Welcome to Nextell Cup 2007
"A look at the chasers 2007"
"THE TOP 12 CHASERS FOR 2007"
#1. Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports, car #48, Chevrolet: At 31, Johnson has 28 career Cup wins. He has had 6 wins this racing season, with 14 top-five, 16 top-10 finishes and an average finish of 13.0. Out of the first 26 races he has 15 with a total of 966 laps out front. He took the lead in the Chase at Richmond International Raceway and has a 20-point lead over team mate Jeff Gordon. Jimmy has two wins, three top-five and six top-10 finishes for an average finish of 11.1, at New Hampshire where the Chase kicks off with the final 10 races this Sunday. #2. Jeff Gordon, Hendrick Motorsports car #24, Chevrolet: At age 36 Gordon, has 79 total career Cup wins. He has racked up 4 wins so far this season, he has also had 15 top-5's and 21 top-10's with an average finish of 8.2 in 2007. Out of the 26 races so far this season he has led in 18, with a total of 1,033 laps in the lead. He led the Chase for most of the year but is now 20 points behind teammate Jimmie Johnson. Gordon's carrer finishes at New Hampshire include 3 wins, 11 top-5's and 14 top-10's and has sat the pole position 3 times. His average finish at New Hampshire is 12th. #3. Tony Stewart, Joe Gibbs Racing,car #20, Chevrolet: At 36 Tony has a total of 32 career Cup wins. He has 3 wins so far in the 2007 season, with 9 top-5's and 18 top-10 finishes and has an average finish of 12.3. Out of the first 26 races Tony has led in 17 for a total of 890 laps. Stewart has a record of 2 wins, 9 top 5's and 10 top 10 finishes at New Hampshire for an average finish of 13.4. #4. Carl Edwards, Roush Fenway Racing, car #99, Ford: At 28 Carl, has 6 career wins. Through the first 26 races this year, he has done 2 back flips (wins), he has also had 7 top-5's and 11 top-10s giving him an average finish of 13.3. He led in 10 races of the 26 this year for a total of 333 laps. Edwards has one top-5 with an average finish of 14 at New Hampshire. #5. Kurt Busch, Penske Racing, car #2, Dodge: At 29 Kurt Busch, has scored a total of 17 career Cup wins. In 2007 he has 2 wins, 5 top-5's and 10 top-10s to give him an average finish of 15. In the last 26 races he has been at the point in 15 of them and has led a total of 651 laps. Kurt Busch has had 2 wins, 4 top-5's and five top-10s which gives him average finish of 16.6 at New Hampshire. #6. Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing, car #11, Chevrolet: At 26 Denny has had 3 career Cup wins. Thus far in 2007 he has 1 win, 10 top-5's, 15 top-10s with an average finish of 15.7. Out of the 26 races Denny has led in 10 of them for total 350 laps. At New Hampshire, He has 1 win, 2 top-5's and 3 top-10s with an average finish of 3.7 at New Hampshire. #7. Martin Truex Jr., Dale Earnhardt Inc., car #1, Chevrolet: At 27, Martin has 1 career Cup win. So far in the 2007 season, he has 1 win, 5 top-5's and 10 top-10 finishes, which gives him an average finish of 15.7. He led in 10 of 16 races for total 350 laps. He has 1 top-5 finish At New Hamshire giving him at average finish of 14.3. #8. Matt Kenseth, Roush Fenway Racing, car #17, Ford: At 35, Matt has a total of 15 career Cup wins. So far in the 2007 season, Kenseth has 1 win, with 8 top-5's and 16 top-10s giving him an average finish of 12.1. Matt has also led in 14 of the 26 races this season for a total of 288 laps. Matt has 5 top-5's and 10 top-10 finishes at New Hampshire for an average finish of 10.7. #9. Kyle Busch, Hendrick Motorsports, car #5, Chevrolet: At age 22 Kyle Busch, has 4 career Cup wins. In the 2007 season so far, Kyle has 1 win, 6 top-5's and 14-top 10s to his credit. He has an average finish of 13.9 for the 2007, Out of the first 26 races Kyle has led in 13 of them, for a total of 274 laps. At New Hampshire,Kyle Busch has 1 win and 2 top-fives giving him an average finish of 16.2. #10. Jeff Burton, Richard Childress Racing, car #31, Chevrolet: At age 40, Jeff has run up 19 career Cup wins. In the 2007 season, he has scored 1win, 7 top-5's and 12 top-10s giving him an average finish of 13.4. Out of the first 26 races he has been in the lead in 6 of them for a total of 28 laps. Jeff has won 4 times, has had 7 top-5's and 12 top-10s at New Hamshire giving him an average finish of 13. #11. Kevin Harvick, Richard Childress Racing, car #29, Chevrolet: At 31 Kevin, has tallied up 11 career Cup wins. So far in the 2007 season he has 1 win, 4 top-5's and 11 top-10s winding up with an average finish of 15.5. Out of the 26 races to date he has led in 9 of them for for a total of 251 laps. Kevin has 1 win, 3 top-5's, 8 top-10s and has set on the pole 1 time giving him an average finish of 12.3 at New Hampshire. #12. Clint Bowyer, Richard Childress Racing, car #07, Chevrolet: At 28 Clint has not yet been able to get into victory lane in a Nextel Cup race. In the 2007 season to date, he has 2 top-5's and 12 top-10s giving him an average finish of 14.8. Out of the 26 races to date he has led in 9 of them for a total of 84 laps. Clint has an average finish of 29.3, he has led in 1 of 3 races at the New Hampshire track.
Dale Jr. Frustrated At Atlanta. Is There Harmony In The DEI Camp??."
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was fast and moving into contention Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Then things somehow went wrong, again, and he settled for 14th place finish. With a 14th place finish in the Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway allowed Jr. to inch his Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet up a couple of spots in the standings to 26th. But to get into contension in the Chase DEA is going to have to do better, as you can run into trouble early the way the new points system works. Junior said, "We ran pretty good all day until the end, there at the end, I don't know what Tony Jr. and those guys did to the car, but it was terrible. My tires were fine. They didn't blow out and I had enough grip. I am not complaining, but pretty frustrated that we didn't do a better job of getting our car handling." Earnhardt Jr. said things went bad with about 100 laps to go. Dale Jr. said, "This team, we're better than that what we ran today, It's very frustrating we can't make that happen but I really thought we were going to be strong every weekend. We had the car pretty good at one point today but it was frustrating, really, to end up like we did." For Earnhardt Jr., running well and not having the result to show for it was business as usual this season. He failed to finish the first two races and then had a pit miscue a week ago. Now he had to settle for less than he expected at Atlanta. His teammate didn't, though. Martin Truex Jr. stayed with the frontrunners and finished eighth in his best performance of the season. Like his teammate, Truex has run better than he finished in the opening races. Trues said, "This is the fourth race of the year and we have run good everywhere, we led a bunch of laps at Daytona, we had a top-five car at California and blew up. Things are working good, the cars are driving great, crew chief Kevin Manion is doing all the right things in the pits, everything is going good for us right now." "We've been fast," Earnhardt Jr. said. "You can look at every race and see where it's not throughout the entire race, but at one point in the race we've been really good. "We shot ourselves in the foot today just not getting the car handling right there at the end and I'm frustrated as heck about it. I think everybody knows what we've gotta do. I'm pretty proud of how we had it running there one point in the race. I was really proud of it. But I'm proud of my team's effort today. They worked really hard with me."
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