Fun with numbers, part 1
Here's an interesting paragraph from Dustin's story in Tuesday's paper:
(Jimmie) Johnson was 247 points out of the points lead at the same time in 2004 and lost the title by eight points. He won four of the last six races to make that charge.
The race in question was actually Kansas -- Talladega and Kansas later swapped spots on the Cup calendar -- and Johnson had eight other drivers between him and first. (Here's the list; scroll to the bottom of the page.)
Going into Saturday night's race, everyone is within 185 points of the lead. Four drivers (Kenseth, Martin, Harvick and Hamlin) are within 51. (It's here; scroll down.)
The conclusion: The 2006 championship is still anyone's ballgame, er, race, er, ... you know what I mean.
Now wasn't that fun?
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Oh thank G-d, there's still hope for my man, JeffG.
Even after his 'dega mishap his points hit was just a measly 29.
Race on Jeff and stop complaining about Jr. Jr. had your back on several occasions during the race and all you did was to PAB about him.
Posted on October 11, 2006 11:35 AM