NASCAR sprint Cup Series Standings 10-12-08

[The General]

1	--	Jimmie Johnson	5878	Leader	31	5	5	12	19
2	+2	Jeff Burton	5809	-69	31	0	2	7	17
3	--	Greg Biffle	5792	-86	31	2	2	11	15
4	-2	Carl Edwards	5710	-168	31	1	6	14	22
5	--	Clint Bowyer	5693	-185	31	0	1	5	14
6	--	Kevin Harvick	5671	-207	31	0	0	6	15
7	--	Tony Stewart	5650	-228	31	0	1	10	15
8	--	Jeff Gordon	5633	-245	31	3	0	10	15
9	+2	Kyle Busch	5552	-326	31	2	8	16	18
10	--	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	5524	-354	31	1	1	9	14
11	-2	Matt Kenseth	5518	-360	31	0	0	8	17
12	--	Denny Hamlin	5498	-380	31	1	1	9	15
13	--	David Ragan	3678	-2200	31	0	0	6	12
14	--	Kasey Kahne	3592	-2286	31	2	2	4	13
15	--	Ryan Newman	3286	-2592	31	1	1	2	8
16	--	Brian Vickers	3282	-2596	31	1	0	3	6
17	--	Martin Truex Jr.	3277	-2601	31	0	0	3	8
18	--	Kurt Busch	3176	-2702	31	0	1	4	8
19	+1	Jamie McMurray	3104	-2774	31	0	0	1	7
20	-1	Bobby Labonte	3095	-2783	31	0	0	0	2
21	--	Elliott Sadler	3026	-2852	31	0	0	2	8
22	--	Casey Mears	2932	-2946	31	0	0	1	4
23	--	Juan Montoya	2902	-2976	31	0	0	2	3
24	+1	David Reutimann	2892	-2986	31	0	0	0	3
25	-1	Travis Kvapil	2871	-3007	31	1	0	0	3
26	--	Paul Menard	2744	-3134	31	1	0	1	1
27	--	David Gilliland	2738	-3140	31	0	0	1	2
28	--	Mark Martin	2677	-3201	21	0	0	4	11
29	--	Michael Waltrip	2506	-3372	31	0	0	1	2
30	--	Reed Sorenson	2499	-3379	30	0	0	1	2
31	--	Dave Blaney	2438	-3440	30	0	0	0	2
32	--	Robby Gordon	2402	-3476	31	0	0	0	3
33	--	Scott Riggs	2400	-3478	29	0	0	0	1
34	--	Regan Smith*	2346	-3532	29	0	0	0	0
35	--	Sam Hornish Jr.*	2213	-3665	30	0	0	0	0
36	--	A.J. Allmendinger	1867	-4011	22	0	0	0	2
37	+1	Joe Nemechek	1814	-4064	28	1	0	0	0
38	-1	Patrick Carpentier*	1794	-4084	24	1	0	0	0
39	--	Michael McDowell*	1466	-4412	20	0	0	0	0
40	--	J.J. Yeley	1263	-4615	17	0	0	1	1
41	--	Bill Elliott	1091	-4787	15	0	0	0	0
42	--	Aric Almirola	909	-4969	10	0	0	0	1
43	--	Kyle Petty	833	-5045	14	0	0	0	0
44	--	Terry Labonte	811	-5067	10	0	0	0	0
45	--	Ken Schrader	748	-5130	11	0	0	0	0
46	--	Mike Skinner	734	-5144	11	0	0	0	0
47	+2	Tony Raines	611	-5267	8	0	0	0	0
48	-1	Dario Franchitti*	606	-5272	10	0	0	0	0
49	-1	Jeremy Mayfield	578	-5300	8	0	0	0	0
50	--	Marcos Ambrose	522	-5356	7	0	0	1	1
51	--	Dale Jarrett	367	-5511	5	0	0	0	0
52	--	Sterling Marlin	339	-5539	7	0	0	0	0
53	--	Johnny Sauter	335	-5543	8	0	0	0	0
54	+5	Chad McCumbee	207	-5671	3	0	0	0	0
55	-1	Ron Fellows	200	-5678	2	0	0	0	0
56	-1	Boris Said	194	-5684	3	0	0	0	0
57	-1	Jason Leffler	192	-5686	3	0	0	0	0
58	-1	Jon Wood	183	-5695	3	0	0	0	0
59	-1	Kenny Wallace	166	-5712	2	0	0	0	0
60	--	John Andretti	149	-5729	3	0	0	0	0
61	+3	Mike Wallace	143	-5735	2	0	0	0	0
62	-1	Joey Logano	113	-5765	2	0	0	0	0
63	-1	Max Papis	92	-5786	2	0	0	0	0
64	-1	David Stremme	84	-5794	1	0	0	0	0
65	--	P.J. Jones	52	-5826	1	0	0	0	0
66	+1	Brad Coleman	49	-5829	1	0	0	0	0
67	-1	Scott Pruett	49	-5829	1	0	0	0	0
68	--	Brian Simo	34	-5844	1	0	0	0	0
69	+1	Chad Chaffin	0	-5878	0	0	0	0	0
70	-1	Jeff Green	0	-5878	0	0	0	0	0
71	+1	Carl Long	0	-5878	0	0	0	0	0
72	+1	Scott Wimmer	0	-5878	0	0	0	0	0
73	-2	Stanton Barrett	0	-5878	0	0	0	0	0
74	--	Burney Lamar	0	-5878	0	0	0	0	0
75	--	Johnny Benson	0	-5878	0	0	0	0	0
76	--	Brandon Ash	0	-5878	0	0	0	0	0
77	--	Eric McClure	0	-5878	0	0	0	0	0
78	--	Jacques Villeneuve	0	-5878	0	0	0	0	0

[The General]

At this point last season, Jimmie Johnson went on a winning streak Big Time. If not for the new chase format, the guy would be right in Richard Petty's rear view mirror as for titles.