Garrett Duke

If Gordon could win Saturday he would get the 185 points for winning a race. That would give him 5808 points. Jimmie Johnson would have to finish in 27th place to earn 82 points giving him a total of 5810. And Mark Martin would have to finish in 23rd place to earn 94 points giving him a total of 5810. In this scenario Martin and Johnson would still be tied for first in the standings, but Gordon would only be two points behind. Plus I didn't include the five bonus points drivers can earn by leading a lap or the five bonus points they can earn by leading the most laps. Montoya could not get better than 9th place to surpass Gordan, and Stewart could not finish better than 3rd. Is your head spinning yet? I know mine is. Carl would have to win several races and Johnson and Martin and others would have to have really bad finishes if Carl were to become competitive with the leaders for the championship.