NASCAR What If: The 2005 Chase Under 2014 Rules
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.
- Mark Martin
- Jimmie Johnson
- Kurt Busch
- Greg Biffle
- Tony Stewart
- Carl Edwards
- Ryan Newman
- 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.