(by current points standing, 1st four have clinched a spot)
1) #14-Tony Stewart starts 25th
2) #24-Jeff Gordon, 7th
3) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 4th
4) #11-Denny Hamlin, 3rd
(the following have not clinched a spot in The Chase
5) #99-Carl Edwards, 10th
6) #9-Kasey Kahne, 5th
7) #2-Kurt Busch, 13th
8) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 14th
9) #39-Ryan Newman, 21st
10) #5-Mark Martin, 1st-Pole
11) #16-Greg Biffle, 24th
12) #17-Matt Kenseth, 28th
Contenders for the top-12/The Chase:
13) #83-Brian Vickers, 6th
14) #18-Kyle Busch, 8th
15) #00-David Reutimann, 23rd.(9-11-2009)
