Clint Bowyer	4359					NASCAR POINTS awarded by finish position
Kurt Busch	6446					POS	PTS		22	97
Kyle Busch	4457					1	185		23	94
Dale Earnhardt Jr	3422					2	170		24	91
Carl Edwards	6118					3	165		25	88
Jeff Gordon	6473					4	160		26	85
Denny Hamlin	6335					5	155		27	82
Jimmie Johnson	6652					6	150		28	79
Kasey Kahne	6128					7	146		29	76
Matt Kenseth	4389					8	142		30	73
Travis Kvapil	292					9	138		31	70
Bobby Labonte	3128					10	134		32	67
Joey Logano	3791					11	130		33	64
Mark Martin	6511					12	127		34	61
Jeremy Mayfield	288					13	124		35	58
Jaime McMurray	3604					14	121		36	55
Casey Mears	3759					15	118		37	52
Juan Montoya	6252					16	115		38	49
Ryan Newman	6175					17	112		39	46
David Ragan	3252					18	109		40	43
Elliott Sadler	3350					19	106		41	40
Reed Sorenson	3147					20	103		42	37
Scott Speed	2690					21	100		43	34
Tony Stewart	6309
Brian Vickers	5929					5	bonus points per race for leading a lap in the race
Michael Waltrip	2839					5	bonus points for leading the most laps in a race
						10	bonus Chase points for winning race - added to the 'reset' 5000 points in week 27*
						* After week 26 NASCAR begins THE CHASE.  The top twelve drivers in the rankings
						are in THE CHASE.  They have their points 'reset' to 5000 with an additional 10 points
Through week	36					added for each race they won from the first 26.  Normal race points are applied for the last
						10 races and the top driver from those 12 is the Cup winner.
						Since the top driver after week 26 has a point level (typically) in the high 3000/low 4000 point range,
						it is practically impossible for non-CHASE drivers to catch up with those drivers whose points
						get adjusted to 5000.