NASCAR NUMBERS

NASCAR NUMBERS

By Reid Spencer­

­­1,278: The combined number of laps led in 26 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races this season by Brad Keselowski, a career-best and most in the series thus far. Keselowski blew right through the 1,000-laps-led mark on Saturday night at Richmond, where he was out front for 383 laps, a record for a 400-lap race at the .75-mile short track.

1: Of the 16 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, the number who have been running at the finish of every race this season. That distinction belongs to Jeff Gordon, and it’s no coincidence that Gordon was the regular-season points leader in the Cup series.

400: The number of all-time wins by Team Penske following Keselowski’s victory at Richmond. The Roger Penske-owned team will look to add to that total in the Chase as Keselowski and Joey Logano attempt to bring the organization its second NASCAR Sprint Cup title.

2: The number of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victories recorded at Chicagoland Speedway by Kevin Harvick, the only 2014 Chase driver with more than one triumph there. Harvick won back-to-back in 2001 and 2002. Non-Chaser Tony Stewart has three victories at the first playoff track.

577: The number of laps led by Jimmie Johnson at Chicagoland Speedway, most ever for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. Only one problem: Johnson has never won at the 1.5-mile track. Doubtless he’d like to cross Chicagoland off his checklist on Sunday.

 

NASCAR NOTES

Brad Keselowski capped off the regular season by notching his series-high fourth win in dominant fashion, leading all but 17 of the 400 laps in the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond on Saturday. The win locked Keselowski in as Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup’s No. 1 seed. He needs just one more victory to tie his career-high total of five from 2012 when he won his first Chase title.  … After totaling a series-best 10 wins in the regular season, Hendrick Motorsports sends all of its drivers to the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup for the third consecutive year. Drivers Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson each have three victories on the season and are seeded 2-4 entering the Chase, while Kasey Kahne (one win) occupies the 11th seed. Represented by 25 percent of the drivers in the Chase field, HMS will attempt to add to its record of 11 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series titles. … Clint Bowyer put a scare into Greg Biffle Saturday night at Richmond, but was unable to secure the victory needed to bump him from the 16th and final spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field. Since a winless driver did not take the checkered, Ryan Newman and Biffle locked themselves into the Chase with respective ninth and 19th-place finishes.

 

NSCS Preliminary Entry List Driver Statistics

Preliminary Entry List Driver Statistics Number of Races: 9 MyAFibStory.com 400 Pre-Race Loop Data: For point-paying races in past nine years, at this track. Chicagoland Speedway

	CAREER	LOOP DATA

Car No.	Driver	Total Races	Avg Start	Avg Finish	Avg Pos	% Of Laps In Top 15	Driver Rating
48	Jimmie Johnson	12	7.7	8.9	7.128	86.7	117.1
14	Tony Stewart	12	17.7	8.5	8.114	86.2	109.8
20	Matt Kenseth	13	16.5	11.8	10.229	72.0	105.4
18	Kyle Busch	9	15.0	12.1	10.283	74.5	102.7
24	Jeff Gordon	13	11.6	11.6	11.946	73.5	96.9
4	Kevin Harvick	13	18.7	9.9	11.892	68.0	96.4
55	Brian Vickers	7	8.6	13.6	11.827	66.7	95.0
2	Brad Keselowski	5	16.0	12.6	13.038	56.4	93.6
15	Clint Bowyer	8	16.1	10.0	12.684	68.8	91.4
99	Carl Edwards	9	13.9	16.0	15.070	65.3	90.1
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	1	5.0	8.0	11.933	71.2	89.9
16	Greg Biffle	11	14.9	18.0	15.435	54.4	87.7
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	13	17.1	15.8	13.890	63.9	87.4
78	Martin Truex Jr.	8	16.4	17.0	13.175	68.4	87.2
41	Kurt Busch	13	20.8	17.2	14.990	58.2	86.2
43	Aric Almirola	2	8.5	15.0	13.188	62.5	85.8
31	Ryan Newman	12	11.0	14.5	14.867	54.5	83.2
5	Kasey Kahne	10	11.6	18.3	17.266	53.9	82.8
11	Denny Hamlin	8	13.1	20.5	16.886	60.4	81.2
22	Joey Logano	5	12.6	19.4	17.134	34.4	80.7
47	AJ Allmendinger	5	20.6	17.6	19.008	29.6	72.2
34	David Ragan	7	22.9	18.4	21.073	33.7	69.2
1	Jamie McMurray	11	22.2	22.4	22.572	21.7	69.2
27	Paul Menard	7	14.7	24.3	19.786	40.9	67.8
9	Marcos Ambrose	5	18.6	20.0	21.384	21.8	67.2
36	Reed Sorenson	6	24.5	23.8	24.724	36.1	65.4
13	Casey Mears	11	20.7	25.8	25.841	30.0	59.2
10	Danica Patrick	2	32.0	22.5	26.907	1.1	55.1
51	Justin Allgaier	1	36.0	27.0	30.371	.4	50.1
33	David Stremme	7	32.3	30.4	31.771	3.0	45.9
40	Landon Cassill	4	30.3	31.8	31.791	1.1	44.8
38	David Gilliland	7	37.3	32.0	33.304	.5	40.6
37	Mike Bliss	6	26.2	35.5	34.270	6.8	40.5
66	Joe Nemechek	13	23.9	31.5	35.732	6.7	38.7
26	Cole Whitt	2	32.0	38.0	36.835	.0	35.7
98	Josh Wise	3	40.0	40.3	40.111	.0	30.1
95	Michael McDowell	4	32.3	43.0	42.294	.0	28.3
7	Michael Annett	0	–	–	–	–	–
23	Alex Bowman	0	–	–	–	–	–
3	Austin Dillon	0	–	–	–	–	–
32	Joey Gase	0	–	–	–	–	–
42	Kyle Larson	0	–	–	–	–	–
83	Ryan Truex	0	–	–	–	–	–

