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Statistical Advance: Emory Healthcare 500 At Atlanta Motor Speedway

 
 
 
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 30, 2010) – Below is a look at some of the top statistical performers at Atlanta Motor Speedway going into the Emory Healthcare 500 on Sept. 5.
 
ATLANTA-SPECIFIC STATISTICS
 
Greg Biffle (No. 16 SCOTCH BLUE Ford)
·         Enters Atlanta 11th in points
·         Three top fives, nine top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 15.0
·         Average Running Position of 12.2, sixth-best
·         Driver Rating of 95.0, eighth-best
·         214 Fastest Laps Run, fifth-most
·         594 Green Flag Passes, 12th-most
·         Average Green Flag Speed of 171.711 mph, 11th-fastest
·         2,647 Laps in the Top 15 (73.5%), fourth-most
·         353 Quality Passes (passes of cars in the top 15 under green), fifth-most
 
Kurt Busch (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge)
·         10th in points
·         Three wins, three top fives, seven top 10s
·         Average finish of 18.7
·         Average Running Position of 14.4, 11th-best
·         Driver Rating of 97.0, sixth-best
·         233 Fastest Laps Run, second-most
·         Average Green Flag Speed of 171.796 mph, seventh-fastest
·         2,223 Laps in the Top 15 (61.8%), 11th-most
·         342 Quality Passes, eighth-most
 
Kyle Busch (No. 18 Pedigree Toyota)
·         Third in points
·         One win, two top fives, two top 10s
·         Average finish of 18.3
·         Average Running Position of 15.2, 13th-best
·         Driver Rating of 88.7, 11th-best
·         142 Fastest Laps Run, ninth-most
·         655 Green Flag Passes, seventh-most
·         305 Quality Passes, 12th-most
 
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 88 National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet)
·         18th in points
·         One win, eight top fives, 10 top 10s; two poles
·         Average finish of 12.0
·         Average Running Position of 11.6, fifth-best
·         Driver Rating of 98.7, fourth-best
·         222 Fastest Laps Run, fourth-most
·         666 Green Flag Passes, fourth-most
·         Average Green Flag Speed of 171.989 mph, third-fastest
·         2,657 Laps in the Top 15 (73.8%), third-most
·         363 Quality Passes, fourth-most
 
Carl Edwards (No. 99 Aflac Ford)
·         Fourth in points
·         Three wins, six top fives, eight top 10s
·         Average finish of 15.3
·         Average Running Position of 14.2, 10th-best
·         Driver Rating of 99.4, third-best
·         Series-high 291 Fastest Laps Run
·         Average Green Flag Speed of 172.022 mph, second-fastest
·         2,629 Laps in the Top 15 (73.0%), fifth-most
·         316 Quality Passes, 10th-most
 
Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont/Jeff Gordon Foundation Chevrolet)
·         Second in points
·         Four wins, 14 top fives, 23 top 10s; two poles
·         Average finish of 12.4
·         Average Running Position of 10.7, second-best
·         Driver Rating of 101.8, second-best
·         155 Fastest Laps Run, eighth-most
·         Average Green Flag Speed of 171.717 mph, 10th-fastest
·         2,857 Laps in the Top 15 (79.4%), second-most
·         365 Quality Passes, second-most
 
Denny Hamlin (No. 11 Sport Clips Toyota)
·         Fifth in points
·         One top five, three top 10s
·         Average finish of 15.9
·         Average Running Position of 11.2, third-best
·         Driver Rating of 94.5, ninth-best
·         133 Fastest Laps Run, 11th-most
·         Average Green Flag Speed of 171.854 mph, fifth-fastest
·         2,181 Laps in the Top 15 (66.6%), 13th-most
·         316 Quality Passes, 10th-most
 
Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet)
·         Ninth in points
·         Three wins, nine top fives, 11 top 10s
·         Average finish of 10.8
·         Series-best Average Running Position of 7.8
·         Series-best Driver Rating of 109.5
·         223 Fastest Laps Run, third-most
·         Series-best Average Green Flag Speed of 172.196 mph
·         Series-high 3,220 Laps in the Top 15 (89.4%)
·         Series-high 374 Quality Passes
 
Kasey Kahne (No. 9 Budweiser/Valvoline Ford)
·         16th in points
·         Two wins, six top fives, eight top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 16.0
·         Driver Rating of 93.3, 10th-best
·         210 Fastest Laps Run, sixth-most
·         Average Green Flag Speed of 171.675 mph, 12th-fastest
·         2,261 Laps in the Top 15 (62.8%), 10th-most
 
Matt Kenseth (No. 17 Crown Royal Ford)
·         Eighth in points
·         Eight top fives, 12 top 10s
·         Average finish of 13.1
·         Average Running Position of 12.9, seventh-best
·         Driver Rating of 96.5, seventh-best
·         138 Fastest Laps Run, 10th-most
·         666 Green Flag Passes, fourth-most
·         Average Green Flag Speed of 171.869 mph, fourth-fastest
·         2,588 Laps in the Top 15 (71.9%), seventh-most
·         365 Quality Passes, second-most
 
