The Chase field is set



Matt Kenseth and Ryan Newman are in the Chase for the Nextel Cup -- and Jamie McMurray and Jeff Gordon are out. While Kurt Busch was pulling away for the victory in Saturday night's Chevy Rock & Roll 400, the drama was unfolding farther back in the field.

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The Chase Contenders!

Rank +/- Driver Points Behind Starts Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10
1 -- Tony Stewart 5050 Leader 26 1 5 12 18
2 -- Greg Biffle 5045 -5 26 0 5 10 15
3 +1 Rusty Wallace 5040 -10 26 0 0 7 14
4 -1 Jimmie Johnson 5035 -15 26 1 2 9 15
5 +1 Kurt Busch 5030 -20 26 0 3 8 14
6 -1 Mark Martin 5025 -25 26 0 0 6 12
7 -- Jeremy Mayfield 5020 -30 26 0 1 4 7
8 -- Carl Edwards 5015 -35 26 1 2 8 10
9 -- Matt Kenseth 5010 -40 26 1 1 6 11
10 +1 Ryan Newman 5005 -45 26 5 0 5 10


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Unofficial Race Results

Chevy Rock & Roll 400 | Richmond International Raceway

September 10, 2005 | Race 26 of 36

Fin St Car Driver Make Sponsor Pts/Bonus Laps Status
1 5 #97 Kurt Busch Ford Crown Royal 190/10 400 Running
2 13 #17 Matt Kenseth Ford DeWalt Power Tools 175/5 400 Running
3 2 #16 Greg Biffle Ford National Guard 170/5 400 Running
4 7 #5 Kyle Busch * Chevrolet Kellogg's/Delphi 165/5 400 Running
5 15 #2 Rusty Wallace Dodge Miller Lite 155/0 400 Running
6 10 #19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 155/5 400 Running
7 25 #20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot 146/0 400 Running
8 14 #9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 147/5 400 Running
9 39 #11 Terry Labonte Chevrolet FedEx/Kinko's 143/5 400 Running
10 1 #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet GM Goodwrench/Gretchen Wilson 139/5 400 Running
11 3 #77 Travis Kvapil * Dodge Kodak/Jasper Engines 135/5 400 Running
12 8 #12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 127/0 400 Running
13 4 #6 Mark Martin Ford Viagra 124/0 400 Running
14 26 #4 Mike Wallace Chevrolet Lucas Oil/Muzik Mafia 121/0 400 Running
15 31 #0 Mike Bliss Chevrolet NetZero Best Buy 118/0 400 Running
16 20 #43 Jeff Green Dodge Cheerios/Betty Crocker 115/0 400 Running
17 19 #38 Elliott Sadler Ford M&M's 112/0 400 Running
18 12 #31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Cingular/Big & Rich 109/0 400 Running
19 42 #49 Ken Schrader Dodge Schwan's Home Service 106/0 400 Running
20 29 #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser True Music/3 Doors Down 103/0 400 Running
21 18 #99 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts 100/0 400 Running
22 23 #18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 97/0 399 Running
23 17 #41 Casey Mears Dodge Target/Lysol 94/0 399 Running
24 30 #22 Scott Wimmer Dodge Caterpillar 91/0 399 Running
25 24 #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 88/0 399 Running
26 11 #01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet U.S. Army 85/0 399 Running
27 40 #45 Kyle Petty Dodge Georgia-Pacific/Brawny 82/0 399 Running
28 36 #09 Johnny Sauter Dodge Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts 79/0 399 Running
29 37 #10 Scott Riggs Chevrolet Valvoline/Nickelback 76/0 398 Running
30 6 #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 73/0 398 Running
31 28 #15 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts 70/0 396 Running
32 43 #66 Mike Garvey * Ford Peak Fitness 67/0 395 Running
33 27 #07 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Jack Daniel's/Drive-By Truckers 64/0 395 Running
34 21 #37 Tony Raines Dodge Patron Tequila/BoSPOKER.net 61/0 394 Running
35 38 #7 Robby Gordon Chevrolet Jim Beam 63/5 394 Running
36 35 #50 Jimmy Spencer Dodge Allied Steel Structures 55/0 393 Running
37 22 #25 Brian Vickers Chevrolet GMAC/ditech.com/Green Day 52/0 374 Running
38 16 #21 Ricky Rudd Ford U.S. Air Force/Motorcraft 49/0 366 Out of Race
39 9 #88 Dale Jarrett Ford UPS 46/0 364 Out of Race
40 32 #42 Jamie McMurray Dodge Texaco Havoline 43/0 362 Out of Race
41 41 #40 Sterling Marlin Dodge Coors Light 40/0 358 Running
42 34 #39 David Stremme Dodge Navy "Accelerate Your Life" 37/0 321 Out of Race
43 33 #32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Chevrolet Tide 34/0 193 Out of Race

