2009
NASCAR DRIVERS
Hey gang,
This stat is just for fun.
Now that we have seen how we fared over the season, lets see how the drivers measured up...........NGFL style!
Lets start out with the price list...
| 2009 | 2009 | |||
| drivers | Day1 | Home | diff | |
| 1 | #5 Mark Martin | $2.0 | $6.7 | $4.7 |
| 2 | #42 Juan Montoya | $2.3 | $5.7 | $3.4 |
| 3 | #47 Marcus Ambrose | $0.1 | $3.3 | $3.2 |
| 4 | #20 Joey Lagano | $0.1 | $3.0 | $2.9 |
| 5 | #2 Kurt Busch | $3.7 | $6.4 | $2.7 |
| 6 | #83 Brian Vickers | $3.5 | $5.0 | $1.5 |
| 7 | #44 AJ Allmendinger | $0.6 | $2.1 | $1.5 |
| 8 | #39 Ryan Newman | $4.0 | $5.4 | $1.4 |
| 9 | #00 David Reutiman | $2.9 | $4.1 | $1.2 |
| 10 | #24 Jeff Gordon | $5.9 | $6.5 | $0.6 |
| 11 | #14 Tony Stewart | $5.5 | $6.0 | $0.5 |
| 12 | #9 Kasey Kahne | $4.7 | $5.2 | $0.5 |
| 13 | #82 Scott Speed | $0.1 | $0.5 | $0.4 |
| 14 | #77 Sam Hornish | $0.8 | $1.2 | $0.4 |
| 15 | #11 Denny Hamlin | $5.7 | $6.1 | $0.4 |
| 16 | #09 David Stremme | $0.5 | $0.7 | $0.2 |
| 17 | #48 Jimmie Johnson | $7.0 | $7.0 | $0.0 |
| 18 | #34 John Andretti | $0.4 | $0.4 | $0.0 |
| 19 | #43 Reed Sorenson | $1.2 | $1.0 | ($0.2) |
| 20 | #7 Robby Gordon | $1.1 | $0.5 | ($0.6) |
| 21 | #18 Kyle Busch | $5.4 | $4.8 | ($0.6) |
| 22 | #16 Greg Biffle | $6.6 | $5.9 | ($0.7) |
| 23 | #07 Casey Mears | $3.4 | $2.7 | ($0.7) |
| 24 | #17 Matt Kenseth | $5.3 | $4.5 | ($0.8) |
| 25 | #19 Elliott Sadler | $2.5 | $1.7 | ($0.8) |
| 26 | #55 Michael Waltrip | $1.7 | $0.6 | ($1.1) |
| 27 | #98 Paul Menard | $2.1 | $0.8 | ($1.3) |
| 28 | #33 Clint Bowyer | $6.1 | $4.4 | ($1.7) |
| 29 | #26 Jamie McMurray | $4.2 | $2.5 | ($1.7) |
| 30 | #99 Carl Edwards | $6.9 | $5.1 | ($1.8) |
| 31 | #1 Martin Truex | $4.5 | $2.3 | ($2.2) |
| 32 | #71 Bobby Labonte | $3.1 | $0.9 | ($2.2) |
| 33 | #31 Jeff Burton | $6.0 | $3.7 | ($2.3) |
| 34 | #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr | $5.2 | $2.0 | ($3.2) |
| 35 | #29 Kevin Harvick | $6.4 | $3.1 | ($3.3) |
| 36 | #6 David Ragan | $4.8 | $1.4 | ($3.4) |
Of course there is notes!
1. Juan Montoya is the most improved driver for 2009 running the full time schedule both seasons.
2. There were only 16 drivers whose prices improved over the season.
3. Jimmie Johnson ($7.0) and John Andretti ($0.4) are the only drivers price that ended up being the same.
4. David Ragan is the biggest dropper over the 2009 season.
5. Harvick, Earnhardt Jr., JBurton, Edwards, Bowyer all were in the 2008 Chase. They sit in the bottom 10 of the chart above...
6. There were 18 drivers whose price dropped since the start of the season.
Drivers receiving Points penalties that we too suffered thru if they were on our team...
Robby Gordon 50 point penalty Charlotte1 he was on 3 teams.
Martin Truex 25 point penalty Chicago he was on 14 teams.
Kyle Busch 25 point penalty Loudon2 he was on 14 teams.
Martin Truex 50 point penalty Texas2 he was on 14 teams.
total - 150 points in driver penalties amongst 3 drivers in 4 races.
DRIVER PICKED MOST ON A WINNING TEAM.....Mark Martin - 21 times.
1. Mark Martin 21
2. Jimmie Johnson 16
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr 14
Kevin Harvick 14
5. Jeff Gordon 13
NGFL Teams with the winner of the race..............28
NGFL Teams without the winner........................10
CUP TEAMS not on a winning NGFL team......66, 87, 09
(that tells you that when Brad Keselowski won in the 09 car, he was not on the winning team. What an $0.1!!!
The 37 team DNQ'ed the most......14 times.
The 98 team was not picked in 10 races. The most of any driver running the full schedule.
CHASERS not picked throughout the season... #2 Kurt Busch - 3 times, #9 Kasey Kahne - twice.
Who cost us $7.0 million on the price list?
#48 Jimmie Johnson Daytona1
#17 Matt Kenseth: California1, Las Vegas = 2
#24 Jeff Gordon Atlanta1, Bristol1, Martinsville1, Texas1, Phoenix1, Talladega1 = 6
#2 Kurt Busch Richmond1
#24 Jeff Gordon Darlington, Charlotte1, Dover1 = 9
#14 Tony Stewart Pocono1, Michigan1, Sonoma, Loudon1, Daytona2, Chicago, Indianapolis,
Watkins Glen, Pocono2, Michigan2, Bristol2, Atlanta2, Richmond2 = 13
#5 Mark Martin Loudon2, Dover2, Kansas, California2 = 4
#48 Jimmie Johnson Charlotte2, Martinsville2, Talladega2, Texas2, Phoenix2, Homestead = 6
1. There were 6 different drivers lead the way, There were 8 lead changes.
2. Tony Stewart cost us $7.0 million for the most races.
3. Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson both lost the lead and then led again.
4. Except for Matt Kenseth (2 races) and Kurt Busch (1 race) Hendrick power led the standings in 2009. (33 races )
5. None of the Toyota drivers led the point standings this season.
DONE!