2007 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #15 of 26:  Michigan #1

Races Left to the Chase  11 (42%)

 

                                                Out of     LstRace                Lst 5       Finishes                Top         Top         Bottom

07/LW/06              Pts          13^th         Fin/Pts   Gain        Pts          1—2—3                 5s           10s         10s-MR

1/1/11-JGordon   2392       +730       9/143      +45         701/E      4—3—1                 10           13           1

2/3/9-DHamlin      2128       +466       14/126   +28         769/+2   0—1—4                 6              9              0

3/4/1-JJohnson   2055       +393       19/111   +13         575/-1    4—1—2                 8              9              3

4/2/2-MKenseth   2044       +382       42/37      -61          613/-1    1—1—1                 6              10           1

5/5/7-JBurton       1919       +257       24/91      -7            567/E      1—1—1                 5              7              2

6/7/13-Edwards   1905       +243       1/195      +97         774/+5   1—0—1                 3              5              1

7/6/6-TStewart    1903       +241       3/170      +72         678/E      0—2—1                 4              10           3

8/9/8-KHarvick     1794       +132       7/146      +48         591/E      1—0—0                 2              6              1

9/8/18-CBowyer  1774       +112       16/115   +17         615/+1   0—0—0                 0              7              2

10/11/24-MTruex1772       +110       2/175      +77         785/+10 1—1—1                 3              6              2

11/10/12-KyBsch1763       +101       6/150      +52         534/-5    1—1—0                 3              8              3

12/14/4-DaleJr     1691       +29         5/160      +62         673/E      0—0—0                 2              6              2

                                               

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13/12/5-MMartin  1662       -29          29/76      -29          699/+1   0—1—1                 4              7              0-3

14/15/15-McMry  1629       -62          8/142      +37         530/-1    0—0—0                 2              6              2

15/13/17-Newmn1616       -75          37/52      -53          618/+4   0—2—0                 3              6              4

16/16/16-KuBsh  1547       -144        25/93      -12          349/-7    0—0—1                 2              3              2

17/17/25-BLbnte 1507       -184        34/61      -44          506/+1   0—0—0                 0              1              2

18/18/27-Yeley     1504       -187        28/79      -26          527/+4   0—1—0                 1              1              3

19/23/14-Mears   1474       -217        4/165      +60         702/+15 1—0—0                 3              4              5

20/19/10-Biffle     1461       -230        38/49      -56          424/-5    0—0—0                 1              3              3

21/20/21-ESadler1425       -266        35/58      -47          403/-5    0—0—0                 0              1              3

22/22/36-Streme 1374       -317        40/43      -62          365/-5    0—0—0                 0              2              6

23/21/14-JPM      1366       -325        43/34      -71          380/-2    0—0—0                 1              2              1

24/25/20-Sorson 1338       -353        23/94      -11          470/+2   0—0—0                 1              2              4

25/27/34-Marlin   1338       -353        20/103   -2            476/+2   0—0—0                 0              0              3

26/26/5-DRagan  1335       -356        21/100   -5            440/-1    0—0—0                 1              1              4

27/24/39-Raines  1319       -372        39/46      -59          368/-4    0—0—0                 0              0              4

28/28/3-Kahne     1297       -394        32/67      -38          496/+4   0—0—0                 0              1              4

29/31/28-RGrdn   1290       -401        13/124   +19         444/E      0—0—0                 0              1              5

30/29/29-Nemch 1287       -404        30/73      -32          443/E      0—0—0                 0              1              2-1

31/30/26-JGreen 1263       -428        36/55      -50          329/-7    0—0—0                 0              2              5

32/34/21-Glland   1235       -456        17/112   +7           380/+4   0—0—0                 1              2              6

33/32/19-Rudd     1224       -467        22/97      -8            461/+2   0—0—0                 0              1              3

34/35/NA-Sauter 1137       -554        26/85      -20          358/-1    0—0—0                 0              1              3-1

 

NOTES

 

·          EDWARDS SOLIDIFIES SPOT IN THE CHASE:  Carl Edwards’ win at Michigan gained him 97 points on 13^th place, giving him 243-point cushion on making The Chase.  Edwards is seven positions ahead of this time last year.

 

·          TRUEX STAYS ON AMAZING ROLL:  Just five races ago, Martin Truex Jr. stood in 20^th place. Since, he has gone on a torrid 785-point run and climbed 10 spots to 10^th.

