2008 CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUP

After Race #5 of 10:  Charlotte #2

Races Left in the Chase:  5 (50%)

Martinsville           Phoenix

Atlanta                   Homestead

Texas                    

 

                     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         

1/1-Johnson (-3)   5878/838    --          6/160       838          5—4—1     1—1—0                 12-3         19-5         1-0

2/4-JBurton (+30)  5809/799   -69         1/190       799          2—0—1     1—0—0                 7-3           17-5         2-0

3/3-GBiffle (-9)       5792/792   -86         7/151       792          2—2—3     2—0—1                 11-3         15-4         3-0

4/2-Edwards (-96) 5710/660   -168       33/64       660          4—5—1     0—1—2                 14-3         22-3         2-0

5/5-Bowyer (-33)   5693/683   -185       12/127     683          1—1—1     0—0—0                 5-1           14-2         2-0

6/6-Harvick (-36)   5671/671   -207       13/124     671          0—1—1     0—0—0                 6-0           15-3         3-0

7/7-Stewart (-25)  5650/650   -228       11/135     650          1—4—1     1—0—0                 10-1         15-2         5-1

8/8-JGordon (-13) 5633/633   -245       8/147       633          0—1—3     0—0—0                 10-1         15-3         5-1

9/11-KyBsh (+5)     5552/472   -326       4/165       472          8—3—2     0—0—0                 16-1         18-1         5-2

10/10-DaleJr (-105)5524/514  -354       36/55       514          1—1—1     0—0—0                 9-1           14-1         3-1

11/9-Kensth (-115)5518/518   -360       41/45       518          0—1—2     0—1—0                 8-2           17-2         8-2

12/12-Hamlin (-45)5498/488   -380       16/115     488          1—0—7     0—0—0                 9-0           15-1         6-2

 

NOTES

 

·          MARTINSVILLE TYPICALLY NOT A GOOD PLACE TO GAIN ON JOHNSON:  Jimmie Johnson’s drive to a third straight title is going pretty much according to plan, as he takes a 69-point lead to Martinsville, a track where he has failed to make the top 10 in only one of 13 starts! He also hasn’t finished worse than fourth since the spring race of 2005 and has four career wins at M’ville.

·          LMS WIN, SPRING RACE GIVES BURTON CONFIDENCE:  Jeff Burton vowed his team was “dangerous” as a Chase contender going into Saturday night’s race at LMS and he certainly  made a statement with the win. The #31 bested the #48 by one position in the spring M’ville race.

·          M’VILLE A BIG TEST FOR ROUSH CONTENDERS:  Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards each only have one top 10 finish at Martinsville on their resumes. Edwards’ situation is especially important as he lost 96 points to Johnson at LMS and is now more than one race out at 168 points.

·          THE RACE FOR THE STAGE:  Only the Top 10 Chasers make the stage at the Waldorf for the championship banquet. At the halfway mark, 11^th place Matt Kenseth is 6 points out of 10^th place Dale Earnhardt Jr., and last place Denny Hamlin is 26 out.

 

 

2008 CHASE FINISHES

                                NH     DO    KS     TA     LO     MA     AT     TX     PH     HO

1—J Johnson         2         5       1        9        6

2—J Burton             4          9       7        4        1

3—G Biffle                1         1       3      24        7

4—C Edwards         3         3       2      29      33

5—C Bowyer         12        8      12        5      12

6—K Harvick          10        6        6      20      13

7—T Stewart            8       11      40        1      11       

8—J Gordon          14         7        4      38        8

9—Ky Busch         34        43      28      15       4

10—Dale Jr              5        24      13     28      36

11—M Kenseth     40        2        5      26      41

12—D Hamlin          9       38       11     39      16

 

CHASE COMPARISON CHARTS

                                      Out of              

2007 (After 5)         Pts//1^st                                   2007 Final

1-JGordon             5880/+68                                 1-JJOHNSON          6723/+77

2-JJOHNSON          5812/-68                                  2-JGordon             6646/-77

