2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #8 of 26:  Texas #1

 

                                                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

1/1/2-JJOHNSON 1248     +307       2/175      +78         805/+4   3—1—1                 5              6              1

2/2/12-Kenseth   1140       +199       20/103   +6           692/+2   0—1—0                 3              6              0

3/3/14-BIFFLE      1120       +179       10/139   +42         677/+3   0—0—1                 2              7              0

4/4/16-Harvick    1107       +166       7/146      +49         601/-3    0—2—0                 2              5              1

 

5/5/1-JGORDON 1028       +87         31/80      -17          655/+8   0—1—2                 3              3              0

6/12/7-KyBusch  1020       +79         3/165      +68         645/+6   0—0—1                 1              3              0

7/10/19-DaleJr    1013       +72         8/147      +50         656/+8   0—1—0                 1              3              0

8/7/11-JBurton    1005       +64         12/132   +35         575/-1    0—0—1                 1              2              0

9/14/3-KUBSCH  999         +58         4/165      +68         687/+10 1—0—1                 3              4              2

10/13/13-MARTIN 994       +53         6/150      +53         537/-7    0—0—0                 3              4              1

11/18/5-HAMLIN  973         +32         1/190      +93         669/+11 2—0—0                 2              2              0

12/8/8-EDWARDS 942       +1           33/69      -28          553/-2    0—0—0                 0              4              1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/11/33-Logano 941        -1            28/79      -8            528/-5    0—1—0                 2              4              1

14/9/4-STEWART 941        -1            32/72      -15          555/-3    0—1—0                 1              3              0

15/6/6-Bowyer     940         -2            36/55      -32          481/-13  0—0—0                 1              5              1

16/16/17-NEWMN 932       -10          11/130   +43         707/+16 1—0—0                 2              2              2

17/19/21-Truex    918         -24          9/138      +51         614/+4   0—0—0                 1              3              1

18/15/32-Menard869         -73          35/58      -29          524/-1    0—0—0                 1              1              1

19/17/18-VICKERS 835     -107        38/49      -38          515/-1    0—0—0                 0              2              2

20/22/38-Speed   831         -111        16/115   +28         483/-4    0—0—0                 0              1              0

21/20/24-McMury 823        -119        30/78      -9            460/-7    1—0—0                 1              2              1

22/26/10-KAHNE 821        -121        5/155      +68         544/+1   0—0—0                 2              3              3

23/23/23-Allmend 806       -136        13/124   +37         558/+4   0—0—0                 0              1              1

24/21/15-MONTYA 789      -153        34/66      -21          541/+2   0—0—1                 2              3              4

25/27/20-Keselski 787      -155        14/121   +34         547/+5   0—0—0                 0              0              2

26/24/26-Ambrose 785     -157        17/112   +25         566/+7   0—0—0                 0              0              2

 

2009  Chase participants in ALL CAPS

CHASE SEEDING

1—Jimmie Johnson          5030                       7—Dale Jr                            5000

2—Denny Hamlin               5020                       8—Greg Biffle                     5000

3—Kurt Busch                    5010                       9—Kyle Busch                    5000

4—Kevin Harvick               5000                       10—Jeff Burton                  5000

5—Jeff Gordon                   5000                       11—Mark Martin                 5000

6—Matt Kenseth                5000                       12—Carl Edwards             5000

 

NOTES:

 

ท         THREE 09 CHASERS ALREADY IN DANGER ZONE:  Three drivers that made the 2009 Chase, 24-Juan Montoya (-153), 22-Kasey Kahne (-121) 19-Brian Vickers (-107) are more than 100 points out of 12^th place. Add two other ’09 Chasers currently on the outside, but much closer, 16-Ryan Newman (-10), 14-Tony Stewart (-1).

ท         FIVE CURRENTLY EYEING RETURN TO CHASE:  Five drivers who missed the ’09 Chase are currently in the T12:  2-Matt Kenseth (+199), 4-Kevin Harvick (+166), 6-Kyle Busch (+79), and 7-Dale Jr. (+72). If you assume that at least Tony Stewart is going to make it in, who’s he going to knock out?

ท         UP/DOWN ELEVATOR OVER ’09:  Up: Joey Logano has improved 20 positions over this time last year. Scott Speed (+18), Paul Menard (+14), Kevin Harvick (+12), Dale Jr. (+12). Down: David Reutimann (-21), Kasey Kahne (-12), Tony Stewart (-10), Clint Bowyer (-9), Juan Montoya (-9).

