Who's not going to make the chase?

[Ron_Ripple]

I personally don't think Clint Boyer is going to make the chase even though he's only in 13th place. The way the top 12 guys are racing he's going to have to step up his game.

He's finished outside the top 20 in 3 out of the last 6 races. Someone who's finishing outside the top 10 this late in the season doesn't deserve to make the chase.

Who else do you think won't make the chase. Kenseth is cutting it close... but I think most of the other drivers close to the bubble will make it. Kevin Harvick has been running well lately so hopefully he keeps it up.

[MD24]

Will make the chase

Kyle Busch
Carl Edwards
Jimmie Johnson
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Jeff Burton
Jeff Gordon
Tony Stewart
Kasey Kahne
Denny Hamlin
Greg Biffle
Clint Bowyer
Matt Kenseth

I don't see Harvick making it

[RaceFanStan]

With 4 races to go to the chase & the next Cup race @ Michigan ...

I think the top 12 in the Chase has already been set, so I will go with :
Kyle Busch (has 8 wins already with consistant top 5s & top 10s, he will be hard to beat)
(Kyle Busch is my pick to be the 2008 Cup Champion)
Carl Edwards (with 4 wins so far & getting back on track, he will be a strong contender)
Jimmie Johnson (will probably be a strong contender)
Dale Earnhardt Jr (has done very well but I think he will fall behind team-mates Gordon & Johnson)
Jeff Burton (a true hard charger but RCR will let him down)
Jeff Gordon (will probably be an extremely strong contender)
Tony Stewart (will probably be an extremely strong contender)
Kasey Kahne (Ray Evernham seems to be getting back to racing, Kahne is the dark horse to win it all)
Denny Hamlin (will probably be a strong contender but will fall short)
Greg Biffle (does seem back on track but I expect him to have a couple of bad races in the Chase)
Kevin Harvick (running hot & cold will NOT earn him the championship)
Matt Kenseth (I expect him to really surge from here on, he will probably be a strong contender)

My picks to NOT make the Chase are :
Clint Bowyer* (could make it but doubtful)
David Ragan (could make it but doubtful)
*(Normally Clint Bowyer would likely be in but he seems to be snakebit with bad luck this season.
IMO if Clint Bowyer does make it in, it will likely be at the cost of bumping team-mate Kevin Harvick out.)

These drivers are mathimatically possible but are all but eliminated :
Ryan Newman
Martin Truex Jr
Brian Vickers
Kurt Busch
Jamie McMurray
Elliott Sadler
Bobby Labonte
Juan Montoya
Travis Kvapil
Casey Mears

David Gilliland in 25th & on back ARE mathimatically ELIMINATED

[harvick#1]

Will make the chase

Kyle Busch
Carl Edwards
Jimmie Johnson
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Jeff Burton
Tony Stewart
Kasey Kahne
Denny Hamlin
Greg Biffle
Clint Bowyer
Matt Kenseth
Kevin Harvick

I don't see Gordon making it

[harvick#1]

Kevin Harvick (running hot & cold will NOT earn him the championship)

running hot or cold if not for some acouple incidents and bad luck, he'd be way up in the standings right now.

Top 3 car at Sonoma before wheel-hopping, top 3 at NHIS before pitstops and rain, top 5 car at Indy before Kurt spun and collected Harv, top 5 at Daytona before being shuffled out, top 5 at Michigan before caution forced to pit.


the 29 team has been on, and they will be a force in the chase

[oldhippie]

the chase 12 imo
Kyle Busch
Tony Stewart
Jeff Gordon
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Carl Edwards
Matt Kenseth
Jimmie Johnson
Jeff Burton
Kasey Kahne
Denny Hamlin
Greg Biffle
Kevin Harvick

will be out of the chase
Clint Bowyer
Ryan Newman
Brian Vickers
Martin Truex Jr
Kurt Busch
David Ragan

[Jonesi]

I think it will probably end with the 12 that are in now. It looks like it will be Roush vs RCR cars. Right now Roush seems stronger, and better able to make adjustments during the races. If Edwards or Biffle are running hot then the rest of the Roush cars seem to migrate to the top 10 by the end of the race. That doesn't seem to happen with the Childress teams.

[MD24]

Will make the chase

Kyle Busch
Carl Edwards
Jimmie Johnson
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Jeff Burton
Jeff Gordon
Tony Stewart
Kasey Kahne
Denny Hamlin
Greg Biffle
Clint Bowyer
Matt Kenseth

I don't see Gordon making it

You jinxed him

[harvick#1]

You jinxed him

that was the plan

[Ron_Ripple]

Kasey Kahne had engine failure which dropped him down to 11th overall. ()hat hurt

Jeff Gordon finished 42nd which dropped him in the overall points from 6th place down to 9th place. (That hurt even more)

Hamlin moved down 3 positions and is now sitting on the bubble.

There was a lot of movement in the overall standings…