December 1st - December 5th, 2008
Monday: It's Driver Review Week here on the Frontstretch! In honor of the upcoming banquet in New York City, we have some festivities of our own, giving season report cards on the years of 10th place point finisher Kyle Busch and 9th place Tony Stewart. Be sure to read and vote for the grade YOU would give your favorite driver!
Tuesday: 8th place Denny Hamlin and 7th place Jeff Gordon are profiled as driver reviews continue.
Wednesday: 6th place Jeff Burton and 5th place Clint Bowyer get graded as our profiles keep rollin' on.
Thursday: 4th place Kevin Harvick and 3rd place Greg Biffle get their report cards as the season-ending banquet gets ever closer.
Friday: Just before they go up on the big stage, runner-up Carl Edwards and 2008 Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson get their season-ending reviews.
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WIX Filters Lap Leader News and Notes: TUMS QuikPak 500
Monday October 13, 2008
NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER PROGRAM – NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
· Jimmie Johnson leads Kyle Busch by one race (10-9) in the overall WIX Filters Lap Leader standings entering the TUMS QuikPak 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Johnson has taken the honor in FOUR OF THE LAST FIVE races and has led 1,369 laps in 25 races this season. He has led at least one lap in the last SEVEN CONSECUTIVE NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
· Jimmie Johnson earned WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in the 2008 Goody’s Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville (race No. 6), leading a race-high 135 of 500 laps.
· Jeff Gordon led a race-high 168 laps to capture WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in the 2007 TUMS QuikPak 500.
· The average finish of the driver leading the most laps in the 10 most recent TUMS QuikPak 500 races at Martinsville is 4.5.
· The driver leading the most laps has won three of the 10 most recent fall races at Martinsville:
2006: Jimmie Johnson
2003: Jeff Gordon
2001: Ricky Craven
· DID YOU KNOW? FOUR drivers in the 2008 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup have led the most laps in the 10 most recent fall races at Martinsville: Jeff Gordon (2007, 2003), Jimmie Johnson (2006), Tony Stewart (2005) and Jeff Burton (2000).
· DID YOU KNOW? A different driver has led the most laps in each of the four most recent fall races at Martinsville.
· Drivers that have led the most laps in the 10 most recent fall races at Martinsville:
1998: Sterling Marlin, 231 laps
1999: Mike Skinner, 138 laps
2000: Jeff Burton, 202 laps
2001: Ricky Craven, 94 laps
2002: Ward Burton, 145 laps
2003: Jeff Gordon, 313 laps
2004: Kurt Busch, 120 laps
2005: Tony Stewart, 283 laps
2006: Jimmie Johnson, 245 laps
2007: Jeff Gordon, 168 laps
· The record for most laps led in a 500-lap race at Martinsville is 493 by Fred Lorenzen in 1964 TUMS QuikPak 500.
· The record for most lead changes in a race at Martinsville is 25 in the 1980 fall race.
· The record for different leaders in a race at Martinsville is 14 in 2001 TUMS QuikPak 500.
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