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Chase for the Championship

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The first 26 races determine which drivers, based on overall points, will compete for the Nextel Cup championship during the final 10 races. All drivers in the top 10 in points and any other drivers within 400 points of the leader qualify.

Before Race 27, the points are adjusted for all drivers who qualified for the Chase. The first-place driver in the standings begins with 5,050 points; the second-place driver starts with 5,045, and so on, with five-point drops continuing through the list of title contenders. If at the end of the final 10 races there is a tie, the first tiebreaker is number of wins, then number of second-place finishes, then number of thirds, etc.

(Standings under the traditional points system)

Official 2009 Chase standings (final)
Champion
1 photo
Jimmie Johnson
Points: 6,652
Behind first: --
Last race: Fifth at Homestead
Wins-Top 5s-Top 10s: 7-16-24
Avg. finish: 11.1
--
Best of the rest
2 photo
Mark Martin
Points: 6,511
Behind first: -141
Last race: 12th at Homestead
Wins-Top 5s-Top 10s: 5-14-21
Avg. finish: 13.7
--
3 photo
Jeff Gordon
Points: 6,473
Behind first: -179
Last race: Sixth at Homestead
Wins-Top 5s-Top 10s: 1-16-25
Avg. finish: 10.2
--
4 photo
Kurt Busch
Points: 6,446
Behind first: -206
Last race: Fourth at Homestead
Wins-Top 5s-Top 10s: 2-10-21
Avg. finish: 12.8
--
5 photo
Denny Hamlin
Points: 6,335
Behind first: -317
Last race: First at Homestead
Wins-Top 5s-Top 10s: 4-15-20
Avg. finish: 13.2
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3
6 photo
Tony Stewart
Points: 6,309
Behind first: -343
Last race: 22nd at Homestead
Wins-Top 5s-Top 10s: 4-15-23
Avg. finish: 10.4
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1
7 photo
Greg Biffle
Points: 6,292
Behind first: -360
Last race: 14th at Homestead
Wins-Top 5s-Top 10s: 0-10-16
Avg. finish: 14.0
--
8 photo
Juan Pablo Montoya
Points: 6,252
Behind first: -400
Last race: 38th at Homestead
Wins-Top 5s-Top 10s: 0-7-18
Avg. finish: 14.2
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2
9 photo
Ryan Newman
Points: 6,175
Behind first: -477
Last race: 23rd at Homestead
Wins-Top 5s-Top 10s: 0-5-15
Avg. finish: 14.7
--
10 photo
Kasey Kahne
Points: 6,128
Behind first: -524
Last race: 17th at Homestead
Wins-Top 5s-Top 10s: 2-7-14
Avg. finish: 15.3
--
11 photo
Carl Edwards
Points: 6,118
Behind first: -534
Last race: Seventh at Homestead
Wins-Top 5s-Top 10s: 0-7-14
Avg. finish: 15.1
--
12 photo
Brian Vickers
Points: 5,929
Behind first: -723
Last race: 20th at Homestead
Wins-Top 5s-Top 10s: 1-4-13
Avg. finish: 17.3
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