Beginning Chase standings

@>Chase for the Championship:

 Pos Driver                     Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10
---- ---------------------- ---------- ------ ---- ----- ------
  1. Kyle Busch                   5080     26    8    15     17
  2. Carl Edwards                 5050     26    6    11     19
  3. Jimmie Johnson               5040     26    4     9     14
  4. Dale Earnhardt Jr.           5010     26    1     8     13
  5. Clint Bowyer                 5010     26    1     4     12
  6. Denny Hamlin                 5010     26    1     9     14
  7. Jeff Burton                  5010     26    1     4     12
  8. Tony Stewart                 5000     26    0     9     13
  9. Greg Biffle                  5000     26    0     8     11
 10. Jeff Gordon                  5000     26    0     9     12
 11. Kevin Harvick                5000     26    0     6     12
 12. Matt Kenseth                 5000     26    0     6     15

@>Other drivers:

 Pos Driver                    Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10
---- ------------------------- ------ ------ ---- ----- ------
 13. Kasey Kahne                  3047     26    2     3     12
 14. David Ragan                  3039     26    0     5      9
 15. Brian Vickers                2854     26    0     3      6
 16. Ryan Newman                  2853     26    1     2      8
 17. Martin Truex Jr.             2818     26    0     3      7
 18. Jamie McMurray               2659     26    0     0      6
 19. Kurt Busch                   2622     26    1     3      6
 20. Bobby Labonte                2497     26    0     0      1
 21. Juan Montoya                 2487     26    0     2      3
 22. Elliott Sadler               2477     26    0     2      6
 23. Travis Kvapil                2477     26    0     0      3
 24. Casey Mears                  2434     26    0     1      4
 25. David Reutimann              2427     26    0     0      3
 26. David Gilliland              2364     26    0     1      2
 27. Mark Martin                  2270     18    0     3      9
 28. Paul Menard                  2202     26    0     0      0
 29. Reed Sorenson                2022     25    0     1      2
 30. Michael Waltrip              2009     26    0     1      1
 31. Dave Blaney                  1998     25    0     0      2
 32. Robby Gordon                 1948     26    0     0      2
 33. Sam Hornish Jr.*             1947     26    0     0      0
 34. Regan Smith*                 1930     24    0     0      0
 35. Scott Riggs                  1912     24    0     0      0
 36. Patrick Carpentier*          1603     21    0     0      0
 37. A.J. Allmendinger            1526     18    0     0      1
 38. Joe Nemechek                 1486     23    0     0      0
 39. Michael McDowell*            1303     18    0     0      0
 40. J.J. Yeley                   1263     17    0     1      1
 41. Bill Elliott                  848     12    0     0      0
 42. Kyle Petty                    750     12    0     0      0
 43. Terry Labonte                 699      9    0     0      0
 44. Aric Almirola                 671      8    0     0      1
 45. Mike Skinner                  618      9    0     0      0
 46. Dario Franchitti*             606     10    0     0      0
 47. Jeremy Mayfield               578      8    0     0      0
 48. Ken Schrader                  520      8    0     0      0
 49. Marcos Ambrose                400      5    0     1      1
 50. Dale Jarrett                  367      5    0     0      0
 51. Tony Raines                   334      4    0     0      0
 52. Sterling Marlin               302      6    0     0      0
 53. Johnny Sauter                 232      7    0     0      0
 54. Ron Fellows                   200      2    0     0      0
 55. Boris Said                    194      3    0     0      0
 56. Jason Leffler                 192      3    0     0      0
 57. John Andretti                 149      3    0     0      0
 58. Jon Wood                      119      2    0     0      0
 59. Chad McCumbee                 112      1    0     0      0
 60. Max Papis                      92      2    0     0      0
 61. David Stremme                  84      1    0     0      0
 62. P.J. Jones                     52      1    0     0      0
 63. Brad Coleman                   49      1    0     0      0
 64. Scott Pruett                   49      1    0     0      0
 65. Brian Simo                     34      1    0     0      0
 66. Kenny Wallace                  34      1    0     0      0

* Series rookie