3-CBowyer            5802/-78                                  3-C Bowyer           6377/-346

4-TStewart            5682/-198                                4-M Kenseth         6298/-425

5-C Edwards         5640/-240                                5-Ky Busch            6293/-430

6-Ky Busch            5600/-280                                6-T Stewart           6242/-481

7-Ku Busch            5565/-315                                7-Ku Busch            6231/-492

8-K Harvick            5552/-328                                8-J Burton             6231/-492

9-D Hamlin             5531/-349                                9-C Edwards         6222/-501

10-J Burton           5514/-366                                10-K Harvick          6199/-524

11-M Truex            5502/-378                                11-M Truex            6164/-559

12-M Kenseth       5438/-442                                12-D Hamliin          6143/-580

 

 

2007 CHASE FINISHES

                                NH     DO    KS     TA     LO     MA     AT     TX     PH     HO

1—J Johnson         6       14       3        2      14         1        1        1     1        7

2—J Gordon            2        11       5        1        1         3        7        7      10      4

3—C Bowyer            1       12       2       11        2        9        6      19      11     39

4—M Kenseth         7       35      35      26      34        5        4        2        3       1

5—Ky Busch           4          5      41      36        3        4       20       4        8      20

6—T Stewart             3         9     39        8         7       13      30     11        4     30

7—Ku Busch           25       29     11       7        26       31       8       8        12      2

8—J Burton             18        7      36      43       4        12        5       6         9       8

9—C Edwards         12         1     37       14       5        11       2      26       42       5

10—K Harvick         17       20      6        20       33     10       15     10       6     19

11—M Truex            5        13      38       42     17       19      31      3         7       6

12—D Hamlin         15       38      29        4      20        6       24      29      16      3

 

 

                                      Out of

2006 (After 5)        Pts/1^st                                     2006 Final

1-J Burton             5763/+45                                 1-JJOHNSON          6475/+56

2-M Kenseth         5718/-45                                  2-M Kenseth         6419/-56

3-K Harvick            5674/-89                                  3-D Hamlin             6407/-68

4-M Martin             5661/-102                                4-K Harvick            6397/-78

5-Dale Jr                5657/-106                                5-Dale Jr                6328/-147

6-D Hamlin             5626/-137                                6-J Gordon            6256/-219

7-J JOHNSON         5617/-146                                7-J Burton             6228/-247

8-K Kahne              5603/-160                                8-K Kahne              6183/-292

9-Ky Busch            5568/-195                                9-M Martin             6168/-307

10-J Gordon          5547/-216                                10-Ky Busch          6027/-448

 

2006 CHASE FINISHES

                                NH    DO    KS    TA    LO    MA    AT    TX    PH    HO

1—J Johnson         39     13     14     24        2        1      2       2       2       9

2—M Kenseth         10     10     23       4      14      11      4     12     13       6

3—D Hamlin             4        9    18      21      28        2      8     10       3      3

4—K Harvick            1      32    15        6      18        9    31       3       1      5

5—Dale Jr               13      21    10     23        4       22      3       6       9    19

6—J Gordon             3        3    39     36       24       5      6        9       4    24

7—J Burton              7        1       5     27        3       42    13    38      10   14

8—K Kahne             16      38    33       2        1        7     38    33       7       4

9—M Martin             11      14      3       8      30      24     36    22       6     18

10—Ky Busch         38      40      7      11       6      18     27      4      38    38

 

                                      Out of

2005 (After 5)        Pts/1^st                                     2005 Final

1-T STEWART        5777/--                                    1-T Stewart           6533/+35

2-J Johnson          5777/--                                    2-G Biffle                6498/-35

3-G Biffle                5766/-11                                  3-C Edwards         6498/-35

4-R Newman         5760/-17                                  4-M Martin             6428/-105

5-M Martin             5726/-51                                  5-J Johnson          6406/-127

6-C Edwards         5723/-54                                  6-R Newman         6359/-174

