The dog days of summer signal the start of the Nextel Cup playoffs as drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ryan Newman and Martin Truex Jr. battle in NASCAR's Race to the Chase.
Throw Roush Racing driver Jamie McMurray in that mix and you probably have all the real contenders for the up for grabs spots in NASCAR's top twelve scramble.
Mark Martin will be good for some tasty what if conversations, until his part-time schedule takes him out of real contention.
About the only thing that could add a name to this list is some wild, off the wall points eating cheating scandle. What are the chances of that?
If chances, and odds of such chances coming to fruition, are your thang, check out Sports Club Stats. The screen shot of the graphic in this post is from their site. Ken has some very cool stuff over there.
I must admit I am not a Stats freak but I found this very interesting I couldn't believe the drop off between Junior in 12th and Newman in 13th...good stuff
Posted by: robert bourne | June 28, 2007 at 08:52 PM
Ken has done some great work there hasn't he?
Posted by: Clance' McClannahan | June 28, 2007 at 10:55 PM
Thank you guys.
Robert, that is interesting. I think it's because, even thought Newman isn't too far behind Junior, he has to "share" his percentage points with the McMurray and Martin, who are right on Newman's tail. (The site is not smart enough to know Marting is living by his own rules.)
Let me know if you think of a way the site could be better. Thanks.
Posted by: Ken Roberts | June 29, 2007 at 08:22 AM
Here is a blowup of the graph: http://www.sportsclubstats.com/NASCAR_PointsAbove12th.html
Posted by: Ken Roberts | June 29, 2007 at 11:49 AM