Latest Project: Farce Cup Standings 2001-2013

[willracefan]

Thanks, Alex, it really means a lot.

Still, my enthusiasm is tempered by the gimmicky nature of this new deal. I guess I'll just chalk it it up as a make good for the real championship he won in 2010 that he gets no recognition for. Now I can call him a one time Champion and mean it

Let's not forget if it wasn't for Marcus Ambrose who knows what would have happened in 2011 when he would have had the points lead by likely more than 10 with three races left. We know they took chances at Texas and Phoenix to make them look worse than they really were.

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The contents of the following chart are the records as they stand from 2001 through the end of the 2014 season, had this current Chase format been in place since then.
2014 updates in bold type

Most Farce appearences	14	Jeff Gordon
Most consecutive apps	14	Jeff Gordon
Most app's never won Farce	13	Matt Kenseth
Most banquet appearences (top 10's)	13	Jeff Gordon
Most consecutive banquet apps	12	Jimmie Johnson (2002-2013)
Most Final 4 apps	9	Jimmie Johnson
Most consecutive Final 4 apps	7	Jimmie Johnson (2007-2013)
Most Final 4 apps with no championship	2	Mark Martin
# of drivers with at least 1 appearence	48	see list in subsequent post
# of drivers with at least 1 banquet appearence	29	see list in subsequent post
# of drivers with at least 1 Final 4 app	20	see list in subsequent post
# of drivers that have won the Farce	11	see list in subsequent post
Most Farce Championship wins	2	Jimmie Johnson (2003,2004) Kurt Busch (2002,2009) Kevin Harvick (2008,2014)
Most consecutive Farce Championship wins	2	Jimmie Johnson (2003-2004)
Farces won with zero wins entire season	2	Kevin Harvick (2008) Dale Earnhardt Jr (2013)
Seeding with most championships	11th	Kurt Busch (2002) Kevin Harvick (2008) Kyle Busch (2012)
Lowest seed to win Farce	15th	Tony Stewart (2011)
Number of farces won by #1 seed	0	never happened
Farces won by reg season Bri points leader	1	Jeff Gordon (2007)
Farces won by reg season Latford leader	1	Jeff Gordon (2007)
Farces won by reg season FIA points leader	2	Jimmie johnson (2004) Jeff Gordon (2007)
Most Bri pts by leader at race 26	963	Matt Kenseth (2003)
Least Bri pts by leader at race 26	837	Sterling Marlin (2002)
Avg Bri points by leader at race 26	907
Most Latford pts by leader at race 26	3878	Kyle Busch (2008)
Least Latford pts by leader at race 26	3439	Sterling Marlin (2002)
Avg Latford pts by leader at race 26	3720
Most FIA pts by leader at race 26	315	Kyle Busch (2008)
Least FIA pts by leader at race 26	197	Matt Kenseth (2002)
Avg FIA pts by leader at race 26	245
Lowest reg season Bri pts to make Farce	485	Michael Waltrip (2001)
Avg reg season low bri pts to make Farce	591
Lowest reg season WC pts to make Farce	2290	Michael Waltrip (2001)
Avg reg season low WC pts to make Farce	2626
Lowest reg season FIA pts to make Farce	25	David Ragan (2013)
Most points scored, missed the Farce	758	Clint Bowyer (2009)
Highest points position to miss Farce (Bri)	P10	Ryan Newman (2002)
Lowest Bri pts position to make Farce	P28	Michael Waltrip (2001)
Closest margin to miss Farce (Bri)	1 pt	Brad Keselowski (2013)
Widest margin to miss Farce	94 pts	Carl Edwards (2012) (Jeff Burton actually scored 170 points more than 16 seed in 2003 but there were 16 winners)
Most race winners by race 26	16	2003
Least race winners by race 26	10	2008
Avg race winners by race 26	12.9
Farthest low point driver went in Farce	P9	Greg Biffle (2004)
Avg bri pts pos by lowest pt driver at richmond	21.8
Avg final farce standing by low pt driver	14.1
Avg final farce standing by #1 seed	6.5
Avg race 27 seed for Farce champion	7.9
Avg reg season real pts leader final Farce standing	7.4	Latford 2001-2010, Bri 2011-2014
Real life champions avg final Farce standing	3.2	the drivers that won real life Winston/Nextel/Sprint Cup (see note for next stat)
Best Farce finish, real life champion	P1	Tony Stewart (2011) (not adding Harvick or any subsequent driver to this list because this is the way all the champions going forward will be decided
Worst Farce finish, real life champion	P6	Jeff Gordon (2001)
Least experienced driver to win Farce	1 yr	Denny Hamlin was a rookie in 2006
Worst choke job by #1 seed	P14	Kyle Busch (2011)
Worst choke job by reg season pts leader	P15	Carl Edwards (2013) (Sterling Marlin did finish p16 in 2002, but he missed most of the Farce due to a neck injury sustained at Kansas)

