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Bristol: All the stats and history you need to know
History
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Groundbreaking
for Bristol International Speedway, as Bristol Motor Speedway was
originally known, took place in 1960. The track was an exact half-mile.
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First NASCAR Sprint Cup race was July 30, 1961; Jack
Smith won the event (with relief from Johnny
Allen).
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In the fall of 1969, the track was reshaped and re-measured to .533-miles.
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The name changed to Bristol International Raceway in 1978.
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The first night race was held in the fall of 1978.
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The surface was changed from asphalt to concrete in 1992.
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The name changed to Bristol Motor Speedway in May 1996.
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The
track was resurfaced between races in 2007, and the turns were ground
down last season to eliminate part of the progressive banking.
Notebook
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There
have been 105 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway
since the first race in 1961, two races each season.
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All races have been scheduled for 500 laps, except for both races in 1976 and the second in 1977, which were 400 laps.
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422 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol; 294 in more than one.
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NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty leads
the series in starts at Bristol with 60. Terry Labonte leads
all active drivers with 58 starts.
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Fred Lorenzen won the inaugural Coors
Light pole with a speed of 79.225 mph.
·
46 different drivers have poles at Bristol, led by Mark
Martin and Cale Yarborough
with nine each. Martin swept both poles at Bristol in 2009.
·
The
race winner has started from the pole 22 times, the most productive
starting position. The last driver to win from the pole was Carl
Edwards, in the night race of 2008.
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Four drivers have won from the pole position more than once: Bobby
Allison (1972 twice), Cale Yarborough
(1973, 1977 twice, 1980), Darrell Waltrip
(1981 twice, 1982) and Rusty Wallace
(1991, 1993, 1999, 2000).
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10 different drivers have posted consecutive poles at Bristol Motor Speedway; Mark
Martin is the only of the 10 to win four consecutive poles at Bristol: Fireball
Roberts (swept 1962), Fred Lorenzen
(swept 1963), Richard Petty (1967-’68),
Bobby Allison (swept 1972), Cale
Yarborough (swept 1973; swept 1977; swept 1980), Darrell
Waltrip (swept 1981), Geoff Bodine
(swept 1986), Mark Martin (swept 1995-1996–
all four races; and swept 2009); Rusty Wallace (swept
1998) and Jeff Gordon (swept 2002).
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Jeff Gordon leads (active drivers) the
series in average starting position at Bristol with a 6.876.
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Youngest Bristol pole winner: Joey Logano
(3/21/2010 – 19 years, 9 months, 25 days) – his first series career pole.
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Oldest Bristol pole winner: Harry Gant (8/27/1994
– 54 years, 7 months, 17 days).
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41 different drivers have won at Bristol, led by Darrell
Waltrip (12). Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon
and Kyle Busch each
have five wins, the most among active drivers.
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Junior Johnson leads the series in car
owner wins at Bristol with 16; Rick Hendrick, Roger Penske and
Jack Roush are tied among active car
owners for the most wins at Bristol with 10 each.
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12 drivers have won consecutive races at Bristol led by Darrell
Waltrip with seven consecutive victories from 1981-1984. The other 11 are Fred
Lorenzen (1963-1964 sweep), David Pearson
(1968 sweep), Bobby Allison (1972
sweep), Cale Yarborough did it twice
(1974 sweep and four straight from 1976-1977), Richard Petty (1975
sweep), Dale Earnhardt also did twice
(1985 sweep and 1987 sweep), Alan Kulwicki (1992
sweep), Rusty Wallace (2000 sweep),
Kurt Busch (2003 sweep and 2004 spring
race), Kyle Busch (2009 sweep), and
Brad Keselowski (2011 fall-2012 spring).
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Youngest Bristol winner: Kyle Busch
(3/25/2007 – 21 years, 10 months, 23 days).
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Oldest Bristol winner: Dale Earnhardt
(8/28/1999 – 48 years, 3 months, 30 days).
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Eight different manufacturers have won in the NSCS at Bristol; led by
Chevrolet with 43 victories; followed by Ford
with 33. Toyota is ranked fifth among
Manufacturers with five wins at Bristol.
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84 of the 105 (80%) races have been won from a top-10 starting position; including 53 from the first four spots.