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13th

1-JGORDON        1242/+305

2-JJOHNSON      1157/+220

3-KUBUSCH        1144/+207

4-TSTEWART       1138/+201

5-HAMLIIN            1088/+151

6-Bowyer              1052/+115

7-KyBusch           1026/+89

8-EDWARDS        1023/+86

9-Reutimann        992/+55

10-KAHNE            975/+38

11-JBurton           953/+16

12-Kenseth          946/+9

                                 Pts/Out of 12^th

13-MMARTIN       937/-9

14-BIFFLE            930/-16

15-MONTOYA      910/-36

16-Harvick           869/-77

17-NEWMAN        863/-83

18-VICKERS        848/-98

19-DaleJr             843/-103

20-Stremme        829/-117

21-Truex               818/-128

22-Mears              791/-155

23-Allmendinger 789/-157

24-McMurray       788/-158

 

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1-J BURTON        1215/+308            1-JGORDON        1326/+458            1-MKENSETH      1218/+284

2-KYBUSCH        1135/+228            2-JBURTON         1252/+384            2-JJOHNSON      1209/+275

3-DALEJR            1129/+222            3-MKENSETH      1166/+298            3-KKAHNE           1167/+233

4-JJOHNSON      1116/+209            4-JJOHNSON      1115/+247            4-MMARTIN          1152/+218

5-KHARVICK       1115/+208            5-DHAMLIN          1084/+216            5-T Stewart          1141/+207

6-DHAMLIN          1078/+171            6-KYBUSCH        1002/+134            6-JGORDON        1045/+111

7-TSTEWART       1057/+150            7-TSTEWART       994/+126               7-DALE JR           1045/+111

8-CBOWYER       1044/+137            8-CEDWARDS     967/+99                 8-KHARVICK       1044/+110

9-CEDWARDS     1041/+134            9-CBOWYER       963/+95                 9-KYBUSCH        1010/+76

10-GBIFFLE         1039/+132            10-M Martin          921/+53                 10-CMears           948/+14

11-KKahne           929/+22                 11-KHARVICK     902/+34                

12-RNewman      915/+8                   12-JMcMurray     899/+31

 

13-JGORDON      907/-8                    13-KUBUSCH     868/-31                  11-DJarrett          934/-14

14-MTruex            897/-18                  14-G Biffle            850/-49                  12-C Bowyer       910/-38

15-MKENSETH   869/-46                  15-DaleJr             843/-56                  13-JBURTON      879/-69

16-JP Montoya    857/-58                  16-JP Montoya    831/-68                  14-E Sadler          861/-87

17-KuBusch        851/-64                  17-E Sadler          817/-82                  15-M Truex           841/-107

18-BLabonte        834/-81                  18-DStremme     813/-86                  16-CEdwards      822/-126

19-DRagan           828/-87                  19-BLabonte        780/-119                17-Ku Busch       813/-135

20-BVickers        828/-87                  20-MTRUEX         774/-125                18-DHAMLIN        808/-140

21-DGilliland        820/-95                  21-TRaines          752/-147                19-BVickers        808/-140

22-PMenard         779/-136                                                                                20-JMcMurray     796/-152

                                                                                                                                21-G Biffle            785/-163

 

 

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON      1260/+309            1-DALEJR            1167/+173

2-KU BUSCH       1087/+136            2-KUBUSCH        1162/+168

3-GBIFFLE            1052/+101            3-MKENSETH      1155/+161

4-JGordon            1027/+76               4-JJOHNSON      1088/+94

5-ESadler             1009/+58               5-ESADLER         1069/+75

6-MMARTIN          997/+46                 6-TSTEWART       1067/+73

7-RNEWMAN       994/+43                 7-JGORDON        1051/+57

8-CEDWARDS     979/+28                 8-RWallace          1010/+16

9-SMarlin              968/+17                 9-KKahne             1007/+13

10-RWALLACE    960/+9                   10-KHarvick        1003/+9

 

11-KHarvick        951/-9                    11-RNEWMAN     994/-9

12-Dale Jr            947/-13                  12-BLabonte        971/-32

13-DJarrett          947/-13                  13-SMarlin            955/-48

14-TSTEWART    913/-47                  14-JMcMurray     939/-64

15-JMcMurray     912/-48                  15-JMAYFIELD    880/-123

16-JMAYFIELD    904/-56                  16-JNemechek   858/-145

17-JBurton           879/-81                  17-DJarrett          855/-148

18-MWaltrip         866/-94                  18-MMARTIN       850/-153

19-SRiggs            847/-113

20-KKahne           810/-150

28-MKENSETH   745/-215

 

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