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 …
by Garrett Horton 0 Chase hopeful Joey Logano needs a win at Richmond to make this year’s Chase. It will be tough given Logano’s history at the short track – he hasn’t led a single lap in his seven career starts. 1 Since announcing he would be leaving Roush Fenway Racing at the conclusion of …
by Garrett Horton 2 Kevin Harvick has led a total of two laps in the last 15 races. 3 Denny Hamlin has three wins this season, with all of them coming on tracks where he has never won at previously. 4 The last four top-5 finishes Dale Earnhardt, Jr. has recorded were all a fourth …
by Garrett Horton 3 In three of the last four races, Jimmie Johnson has been the race leader with under ten laps to go, but has only managed to win once, which was at Indy. He lost the lead in the rain shortened Pocono event on lap 90 of 98 when a flat tire caused …
by Garrett Horton 2 This marked the second race in 2012 where there was a lead change on the final lap – the other came at Daytona a few weeks ago. 3 This is the third win for Ford this year. Ambrose joins Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle as representatives of the Blue Oval in …
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