* Denotes Rookie

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Chase's Important Lap by Lap: Chevy 400
September 10, 2005
10:57 PM EDT (02:57 GMT)

Lap 400: Kurt Busch wins for the third time this year. Ryan Newman gets the 10th spot in the Chase.

Lap 363: Caution is out. McMurray tries to make it three-wide, Tony Raines gets into McMurray. Ricky Rudd has also tagged the wall. This wreck essentially puts Ryan Newman into the Chase.

Lap 355: Big wreck in Turn 4. Dale Jarrett tries to make it three-wide, gets into Tony Raines and Dave Blaney. Dale Earnhardt Jr. spins to avoid the wreck. Jarrett has heavy damage. Carl Edwards has light damage and will come to pit road.

Lap 346: Caution is out. Scott Wimmer is punted by Bobby Labonte. Jeff Green is the Lucky Dog.

- The leaders stay out

- McMurray comes in, takes two tires. He was 12th before he pitted.

Lap 320: Kenseth takes the lead from Kahne.

Lap 312: Everyone on pit road. Kasey Kahne stays out, he is the leader.

- Everyone takes four tires on pit road.

Lap 301: Ryan Newman is looking good to make the Chase. He runs seventh.

Lap 213: The caution is out.

- Jeff Gordon makes two pit stops to fix the damage

Lap 211: Jeff Gordon has pancaked the wall. No caution.

- Terry Labonte, Bobby Labonte and Casey Mears stay out

- Jeff Gordon has to make a second pit stop to reinstall a lug nut.

Lap 50: Harvick has finally cleared Mayfield. He is the new leader.

Lap 43: Mayfield is hanging on well with old tires.

Lap 38: Green flag. Mayfield leads.

Lap 32: Pit stops begin. Jeremy Mayfield elects to stay out.

- Heavy adjustments for Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Jeff Gordon

- Ryan Newman takes only right-side tires

Lap 1: Travis Kvapil leads the first lap with a three-wide move.

7:07 p.m. A very sunburned Matt Yocum interviews Jeff Gordon. Gordon says he will be "pretty aggressive" tonight.

7:02 p.m. The Chase talk is in full swing.

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I'm just ecstatic that Gordon didn't get in the chase. WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!! I take back every bad thing I've ever said about Johnny Sauter.

 

I'm so happy for Ryan. I was nervous all night, until McMurray's wreck. I knew then, Gordon didn't have a chance. It put a smile on my face. I hate to say that about another Dodge driver, but McMurray's wreck secured Newman's spot.

WHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HHHHOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Rocket! Alltel #12!

 

I was laughing when they interviewed McMurray. He just looked like he didn't even care. Ganassi should just let him go. He obviously doesn't want to be there anymore.

 

I personally am disappointed that Gordon didnt get in.....but this happens to the best of them and he's been blessed with good luck so its his turn to face the music I guess.

I'm also very disappointed for Jamie McMurray...that two years in a row he has literally been screwed on the last race before the Chase. He'll be gone from Ganassi year end guaranteed.

As for the rest of the guys, congrats and good luck to them. As much as I hate to say it......Tony Stewart is going to be the guy to watch down the last 10 races....

 

Yeah, I would have thought he would have peed-off. He's definetly one calm dude about the situation.

 

More like McMurray was laughing about it. Guys like that don't deserve it anyway. He was thinking to himself. Well, I'm leaving this team anyway, I'll laugh about it on national TV. Newman deserved it a lot more. And Jamie did not get screwed. He screwed himself. He wrecked, his fault. It's not like he would have caught Ryan anyway.

The Dodge drivers that can win are in...
Rusty Wallace
Jeremy Mayfield
Ryan Newman

 

as much as I hate to say it, out of those 3 dodge drivers, only the pensky boys really have a shot.

 

Jamie McMurray... Good Ridance... Have fun driving Fords...

 

I think Smoke is gonna get his 2nd cup