2011 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #11 of 26:  Dover #1

 

                                                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 416        +92         7/38        +1           202/+1   1—3—1                 6              9              0

2/2/2-JOHNSON     392       +68         9/37        E              185/+1   1—1—2                 4              7              0

3/3/3-KYBUSCH    379        +55         4/40        +3           160/-2    2—1—2                 6              7              2

 

4/4/12-DaleJr         364       +40         12/33      -4            165/+4   0—1—0                 2              5              0

5/5/1-HARVICK       362       +38         10/34      -3            158/E      2—0—0                 4              6              1

6/10/5-KENSETH  342         +18         1/47        +10         147/+3   2—0—0                 4              5              2

7/6/14-Newman     340       +16         21/23      -14          137/-1    0—0—0                 4              5              0

8/9/15-BOWYER    336       +12         6/39        +2           178/+8   0—2—0                 2              6              1

9/8/8-KUBUSCH    336        +12         14/30      -7            131/-5    0—0—0                 1              5              0

10/7/18-STEWART 328      +4           29/15      -22          148/+1   0—1—0                 1              4              1

                                                Out of

                                                10^th

*11/14/10-Martin   324       -4            2/43        +10         143/-1    0—1—0                 1              4              1

12/12/7-BIFFLE       311       -17          19/25      -8            169/+8   0—0—0                 1              4              1

13/16/6-HAMLIN    304       -24          16/28      -5            159/+6   0—1—0                 1              3              1

*14/17/4-JGORDON 299    -29          17/27      -6            129/-2    1—0—1                 3              3              2

15/13/17-Montoya 296       -32          32/13      -20          95/-8       0—0—1                 2              4              0

16/11/27-Allmngr  295       -33          37/8        -25          127/-2    0—0—0                 0              2              1

17//18/23-Menard  291      -37          24/20      -13          93/-4       0—0—0                 2              3              2

18/15/22-Kahne     286       -42          36/8        -25          123/-3    0—0—1                 2              5              3

19/20/13-Truex      282       -46          8/37        +4           131/-2    0—0—0                 0              3              2

20/22/28-Ambrose 281     -47          3/41        +8           145/+2   0—0—1                 2              3              1

 

21/19/21-Ragan     270       -58          28/16      -17          123/-3    0—0—0                 1              3              2

22/21/16-McMury  267       -61          20/24      -9            132/+1   0—0—0                 0              2              1

23/24/9-BURTON  258        -70          11/33      E              135/+5   0—0—0                 0              0              1             

 

* Qualified for final two Chase spots at present

 

 

NOTES:

 

ท          “WIN” WILD CARD RULE MAKES TOP 20 INTERESTING:  Jeff Gordon is mired in 14^th place but he’s currently in The Chase field because he is the only competitor from 11^th to 20^th place with a win. Because no one else has a win in that group, 11^th place Mark Martin gets the other spot at the moment.  Look for this rule to make things interesting down the stretch. Kasey Kahne, for instance, is in 18^th but certainly is capable of one or more wins. Jeff Burton, all the way back in 23^rd, could throw a hail mary by getting himself in the Top 20 and getting a win, thus leap-frogging many teams to get into The Chase.

ท          EDWARDS IS PACING THE FIELD. Again last week, Carl Edwards was a strong contender for a win until late-race pit strategy put him back in the pack. Still, he managed a seventh and now has almost a two-race cushion on 11^th place. He has nine Top 10s in 11 races.

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

 

                                     Out of

2010                       Pts/13^th

1-HARVICK           1768/+364

2-KYBUSCH          1699/+295

3-KENSETH           1642/+238

4-JOHNSON         1637/+233

5-HAMLIN              1618/+214

6-JGORDON         1605/+201

7-BIFFLE                1581/+177

8-BURTON            1569/+165

9-KUBUSCH          1531/+127

10-EDWARDS      1487/+83

11-Martin              1475/+71

12-Truex               1434/+30

                                      Out of

                                      12^th

13-Newman         1404/-30

14-STEWART       1397/-37

15-BOWYER         1392/-42

16-Dale Jr             1391/-43

17-McMurray       1346/-88

18-Logano            1332/-102

19-Montoya          1322/-112

 

 