Juan Pablo Montoya (No. 42 Target Chevrolet)
·         19th in points
·         Three top fives, three top 10s
·         Average finish of 18.3
·         Driver Rating of 86.8, 13th-best
·         288 Quality Passes, 13th-most
 
Tony Stewart (No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet)
·         Sixth in points
·         Two wins, eight top fives, 13 top 10s
·         Average finish of 12.0
·         Average Running Position of 11.5, fourth-best
·         Driver Rating of 98.7, fifth-best
·         162 Fastest Laps Run, seventh-most
·         2,597 Laps in the Top 15 (72.1%), sixth-most
·         344 Quality Passes, seventh-most
 
Martin Truex Jr. (No. 56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota)
·         20th in points
·         Two top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 24.6
·         Average Running Position of 13.0, eighth-best
·         Driver Rating of 87.6, 12th-best
·         109 Fastest Laps Run, 12th-most
·         Average Green Flag Speed of 171.810 mph, sixth-fastest
·         2,306 Laps in the Top 15 (70.4%), ninth-most
·         333 Quality Passes, ninth-most
 
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Top 12 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
 
Driver
Races
Poles
Wins
Top Fives
Top 10s
DNFs
Average Finish
Driver Rating*
 
1
Kevin Harvick
19
0
1
4
6
3
19.8
81.1
2
Jeff Gordon
36
2
4
14
23
5
12.4
101.8
3
Kyle Busch
12
0
1
2
2
1
18.3
88.7
4
Carl Edwards
12
0
3
6
8
2
15.3
99.4
5
Denny Hamlin
10
0
0
1
3
0
15.9
94.5
6
Tony Stewart
23
0
2
8
13
3
12.0
98.7
7
Jeff Burton
32
0
0
7
13
3
17.2
84.9
8
Matt Kenseth
21
0
0
8
12
3
13.1
96.5
9
Jimmie Johnson
18
0
3
9
11
1
10.8
109.5
10
Kurt Busch
19
0
3
3
7
3
18.7
97.0
11
Greg Biffle
15
1
0
3
9
2
15.0
95.0
12
Clint Bowyer
9
0
0
0
4
0
16.4
81.8
* – Driver Rating based on last 11 Atlanta Motor Speedway races.

Chase Contenders
The Top 12 Following Race 24 of 36
 
                                                                       Rank    Season                                                            
                                                                       Last      Driver
Driver                     Points     Wins      Poles   Week    Rating
 
1. Kevin Harvick       3,521          3            0          1          96.6
2. Jeff Gordon          3,242          0            0          2          104.4
3. Kyle Busch          3,170         3            2          8           97.3
4. Carl Edwards       3,113         0            1          6            86.9
5. Denny Hamlin      3,108         5            0          3            91.8
6. Tony Stewart       2,107         0            2          4            90.9
7. Jeff Burton           2,101         0            0          7           100.3 
8. Matt Kenseth       2,095        0            0          9            83.4
9. Jimmie Johnson   2,077        5            1          5            106.5
 10. Kurt Busch          2,073        2            2          10           96.4
 11. Greg Biffle           2,055        1            0          11           88.3
 12. Clint Bowyer        2,920        0            0          12           90.1
        ___________________________________________________
 
ADDITIONAL DRIVERS
 
13. Jamie McMurray      2,820                34. Robby Gordon           1,536
14. Mark Martin             2,819                35. Kevin Conway           1,494
15. Ryan Newman          2,802               36. Brian Vickers            1,158
16. Kasey Kahne           2,784                37. Joe Nemechek          934
17. David Reutimann      2,765                38. Max Papis                907
18. Dale Earnhardt Jr.    2,750                39. David Stremme          825
19. J.P. Montoya           2,728                40. Mike Bliss                 799 
20. Martin Truex Jr.        2,660                41. Reed Sorenson         763
21. Joey Logano           2,636                 42. Bill Elliott                  706    
22. AJ Allmendinger      2,569                 43. Casey Mears            700
23. Paul Menard            2,499                44. Dave Blaney              699
24. David Ragan            2,350                45. Michael McDowell      650
25. Brad Keselowski      2,309               46. JJ Yeley                    545
26. Marcos Ambrose     2,276               47. Boris Said                  448
27. Scott Speed            2,197               48. Todd Bodine              313
28. Sam Hornish Jr.       2,179               49. Landon Cassill          287
29. Elliott Sadler            2,155               50. Robert Richardson    249
30. Regan Smith            1,997               51. Michael Waltrip         200
31. Bobby Labonte        1,787                52. PJ Jones                  190
32. Travis Kvapil            1,723                53. Tony Raines             186
33. David Gilliland         1,555                54. Patrick Carpentier      176
 
Note: The first 26 races of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season determine which 12 drivers qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, contested over the final 10 races of the season.
 
 
At Atlanta Motor Speedway:
History
·         Originally called Atlanta International Raceway, the track was then a 1.5-mile paved speedway.
·         The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta was on July 31, 1960, won by Fireball Roberts from the pole.
·         The track was re-measured to 1.522 miles in the spring of 1970.
·         It was renamed Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1990.
·         The track layout was reversed and the track was re-configured to 1.54 miles between the two races in 1997.
 
