Here is what the 2009 owners points will look like to start the season. Some of these may change up a bit depending on points swapping, but this is what it looks like now. Remember, the starting salaries are based on these.

Rank	Car#	Driver	Owner	2008 Owners Points	2008 Race Attempts/ Starts
1	48	Jimmie Johnson [PC]	Jeff Gordon	6,684	36/36
2	99	Carl Edwards	Jack Roush	6,615	36/36
3	16	Greg Biffle	Jack Roush	6,467	36/36
4	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress	6,408	36/36
5	07	Casey Mears	Richard Childress	6,381	36/36
6	31	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress	6,335	36/36
7	24	Jeff Gordon [PC]	Rick Hendrick	6,316	36/36
8	11	Denny Hamlin	J D Gibbs	6,214	36/36
9	20	Joey Logano	Joe Gibbs	6,202	36/36
10	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs	6,186	36/36
11	17	Matt Kennseth [PC]	John Henry	6,184	36/36
12	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Rick Hendrick	6,127	36/36
13	6	David Ragan	Mike Dee	4,299	36/36
14	8	Aric Almirola	Teresa Earnhardt	4,097	36/36
15	9	Kasey Kahne	George Gillett Jr.	4,085	36/36
16	1	Matin Truex Jr.	Teresa Earnhardt	3,839	36/36
17	26	Jamie McMurray	Geoff Smith	3,809	36/36
18	12	David Stremme	Roger Penske	3,735	36/36
19	2	Kurt Busch [PC]	Walter Czarnecki	3,635	36/36
20	83	Brian Vickers	Dietrich Mateschitz	3,628	36/36
21	5	Mark Martin	Mary Hendrick	3,527	36/36
22	43	Bobby Labonte [PC]	Richard Petty	3,448	36/36
23	28	Travis Kvapil	Doug Yates	3,384	36/36
24	19	Elliott Sadler	Ray Evernham	3,364	36/36
25	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Floyd Ganassi	3,329	36/36
26	00 [was 44]	David Reutimann	Michael Waltrip	3,303	36/36
X	15	Closed	Teresa Earnhardt	3,151	36/36
27 [was 28]	38	David Gilliland	Max Jones	3,064	36/36
28 [was 29]	55	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip	2,889	36/36
29 [was 30]	39 [was 66]	Ryan Newman	Stewart-Haas	2,886	35/36
30 [was 31]	?22	?Dave Blaney	?Bill Davis	2,882	35/36
X	01	Closed	Teresa Earnhardt	2,872	36/36
31 [was 33]	41	TBA	Chip Ganassi	2,844	36/36
32 [was 34]	7	Robby Gordon	Robby Gordon	2,770	36/36
33 [was 35]	82 [was 84]	Scott Speed	Dietrich Mateschitz	2,705	33/36
34 [was 36]	47 [was 00]	Marcos Ambrose	Rob Kauffman	2,692	35/36
35 [was 37]	10	Reed Sorenson	George Gillett Jr.	2,625	31/36
36 [was 38]	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Roger Penske	2,579	34/36
39	96	?	Jeffrey Moorad	2,368	31/36
40	21	Bill Elliott [PC]	Glen Wood	2,296	28/36
41	45	?	Petty Enterprises	2,253	21/36
42	78	?	Barney Visser	2,092	32/36
43	14 [was 70]	Tony Stewart [PC]	Stewart-Haas	2,048	30/36
	34	?	Bob Jenkins	764	5/24
	09	?	James Finch	392	7/10
	08	James Hylton	John Carter	338	1/14
	49	?	Elizabeth Morgenthau	276	3/6
	25	Brad Keselowski	Rick Hendrick	225	2/3
	33	Clint Bowyer	Richard Childress	165	2/3
	60	Boris Said	Mark Simo	153	2/4
	50	Stanton Barrett	Chris Lencheski	82	0/4
	75	Derrike Cope	Derrike Cope	59	0/2
	13	Max Papis	Bob Germain	50	0/2
	46	Carl Long	Danielle Long	28	0/1
	02	Brandon Ash	Kenneth Wood	22	0/1
	37	?	Brad Jenkins	16	0/1
	98	Paul Menard	Doug Yates	0	0/0
was 27th	15	Closed	Teresa Earnhardt	3,151	36/36
was 32nd	01	Closed	Teresa Earnhardt	2,872	36/36
was 44th	40	Closed	Felix Sabates	1,058	14/20