0 – Laps led by Roush Fenway Racing Sunday at a Michigan track where they’ve won eight times and entered the Quicken Loans 400 defending champs (Greg Biffle). Last season, RFR led 92 of 400 Cup laps run at MIS. 1 – Michigan win in 25 career starts for Jimmie Johnson. There are only four tracks left …
by Garrett Horton 0 Kurt Busch has failed to win a race this year, and if he is unable to take the checkered flag at Homestead, it would snap a streak of ten consecutive season with at least one win. It is currently the third longest active streak behind Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson, and …
by Garrett Horton 2 Despite being considered just a two man race for this year’s Sprint Cup championship, there are only two of the 12 Chasers that have been mathematically eliminated from the title hunt. With two races left, any driver within 96 points of the number one spot still has a shot to win, …
by Garrett Horton 0 Brad Keselowski has never scored a top-10 in eight career races at Texas Motor Speedway, which is where the series will race this weekend. 2 Johnson’s win from the pole on Sunday marked just the second time this year a driver has won the race starting from the top spot. Joey …
by Garrett Horton 0 Kevin Harvick has not scored a top-10 in a single Chase race this year. His best finish has been an 11th, occurring three times. 1 Kyle Busch has just one combined victory in all three of NASCAR’s division this year after averaging almost 21 since the beginning of the 2008 season. …
by Garrett Horton 2 In its first five years of operation, Michael Waltrip Racing earned a total of two Sprint Cup victories, both with David Reutimann. In his first year with the organization, Clint Bowyer has delivered MWR three wins in just 31 races. 2nd Denny placed second in both Charlotte events this year. In …
by Garrett Horton 2.3 If you take away his finish at Chicago, Jeff Gordon’s average finish is a 2.3 since Bristol. His last three finishes consist of third at Loudon, second at Dover, and second at Talladega. Before his accident at Chicago that left him with a 35th-place result, he had an identical streak going …
by Garrett Horton 0 There were no DNF’s due to accidents on Sunday, the second time in the last three races that has occurred. 2 It was noted during ESPN’s broadcast of the Sylvania 300 that the winner of the second Chase race has gone on to win the championship the last three years. However, …
by Garrett Horton 0 Despite all of Jimmie Johnson’s Chase accomplishments, there is a goose egg in the win column for Chase race openers. 2 The number of times a driver who won the Chase opener went on to win the championship – Kurt Busch in 2004 and Tony Stewart in 2011. 2 hours, 47 …
by Garrett Horton 0 The number of times Kyle Busch has finished higher than eighth in the standings during his tenure with Joe Gibbs. In fact, with 13th the highest he can possibly finish in this year’s final points standings, he will have finished outside the top-10 in points more than he has finished inside …
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