Numbers Game: 2012 STP 400 at Kansas
3.25 – The last four races have averaged only 3.25 cautions. The short track at Martinsville was the only one that had more than three yellows, with seven.
3.25 – The last four races have averaged only 3.25 cautions. The short track at Martinsville was the only one that had more than three yellows, with seven.
17 – Greg Biffle now has 17 career Sprint Cup wins, moving him into a tie with Marvin Panch and Curtis Turner for 46th-most all time.
Through six races, 13th has been the worst starting spot for a race winner.
2 – AJ Allmendinger finally got his first top 10 driving for Roger Penske, finishing second at Martinsville.
7 – Tony Stewart now has seven Sprint Cup victories in his last 15 races, the most he has ever had in that time.
2 – the number of consecutive victories for Brad Keselowski at Bristol.
9th – Trevor Bayne finished ninth on Sunday (March 11), his first top 10 in the Cup Series since winning the 2011 Daytona 500.
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.
57 – Denny Hamlin led a race-high 57 laps. In his six previous starts in the 500, he led only for 40 laps combined.
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.
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