December 1st - December 5th, 2008
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Tuesday: 8th place Denny Hamlin and 7th place Jeff Gordon are profiled as driver reviews continue.
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Thursday: 4th place Kevin Harvick and 3rd place Greg Biffle get their report cards as the season-ending banquet gets ever closer.
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Tony Stewart WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race in AMP Energy 500
Sunday October 5, 2008
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER NOTES FOR THE AMP ENERGY 500 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RACE AT TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY, OCTOBER 5, 2008, PAGE 1.
· Tony Stewart led four times for a race-high 24 laps to earn WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in today’s AMP Energy 500, taking the honors for the fourth time this season. Stewart has led 580 laps in 13 different races this season.
· Stewart also led the most laps in the 2008 Aaron’s 499 at Talladega, leading a race-high 61 laps. He has led the most laps in two of the four most recent fall races at Talladega.
· Stewart won today’s race, crossing the finish line .052 seconds ahead of second-place Paul Menard. The victory was the first for Stewart this season and this 10th top-five.
· UNOFFICIALLY Stewart is seventh in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship standings, 32 points behind sixth-place Kevin Harvick and 29 ahead of eighth-place Jeff Gordon.
· DID YOU KNOW? The driver leading the most laps has scored four wins in the 11 most recent fall races at Talladega: Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2001, 2002 and 2004).
· A NEW RECORD: The AMP Energy 500 set a new record most different leaders (28). The previous record for most different leaders in a race at Talladega was 26 (twice, most recently in 2001).
· STEWART QUOTES: “Well obviously the lap that everyone wants to know about is that last one, really, I think. We got a good restart there and just made sure that we didn’t get out too far to where we didn’t get a big gap to where they could get a run on us. And coming off of two on the last lap Regan [Smith] got right to the bumper and man, gave us a great push down the backstretch and I thought if we could stay, if I could keep him glued to the bumper like that, we had a shot just cruising on and getting the two of us getting away from everybody. But when he came off the bumper in the center of the corner I though ‘Oh, this is bad news’ because we were going to get that gap in there that we didn’t want. SO I saw the run coming. I made a counter move early enough to get him committed to one direction and I got back down to the line quick. It’s a tough position to be in when you’re the first guy. It’s a tough position when you’re the second guy but we were able to finally get that first win at Talladega. There’s only three of them left that we haven’t won at now. And like Joe said [Gibbs, car owner] it’s 33 in 10 years for this group sitting up here and it’s something that we’re all very proud of.”
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS
Kyle Busch 9
Jimmie Johnson 9
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 4
Tony Stewart 4
Kasey Kahne 2
Denny Hamlin 1
David Reutimann 1
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE
EVENT DRIVER
Daytona 500 Kyle Busch, 86 laps
Auto Club 500 Jimmie Johnson, 76 laps
UAW-Dodge 400 Kyle Busch, 56 laps
Kobalt Tools 500 Kyle Busch, 173 laps
Food City 500 Tony Stewart, 267 laps
Goody’s Cool Orange 500 Dale Earnhardt Jr., 148 laps
Samsung 500 Jimmie Johnson, 65 laps
Subway Fresh Fit 500 Jimmie Johnson, 120 laps
Aaron’s 499 Tony Stewart, 61 laps
Crown Royal 400 Denny Hamlin, 381 laps
Dodge Challenger 500 Kyle Busch, 169 laps
Coca-Cola 600 Dale Earnhardt Jr., 76 laps
Best Buy 400 Kyle Busch, 158 laps
Pocono 500 Kasey Kahne, 69 laps
LifeLock 400 Jimmie Johnson, 65 laps
Toyota/Save Mart 350 Kyle Busch, 78 laps
LENOX Industrial Tools 301 Tony Stewart, 132 laps
Coke Zero 400 Dale Earnhardt Jr., 51 laps
LifeLock.com 400 Kyle Busch, 165 laps
Allstate 400 at The Brickyard Jimmie Johnson, 71 laps
Pennsylvania 500 Kasey Kahne, 41 laps
Centurion Boats at The Glen Kyle Busch, 52 laps
3M Performance 400 Dale Earnhardt Jr., 43 laps
Sharpie 500 Kyle Busch, 415 laps
Pepsi 500 Jimmie Johnson, 228 laps
Chevy Rock & Roll 400 David Reutimann, 104 laps
SYLVANIA 300 Jimmie Johnson, 96 laps
Camping World RV 400 Jimmie Johnson, 81 laps
Camping World RV 400 Jimmie Johnson, 124 laps
AMP Energy 500 Tony Stewart, 24 laps
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