                                       Out of

2009                       Pts/13^th

1-JGORDON         1722/+300

2-STEWART         1678/+256

3-KUBUSCH          1607/+185

4-JJOHNSON       1594/+172

5-HAMLIN              1575/+153

6-Ky Busch           1540/+118

7-NEWMAN           1538/+116

8-JBurton             1472/+50

9-Kenseth             1460/+38

10-BIFFLE              1448/+26

11-EDWARDS      1431/+9

12-MARTIN           1428/+6

                                         Out of

                                         12^th

13-Reutimann      1422/-6

14-MONTOYA       1397/-31

15-KAHNE             1351/-77

16-VICKERS         1348/-80

17-Bowyer            1319/-109

19-Dale Jr             1225/-203

23-Harvick            1149/-279

 

 

                                      Out of                                                      out of                                                    out of

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

1- KY BUSCH        1860/+462            1-JGORDON         1921/+614            1-JJOHNSON       1861/+487

2-JBURTON          1766+368             2-JJOHNSON       1789/+482            2-M KENSETH      1752/+378

3-DALEJR             1721/+323            3-MKENSETH       1714/+407            3-M MARTIN         1652/+278

4-DHAMLIN           1596/+198            4-DHAMLIN           1682/+375            4-T Stewart          1630/+256

5-CBOWYER         1578/+180            5-JBURTON          1577/+203            5-DALE JR            1590/+216

6-C EDWARDS    1538/+140             6-T STEWART      1530/+223            6-K KAHNE            1569/+195

7-KHARVICK         1517/+119            7-K HARVICK        1415/+108            7-J GORDON        1451/+77

8-TSTEWART       1511/+113            8-C EDWARDS     1414/+107            8-J BURTON         1450/+76

9-JJOHNSON       1493/+95               9-KU BUSCH         1402/+95               9-K HARVICK        1426/+52

10-JGORDON       1486/+88               10-C BOWYER     1378/+71               10-KY BUSCH       1412/+38

11-GBIFFLE           1483/+85               11-KY BUSCH     1359/+52                               

12-K Kahne          1454/+56               12-J McMurray    1320/+13

 

13-D Ragan          1398/-56                13-Dale Jr             1307/-13                11-C Mears          1374/-38

14-R Newman      1369/-85                14-M Martin          1289/-31                12-D HAMLIN        1362/-50

15-MTruex            1291/-163             15-JJ Yeley          1261/-59                13-G Biffle             1340/-72

16-M KENSETH    1264/-190             16-M TRUEX         1232/-88                14-C Edwards      1331/-81

                                                                17-B Labonte       1231/-89                15-C Bowyer        1287/-125

18-R Newman      1214/-106             16-D Jarrett         1271/-141

19-G Biffle             1189/-131             17-E Sadler          1259/-153

                                                                20-E Sadler          1182/-138

                                                                21-D Stremme     1182/-138            

                                                                22-J Montoya       1159/-161

                               

 

2005                                                       2004

1-JJOHNSON       1747/+318            1-DALEJR             1798/+378

2-G BIFFLE            1676/+247            2-JJOHNSON       1793/+373

3-E Sadler             1542/+113            3-M KENSETH      1687/+267

4-R NEWMAN       1530/+101            4-J GORDON        1654/+234

5-J Gordon           1516/+87               5-T STEWART      1587/+167

6-T STEWART     1488/+59               6-B Labonte         1554/+134

7-K Harvick          1485/+56               7-E SADLER          1537/+117

8-C EDWARDS     1459/+30               8-KU BUSCH       1521/+101

9-J McMurray      1451/+22               9-R NEWMAN       1500/+803

10-KU BUSCH      1441/+12               10-K Harvick        1498/+78

 

11-R WALLACE   1429/-12                11-K Kahne          1420/-78

12-M MARTIN       1423/-18                12-J McMurray    1414/-84

13-J MAYFIELD    1417/-24                13-R Wallace       1381/-117

14-D Jarrett         1406/-35                14-J MAYFIELD    1350/-148

15-Dale Jr             1397/-44                15-M MARTIN       1336/-162

16-K Kahne          1351/-90

17-J Burton          1325/-116

18-M Waltrip        1295/-146                            

23-MKENSETH     1149/-292

 

Eventual champion in italics

 

 

 

 

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