2011 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #10 of 26:  Darlington

 

                                                Out         Last        Gain/Loss                                             Top         Top         Bot

10/LW/LY                 Pts       of 11^th    Race      11^th         Lst 5       W—2—3               5s           10s         10s

1/1/11-EDWARDS 378        +91         2/42        +19         191/E      1—3—1                 6              8              0

2/2/2-JOHNSON     355       +68         15/29      +5           182/+3   1—1—2                 4              6              0

3/3/3-KYBUSCH     339       +52         11/34      +10         163/+1   2—1—2                 5              6              2

4/4/13-DaleJr         331       +44         14/30      +6           175/+8   0—1—0                 2              5              0

5/5/1-HARVICK       328       +41         17/28      +4           171/+4   2—0—0                 4              5              1

6/8/16-Newman     317       +30         5/40        +16         139/-4    0—0—0                 4              5              0

7/10/15-STEWART 313      +26         7/38        +14         143/-1    0—1—0                 1              4              1

8/6/8-KUBUSCH     306       +19         27/17      -7            129/-5    0—0—0                 1              5              0

9/7/12-BOWYER    297       +10         31/13      -11          175/+8   0—2—0                 2              5              1

10/9/4-KENSETH    295       +8           25/19      -5            138/E      1—0—0                 3              4              2

                                                Out Of

                                                10^th

*11/11/21-Allmen  287       -8            20/24      +4           150/+4   0—0—0                 0              2              0

12/14/5-BIFFLE       286       -9            8/36        +16         167/+8   0—0—0                 1              4              1

13/12/18-Montya   283       -12          23/21      +1           122/-5    0—0—1                 2              4              0

14/13/10-Martin     281       -14          19/25      +5           134/E      0—0—0                 0              3              1

15/18/22-Kahne     278       -17          4/42        +22         121/-4    0—0—1                 2              5              2

16/17/7-HAMLIN    276       -19          6/38        +18         164/+5   0—1—0                 1              3              1

*17/16/6-JGORDON 272    -23          12/32      +12         142/-1    1—0—1                 3              3              2

18/18/15/20-Mnrd  271      -24          22/22      +2           107/-11  0—0—0                 2              3              2

19/19/23-Ragan     254       -41          21/23      +3           143/+3   0—0—0                 1              3              2

 

20/22/14-Truex      245       -50          10/35      +15         98/-7       0—0—0                 0              2              2

21/24/19-McMury  243       -52          9/36        +16         146/+7   0—0—0                 0              2              1

22/23/28-Ambrose 240     -55          13/31      +11         119/-3    0—0—0                 1              2              1

23/25/31-Labonte  225      -70          18/27      +7           104/-5    0—0—0                 1              1              1

24/20/9-JBURTON 225       -70          33/11      -9            138/+1   0—0—0                 0              0              1

25/21/17-Logano   221       -74          35/9        -11          128/+4   0—0—0                 0              1              2

26/28/26-Kesel      220       -75          3/41        +21         113/-3    0—0—1                 1              1              1

27/29/33-RSmith  216        -79          1/47        +27         124/+3   1—0—0                 1              2              3

28/27/27-Reutmn  215       -80          16/28      +8           115/-1    0—0—0                 0              0              1

29/26/24-Vickers  199       -96          34/10      -10          94/-5       0—0—0                 0              3              3

30/30/35-Gilland    180       -115        32/12      -8            79/+4      0—0—1                 1              2              2

 

·          Qualified for final two Chase spots at present

 

 

NOTES:

 

·          EDWARDS, NEWMAN, ALLMENDINGER PACE IMPROVEMENT TREND:  Dale Earnhardt Jr. has gotten the headlines for a great year-over-year improvement through 10 races by improving by nine spots over this time last year, but Carl Edwards, Ryan Newman and A.J. Allmendinger have each improved by 10 spots over last year, and Edwards has zoomed to the top spot in the standings. Tony Stewart and Bobby Labonte deserve kudos for each improving eight spots over last year so far.

·          BURTON, JEFF GORDON HAVE THE BIGGEST DROPS:  Jeff Burton has plummeted 15 spots from this time last year, and faces an uphill struggle to make The Chase.  Mired in 24^th, only one driver has come from that far back (Matt Kenseth in 2005) to make The Chase. Jeff Gordon, despite recording a win at Phoenix, has dropped 11 spots from last year. Denny Hamlin, who carried the championship lead into the final race last year, has slipped nine spots.

