2008 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #10 of 26:  Richmond #1

 

                                                Out of     LstRace                                Lst 5       Finishes                Top         Top         Bottom

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

1/2/6-KyBusch     1495       +339       2/170      +42         842         2—1—1                 6              7              1

2/1/5-JBurton       1477       +321       11/130   +2           732         1—0—1                 3              6              0

3/3/12-DaleJr       1391       +235       15/123   -5            705         0—1—1                 3              7              1

4/7/10-Bowyer     1372       +216       1/190      +62         800         1—1—1                 3              7              0

5/6/8-KHarvick     1350       +194       8/142      +14         558         0—1—0                 2              5              0

6/4/4-Hamlin         1349       +193       24/101   -27          781         1—0—2                 4              6              1

7/5/2-JJohnson   1318       +162       30/73      -55          737         1—2—0                 4              4              0

8/9/7-TStewart    1297       +141       4/160      +32         640         0—1—1                 4              6              2

9/8/15-GBiffle       1269       +113       14/121   -7            517         0—0—1                 3              5              1

10/10/11-Edwrds1230       +74         7/146      +18         582         3—0—0                 4              6              2

11/11/19-Newmn1212       +56         6/150      +22         577         1—0—0                 2              5              1

12/13/32-Kahne   1162       +6           10/134   +6           488         0—0—0                 0              5              1

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/14/1-JGordon 1156       -6            9/138      +5           582         0—1—1                 3              4              3

14/15/25-Ragan   1106       -56          17/112   -21          506         0—0—0                 1              2              1

15/17/20-Truex    1104       -58          5/155      +22         406         0—0—0                 1              3              2

16/12/21-JPM      1096       -66          32/67      -66          590         0—1—0                 1              1              0

17/16/41-Vickers1073       -89          28/79      -54          530         0—0—0                 1              2              1

18/22/18-Labnte  1019       -143        13/124   -9            508         0—0—0                 0              0              2

19/23/NA-Kvapil   1008       -154        16/115   -18          574         0—0—0                 0              2              1

20/18/28-Gilland  980         -182        41/40      -93          493         0—0—0                 0              1              1

21/21/38-Menard972         -190        31/70      -63          526         0—0—0                 0              0              0

22/19/3-Kenseth 958         -204        38/49      -84          354         0—0—0                 1              4              4

23/24/34-CMears942         -220        36/55      -78          574         0—0—0                 0              2              4

24/20/9-KuBusch940         -222        42/37      -96          429         0—1—0                 1              1              3

25/26/16-Sadler  935         -227        20/103   -30          427         0—0—0                 0              1              2

 

 

NOTES

 

ท          KENSETH’S “DRIVE FOR 5” GETS TOUGHER  --  Only Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson can claim they made all four Chases. Kenseth’s attempt to make his fifth hit another big roadblock at Richmond with a 38^th place finish. “Remember 2005” will continue to be the slogan for the #17 team as they climbed a bigger mountain to make the Chase, 240 points and 14 spots out after race #10.

ท          KAHNE HANGING ON:  If Kasey Kahne wants to leave Darlington with his spot in The Chase intact, it would be wise to finish ahead of Jeff Gordon (-6 behind Kahne), which will be no easy task.

 

RACE TO THE CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

                                      Out of                                              Out of                                              Out of

2007                       Pts/13^th                 2006                       Pts/11^th                 2005                       Pts/11th

1-JGORDON       1691/+592               1-J JOHNSON      1521/+364            1-J JOHNSON    1519/+315

2-JJOHNSON       1480/+381            2-T Stewart          1466/+309            2-J Gordon           1392/+188

3-M KENSETH    1431/+332               3-M KENSETH     1422/+265              3-G BIFFLE         1371/+167

4-D HAMLIN          1359/+260            4-M MARTIN         1345/+188            4-KU BUSCH         1290/+86

5-J BURTON         1352/+253            5-K HARVICK        1313/+156            5-E Sadler             1267/+63

6-KY BUSCH         1229/+130            6-DALE JR            1305/+148            6-M MARTIN         1226/+22

7-T STEWART      1225/+126            7-K KAHNE            1274/+117            7-T STEWART      1222/+18

8-K HARVICK        1203/+104            8-KY BUSCH         1237/+80               8-J McMurray      1217/+13

9-KU BUSCH         1198/+99               9-J GORDON        1216/+59               9-Dale Jr               1212/+8

10-C BOWYER     1159/+60               10-C Mears          1168/+9                 10-R NEWMAN     1205/+1

11-C EDWARDS   1131/+32               Out of 10^th                                            Out of 10^th

12-Dale Jr             1118/+19               11-J BURTON       1157/-9                  11-K Harvick        1204/-1

                                Out of 12^th            12-D Jarrett         1141/-27                12-D Jarrett         1203/-2

13-J McMurray    1099/-19                13-C Edwards      1115/-53                13-C EDWARDS   1189/-16

14-M Martin          1038/-80                14-E Sadler          1105/-63                14-R WALLACE   1184/-21

15-G Biffle             1037/-81                15-C Bowyer        1087/-81                15-J MAYFIELD    1133/-72

16-E Sadler          1022/-96                16-D HAMLIN        1085/-83                16-J Burton          1113/-92

17-D Stremme     1009/-109             17-J McMurray    1062/-106             17-M Waltrip        1097/-108

18-B Labonte       1001/-117             18-Ku Busch        1040/-128             18-S Marlin           1074/-131

19-R Newman      998/-120                19-B Vickers        1030/-138             19-K Kahne          1071/-134

20-M TRUEX         987/-131                20-G Biffle             999/-169                20-J Nemechek  1003/-202

21-J P Montoya   986/-132                                                                                24-M KENSETH    965/-240                               

22-JJ Yeley          977/-141

23-T Raines          951/-167

24-J Green           934/-184

 

                                Out of

2004                       Pts/11^th

1-DALE JR            1453/+244

2-J JOHNSON      1428/+219

3-J GORDON        1426/+217

4-M KENSETH      1357/+148

5-KU BUSCH         1316/+107

6-K Harvick          1316/+107

7-R NEWMAN       1299/+90

8-T STEWART      1284/+75

9-B Labonte         1265/+56

10-E SADLER       1250/+41

                                Out of 10^th

11-K Kahne          1209/-41

12-J McMurray    1200/-50

13-M MARTIN       1135/-115

14-R Wallace       1132/-118

15-S Marlin           1112/-138

16-J MAYFIELD    1106/-144

17-C Mears          1093/-157

18-D Jarrett         1066/-184

19-R Gordon         1033/-217

20-J Nemechek  1014/-236

 

Names in ALL CAPS made the Chase in that year