2010 

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...

drivers                Day1   Home diff
1 #29 Kevin Harvick $3.8   $6.7   $2.9
2 #1 Jamie McMurray $3.0   $4.3   $1.3
3 #12 Brad Keselowski $0.2   $1.4         $1.2
4 #17 Matt Kenseth $4.9   $6.1   $1.2
5 #99 Carl Edwards $5.3   $6.4   $1.1
6 #98 Paul Menard $1.2   $2.0   $0.8
7 #78 Regan Smith $0.2   $0.9   $0.7
8 #11 Denny Hamlin $6.3   $6.8   $0.5
9 #18 Kyle Busch         $5.0         $5.5   $0.5
10 #33 Clint Bowyer $4.7    $5.2   $0.5
11 #31 Jeff Burton   $4.3   $4.8   $0.5
12 #20 Joey Logano $3.4   $3.6   $0.2
13 #43 AJ Allmendinger $2.6   $2.7   $0.1
14 #82 Scott Speed $0.6   $0.7   $0.1
15 #48 Jimmie Johnson $7.0         $7.0   $0.0
16 #56 Martin Truex $2.2    $2.2          $0.0
17 #37 David Gilliland $0.4    $0.4   $0.0
18 #38 Travis Kvapil $0.4   $0.4   $0.0
19 #46 M McDowell $0.1   $0.1   $0.0
20 #16 Greg Biffle   $6.0         $5.9   ($0.1)
21 #66 Mike Bliss         $0.2   $0.1   ($0.1)
22 #88 D Earnhardt Jr $2.5         $2.4   ($0.1)
23 #6 David Ragan   $1.9   $1.6   ($0.3)
24 #21 Bill Elliott    $0.8   $0.5   ($0.3)
25 #7 Robby Gordon   $0.7   $0.3   ($0.4)
26 #36 Dave Blaney $0.5   $0.1   ($0.4)
27 #87 Joe Nemechek $0.5   $0.1   ($0.4)
28 #14 Tony Stewart $6.2   $5.7   ($0.5)
29 #77 Sam Hornish $1.5   $0.8   ($0.7)
30 #71 Bobby Labonte $1.4   $0.6   ($0.8)
31 #19 Elliott Sadler $2.0         $1.0   ($1.0)
32 #24 Jeff Gordon $6.6   $5.4   ($1.2)
33 #2 Kurt Busch     $6.4    $5.1   ($1.3)
34 #39 Ryan Newman $5.6   $4.1   ($1.5)
35 #00 David Reutimann $4.5   $3.0   ($1.5)
36 #5 Mark Martin    $6.7   $4.5   ($2.2)
37 #42 Juan Montoya $5.8   $3.3   ($2.5)
38 #47 Marcus Ambrose $4.0   $1.2   ($2.8)
39 #83 Kasey Kahne $5.4   $2.5   ($2.9)
40 #13 Casey Mears $3.2   $0.2   ($3.0)
Of course there are notes!
 
1.  Kevin Harvick is the most improved driver for 2010 running the full time schedule both seasons.
 
2.  There were 19 drivers whose prices improved over the season.  last year there were only 16.
 
3.  Jimmie Johnson ($7.0) Martin Truex ($2.2) David Gilliland ($0.4) Travis Kvapil ($0.4) are the drivers price that cost the same.
 
4.  Kasey Kahne is the biggest dropper over the 2010 season.
 
Drivers receiving Points penalties that we too suffered thru if they were on our team...
Marcus Ambrose         50 point penalty        Texas1              he was on 5 teams.
Max Papis                   50 point penalty        Texas1              he was on 10 teams.
Robbie Gordon            25 point penalty       Darlington         he was on 10 teams.
Michael McDowell        25 point penalty       Darlington         he was on 3 teams.
Travis Kvapil              150 point penalty       Pocono1            he was on 1 team.
Clint Bowyer              150 point penalty       Loudon2           he was on 20 teams.
Michael McDowell         50 point penalty      Loudon2            he was on NO team.
 
total - 500 points in driver penalties. 
 
DRIVER PICKED MOST ON A WINNING TEAM.....Jimmie Johnson & Juan Montoya!
1.  Jimmie Johnson        16  <---first to reach 10
     Juan Montoya            16
3.  Tony Stewart             15
4.  Joey Logano              13
5.  AJ Allmendinger        12
     Jaimie McMurray         "
     Ryan Newman              "
     Regan Smith                "
 
NGFL Teams with the winner of the race..........21.
NGFL Teams without the winner................... 17.
CUP TEAMS not on a winning NGFL team......46, 87
 
The 46 team DNQ'ed the most......16 times.
 CHASERS not picked throughout the season...     #33 Clint Bowyer once           #31 Jeff Burton - twice.
 
Who cost us $7.0 million on the price list?
#48 Jimmie Johnson:    Daytona1 = 1
  no driver                    California1
#48 Jimmie Johnson     Las Vegas, Atlanta1, Bristol1, = 4
#29 Kevin Harvick         Martinsville1, = 1
#48 Jimmie Johnson     Phoenix1, Texas1, Talladega1, Richmond1 = 8
#29 Kevin Harvick         Darlington, Dover1, Charlotte1, Pocono1, Sonoma, Michigan1, Loudon1, Daytona2,
                                   Chicago, Brickyard, Pocono2, Watkins Glen, Michigan2, Bristol2, Atlanta2, Richmond2 = 17
#11 Denny Hamlin         Loudon2, Dover2, Kansas
#48 Jimmie Johnson     California2, Charlotte2, Martinsville2, Talladega2, Texas2 = 13
#11 Denny Hamlin         Phoenix2, Homestead = 5
 
1.  This was the first year that there was no driver @ $7.0 for one race.  California1 
 
2.  Kevin Harvick cost us $7.0 million for the most races.  (17 races)
 
3.  There were only 3 drivers all season for $7.0.  
 
4.  Only Chevy drivers led the point standings this season
 
DONE!