 

·          MEARS 4^TH AT MICHIGAN PUTS HIM IN THE HUNT:  Casey Mears, just about given up for gone in The Race to the Chase, has climbed 15 spots over the last five races, and now sits just 217 points and seven spots out of the Top 12.  Mark Martin stood 205 points and six positions out in 2004 and Matt Kenseth stood 281 points and 11 positions out in 2005. Both made The Chase, and so can Mears.

 

·          MONTOYA’S WRECK DIMS CHANCES:  Juan Pablo Montoya’s promising start to the season has gone sour. A DNF at Michigan dropped him 325 points and 11 spots out of The Chase.  A win Sunday at Infineon would help, but he’ll need more to get into contention.

 

 

CHASE BONUS POINTS

1-Jimmie Johnson             40

1-Jeff Gordon                      40

3-Matt Kenseth                   10

3-Kyle Busch                       10

3-Kevin Harvick                   10

3-Jeff Burton                       10

3-Casey Mears                    10

3-Martin Truex                    10

3-Carl Edwards                   10

 

 

TEMP INDEX (Last 5 Races, Drivers in top 35)

HOT                                                                                        COLD

                                                Pts.                                                                                         Pts.

1—Martin Truex                  785                                         1—Jeff Green                      329

2—Carl Edwards                774                                         2—Johnny Sauter              358

3—Denny Hamlin                769                                         3—David Stremme             365

4—Casey Mears                 702                                         4—Tony Raines                   368

5—Jeff Gordon                    701                                         5—David Gilliland                380

                                                                                                5—Juan Pablo Montoya    380

 

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

                                      Out of                                              Out of                                              Out of

2006                       Pts/11^th                 2005                       Pts/11^th                 2004                       Pts/11th

1-JJOHNSON       2295/+499            1-JJOHNSON       2173/+374            1-JJOHNSON       2220/+399

2-MKENSETH       2221/+425            2-GBIFFLE             2124/+325            2-DALE JR            2213/+392

3-KKAHNE             2051/+255            3-ESadler              1923/+124            3-MKENSETH       2040/+219

4-DALE JR            2020/+224            4-CEDWARDS      1914/+115            4-BLabonte          1954/+133

5-MMARTIN          1989/+193            5-MMARTIN          1904/+105            5-TSTEWART       1945/+124

6-T Stewart          1928/+132            6-T STEWART      1862/+63               6-JGORDON         1933/+112

7-JBURTON          1888/+92               7-RNEWMAN        1856/+57               7-ESADLER           1933/+112

8-KHARVICK         1849/+53               8-RWALLACE       1848/+49               8-KUBSUCH          1933/+112

9-DHAMLIN           1809/+13               9-KUBUSCH          1813/+14               9-RNEWMAN        1859/+38

10-GBiffle              1807/+11               10-KHarvick         1803/+4                 10-KHarvick         1847/+26

 

                                     Out of                                              Out of                                                Out of

                                        10^th                                                       10^th                                                  10th       

11-JGORDON       1796/-11                11-JMcMurray     1799/-4                  11-KKahne           1821/-26

12-KYBUSCH        1795/-12                12-JGordon          1767/-3                  12-JMAYFIELD     1778/-69

13-CEdwards       1722/-85                13-JMAYFIELD     1756/-47                13-JMcMurray     1722/-125

14-CMears           1654/-153             14-MWaltrip         1730/-73                14-DJarrett          1694/-153

15-JMcMurray     1624/-183             15-DJarrett          1715/-88                15-RWallace        1674/-173

16-KuBusch         1620/-187             16-JBurton           1688/-115             16-MMARTIN        1642/-205

17-RNewman       1555/-252             16-Dale Jr             1670/-133             17-CMears           1594/-253

18-CBowyer         1550/-257             18-KyBusch         1652/-151             18-SMarlin            1587/-260

19-DJarrett          1514/-293             19-JNemechek   1628/-175             19-BVickers         1557/-290

20-RSorenson     1508/-299             20-KKahne           1600/-203             20-RGordon          1554/-293

21-ESadler           1502/-305             21-MKENSETH     1522/-281             21-TLabonte        1554/-293

22-BVickers         1498/-309             22-BVickers         1484/-319             22-MWaltrip         1533/-314

23-SRiggs             1468/-339             23-SRiggs             1456/-347             23-GBiffle              1509/-338

24-MTruex            1460/-347             24-SMarlin            1439/-364             24-JBurton           1499/-348

25-BLabonte        1454/-353             25-CMears           1408/-395             25-WBurton         1497/-350

 

Names in ALL CAPS made the Chase in that year