2006 RACE TO THE CHASE
After Race #14 of 26:  Dover #1

Races Left to the Chase:  12 (46%)

 

05/LW/04                Season  Out of     Out of     Out of     LastRce Gain        Last 5     Finishes                Top         Top         Bottom Bonus-

Driver                     Pts.         1^st            10^th          11^th          Fin/Pts    11^th          Pts          1—2—3                   5s            10s          10s       Penalty Pts

 

1/1/1-JJohnson     2145        --            +476        +501        10/134     -18           751/E       3—2—1                   7              11            0              30-0

2/2/24-Kenseth     2097        -48           +428        +453        5/160       +8            724/E       2—2—3                   9              10            1              60-0

3/3/5-Martin           1907        -238         +238        +263        17/112     -40           697/+2     0—1—0                   2              8              1              40-0

4/5/10-Stewart      1888        -257         +219        +244        3/170       +18          572/-1      1—2—2                   7              8              2              65-0

5/6/19-Kahne         1866        -279         +197        +222        7/151       +1            653/-1      3—0—0                   5              9              3              35-0

6/4/16-ErnhrdtJr   1850        -295         +181        +206        14/121     -31           730/+2     1—0—1                   4              6              0              30-0

7/7/17-JBurton      1758        -387         +89          +114        9/143       -9             719/+5     0—0—0                   3              9              1              25-0

8/8/7-Harvick         1715        -430         +46          +71          13/124     -28           577/-1      1—1—2                   5              6              3              30-0

9/11/36-Hamlin      1682        -463         +13          +38          1/190       +38          772/+10   1—1—0                   3              6              2              35-0

10/10/18-KyBsch   1669        -476         --             +25          22/97       -55           617/-1      0—0—1                   4              7              2              35-25

                                                                                                                Gain

                                                                                                                10th

11/9/9-JGordon     1644        -501         -25           --            34/61       -36           471/-5      0—2—0                   4              5              3              45-0

12/12/2-Biffle         1642        -503         -27           -2             6/155       +58          808/+11   1—0—0                   2              7              3              80-0

13/14/4-Edwards   1547        -598         -122         -97           25/93       -4             578/+2     0—0—2                   4              6              3              25-0

14/15/12-McMurry1530        -615         -139         -114         18/109     +12          574/+3     0—1—0                   2              5              4              25-0

15/13/25-Mears     1508        -637         -161         -136         43/34       -63           452/-4      0—1—0                   1              3              1              5-0

16/16/26-Bowyer   1504        -641         -165         -140         21/105     +8            551/+2     0—0—0                   1              3              1              5-0

17/18/11-KuBusch 1482        -663         -187         -162         2/175       +78          518/-1      1—1—0                   2              3              3              30-0

18/19/6-Newman   1437        -708         -232         -207         11/135     +38          616/+8     0—0—1                   1              4              4              25-0

19/17/14-Jarrett    1411        -734         -258         -233         38/49       -48           370/-9      0—0—0                   0              2              2              15-25

20/20/3-ESadler     1405        -740         -264         -239         20/103     +6            424/-7      0—0—0                   1              2              2              30-0

21/25/23-Riggs      1392        -753         -277         -252         8/147       +50          570/+4     0—0—0                   0              3              2              10-0

22/26/21-Vickers  1381        -764         -288         -263         4/165       +68          403/-8      0—0—1                   2              4              5              20-0

23/24/29-BLabonte1375       -770         -294         -269         12/127     +30          556/+4     0—0—0                   1              3              2              15-0

24/21/25-Sorenson1348       -797         -321         -296         36/55       -42           519/E       0—0—0                   0              2              3              0-0

25/23/15-Truex      1345        -800         -324         -299         24/91        -6            449/-5      0—0—0                   0              1              3              5-0

26/22/27-Green     1316        -829         -353         -328         37/52       -45           439/-5      0—0—0                   0              0              2              15-0

27/27/29-Yeley       1311        -834         -358         -333         15/118     +21          440/-5      0—0—0                   0              1              3              25-0

28/29/20-Nemchek 1231      -914         -438         -413         29/76       -21           437/+1     0—0—0                   0              0              2              5-0

29/28/39-RGordon 1219        -926         -450         -425         35/58       -39           403/-1      0—0—0                   0              1              4              10-0

30/30/28-Schrader1204        -941         -465         -440         30/73       -24           455/+3     0—0—0                   0              1              3              0-0

31/32/26-Blaney     1184        -961         -485         -460         27/82       -15           412/-1      0—0—0                   0              0              0              15-0

32/34/13-Mayfield 1181        -964         -488         -463         23/94       -3             442/E       0—0—0                   0              0              3              10-25

33/31/31-Petty       1171        -974         -498         -473         40/43       -54           407/-2      0—0—0                   0              1              1              5-0

34/33/22-Marlin     1137        -1008       -532         -507         42/37       -60           403/E       0—0—0                   0              1              5              5-0

35/35/15-Waltrip    1007        -1138       -662         -637         28/79       -18           319/E       0—0—0                   0              0              5              15-0

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHART -  After 14 Races

 

2006                                        Pts/Outof1st         2005                                        Pts/Outof1st         2004                                        Pts/Outof1st

 

1—JIMMIE JOHNSON            2145/+48                 1—JIMMIE JOHNSON            2062/+123               1—DALE EARNHARDT JR.    2113/+58

2—MATT KENSETH               2097/-48                  2—GREG BIFFLE                    1939/-123                2—JIMMIE JOHNSON            2055/-58  

3—MARK MARTIN                 1907/-238                3—Elliott Sadler                    1781/-281                3—MATT KENSETH               1889/-224

