NASCAR - Race for thr Chase Race #1, Loudon, N.H.Sun. 9/17 TNT/12:30 p.m. E.T.

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[Pete-R-Bilt]

New Hampshire International Speedway







A glance at the 10 drivers competing in NASCAR's Chase for the Nextel Cup championship, in order of points standings:

Drivers in the Chase, a closer look

DRIVER: Matt Kenseth

ADJUSTED CHASE POINTS: 5,050

HOMETOWN: Cambridge, Wis.

AGE: 34

CAR: No. 17 DeWalt Tools Ford

CREW CHIEF: Robbie Reiser

BEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH: 1st (2003)

OUTLOOK: Kenseth, the driver many believe forced the Chase format because of his lackluster 2003 title run, has momentum on his side as he tries to win a championship under the new system. He's got four wins this season and has turned it up a notch heading into the Chase.

DRIVER: Jimmie Johnson

ADJUSTED CHASE POINTS: 5,045

HOMETOWN: El Cajon, Calif.

AGE: 30

CAR: No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet

CREW CHIEF: Chad Knaus

BEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH: 2nd (2003, 2004)

OUTLOOK: Johnson, who has four wins this season, led the points for most of the year. A perpetual title contender, he's hoping this is the season he finally finishes the job.

DRIVER: Kevin Harvick

ADJUSTED CHASE POINTS: 5,040

HOMETOWN: Bakersfield, Calif.

AGE: 30

CAR: No. 29 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet

CREW CHIEF: Todd Berrier

BEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH: 5th (2003)

OUTLOOK: Harvick is the darkhorse of this championship Chase. He's running away with the Busch Series title and will get extra track time running both schedules. A championship would be the first for Richard Childress Racing since Dale Earnhardt's 2001 death.

DRIVER: Kyle Busch

ADJUSTED CHASE POINTS: 5,035

HOMETOWN: Las Vegas.

AGE: 21

CAR: No. 5 Kellogg's Chevrolet

CREW CHIEF: Alan Gustafson

BEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH: 20th (2005)

OUTLOOK: After a rocky start to the season that had him on almost every driver's bad side, Busch has quietly stayed out of trouble and made himself a championship contender. Probably too immature to win a title just yet, but talented enough to make a run at it.

DRIVER: Denny Hamlin

ADJUSTED CHASE POINTS: 5,030

HOMETOWN: Chesterfield, Va.

AGE: 25

CAR: No. 11 FedEx Chevrolet

CREW CHIEF: Mike Ford

BEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH: --

OUTLOOK: The surprise of the Chase field, the rookie has been impressive and thrust himself into Chase contention by sweeping the Pocono races. He lacks the experience to win the title this year but could pull off a stunner like he did at the start of the year when he won the Budweiser Shootout.

DRIVER: Dalr Earnhardt Jr.

ADJUSTED CHASE POINTS: 5,025

HOMETOWN: Kannapolis, N.C.

AGE: 31

CAR: No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet

CREW CHIEF: Tony Eury Jr.

BEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH: 3rd (2003)

OUTLOOK: Earnhardt is on a comeback after finishing a career-worst 19th in the standings last year. But he's been hit-or-miss this year and had a pair of engine failures at inopportune times. Unless he gets really hot, he's a longshot to win the title.

DRIVER: Mark Martin

ADJUSTED CHASE POINTS: 5,020

HOMETOWN: Batesville, Ark.

AGE: 47

CAR: No. 6 AAA Ford

CREW CHIEF: Pat Tryson

BEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH: 2nd (1990, '94, '98, 2002)

OUTLOOK: Martin has yet to prove this season that his team is strong enough to win a title, and he's yet to win a race this year. But he'll go down fighting in what's likely his final season of full-time Cup racing.

DRIVER: Jeff Burton

ADJUSTED CHASE POINTS: 5,015

HOMETOWN: South Boston, Va.

