2010 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #9 of 26:  Talladega #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

1/1/3-JJOHNSON 1323     +256       31/75      -51          753/+3   3—1—1                 5              6              1

2/4/20-Harvick    1297       +230       1/190      +64         653/+3   1—2—0                 3              6              1

3/3/10-BIFFLE      1237       +170       17/117   -9            652/E     0—0—1                 2              7              0

 

4/2/12-Kenseth   1224       +157       28/84      -42          606/-2    0—1—0                 3              6              0

5/6/6-KyBusch    1163       +96         9/143      +17         695/+10 0—0—1                 1              4              0

6/10/18-MARTIN  1154       +87         5/160      +34         633/+1   0—0—0                 4              5              1

7/9/1-KUBUSCH 1146       +79         8/147      +21         644/+3   1—0—1                 3              5              2

8/7/15-DaleJr       1142       +75         13/129   +3           667/+5   0—1—0                 1              3              0

9/11/5-HAMLIN    1138       +71         4/165      +39         729/+13 2—0—0                 3              3              0

10/5/2-JGORDON 1130     +63         22/102   -24          648/+1   0—1—2                 3              3              0

11/8/8-Bowyer     1086       +19         7/146      +20         528/-6    0—0—0                 1              6              1

12/8/9-Burton      1082       +15         32/77      -49          544/-6    0—0—1                 1              2              0

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                                                12^th

13/15/7-EDWARDS 1067  -15          11/130   -15          637/+7   0—0—0                 0              4              1

14/13/4-STEWART 1061   -21          16/120   -20          551/-6    0—1—0                 1              3              0

15/17/23-Truex    1045       -37          12/127   -13          659/+9   0—0—0                 1              3              1

16/12/33-Logano 1001       -81          36/60      -80          530/-2    0—1—0                 2              4              2

17/21/29-McMury 998        -84          2/175      +35         559/+2   1—1—0                 2              3              1

18/16/13-NEWMN 995       -87          35/63      -77          658/+11 1—0—0                 2              2              3

19/18/32-Menard 962        -120        25/93      -47          457/-10  0—0—0                 1              1              1

20/24/16-MONTYA 959      -123        3/170      +30         541/+1   0—0—2                 3              4              4

21/20/36-Speed   949         -133        15/118   -22          467/-9    0—0—0                 0              1              0

22/26/26-Ragan  930         -152        6/155      +14         570/+5   0—0—0                 0              1              1

23/22/14-KAHNE 926        -156        21/105   -35          479/-6    0—0—0                 2              3              3

 

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—Kevin Harvick               5010                       9—Kyle Busch                    5000

4—Kurt Busch                    5010                       10—Jeff Burton                  5000

5—Jeff Gordon                   5000                       11—Mark Martin                 5000

6—Matt Kenseth                5000                       12—Clint Bowyer               5000

 

NOTES:

·         KNEE SURGERY HASN’T AFFECTED HAMLIN:  Denny Hamlin, who many think is one of the leading contenders to unseat Jimmie Johnson in 2010, has made up 13 spots in the standings and scored the second most points over the last five races, despite having major knee surgery in the middle of the period. He is second in wins (2) and his fourth at Talladega has him on a roll heading to his home track at Richmond.

·         IN RANGE:  Eleven drivers are within one race (161 points or less) of the Top 12, the most in the seven-year history of The Chase.  Five (Carl Edwards -15, Tony Stewart -21, Ryan Newman -87, Juan Montoya -123, Kasey Kahne -156), made the Chase last year. Every current member of the T12 has made the Chase at least twice before.

·         DOUBLE DIGIT MOVERS: In addition to Hamlin’s +13 move over the last five races, Ryan Newman is +11 and Kyle Busch is +10. Paul Menard has lost nine spots over the last five.

