Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Milestones

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Milestones
Drivers	Has	Needs	Milestones
Brad Keselowski	274	1	Attempt to make his 275th MENCS career start (95th all-time)
Jimmie Johnson	80	3	Tie Cale Yarborough for sixth on MENCS all-time wins list
Kyle Busch	38	1	Tie Tim Flock for 18th on all-time MENCS wins list
Matt Kenseth	38	1	Tie Tim Flock for 18th on all-time MENCS wins list
Kevin Harvick	35	2	Tie Bobby Isaac for 21st on MENCS all-time wins list
Kurt Busch	29	3	Tie Dale Jarrett for 24th on all-time MENCS wins list
Denny Hamlin	29	3	Tie Dale Jarrett for 24th on all-time MENCS wins list
Ryan Newman	51	3	To tie Bill Elliott for eighth on the all-time MENCS poles list
Jimmie Johnson	35	1	Tie Rusty Wallace and Rex White for 17th on all-time MENCS poles list
Kasey Kahne	27	1	Break the tie with Terry Labonte to become solely 25th on all-time MENCS poles list
Denny Hamlin	24	1	Break the tie with Alan Kulwicki to become solely 28th on all-time MENCS poles list
Kevin Harvick	48	1	Break the tie with Lee Petty and become solely 10th on all-time MENCS second-place finishes list
Jimmie Johnson	46	2	Tie Lee Petty and Kevin Harvick for 10th on all-time MENCS second-place finishes list
Kyle Busch	36	1	Tie Bobby Isaac and Ned Jarrett for 17th on all-time MENCS second-place finishes list
Matt Kenseth	29	1	Tie Ricky Rudd for 25th on all-time MENCS second-place finishes list
Matt Kenseth	172	3	Tie Bill Elliott for 19th on all-time MENCS top-five finishes list
Dale Earnhardt Jr	148	2	To become the 23rd driver to post 150th MENCS top-five finishes
Kyle Busch	148	2	To become the 23rd driver to post 150th MENCS top-five finishes
Jimmie Johnson	331	1	Tie Lee Petty for 12th on the MENCS all-time top-10 finishes list
Kurt Busch	8,863	137	To become 20th MENCS driver all-time to lead 9,000 or more laps
Brad Keselowski	4,944	56	To become 39th MENCS driver all-time to lead 5,000 or more laps
Ryan Newman	4,711	289	To become 39th MENCS driver all-time to lead 5,000 or more laps
Track Specific Milestones
Drivers	Has	Needs	Milestones
Jimmie Johnson	2,838	162	To become fifth driver in series history to lead 3,000 or more laps at Martinsville Speedway
Jimmie Johnson	1	1	If Johnson leads 162 or more laps he will tie Darrell Waltrip (2) for the fourth most number of tracks to lead 3,000 or more laps at. (see below chart)
Denny Hamlin	5	1	Tie Fred Lorenzen, Dale Earnhardt and Cale Yarborough for the sixth-most series wins all-time at Martinsville Speedway