AGE: 39

CAR: No. 31 Cingular Wireless Chevrolet

CREW CHIEF: Scott Miller

BEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH: 3rd (2000)

OUTLOOK: Although he's winless this season, Burton is having a tremendous year after several miserable seasons. He's led a ton of laps, but late-race slips have prevented him from making it to Victory Lane. If Burton can put it all together, he's got a chance.

DRIVER: Jeff Gordon

ADJUSTED CHASE POINTS: 5,010

HOMETOWN: Vallejo, Calif.

AGE: 35

CAR: No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet

CREW CHIEF: Steve Letarte

BEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH: 1st (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001)

OUTLOOK: After missing the Chase last year, Gordon's team has rebounded in hopes of getting him his fifth title. His season has just been OK by Gordon's standards, but the driver nicknamed "Money Man" is sure to turn it up a notch over the stretch run.

DRIVER: Kasey Kahne

ADJUSTED CHASE POINTS: 5,005

HOMETOWN: Enumclaw, Wash.

AGE: 26

CAR: No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge

CREW CHIEF: Kenny Francis

BEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH: 13th (2004)

OUTLOOK: Kahne, who has five wins this season, dominated on 1.5-mile tracks earlier this year. With five of the Chase races on 1.5-milers, another hot streak could make him the runaway Chase winner

[B4Ranch]

LOL

[michigander]

Harvick led 196 laps and was 295 laps in the top ten

Reese's to pieces...

[glock rocks]

Harvick takes it, Smoke 2nd, Flash 3rd

the pack gets cranky...

[GRRRRR]

Oh Hi there kids!

Wild Finish...Flash takes third! Good Run today.
Bears WON in FINE STYLE TODAY!

I recorded the race, so it will be COMMERCIAL FREE!!

[steveegg]

Add Raines to the collected list, but all he did was spin.

Ugly, ugly day. The only good news is that Duh Packed-it-ins aren't alone in last; Duh Lions got SMOKED!

[budman_2001]

Well, RCR predicted it would take 5 years to get Harvick a Cup Trophy---looks like he's right on time. Man, he has the MO in the momo.

Won't see ya's next week, so ya'll be good!

[steveegg]

Damn this "Chase" anyhoo. Don't look for any talk about changes the next 7 days.

[NormsRevenge]

Unofficial Results

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Pts/Bonus	Laps	Status
1	1	#29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Reese's	190/10	300	Running
2	32	#20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	The Home Depot	170/0	300	Running
3	2	#24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	170/5	300	Running
4	5	#11	Denny Hamlin *	Chevrolet	FedEx Express	165/5	300	Running
5	12	#25	Brian Vickers	Chevrolet	GMAC	155/0	300	Running
6	14	#19	Elliott Sadler	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	150/0	300	Running
7	22	#31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	151/5	300	Running
8	36	#18	J.J. Yeley *	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	147/5	300	Running
9	21	#22	Dave Blaney	Dodge	Caterpillar	143/5	300	Running
10	25	#17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	DEWALT	139/5	300	Running
11	26	#6	Mark Martin	Ford	AAA	135/5	300	Running
12	4	#12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	Mobil 1	127/0	300	Running
13	13	#8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser	124/0	300	Running
14	8	#16	Greg Biffle	Ford	National Guard	121/0	300	Running
15	9	#7	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Jim Beam	123/5	300	Running
16	33	#9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	115/0	300	Running
17	31	#41	Reed Sorenson *	Dodge	Target	112/0	300	Running
18	19	#99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Office Depot	109/0	300	Running
19	3	#2	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Miller Lite	106/0	300	Running
20	6	#40	David Stremme *	Dodge	Lone Star Steakhouse/Saloon	103/0	300	Running
21	24	#42	Casey Mears	Dodge	Texaco/Havoline	100/0	300	Running
22	11	#1	Martin Truex Jr. *	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	97/0	300	Running
23	35	#55	Michael Waltrip	Dodge	NAPA Auto Parts	94/0	299	Running
24	18	#07	Clint Bowyer *	Chevrolet	Jack Daniel's	91/0	299	Running
25	30	#14	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	Ginn Clubs & Resorts	93/5	299	Running
26	28	#96	Tony Raines	Chevrolet	DLP HDTV	85/0	299	Running
27	34	#32	Travis Kvapil	Chevrolet	Tide-Downy	82/0	299	Running
28	37	#88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	79/0	298	Running
29	42	#26	Jamie McMurray	Ford	Crown Royal	76/0	297	Running
30	40	#49	Kevin Lepage	Dodge	LoansDepot.com	73/0	297	Running
31	39	#4	Scott Wimmer	Chevrolet	Lucas Oil Products	70/0	296	Running
32	17	#01	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	67/0	295	Running
33	10	#21	Ken Schrader	Ford	Motorcraft Genuine Parts	64/0	294	Running
34	38	#61	Chad Chaffin	Dodge	Oak Glove Co.	61/0	292	Running
35	27	#45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Petty Enterprises/Victory Junction	58/0	290	Running
36	23	#10	Scott Riggs	Dodge	Stanley Tools/Valvoline	55/0	290	Running
37	15	#38	David Gilliland	Ford	M&M's	52/0	290	Running
38	16	#5	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	Kellogg's	49/0	275	Running
39	7	#48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	46/0	232	Running
40	29	#43	Bobby Labonte	Dodge	Cheerios/Betty Crocker	43/0	207	Out of Race
41	43	#27	Ted Christopher	Chevrolet	Lilly Trucking of Virginia	40/0	123	Out of Race
42	41	#89	Morgan Shepherd	Dodge	Victory In Jesus	37/0	61	Out of Race
43	20	#66	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	Haas Automation/Best Buy	34/0	2	Out of Race

