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ODI (Overall Drivers Index) after Atlanta
Driver rankings of 2008 (minimum 2 races to be ranked)
Rank        Driver
1         Kyle Busch
2         Greg Biffle
3         Jeff Burton
4         Ryan Newman
5         Kevin Harvick
6         Dale Earnhardt Jr
7         Carl Edwards
8         Kasey Kahne
9         Matt Kenseth
10         Brian Vickers
11         Jeff Gordon
12         Jimmie Johnson
13         Kurt Busch
14         Clint Bowyer
15         Bobby Labonte
16         Tony Stewart
17         Martin Truex Jr
18         Mark Martin
19         Denny Hamlin
20         Reed Sorenson
21         Juan Pablo Montoya
22         Scott Riggs
23         Elliott Sadler
24         David Ragan
25         Paul Menard
26         David Gilliland
27         David Reutimann
28         Travis Kvapil
29         Robby Gordon
30         Jamie McMurray
31         Michael Waltrip
32         Jeremy Mayfield
33         Dale Jarrett
34         J J Yeley
35         Mike Skinner
36         Dario Franchitti
37         Dave Blaney
38         John Andretti
39         Regan Smith
40         Casey Mears
41         Kyle Petty
42         Joe Nemechek
43         Sam Hornish Jr
44         Patrick Carpentier

NR         Ken Schrader
NR         Bill Elliott
NR         Kenny Wallace
Rating     Races  Avg F   Wins    T10      LLF   Led    DNF
108.388        4        5.0        1        3        4        4        0
100.729        4        8.0        0        3        4        3        0
98.828        4        10.0        0        2        4        3        0
96.782        4          9.8        1        2        3        2        0
96.197        4          8.3        0        3        4        1        0
95.174        4        13.5        0        3        3        3        0
94.603        4        15.8        2        2        3        3        1
94.085        4        12.5        0        3        3        3        0
91.787        4        17.3        0        2        3        3        0
90.352        4        14.0        0        1        3        1        0
90.105        4        20.5        0        2        2        4        2
89.955        4        17.8        0        1        3        2        0
88.764        4        16.0        0        1        3        1        1
88.353        4        19.3        0        1        3        2        0
88.352        4        16.3        0        0        3        1        0
88.237        4        13.8        0        3        3        2        1
87.893        4        15.5        0        1        3        0        0
85.527        4        19.8        0        1        3        1        0
83.940        4        20.5        0        1        2        1        0
83.104        4        22.8        0        1        2        1        0
82.790        4        21.8        0        0        3        0        0
80.923        4        24.0        0        0        2        1        0
80.590        4        21.3        0        1        2        0        1
80.555        4        21.5        0        1        2        0        1
80.388        4        22.5        0        0        1        0        0
79.193        4        25.0        0        0        2        0        0
78.920        4        24.5        0        0        1        0        0
78.818        4        25.8        0        1        2        0        0
78.579        4        23.0        0        1        2        1        1
78.051        4        28.3        0        0        2        1        0
76.269        4        29.5        0        0        1        1        0
75.515        4        29.3        0        0        2        0        0
75.420        4        28.5        0        0        1        1        1
75.048        4        29.5        0        0        1        0        0
75.010        2        28.5        0        0        0        0        0
72.894        4        32.8        0        0        0        1        0
72.731        4        32.0        0        0        0        1        1
69.893        2        37.5        0        0        0        1        0
69.645        4        35.0        0        0        0        0        0
69.478        4        26.8        0        0        1        0        2
68.388        4        36.3        0        0        0        0        0
66.823        3        37.0        0        0        0        0        0
63.885        4        31.0        0        0        1        0        1
62.880        2        37.5        0        0        0        0        1

83.500        1        21.0        0        0        1        0        0
76.380        1        26.0        0        0        0        0        0
53.650        1        43.0        0        0        0        0        1
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Did you know that it has been 32 years since Chevrolet has been shut out of the first four races
of the season and a Chevy driver went on to win the title in the same year?  In 1976, Cale
Yarborough won his first of three straight Championships.   But the Chevy camp was held
winless through the first four races of the season.   Once the ball started rolling for Cale, he
would win race #5 at Bristol and eight more races that season.   This year, Dodge, Ford and
Toyota have all posted wins, keeping the powerful Chevy contingency out of victory lane.   This is
only the sixth time in the modern era (since 1972) that Chevy has been winless after four races.   

This other years this occurred were:
2002 – Tony Stewart won the title in a Pontiac
1992 – Alan Kulwicki won the title in a Ford
1976 – Cale Yarborough won the title in a Chevy
1973 – Benny Parsons won the title in a Chevy
1972 – Richard Petty won the title in a Plymouth & Dodge.

Not sure this is even a remote possibility but the last time Chevrolet went winless for an entire
season was in 1970.

Another tidbit regarding wins in the first four races:
Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with the most all-time wins during the first four races of a
season.  Chevy has a record 67 wins during the first four races.  Ford, with 2 wins by Carl
Edwards in 2008, closed the gap and is second with 59 wins.   Pontiac is third with 21, Dodge,
which took over fourth place when Ryan Newman won at Daytona, has 17 and Plymouth has 16.