From Jayski, the final points under the old system. Assuming that all drivers would have raced the way they did, GayJay would have won the Cup by 66 points
over Jeffy and 71 over Tony. Of course, you know what they say about "assume". But, IMO, it's the best way we have to determine if GayJay got
an unfair boost from the Chase. Sadly, this year I guess not. *sigh* Also, Shrub would be onstage at the banquet,
and the only way you could say HMS swept the top 3 spots would be if you counted SHR as being part of HMS since it already is an HMS satellite team (Mark would
have finished 5th).
Final UNOFFICIAL 2009 Sprint Cup CLASSICI might give the voodoo doll avi a few days' vacation before Friday, at which time the Santa voodoo doll comes into season.
the OLD way - Driver Points Standings [after Homestead, race 36 of 36]:
pos, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #48-Jimmie Johnson (X), 5156
2) #24-Jeff Gordon (X), 5090, -66
3) #14-Tony Stewart (X), 5085, -71
4) #11-Denny Hamlin (X), 4806, -350
5) #5-Mark Martin (X), 4762, -394
6) #2-Kurt Busch (X), 4758, -398
7) #16-Greg Biffle (X), 4541, -615
8) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya (X), 4503, -653
9) #18-Kyle Busch, 4457, -699
10) #39-Ryan Newman (X), 4447, -709
11) #99-Carl Edwards (X), 4398, -758
12) #17-Matt Kenseth, 4389, -767
13) #9-Kasey Kahne (X), 4388, -768
14) #33-Clint Bowyer, 4359, -797
15) #00-David Reutimann, 4221, -935
16) #83-Brian Vickers (X), 4122, -1034
(X) a chase driver.(11-22-2009)
