2008 RACE TO THE CHASE

After Race #16 of 26:  Infineon

Races Left to the Chase:  10

                                                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

1/1/10-KyBusch   2408       +518       1/195      +59         718/E      5—1—2                 10           11           2

2/2/4-JBurton       2305       +415       13/124   -12          694/E      1—0—1                 4              10           0

3/3/12-Dale Jr      2256       +366       12/127   -9            685/E      1—1—1                 7              11           2

4/4/7-C Edwards 2150       +260       9/143      +7           750/+3   3—2—0                 6              12           2

5/5/5-J Johnson  2082       +192       15/123   -13          630/+1   1—2—0                 4              7              1

6/9/1-J Gordon     2041       +151       3/165      +29         725/+4   0—1—3                 7              8              3

7/8/17-G Biffle      2019       +129       11/135   -1            711/+4   0—1—2                 5              7              2

8/6/2-D Hamlin     2008       +118       27/82      -54          508/-4    1—0—3                 5              8              2

9/7/26-K Kahne    1958       +68         33/69      -67          694/+5   2—1—0                 3              8              1

10/12/9-Bowyer   1924       +34         4/160      +24         430/-5    1—1—1                 4              8              2

11/11/6-Stewart  1908       +18         10/134   -2            490/-3    0—1—1                 5              8              4

12/14/3-Kenseth 1892       +2           8/142      +6           780/+8   0—0—1                 3              10           4

                                                Out of

                                                12^th

13/10/8-Harvick   1890       -2            30/73      -55          497/-4    0—1—0                 2              5              2

14/13/25-Ragan   1845       -47          24/91      -37          573/-2    0—0—0                 2              4              1

15/16/39-Vickers1788       -104        14/121   -7            621/+2   0—1—0                 3              4              2

16/17/13-Newmn1787       -105        7/146      +18         523/-3    1—0—0                 2              6              3

17/15/11-Truex    1785       -107        16/115   -13          555/-2    0—0—0                 1              4              3

18/18/NA-Kvapil   1676       -216        22/97      -31          515/E      0—0—0                 0              3              1

19/22/21-Montya 1638       -254        6/150      +22         448/-3    0—0—0                 1              1              2             

20/21/14-McMury1616      -276        18/109   -19          584/+3   0—0—0                 0              3              3

 

CHASE SEEDING

 

1   Kyle Busch                      5050      

2   Carl Edwards                 5020       -30

3   Kasey Kahne                  5020       -30

4  Jimmie Johnson            5010       -40

5   Dale Jr                             5010       -40

6  Clint Bowyer                    5010       -40

7   Denny Hamlin                 5010       -40

8   Jeff Burton                      5010       -40

9   Jeff Gordon                     5000       -50

10 Tony Stewart                 5000       -50

11 Greg Biffle                       5000       -50

12 Matt Kenseth                 5000       -50

 

NOTES

 

ท          WITH 10 TO GO, A MUCH CLOSER RACE TO THE CHASE:  With the second year in the 12-team Chase format, more current members of the T12 are within one race of dropping out than this time last year, 7 to 2.  More outside the T12 are within one race of the T12, 5 to last year’s 2. 

ท          HARVICK OUT, KENSETH IN:  Even though there’s 10 long races to go,  Matt Kenseth finally made it to the T12 with his 8^th at Infineon. Just five races ago, Kenseth had fallen back to 20^th place, but was still only 153 points out. He’s just two ahead of Kevin Harvick, but momentum seems to be with the #17 as they bid to join Jimmie Johnson and the #48 as the only two teams to make all five Chases. Harvick is in a free fall, having dropped four spots and being outscored by Kenseth by 283 points over the last five. Loudon is a good track for the #29 and they desperately need a strong finish.

ท          KAHNE, HAMLIN LOSE GROUND IN THE T12:  Kasey Kahne fell back from a pole start to a 33^rd finish, losing 67 points to 13^th place.  Hamlin turned in a 27^th after a late mishap and lost 54 points. Both are within one race of dropping out of the T12. Hamlin won the first New Hampshire race last year and a top five Sunday would rejuvenate his team at just the right time.

 

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       2438/+719               1-J JOHNSON      2434/+498            1-G BIFFLE            2250/+348

2-D HAMLIN          2267/+548            2-M KENSETH      2333/+397            2-J JOHNSON      2228/+326

3-M KENSETH      2105/+386            3-K KAHNE            2121/+185            3-E Sadler             2073/+171

4-J BURTON         2084/+365            4-M MARTIN         2113/+177            4-T STEWART      2052/+150

5-J JOHNSON      2072/+353            5-DALE JR            2105/+169            5-M MARTIN         2022/+120

6-T STEWART      2058/+339            6-J BURTON         2034/+98               6-R WALLACE      2013/+111

7-C EDWARDS     2019/+300            7-T Stewart          2012/+76               7-R NEWMAN       1994/+92

8-K HARVICK        1964/+245            8-J GORDON        1986/+50               8-KU BUSCH         1978/+76

9-C BOWYER        1934/+215            9-G Biffle               1967/+31               9-C EDWARDS     1963/+61

10-KY BUSCH       1905/+186            10-K HARVICK     1945/+9                 10-J McMurray    1923/+21

11-M TRUEX         1863/+144            Out of 10^th                                            Out of 10^th

12-Dale Jr             1815/+96               11-D HAMLIN        1936/-9                  11-J MAYFIELD    1902/-21

                                Out of 12^th            12-KY BUSCH       1925/-20                12-D Jarrett         1870/-53

13-R Newman      1719/-9                  13-C Edwards      1872/-73                13-K Harvick        1855/-68

14-J McMurray    1686/-129             14-Ku Busch        1780/-165             14-J Gordon         1836/-87

15-M Martin          1662/-153             15-C Mears          1757/-188             15-M Waltrip        1827/-96

16-KU BUSCH      1644/-171             16-J McMurray    1733/-212             16-J Burton          1761/-162

17-G Biffle             1616/-199             17-R Newman      1730/-215             17-J Nemechek  1722/-201

18-JJ Yeley          1604/-211             18-C Bowyer        1665/-280             18-Dale Jr             1707/-216

19-B Labonte       1571/-244             19-E Sadler          1644/-301             19-Ky Busch        1695/-228

20-C Mears          1556/-259             20-B Vickers        1619/-326             20-M KENSETH    1652/-271

21-J Montoya       1556/-259                                                                            

22-E Sadler          1546/-269

 

 

                                Out of

2004                       Pts/11^th

1-J JOHNSON      2375/+483

2-DALE JR            2348/+456

3-M KENSETH      2143/+251

4-J GORDON        2123/+231

5-E SADLER          2067/+175

6-T STEWART      2043/+151

7-B Labonte         2018/+126

8-KU BUSCH         1993/+101

9-R NEWMAN       1980/+88

10-K Harvick        1974/+82

                                Out of 10^th

11-J McMurray    1892/-82

12-K Kahne          1891/-83

13-J MAYFIELD    1851/-123

14-D Jarrett         1803/-171

15-M MARTIN       1789/-185

16-R Wallace       1753/-221

17-C Mears          1745/-229

18-M Waltrip        1693/-281

19-S Marlin           1687/-287

20-B Vickers        1654/-320

 

 

 

Names in ALL CAPS made the Chase in that year