with #9-Kasey Kahne, 30th in drivers championship points after 11 races, folks wonder…after 11 races in the three previous Chase’s, what was the worst spot a future Chaser [in that season] was in after the 11th race? In 2006 after the 11th race, #11-Hamlin was 13th in drivers points [and made it in the chase at 5th], in 2005 it was #17-Matt Kenseth who was 21st [and made it in at 9th] after 11 races. In the first year of the Chase, 2004, Jeremy Mayfield [then in the #19, now in the #36] was 16th [and went into the chase at 9th]. The three drivers who won the last three Nextel Cup Championships were no deeper then 9th, that being #97-Kurt Busch. In 2006 #48-Jimmie Johnson was 1st.(5-14-2007)