* Denotes Rookie

[vox_freedom]

..Won't see ya's next week, so ya'll be good!

Have a good week off, and maybe we'll be watching that 8 car win.

[glock rocks]

Thanks for droppin in budman. If Happy'd done this five years ago, his t-shirts might cost more than Jr's.

Don't quote me.

Thanks for the thread Pete. On to Dover!

[NormsRevenge]

Unofficial Standings

Rank	+/-	Driver	Points	Behind	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5	Top 10
1	+2	Kevin Harvick	5230	Leader	27	1	4	12	15
2	+3	Denny Hamlin*	5195	-35	27	3	2	5	14
3	-2	Matt Kenseth	5189	-41	27	0	4	13	17
4	+5	Jeff Gordon	5180	-50	27	0	2	11	13
5	+3	Jeff Burton	5166	-64	27	4	0	4	16
6	+1	Mark Martin	5155	-75	27	0	0	6	12
7	-1	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	5149	-81	27	0	1	8	12
8	+2	Kasey Kahne	5120	-110	27	4	5	9	14
9	-7	Jimmie Johnson	5091	-139	27	1	4	8	18
10	-6	Kyle Busch	5084	-146	27	1	1	9	15
11	--	Tony Stewart	3473	-1757	27	0	2	11	15
12	--	Greg Biffle	3160	-2070	27	2	1	5	12
13	--	Carl Edwards	3120	-2110	27	0	0	8	13
14	--	Kurt Busch	2934	-2296	27	5	1	5	8
15	--	Casey Mears	2915	-2315	27	0	0	1	5
16	+1	Ryan Newman	2880	-2350	27	2	0	2	7
17	-1	Clint Bowyer*	2846	-2384	27	0	0	3	7
18	+2	Brian Vickers	2834	-2396	27	0	0	4	6
19	--	Jamie McMurray	2798	-2432	27	0	0	3	7
20	+1	Elliott Sadler	2789	-2441	27	1	0	1	7
21	-3	Scott Riggs	2778	-2452	26	1	0	1	7
22	--	Reed Sorenson*	2722	-2508	27	0	0	1	5
23	--	Martin Truex Jr.*	2633	-2597	27	0	0	0	2
24	--	Dale Jarrett	2551	-2679	27	0	0	0	3
25	+1	Robby Gordon	2523	-2707	27	0	0	1	2
26	+1	J.J. Yeley*	2490	-2740	27	0	0	0	3
27	-2	Bobby Labonte	2481	-2749	27	0	0	1	4
28	--	Dave Blaney	2449	-2781	27	0	0	1	2
29	--	Ken Schrader	2353	-2877	27	0	0	0	2
30	--	Jeff Green	2307	-2923	27	0	0	0	0
31	--	Joe Nemechek	2251	-2979	27	0	0	0	0
32	--	Sterling Marlin	2130	-3100	27	0	0	0	1
33	--	Kyle Petty	2081	-3149	27	0	0	0	1
34	--	David Stremme*	1985	-3245	25	0	0	0	0
35	--	Travis Kvapil	1847	-3383	23	0	0	0	0
36	--	Michael Waltrip	1842	-3388	25	0	0	0	0
37	+1	Tony Raines	1691	-3539	20	0	0	0	0
38	-1	Jeremy Mayfield	1647	-3583	21	0	0	0	0