7-R Wallace            5685/-92                                  7-M Kenseth         6352/-181

8-J Mayfield          5662/-115                                8-R Wallace            6140/-393

9-M Kenseth         5653/-124                                9-J Mayfield          6073/-460

10-Ku Busch          5635/-142                                10-Ku Busch          5974/-559

 

2005 CHASE FINISHES

                                NH    DO    TA    KA    LO    MA    AT    TX    PH    HO

1—T Stewart             2     18       2       4     25        2       9       6      4     15

2—G Biffle                4     13      27      2       3      20       7      20      2      1

3—C Edwards         19      9        5      3      10     26       1        1      6      4

4—M Martin             7      4      41      1       5      34       3        2     14     2

5—J Johnson           8       1      31      6       1        3      16       5      7     40

6—R Newman           1       5       4     23       7      10      23     25    12     7

7—M Kenseth           3      35      3       5      26     12       5        3    32     3

8—R Wallace            6       3      25      7      24     19      37      22   29     13

9—J Mayfield          16       7     14     16     11      28      38     35   24      10

10—Ku Busch         35     23       8     14      2        6       36     10    NA   NA

 

 

                                     Out of

2004 (After 5)        Pts/1^st                                     2004 Final

1-KU BUSCH           5850/+24                                 1-Ku Busch            6506/+8

2-Dale Jr                5826/-24                                  2-J Johnson          6498/-8

3-J Gordon            5776/-74                                  3-J Gordon            6490/-16

4-E Sadler              5693/-157                                4-M Martin             6399/-107

5-M Martin             5664/-186                                5-Dale Jr                6368/-138

6-T Stewart           5646/-204                                6-T Stewart           6326/-180

7-M Kenseth         5635/-215                                7-R Newman         6180/-326

8-J Johnson          5623/-227                                8-M Kenseth         6069/-437

9-R Newman         5579/-271                                9-E Sadler              6024/-482

10-J Mayfield        5501/-349                                10-J Mayfield        6000/-506

 

2004 CHASE FINISHES

                                NH    DO    TA    KA    LO    MA    AT    PH    DA    HO

1—Ku Busch           1      5        5       6       4        5     42     10       6       5

2—J Johnson         11     10      37    32       1        1      1       6        1       2

3—J Gordon             7      3       19    13       2        9     34      3        3       3

4—M Martin            13      2       15    20      13      12     2      15       2      11

5—Dale Jr                3       9        1      9        3       33    33      1       11     23

6—T Stewart         39      6        6     14      10      15      9      8       17       4

7—R Newman        33      1        16    33     14        3     17     2       34      30

8—M Kenseth          2     32       14    17     11      16     41     36     20      19

9—E Sadler             8      20       22     4       7       32     36     38     23      34

10—J Mayfield       35      7        38     5      30       6      26     21     19      35

 

                                      Out of                                              Out of                                              Out of

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

1-JBurton              5598/+6                   1-TSTEWART         5684/+75                 1-KUBUSCH            5685/+29

2-MKenseth          5592/-6                    2-RNewman          5609/-75                  2-Dale Jr                                5656/-29

3-MMartin              5588/-10                  3-GBiffle                5596/-88                  3-JGordon             5606/-79

4-KHarvick             5565/-33                  4-RWallace             5594/-90                  4-ESadler               5542/-143

5-DHamlin              5547/-51                  5-JJohnson           5592/-92                  5-MMartin              5535/-150

6-Dale Jr                5492/-106                6-CEdwards          5589/-95                 6-TStewart            5512/-173

7-JGordon             5451/-147                7-MMartin              5571/-113                7-MKenseth          5505/-180

8-JJOHNSON          5442/-156                8-MKenseth          5568/-116                8-RNewman          5453/-232

9-KKahne               5413/-185                9-JMayfield           5527/-157                9-JJohnson           5438/-247

10-KyBusch           5413/-185                10-KuBusch           5460/-224                10-JMayfield         5428/-257

Eventual champion in ALL CAPS