Stewart 5086/-124
9-Newman 5074/-136
10-Mayfield 5068/-142
2004 CHASE FINISHES
NH DO TA KA LO MA AT PH DA HO PTS
1—KU BUSCH 1 5 5 6 4 5 42 10 6 5 +8
2—J Johnson 11 10 37 32 1 1 1 6 1 2 -8
3—J Gordon 7 3 19 13 2 9 34 3 3 3 -16
4—M Martin 13 2 15 20 13 12 2 15 2 11 -107
5—Dale Jr 3 9 1 9 3 33 33 1 11 23 -138
6—T Stewart 39 6 6 14 10 15 9 8 17 4 -180
7—R Newman 33 1 16 33 14 3 17 2 34 30 -326
8—M Kenseth 2 32 14 17 11 16 41 36 20 19 -437
9—E Sadler 8 20 22 4 7 32 36 38 23 34 -482
10—J Mayfield 35 7 38 5 30 6 26 21 19 35 -506
THE RACE to GET in THE CHASE after
26. Richmond
25. Atlanta
24. Bristol
23. Michigan
22. Watkins Glen
21. Pocono
20. Indianapolis
19. Chicago
18. Daytona
17. New Hampshire
16. Infineon
15. Michigan
14. Pocono
13. Charlotte
12. Dover
11. Darlington
10. Richmond
9. Talladega
8. Texas
THE CHASE for the 2009 SPRINT CUP
36. Homestead
35. Phoenix
34. Texas
33. Talladega
32. Martinsville
31. Charlotte
30. Auto Club
29. Kansas
28. Dover
27. New Hampshire
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