Following Saturday’s race at Richmond, the 12 Chase drivers are seeded according to the number of wins they accrued in the season’s first 26 races. Each win is worth 10 points. Tiebreakers are based upon drivers’ next - best finishes in the current season..
Currently, Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet) and Denny Hamlin (No. 11 FedEx Toyota) lead the way with five wins and 50 bonus points each. Johnson would win the tie-breaker for the No. 1 seed because he has more third–place finishes. Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet) and Kyle Busch (No. 18 M&M’s Toyota) are next with three wins and 30 bonus points each.
Kurt Busch (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge) has two wins and 20 bonus points, while Tony Stewart (No. 14 Office Depot Chevrolet) and Ryan Newman have one win and 10 bonus points each. So the 10 bonus points still available Saturday night could play a key role in the final seedings for the Chase.
For instance, Hamlin is the defending Richmond race winner. Another win would secure the top spot in the standings for the 2010 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: News & Notes – Richmond International Raceway
CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR 0 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 7 Kevin Conway* Toyota Extenze 9 Kasey Kahne Ford Budweiser 9 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Phoenix Construction 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Penske Racing 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Old Spice / Office Depot 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 19 Elliott Sadler Ford Stanley 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet National Guard Military Intelligence / DuPont 26 Jeff Green Ford Air National Guard 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 34 Tony Raines Ford A&W All American Food 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 37 David Gilliland Ford Charter Air Transport 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Insignia HDTV / Best Buy 46 J.J. Yeley Dodge Whitney Motorsports 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Kingsford / Bush's Beans 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 55 Mike Bliss Toyota Prism Motorsports 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Brakes 66 Scott Riggs Toyota Prism Motorsports 71 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Post-9 / 11 GI Bill 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota Red Bull 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota FrontRowJoe.com 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 98 Paul Menard Ford Pittsburgh Paints / Menards 99 Carl Edwards Ford Kellogg's 110 Terry Labonte Chevrolet Gander Mountain 132 Jason Leffler Toyota Braun Racing 164 Todd Bodine Toyota Gunselman Motorsports 192 Brian Keselowski Dodge K-Automotive Motorsports
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