Numbers Game: 2011 Wonderful Pistachios 400 at Richmond
2.3 – Jeff Gordon’s average finish in the last three races. Gordon placed third at Richmond.
2.3 – Jeff Gordon’s average finish in the last three races. Gordon placed third at Richmond.
0.598 – Jeff Gordon’s victory margin over Jimmie Johnson on Tuesday at Atlanta (Sept 6).
6 – the number of cautions during 500 laps at Bristol Saturday night. That’s the fewest number of yellows in a Cup race there since the spring of 1996.
4 – the number of top-fives finishes for Ryan Newman in the past six races. He was fifth at Michigan.
1 – Drivers from Australia to win in the Sprint Cup Series. Marcos Ambrose became the first driver to pull off the feat on Monday.
0 Top-10 finishes for Jeff Burton in 21 starts this season. He is the only driver in the top 30 in the standings who hasn’t …
9 – Brickyard 400s won by a Chevrolet.
4 – the number of top-10 finishes for Johnny Sauter in five truck starts at Nashville.
4 – the number of top-30 finishes this season for rookie Andy Lally. He was 28th at New Hampshire.
6 – the number of 32nd-place finishes for Andy Lally this season. He was 32nd at Kentucky.