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

2009                       pts/13^th                  2008                       pts/13^th                  2007                       pts/11th

1-KU BUSCH       1299/+266            1-JGORDON        1326/+458            1-MKENSETH      1218/+284

2-J GORDON       1294/+261            2-JBURTON         1252/+384            2-JJOHNSON      1209/+275

3-J JOHNSON     1235/+202            3-MKENSETH      1166/+298            3-KKAHNE           1167/+233

4-T STEWART      1232/+199            4-JJOHNSON      1115/+247            4-MMARTIN          1152/+218

5-D HAMLIN         1190/+157            5-DHAMLIN          1084/+216            5-T Stewart          1141/+207

6-Ky Busch          1124/+91               6-KYBUSCH        1002/+134            6-JGORDON        1045/+111

7-C EDWARDS    1119/+86               7-TSTEWART       994/+126               7-DALE JR           1045/+111

8-C Bowyer          1098/+65               8-CEDWARDS     967/+99                 8-KHARVICK       1044/+110

9-J Burton            1092/+59               9-CBOWYER       963/+95                 9-KYBUSCH        1010/+76

10-G BIFFLE        1081/+48               10-M Martin          921/+53                 10-CMears           948/+14

11-D Reutimann 1077/+44               11-KHARVICK     902/+34                

12-M Kenseth      1063/+30               12-JMcMurray     899/+31

 

13-R NEWMAN    1033/-30                13-KUBUSCH     868/-31                  11-DJarrett          934/-14

14-K KAHNE        1030/-33                14-G Biffle            850/-49                  12-C Bowyer       910/-38

15-Dale Jr            1018/-45                15-DaleJr             843/-56                  13-JBURTON      879/-69

16-MONTOYA      1018/-45                16-JP Montoya    831/-68                  14-E Sadler          861/-87

17-VICKERS        995/-68                  17-E Sadler          817/-82                  15-M Truex           841/-107

18-MARTIN           971/-92                  18-DStremme     813/-86                  16-CEdwards      822/-126

19-M Ambrose    937/-126                19-BLabonte        780/-119                17-Ku Busch       813/-135

20-Harvick           918/-145                20-MTRUEX         774/-125                18-DHAMLIN        808/-140

21-C Mears          911/-152                21-TRaines          752/-147                19-BVickers        808/-140

                                                                                                                                20-JMcMurray     796/-152

                                                                                                                                21-G Biffle            785/-163

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

2006                                                       2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON      1260/+309            1-DALEJR            1167/+173            1-DALE JR           1347/+265

2-KU BUSCH       1087/+136            2-KUBUSCH        1162/+168            2-JOHNSON        1253/+171

3-GBIFFLE            1052/+101            3-MKENSETH      1155/+161            3-JGORDON        1236/+154

4-JGordon            1027/+76               4-JJOHNSON      1088/+94               4-KU BUSCH       1222/+140

5-ESadler             1009/+58               5-ESADLER         1069/+75               5-KENSETH         1192/+110

6-MMARTIN          997/+46                 6-TSTEWART       1067/+73               6-Harvick             1173/+91

7-RNEWMAN       994/+43                 7-JGORDON        1051/+57               7-STEWART         1169/+87

8-CEDWARDS     979/+28                 8-RWallace          1010/+16               8-SADLER            1153/+71

9-SMarlin              968/+17                 9-KKahne             1007/+13               9-NEWMAN          1129/+47

10-RWALLACE    960/+9                   10-KHarvick        1003/+9                 10-BLabonte        1110/+28

 

11-KHarvick        951/-9                    11-RNEWMAN     994/-9                    11-McMurray       1082/-28

12-Dale Jr            947/-13                  12-BLabonte        971/-32                  12-Kahne              1080/-30

13-DJarrett          947/-13                  13-SMarlin            955/-48                  13-RWallace        1074/-36

14-TSTEWART    913/-47                  14-JMcMurray     939/-64                  14-SMarlin            1030/-70

15-JMcMurray     912/-48                  15-JMAYFIELD    880/-123                15-MMARTIN       1005/-105

16-JMAYFIELD    904/-56                  16-JNemechek   858/-145                16-JMAYFIELD    980/-130

17-JBurton           879/-81                  17-DJarrett          855/-148                17-DJarrett          975/-135

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

19-SRiggs            847/-113

20-KKahne           810/-150

28-MKENSETH   745/-215

 

Chase participants for that season in ALL CAPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

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