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Numbers Game: 2012 Capital City 400 at Richmond

2

Joe Gibbs Racing has won the last two races – Kyle Busch this past Saturday (April 28) and Denny Hamlin last week at Kansas. That gives JGR three victories for the year, putting them in a tie with Stewart-Haas Racing for the most so far.

3

After a horrid start to the 2012 season, Kasey Kahne now has three straight finishes of eighth or better. He has moved up from 31st to 23rd in the standings in that stretch.

4

Busch has won the last four spring races at Richmond, in sole possession of most wins there by any active driver.

4.7

Busch’s success at RIR hasn’t been limited to just the spring. In 15 career races, he has posted an astonishing 4.7 average finish at the short track, the highest all-time for drivers who have run at least ten events there.

5

We have now gone five straight races with no driver crashing out. The last DNF due to a wreck was at Bristol in March when David Stremme crashed out after 334 laps.

7

There have been seven races in 2012 where the race winner did not lead the most laps. The only two times it didn’t happen came in back-to-back races at Las Vegas and Bristol when Tony Stewart and Brad Keselowski earned the maximum amount of points thanks to the lap-leader bonus.

15th

This represents Dale Earnahrdt Jr.’s worst finish all year, which came at Bristol. He is the only driver to finish in the top 15 in every race so far.

16

When it comes to racing at Richmond, you can bet the best will be towards the front. The top-six finishers Saturday night have combined to win a total of 16 races at the 0.75-mile short track. On the flip side, the rest of the field has totaled only 11 victories at RIR.

19th

Richmond polesitter Mark Martin currently sits 19th in the points standings despite missing two races. He has scored just three fewer points than four-time champion Jeff Gordon.

20th

Landon Cassill drove the No. 83 BK Racing Toyota to a 20th-place result at Richmond, the team’s best effort so far.

24

Kyle Busch has 24 victories in the Sprint Cup series, tying his brother Kurt for 26th most all time.

27

Jimmie Johnson, who averages one win about every 6.76 races despite having only two victories in the last year and a half, would need to race a little more than 27 years with this win ratio to match Richard Petty’s record total of 200. Even if he were to maintain that ratio, age would start to factor in as he would be 63 years old by the end of this timeframe.

99

With his runner up result at Richmond, Earnhardt is now just one top five short of 100 for his career with 99.

206

Carl Edwards led 206 in Saturday night’s race at Richmond. Prior to that event, he had led a total of one lap all season.

270

By finishing third Saturday night, Stewart recorded his 270th career top 10.

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