39	--	Scott Wimmer	1630	-3600	22	0	0	0	0
40	--	Kevin Lepage	1226	-4004	19	0	0	0	0
41	--	Terry Labonte	1074	-4156	14	0	0	1	1
42	--	Kenny Wallace	670	-4560	12	0	0	0	0
43	--	Bill Elliott	452	-4778	6	0	0	0	0
44	--	Paul Menard	446	-4784	4	0	0	0	1
45	+1	Chad Chaffin	443	-4787	8	0	0	0	0
46	-1	Boris Said	415	-4815	4	1	0	1	2
47	--	Brent Sherman*	372	-4858	6	0	0	0	0
48	+1	David Gilliland	333	-4897	6	0	0	0	0
49	-1	Stanton Barrett	285	-4945	6	0	0	0	0
50	--	Hermie Sadler	251	-4979	7	0	0	0	0
51	--	Derrike Cope	249	-4981	7	0	0	0	0
52	--	Mike Wallace	243	-4987	3	0	0	0	0
53	--	Scott Pruett	223	-5007	2	0	0	0	1
54	--	Kirk Shelmerdine	177	-5053	3	0	0	0	0
55	--	Mike Garvey	138	-5092	4	0	0	0	0
56	--	Jimmy Spencer	122	-5108	2	0	0	0	0
57	--	Ron Fellows	119	-5111	2	0	0	0	0
58	--	Mike Skinner	104	-5126	2	0	0	0	0
59	--	Brandon Ash	88	-5142	2	0	0	0	0
60	--	Todd Kluever	74	-5156	2	0	0	0	0
61	--	Chad Blount	74	-5156	2	0	0	0	0
62	+6	Morgan Shepherd	71	-5159	2	0	0	0	0
63	-1	Bill Lester	67	-5163	2	0	0	0	0
64	-1	P.J. Jones	55	-5175	1	0	0	0	0
65	-1	Brian Simo	40	-5190	1	0	0	0	0
66	--	Ted Christopher	40	-5190	1	0	0	0	0
67	-2	Carl Long	40	-5190	1	0	0	0	0
68	-1	Marc Goossens	34	-5196	1	0	0	0	0
69	-3	Tom Hubert	34	-5196	1	0	0	0	0
70	-1	Johnny Sauter	0	-5230	1	0	0	0	0
71	-1	Stephen Leicht	0	-5230	1	0	0	0	0

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

TANKS,,Norm,,,

[glock rocks]

Bubba Q: 1-4-14-scriggs.

[glock rocks]

and Kahne finished up two in the chase.

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks backatcha and Thanks to all for hanging out!!!

[vox_freedom]

Over to Dover.

[NormsRevenge]

1 36 38 39

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[NormsRevenge]

If I had picked my other guys.. I would be

1 4 8 9 .. Ouch!

Im in a tailspin.. FReefall..

[SouthTexas]

Thanks for everyone's input and comments. A good race overall with a bit of shuffling in the chasers positions.

Remember to pray this week for our troops, both here and overseas, and for the families that await their return.

[michigander]

J