Chase Standings After Atlanta

[BobbyFord]

2008 Unofficial Chase Standings: Pep Boys Auto 500
Pep Boys Auto 500 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Race 33 of 36

RANK +/- DRIVER POINTS BEHIND STARTS POLES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 -- Jimmie Johnson 6248 Leader 33 5 6 14 21
2 +2 Carl Edwards 6065 -183 33 1 7 16 24
3 -1 Greg Biffle 6063 -185 33 2 2 11 16
4 -1 Jeff Burton 6030 -218 33 0 2 7 17
5 +1 Kevin Harvick 5941 -307 33 0 0 6 16
6 +1 Jeff Gordon 5936 -312 33 3 0 11 17
7 -2 Clint Bowyer 5934 -314 33 0 1 5 15
8 -- Tony Stewart 5847 -401 33 0 1 10 15
9 +1 Matt Kenseth 5835 -413 33 0 0 9 19
10 -1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5829 -419 33 1 1 10 15
11 -- Denny Hamlin 5823 -425 33 1 1 11 17
12 -- Kyle Busch 5783 -465 33 2 8 17 19

 

[barelypure]

What do you know, Edwards made up 15 points in his effort to catch Jimmie. At that rate he'd only need 12 more attempts to make it close...

 

[BobbyFord]

Old Point System Stats

Rank +/- Driver Points Back
1 -- Jimmie Johnson 4784 Leader
2 -- Carl Edwards 4686 -98
3 -- Kyle Busch 4581 -203
4 -- Jeff Burton 4404 -
5 -- Greg Biffle 4343 -441
6 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr 4307 -477
7 -- Kevin Harvick 4224 -560
8 +1 Jeff Gordon 4157 -627
9 -1 Tony Stewart 4132 -652
10 +1 Denny Hamlin 4048 -736
11 -1 Clint Bowyer 4040 -744
12 +1 Matt Kenseth 3967 -817

 

[Bucky Badger]

Hard to believe Kyle is all the way up to 3rd

 

[Digger]

Funny part is it'd be closer under the old system than the new one.

And it would've been much more exciting - a long, strung out championship battle.

 

[bsquared31]

Whatever the points system is, some teams are going to be out front. I'm in NO way a Jimmie Johnson fan, but you've got to admit, he and Chad have it figured out and they are far and away the best team in the "playoffs"