2007 CHASE FOR THE NEXTEL CUP

After Race #1 of 10:  New Hampshire

Races Left in the Chase:  9

Dover                                     Atlanta  

Kansas                                   Texas

Talladega                               Phoenix

Charlotte                                               Homestead

Martinsville

 

Season/Chase                      Out of     Lst Rce  Lst 5       Overall     Chase                  Top         Top         Bottom

Pos./LW                                 Pts             1^st         Fin/Pts    Pts/         W—2—3   W—2—3               5s            10s          10s                                         

1/1JJohnson (-20)                5210/150    --          6/150       700          6—1—4     0—0—0                 14-0         17-1         5-0

2/2-JGordon (+20)                5210/170   -1           2/170       535          4—5—2     0—1—0                 16-1         22-1         1-0

3/3-TStewart (+20)               5200/170   -11         3/170       743          3—3—2     0—0—1                 10-1         19-1         4-0

4/12-Bowyer (+45)                5195/195   -16         1/195       707          1—0—1     1—0—0                 3-1           13-1         3-0

5/8-KyBusch (+15)                5175/165   -36         4/165       710          1—2—1     0—0—0                 7-1           15-1         3-0

6/7-MTruex (+10)                  5170/160   -41         5/160       733          1—2—1     0—0—0                 6-1           11-1         3-0

7/8-MKenseth (-4)                5156/146   -55         7/146       624          1—2—1     0—0—0                 8-0           17-1         3-0

8/4-Edwards (-23)                 5147/127   -64         12/127     675          2—1—2     0—0—0                 7-0           11-0         2-0

9/6-DHamlin (-32)                  5128/118   -83         15/118     568          1—2—5     0—0—0                 10-0         15-0         2-0

10/11-Harvick (-38)               5122/112   -89         17/112     612          1—1—0     0—0—0                 4-0           11-0         3-0

11/10-Burton (-41)                5119/109   -92         18/109     631          1—1—2     0—0—0                 7-0           12-0         3-0

12/5-KuBsch (-62)                 5108/88     -103       25/88       619          2—0—2     0—0—0                 5-0           10-0         2-0          

 

NOTES

ท          UP ELEVATOR:  Clint Bowyer’s runaway win enabled him to leapfrog 8 spots. Kyle Busch’s fourth place moved him three spots up.

ท          DOWN ELEVATOR:  Kurt Busch’s hot hand went cold with a 25^th at N.H., dropping him seven spots down to 12^th.Carl Edwards’ 12^th sent him down four spots to 8^th.

ท          BEST OVER THE LAST FIVE RACES:  1—Tony Stewart 743,  2—Kyle Busch 710,  3—Clint Bowyer 707,  4—Jimmie Johnson 700, 5—Carl Edwards 675.

 

CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

                                      Out of                                              Out of                                              Out of

2006                        Pts/1st                   2005                        Pts/1st                   2004                        Pts/1st

1-KHARVICK          5230/+35                 1-TSTEWART         5230/+20                 1-DALE JR              5210/--

2-DHAMLIN            5195/-35                  2-GBIFFLE              5210/-20                  2-KUBUSCH            5210/--

3-MKENSETH          5189/-41                  3-RNEWMAN          5190/-40                  3-JGORDON            5201/-9

4-JGORDON            5180/-50                  4-RWALLACE        5190/-40                  4-MKENSETH          5200/-10

5-JBURTON            5166/-64                  5-MKENSETH          5180/-50                  5-JJOHNSON          5180/-30

6-MMARTIN           5155/-75                 6-JJOHNSON          5177/-53                 6-ESADLER             5172/-38

7-DALE JR              5149/-81                  7-MMARTIN           5176/-54                  7-MMARTIN           5139/-71

8-KKAHNE               5120/110                8-JMAYFIELD         5135/-95                  8-TSTEWART         5086/-124

9-JJOHNSON          5091/-139                9-CEDWARDS         5121/-109                9-RNEWMAN          5074/-136

10-KYBUSCH          5084/-146                10-KUBUSCH          5088/-142                10-JMAYFIELD       5068/-142