Numbers Game: 2012 Auto Club 400 at Fontana
7 – Tony Stewart now has seven Sprint Cup victories in his last 15 races, the most he has ever had in that time.
7 – Tony Stewart now has seven Sprint Cup victories in his last 15 races, the most he has ever had in that time.
For the driver of the No. 24 Chevy, he will still go down as one of the best ever, but the days of Jeff Gordon being the man to beat are long gone.
9th – Trevor Bayne finished ninth on Sunday (March 11), his first top 10 in the Cup Series since winning the 2011 Daytona 500.
Even though we are only two weeks in, there are already several drivers who should be optimistic about the weeks ahead while others need to be concerned.
1 – It took Denny Hamlin just two races to match his win total from all of last year, when his one victory came at Michigan last June.
If this week is any indication, the rest of 2012 looks quite promising for the top driver at JGR.
With the 2012 Daytona 500 just days away, there is a story developing much like Dale Earnhardt’s quest for winning the Great American Race.
5 – With Kyle Busch’s victory in Saturday’s Bud Shootout (Feb. 19), it gave car owner Joe Gibbs five victories in the exhibition race.
2011 was more of the same, with just two top 10s and only six laps led for Bobby Labonte, who’s running like he’s long past his prime.
Since Tony Stewart was at the top of the points at season’s end, the 2011 champ was also the highest-ranking driver within the Stewart-Haas stable.
Did Tony Stewart’s dominant run to the championship give him the top spot in the Power Rankings to end the season?
There is still one week left in the season, but after 35 races, it’s not too early to look back on some of the noteworthy stories from the year.
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