4—TONY STEWART              1888/-257                4—CARL EDWARDS              1759/-303                4—JEFF GORDON                  1874/-239

5—Kasey Kahne                   1866/-279                5—MARK MARTIN                 1734/-328                5—TONY STEWART              1854/-259

6—Dale Earnhardt Jr.          1850/-295                6—RYAN NEWMAN                1733/-329                6—Bobby Labonte               1812/-301

7—Jeff Burton                      1758/-387                7—Kevin Harvick                  1715/-347                7—KURT BUSCH                    1803/-310

8—Kevin Harvick                  1715/-430                8—RUSTY WALLACE            1714/-348                8—ELLIOTT SADLER            1773/-340

9—Denny Hamlin                  1682/-463                9—Jeff Gordon                     1700/-362                9—Kevin Harvick                  1735/-378

10—Kyle Busch                    1669/-476                10—TONY STEWART            1682/-380                10—RYAN NEWMAN              1674/-439

                                                Pts/Outof10th                                                       Pts/Outof10th                                                       Pts/Outof10th

11—Jeff Gordon                   1644/-25                  11—KURT BUSCH                  1681/-1                    11—JEREMY MAYFIELD       1672/-2

12—GREG BIFFLE                 1642/-27                  12—JAMIE MCMURRAY       1670/-12                  12—Jamie McMurray          1670/-4

13—CARL EDWARDS            1547/-122                13—JEREMY MAYFIELD       1659/-23                  13—Kasey Kahne                 1651/-23

14—Jamie McMurray          1530/-139                14—Dale Jarrett                   1624/-58                  14—MARK MARTIN               1581/-93

                                                                                15—Michael Waltrip             1579/-103                15—Rusty Wallace               1572/-102

17—KURT BUSCH                  1482/-187                16—Dale Earnhardt Jr.        1558/-124                16—Casey Mears                1524/-150

18—RYAN NEWMAN              1437/-232                17—Jeff Burton                   1558/-124                17—Dale Jarrett                   1524/-150

32—JEREMY MAYFIELD       1181/-488                                                                                                                  

                                                                                24—MATT KENSETH             1362/-320

 

ALL CAPS made 05 Chase                                 ALL CAPS made 05 Chase                                 ALL CAPS made 04 Chase

 

WHAT IT TOOK TO MAKE THE FIRST TWO CHASES

 

2005                                        Pts          Out of 11th            2004                                                        Out of 11th

1—TONY STEWART              3716        +727                        1—JEFF GORDON                  3602        +431       

2—GREG BIFFLE                    3531        +542                        2—JIMMIE JOHNSON            3542        +371

3—RUSTY WALLACE            3412        +423                        3—DALE EARNHARDT JR.    3541        +370

4—JIMMIE JOHNSON            3400        +411                        4—TONY STEWART              3410        +239

5—KURT BUSCH                    3304        +315                        5—MATT KENSETH               3337        +166

6—MARK MARTIN                 3273        +284                        6—ELLIOTT SADLER            3316        +145

7—JEREMY MAYFIELD         3228        +239                        7—KURT BUSCH                    3309        +138

8—CARL EDWARDS              3114        +125                        8—MARK MARTIN                 3213        +42

9—MATT KENSETH               3114        +125                        9—JEREMY MAYFIELD         3193        +22

10—RYAN NEWMAN              3055        +66                          10—RYAN NEWMAN              3186        +15

                                                                Out of 10^th                                                                              Out of 10th

11—Elliott Sadler                  2989        -66                           11—Jamie McMurray          3171        -15

12—Jeff Gordon                   2972        -83           -               12—Kasey Kahne                 3158        -28

13—Jamie McMurray          2972        -83                           13—Bobby Labonte             3137        -49

14—Kevin Harvick                2937        -118                         14—Kevin Harvick                3129        -57

15—Dale Jarrett                   3100        -86

THE HEAT INDEX

(Last 5 races, only drivers in top 35)

RED HOT                                                                 ICE COLD

1—Greg Biffle                       808                                          1—Michael Waltrip               319

2—Denny Hamlin                  772                                          2—Dale Jarrett                     370

3—Jimmie Johnson            751                                          3—Brian Vickers                  403

4—Dale Earnhardt Jr.          730                                          3—Robby Gordon                403

5—Matt Kenseth                  724                                          3—Sterling Marlin                403

6—Jeff Burton                      719                                          6—Kyle Petty                        407

7—Mark Martin                    697                                          7—Dave Blaney                     412

8—Kasey Kahne                   653                                          8—Elliott Sadler                    424

9—Kyle Busch                      617                                          9—Joe Nemechek               437

10—Ryan Newman               616                                          10—J.J. Yeley                       440

               

THE TURNAROUNDS

(Position in Race to the Chase Versus Last Year at this time)

GOOD TURNS                                                                                         BAD TURNS

Rank-Driver                           05            04            Diff.                         Rank-Driver                           05            04            Diff.

1—Denny Hamlin                  9              36            +27                          1—Michael Waltrip               35            15            -20

2—Matt Kenseth                  2              24            +22                          2—Jeremy Mayfield            32            13            -19

3—Kasey Kahne                   5              19            +14                          3—Elliott Sadler                    20            3              -17

4—Dale Earnhardt Jr.          6              16            +10                          4—Ryan Newman                 18            6              -12

4—Jeff Burton                      7              17            +10                          4—Sterling Marlin                34            22            -12

4—Casey Mears                  15            25            +10                          6—Greg Biffle                       12            2              -10

4—Clint Bowyer                   16            26            +10                          6—Martin Truex*                  25            15            -10

4—Robby Gordon                29            39            +10                          * compared to #15 car in 2005