Numbers Game: 2011 Quaker State 400 at Kentucky
6 – the number of 32nd-place finishes for Andy Lally this season. He was 32nd at Kentucky.
6 – the number of 32nd-place finishes for Andy Lally this season. He was 32nd at Kentucky.
Since NASCAR’s Cup Series has never visited Kentucky, there are many unknowns heading into the weekend.
6 – the number of infractions against Bobby Labonte in the Coke Zero 400.
Daytona featured a track-record 74 lead changes in February and Talladega featured a track-record 88 lead changes in April.
8th – Reed Sorenson’s starting position for the first green-white-checkered restart in Saturday’s Nationwide race at Road America.
Marcos Ambrose has crept into the fray of consistent contenders and has outperformed Gordon and Stewart on numerous occasions in recent years.
2nd – Denny Hamlin’s worst finish in his last three starts at Michigan. He’s won the last two spring races.
I would put David Ragan back in the lineup this weekend. He has a pair of top 10s in eight starts there and the Roush cars are always strong in the Irish Hills.
2 – Fords finished in the top 20 in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Pocono. Matt Kenseth was eighth and David Ragan was 17th.
This week, the series heads to the tricky triangle of Pocono Raceway. The 2.5-mile track usually lends itself to long green-flag runs.