Friday, July 18, 2014

2014 Week 19 Chase Standings

Race Standings After 19 Races

By Richard Tix

Here is a quick look at the Standings after 19 races in the 2014 season accounting for wins and points.

Current Sprint Cup Standings (Just by points)


Race to the Chase Standings
Rank
Driver
Wins
Points
Pts Back
1
Brad Keselowski
3
634

2
Jimmie Johnson
3
598

3
Dale Earnhardt Jr
2
658

4
Carl Edwards
2
574

5
Joey Logano
2
551

6
Kevin Harvick
2
528

7
Jeff Gordon
1
670

8
Kyle Busch
1
567

9
Denny Hamlin
1
530

10
Aric Almirola
1
473

11
Kurt Busch
1
440

12
Matt Kenseth
0
621

13
Ryan Newman
0
573

14
Clint Bowyer
0
548

15
Paul Menard
0
541

16
Austin Dillon
0
524

17
Kyle Larson
0
524

18
Greg Biffle
0
519
-5
19
Kasey Kahne
0
515
-9
20
Brian Vickers
0
507
-17
21
Tony Stewart
0
502
-22
22
Marcus Ambrose
0
489
-35
23
Jamie McMurray
0
475
-49
24
Martin Truex Jr
0
446
-78
25
Casey Mears
0
444
-80
26
AJ Allmendinger
0
440
-84
27
Danica Patrick
0
380
-144
28
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
0
377
-147

*Pts Back= Points back from 16th position in the standings.
*Austin Dillon and Kyle Larson are tied right now in points and for 16th position. 


So right now only Kurt Busch and Aric Almirola are really benefiting from the new Chase Points System. Both drivers wouldn't even be in the top 16 right now in just points. Kevin Harvick, who some have said at times was the hottest driver on the season, would also be sitting 13th (but would most likely get a WC spot because of wins in the old system).

Not a lot of guys are getting hurt by the new system at the moment. Because is 16 drivers now and not 12 its not very likely anyone will get hurt by it (until we have a season with 16 + winners). Until then the regular season part of the new Chase wont change much. 

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