2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup

2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup

Challenger Round Results

Driver	Win	Top 5	Top 10	Avg Start	Avg Finish	Avg Run Pos	Pct Fastest Laps	Pct Laps in Top 15	Pct Laps Led	Driver Rating	Points
Brad Keselowski	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2012
Jeff Gordon	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2009
Dale Earnhardt Jr.	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2009
Jimmie Johnson	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2009
Joey Logano	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2009
Kevin Harvick	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2006
Carl Edwards	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2006
Kyle Busch	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2003
Denny Hamlin	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2003
Kurt Busch	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2003
Kasey Kahne	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2003
Aric Almirola	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2003
AJ Allmendinger	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2003
Matt Kenseth	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2000
Greg Biffle	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2000
Ryan Newman	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2000

Career Driver Performance at Upcoming Tracks in the Challenger Round *-2005-2014 point-paying races at Chicagoland, New Hampshire, Dover

Driver	Starts	Win	Top 5	Top 10	Avg Start	Avg Finish	Avg Run Pos*	Pct Fastest Laps*	Pct Laps in Top 15*	Pct Laps Led	Driver Rating*	Current Points
Jimmie Johnson	62	12	29	45	10.4	9.3	8.590	13.6	84.2	18.8	113.2	2009
Kyle Busch	47	4	20	25	12.0	13.9	12.171	5.6	71.8	10.9	100.5	2003
Jeff Gordon	95	8	39	54	10.9	11.4	10.284	6.3	80.2	11.5	100.3	2009
Matt Kenseth	73	4	24	40	17.5	12.8	11.810	5.9	70.6	6.2	98.5	2000
Carl Edwards	49	1	13	20	15.0	12.7	13.130	5.6	62.6	4.0	92.5	2006
Greg Biffle	59	3	13	21	14.3	15.2	13.735	4.5	63.3	3.2	91.8	2000
Brad Keselowski	24	3	9	12	13.9	12.8	13.539	5.4	62.0	3.3	91.5	2012
Denny Hamlin	42	2	11	19	12.8	15.5	13.877	3.6	64.5	4.1	91.1	2003
Kurt Busch	68	4	14	26	13.7	16.9	13.903	4.0	59.1	4.6	89.7	2003
Kevin Harvick	67	3	15	33	16.9	13.8	13.824	2.7	63.1	3.5	89.5	2006
Dale Earnhardt Jr.	72	2	16	29	15.7	15.8	14.372	3.9	61.3	3.9	89.4	2009
Ryan Newman	62	7	16	36	9.4	13.8	13.315	2.4	66.4	8.5	88.9	2000
Kasey Kahne	52	1	6	16	12.4	18.7	15.591	5.3	58.1	2.3	85.8	2003
Joey Logano	28	1	4	12	16.7	17.5	18.773	1.3	48.2	.6	77.5	2009
AJ Allmendinger	29	0	0	4	18.9	22.4	21.986	2.2	30.1	1.6	70.4	2003
Aric Almirola	15	0	1	2	19.8	18.5	20.635	.8	24.1	.1	70.2	2003