Notebook
 
  • There have been 102 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Atlanta Speedway, two races per year except 1961, which had three.
  • Fireball Roberts won the pole and race for the first NASCAR Sprint Cup race in 1960.
  • 44 drivers have won a pole, led by Buddy Baker and Ryan Newman, each with seven.
  • Six of Newman’s seven poles came in consecutive races between March 2003 and October 2005.
  • 42 drivers have won a race; 22 have won more than once, including Kurt Busch, who won two of the last three races.
  • Dale Earnhardt scored nine victories, more than any other driver. Cale Yarborough is second, with seven.
  • Bobby Labonte heads the list of active drivers with six victories. Labonte is tied with Richard Petty for third on the all-time win list at Atlanta.
  • The Wood Brothers have 12 victories, more than any organization. They last won there in 1993 with Morgan Shepherd.
  • 14 races have been won from the pole. The last to do so was Kasey Kahne in 2006. Both races last season were won from the second starting position.
  • 58 races at Atlanta have been won from the first five starting positions.
  • Bobby Labonte won the 2001 fall race from the 39th starting position, the deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Atlanta.
  • There have been seven season sweeps, most recently by Jimmie Johnson in 2007.
  • Two of the last three races had a margin of victory under a half second.
 
NASCAR in Georgia
·         There have been 161 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in Georgia.
·         169 NASCAR national series drivers all-time have their home state recorded as Georgia.
·         There have been 14 race winners from Georgia in NASCAR’s three national series:
Driver
 NSCS
     NNS
NCWTS
Bill Elliott
44
1
0
Tim Flock
39
0
0
Jack Smith
21
0
0
Fonty Flock
19
0
0
Bob Flock
4
0
0
Frank Mundy
3
0
0
Gober Sosebee
2
0
0
Harold Kite
1
0
0
Sam McQuagg
1
0
0
Jody Ridley
1
0
0
Reed Sorenson
0
3
0
Buckshot Jones
0
2
0
David Ragan
0
2
0
Ronald Cooper
0
1
0
 
Atlanta Motor Speedway Data
Race # 25 of 36 (9-5-10)
Track Size: 1.54 miles
Race Length: 325 laps/500.5 miles
·     Banking/Corners: 24 degrees
·     Banking/Straights: 5 degrees
·     Frontstretch: 2,332 feet
·     Backstretch: 1,800 feet
 

Driver Rating at Atlanta
  

Jimmie Johnson            109.5

Jeff Gordon                   101.8
Carl Edwards                99.4
Dale Earnhardt Jr.          98.7
Tony Stewart                 98.7
Kurt Busch                    97.0
Matt Kenseth                 96.5
Greg Biffle                     95.0
Denny Hamlin                94.5
Kasey Kahne                 93.3
Note: Driver Rating compiled from 2005-2010 races (11 total) at Atlanta.
 
Qualifying/Race Data
2010 pole winner: Martin Truex Jr. (184.149 mph, 30.106 secs.)
2010 race winner: Kasey Kahne (134.033 mph, 9-6-09)
Track qualifying record: Geoffrey Bodine (197.478 mph, 28.074 secs.,
11-15-97)
Race record: Dale Earnhardt (163.633 mph, 11-16-97)
 
Estimated Pit Window: Every 48-52 laps, based on fuel mileage.
 

SCHEDULES

2010 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES SCHEDULE
Date       Site
Feb. 6     Daytona International Speedway (Budweiser Shootout At Daytona *)
Feb. 14   Daytona International Speedway
Feb. 21   Auto Club Speedway
Feb. 28   Las Vegas Motor Speedway
March 7  Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 21 Bristol Motor Speedway
March 28 Martinsville Speedway
April 10   Phoenix International Raceway
April 18   Texas Motor Speedway
April 25   Talladega Superspeedway
May 1     Richmond International Raceway
May 8     Darlington Raceway
May 16   Dover International Speedway
May 22   Lowe’s Motor Speedway (NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race *)
May 30   Lowe’s Motor Speedway
June 6    Pocono Raceway
June 13   Michigan International Speedway
June 20   Infineon Raceway
June 27   New Hampshire Motor Speedway
July 3      Daytona International Speedway
July 10    Chicagoland Speedway
July 25    Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Aug. 1     Pocono Raceway
Aug. 8     Watkins Glen International
Aug. 15   Michigan International Speedway
Aug. 21   Bristol Motor Speedway
Sept. 5   Atlanta Motor Speedway
Sept. 11  Richmond International Raceway
Sept. 19  New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Sept. 26  Dover International Speedway
Oct. 3     Kansas Speedway
Oct. 10   Auto Club Speedway
Oct. 16   Lowe’s Motor Speedway
Oct. 24   Martinsville Speedway
Oct. 31   Talladega Superspeedway
Nov. 7    Texas Motor Speedway
Nov. 14   Phoenix International Raceway
Nov. 21   Homestead-Miami Speedway
* – Denotes non-point event.

 

 

 

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