Farces won by winning the last race (Loudon in 01 Homestead since)	5	Kurt Busch (2002) Greg Biffle (2005) Carl Edwards (2010) Tony Stewart (2011) Kevin Harvick (2014)
Lowest finish in last race to win the Farce	P6	Bobby Labonte (2001)
Avg finish in final race by Farce winner	2.5

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Driver lists (2014 updates in bold Type)

In the 14 seasons from 2001-2014 there have been 11 different Farce Cup Champions. There have been only 3 2-time winners, and only 1 of those went back to back.


2001 Bobby Labonte
2002 Kurt Busch
2003 Jimmie Johnson
2004 Jimmie Johnson
2005 Greg Biffle
2006 Denny Hamlin (rookie)
2007 Jeff Gordon
2008 Kevin Harvick (winless season)
2009 Kurt Busch
2010 Carl Edwards
2011 Tony Stewart
2012 Kyle Busch
2013 Dale Earnhardt, Jr (winless season)
2014 Kevin Harvick

48 drivers have made the Farce, but only one driver has made EVERY Farce:

Farce Appearences:

14= Jeff Gordon
13= Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson
12=Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Kurt Busch
10= Greg Biffle, Ryan Newman, Kyle Busch
9= Carl Edwards
8= Denny Hamlin
7= Kasey Kahne
6= Mark Martin
5= Clint Bowyer
4= Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Rusty Wallace, Jeff Burton, Jamie McMurray, Joey Logano
3= Michael Waltrip, Elliott Sadler, Ward Burton, Juan Pablo Montoya, Martin Truex, David Ragan, Brad Keselowski
2= Ricky Rudd, Sterling Marlin, Jeremy Methfield, Casey Mears, David Reutimann, Marcos Ambrose
1= Steve Park, Bobby Hamilton Sr, Johnny Benson, Bill Elliott, Robby Gordon, Terry Labonte, Ricky Craven, Joe Nemechek, Scott Riggs, Brian Vickers, Paul Menard, Regan Smith, AJ Allmendinger, Aric Almirola

In order to win the Farce, one must make the Final 4. Jimmie Johnson leads all drivers with 9 Final 4 appearances, to wit:

9= Jimmie Johnson (2003-2004, 2007-2013)
7=Kevin Harvick (2006-2008, 2010-2011, 2013-2014)
6= Tony Stewart (2001-2002, 2004-2006, 2011)
Dale Earnhardt Jr (2001-2004, 2006, 2013)
4=Denny Hamlin (2006, 2008, 2010, 2014)
3= Kyle Busch (2007, 2009, 2012)
Carl Edwards (2005, 2007, 2011)
2= Greg Biffle (2005, 2008)
Kurt Busch (2002, 2009)
Mark Martin (2005, 2009)
1= Bobby Labonte (2001)
Jeff Burton (2001)
Dale Jarrett (2002)
Matt Kenseth (2003)
Jamie McMurray (2004)
Brad Keselowski (2012)
Kasey Kahne (2012)
Joey Logano (2014)
Ryan Newman (2014)