NASCAR What If: The 2005 Chase Under 2014 Rules

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Mark Martin (6) from 2005

Round Two Elimination

In round two of the chase Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson each won a race which allowed them to clinch a spot in the third round of the chase. After the second round four more drivers were eliminated and the top-8 moved on which can be seen below. The top-8 are arranged by how they were in points after the second round even though points reset before the third round begins.

  1. Mark Martin
  2. Jimmie Johnson
  3. Kurt Busch
  4. Greg Biffle
  5. Tony Stewart
  6. Carl Edwards
  7. Ryan Newman
  8. Matt Kenseth

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  • 9th – Rusty Wallace (-8)
  • 10th – Jeremy Mayfield (-12)
  • 11th – Kevin Harvick (-25)
  • 12th – Kyle Busch (-27)

No real surprises here in the second round aside from how poorly Harvick and Busch ran. For the second year in a row Kenseth would have just made the cut into the third round of the chase.