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                     Out of

2010                       Pts/13^th

1-HARVICK           1467/+258

2-JOHNSON         1457/+248

3-KYBUSCH          1358/+149

4-KENSETH           1348/+139

5-BIFFLE                1334/+125

6-JGORDON         1305/+96

7-HAMLIN              1268/+59

8-KUBUSCH          1255/+46

9-BURTON            1247/+38

10-Martin              1242/+33

11-EDWARDS      1227/+18

12-BOWYER         1213/+4

                                      Out of

                                      12^th

13-Dale Jr             1209/-4

14-Truex               1196/-17

15-STEWART       1160/-53

16-Newman         1142/-71

17-Logano            1116/-97

18-Montoya          1109/-104

19-McMurray       1104/-109

 

 

 

                                      Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-JGORDON         1441/+285

2-KUBUSCH          1431/+275

3-TSTEWART       1402/+246

4-HAMLIN              1321/+165

5-Ky Busch           1314/+158

6-JJOHNSON       1290/+134

7-JBurton             1257/+101

8-CBowyer           1212/+56

9-EDWARDS         1204/+48

10-NEWMAN        1198/+42

11-BIFFLE              1193/+37

12-Kenseth          1187/+31

                                        Out of

                                        12^th

13-Reutimann      1156/-31

14-MONTOYA       1152/-35

15-MMARTIN        1126/-61

16-VICKERS         1118/-69

17-KAHNE             1106/-81

18-Dale Jr             1100/-87

19-Ambrose         1067/-120

20-Mears              1049/-138

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH        1495/+339            1-JGORDON         1691/+592            1-JJOHNSON       1521/+364

2-JBURTON          1477/+321            2-JJOHNSON       1480/+381            2-TStewart           1466/+309

3-DALEJR             1391/+235            3-MKENSETH       1431/+332            3-MKENSETH       1422/+265

4-CBOWYER         1372/+216            4-DHAMLIN           1359/+260            4-MMARTIN          1345/+188

5-KHARVICK         1350/+194            5-JBURTON          1352/+253            5-KHARVICK         1313/+156

6-DHAMLIN           1349/+193            6-KYBUSCH          1229/+130            6-DALE JR            1305/+148

7-JJOHNSON       1318/+162            7-TSTEWART       1225/+126            7-KKAHNE             1274/+117

8-TSTEWART       1297/+141            8-KHARVICK         1203/+104            8-KY BUSCH         1237/+80

9-GBIFFLE             1269/+113            9-KU BUSCH         1198/+99               9-J GORDON        1216/+59

10-CEDWARDS    1230/+74               10-C BOWYER     1159/+60               10-C Mears          1168/+9

11-RNewman       1212/+56               11-CEDWARDS   1131/+32                              

12-KKahne           1162/+6                 12-Dale Jr             1118/+19

 

13-JGORDON       1156/-6                  13-JMcMurray     1099/-19                11-JBURTON        1157/-9

14-DRagan           1106/-56                14-MMartin           1038/-80                12-DJarrett          1141/-27

15-MTruex            1104/-58                15-GBiffle              1037/-81                13-C Edwards      1115/-53

16-JMontoya        1096/-66                16-ESadler           1022/-96                14-E Sadler          1105/-63

17-BVickers         1073/-80                17-DStremme      1009/-109             15-C Bowyer        1087/-81

18-BLabonte        1019/-143             18-BLabonte        1001/-117             16-DHAMLIN         1085/-83

19-TKvapil            1008/-154             19-RNewman       998/-120                17-JMcMurray     1062/-106

22-KENSETH        958/-204                20-M TRUEX         987/-131                18-Ku Busch        1040/-128

                                                                21-JMontoya        986/-132                19-BVickers         1030/-138

                               

 

 

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON       1521/+317            1-DALEJR             1453/+244

2-JGordon            1392/+188            2-JJOHNSON       1428/+219

3-GBIFFLE             1371/+167            3-JGORDON         1426/+217

4-KU BUSCH         1290/+86               4-M KENSETH      1357/+148

5-ESadler              1267/+63               5-KU BUSCH         1316/+107

6-M MARTIN         1226/+22               6-KHarvick           1316/+107

7-T STEWART      1222/+18               7-R NEWMAN       1299/+90

8-J McMurray      1217/+13               8-T STEWART      1284/+75

9-DaleJr                1212/+8                 9-B Labonte         1265/+56

10-R NEWMAN     1205/+1                 10-E SADLER       1250/+41

 

11-K Harvick        1204/-1                  11-K Kahne          1209/-41

12-D Jarrett         1203/-2                  12-J McMurray    1200/-50

13-C EDWARDS   1189/-16                13-M MARTIN       1135/-115

14-R WALLACE   1184/-21                14-R Wallace       1132/-118

15-J MAYFIELD    1133/-72                15-S Marlin           1112/-138

16-J Burton          1113/-92                16-JMAYFIELD     1106/-144

17-M Waltrip        1097/-108

18-S Marlin           1074/-131                            

19-K Kahne          1071/-134

24-MKENSETH     965/-240

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Greg Biffle                               X              X             X            No           No            X            No        4 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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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