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35 of the 105 (33.3%) races at Bristol have been won from the front row: Pole position (22 wins); second-place (13 wins).
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Five of the 105 (4.7%) races have been won from a starting position outside the top 20.
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The deepest in the field that a race winner has started was 38th, by Elliott
Sadler; in 2001.
· Mark
Martin leads the series (among active drivers) in runner-up finishes at Bristol with six; followed by Kevin
Harvick and Terry Labonte
with four.
· Darrell
Waltrip and Richard Petty
lead the series in top-five finishes at Bristol with 26 each. Terry Labonte leads
the series among active drivers with 19 followed by Jeff Gordon and
Mark Martin (16).
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Richard Petty has 37 top-10 finishes,
more than any other driver. Terry Labonte leads
the series among active drivers in top-10 finishes with 33; followed by Mark Martin with
23 and Jeff Gordon with 22.
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Kyle Busch leads the series (active
drivers) in average finish at Bristol with a 9.824.
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Six of the last eight races have ended with a Margin of Victory of less than a second.
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There
has been three green-white-checkered finishes at Bristol – all three
were the spring race: 2007 (500/504); 2008 (500/506); 2009 (500/503).
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Two
of the 105 NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Bristol Motor Speedway have been
shortened due to weather conditions; the most recent was the event on
3/31/1996.
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Qualifying
has been cancelled due to weather conditions in the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series at Bristol Motor Speedway three times; most recently this event
last season.
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Kurt Busch posted his first series career
win at Bristol (2002), and Joey Logano
won his first pole at Bristol (2010).
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All
15 active NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers who have won at Bristol Motor
Speedway participated in at least two or more races before visiting
Victory Lane
– among the active winners Kurt Busch won
in the fewest starts (third) at Bristol.
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Jeff Burton competed
at Bristol Motor
Speedway 28 times before winning (2008 spring race); the longest span of
any the 15 active winners. Burton is the only active driver to have
made 20 or more attempts before his first win at BMS. Kasey
Kahne, who won earlier this season made 18 previous starts before his win at BMS.
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Bobby Labonte leads the series (active
drivers) with the most NASCAR Sprint Cup starts at Bristol without visiting Victory Lane with 41.
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Since
the advent of electronic scoring the closest margin of victory in the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Bristol was the 3/25/2007 race won by Kyle
Busch with a MOV of 0.064 second.
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Two female drivers have made NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Bristol: Janet
Guthrie and Danica Patrick.
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Driver
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Starting Position
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Finishing Position
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Date
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Janet Guthrie
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21
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11
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4/17/1977
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Janet Guthrie
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9
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6
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8/28/1977
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Danica Patrick
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43
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29
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8/25/2012
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Danica Patrick
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41
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28
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3/17/2013
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Four car numbers have produced eight or more Bristol NSCS wins:
Car Number – (Number of Wins) – Most Recent Win
o
No. 11 - (19 wins) – Denny Hamlin,
2012
o
No. 2 – (12 wins) – Brad Keselowski,
2012
o
No. 17 – (eight wins) – Matt Kenseth,
2006
o
No. 3 – (eight wins) – Dale Earnhardt,
1999
NASCAR
in Tennessee
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There have been 166 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in Tennessee.
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Track Name
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City
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NSCS
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Bristol Motor Speedway
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Bristol
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105
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Nashville Speedway
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Lebanon
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42
|
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Smokey Mountain Raceway
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Maryville
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12
|
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Kingsport Speedway
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Kingsport
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3
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Chattanooga International Raceway
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Chattanooga
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2
|
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Tennessee-Carolina Speedway
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Newport
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2
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103 drivers in NASCAR national series history have their home state recorded as Tennessee.
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14 drivers from Tennessee have won at least one race in NASCAR’s three national series.
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Driver
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NSCS
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NNS
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NCWTS
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Darrell Waltrip
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84
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13
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0
|
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Sterling Marlin
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10
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2
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0
|
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Bobby Hamilton
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4
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1
|
10
|
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Joe Lee Johnson
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2
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0
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0
|
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Trevor Bayne
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1
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2
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0
|
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Paul Lewis
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1
|
0
|
0
|
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Bobby Hamilton Jr
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0
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5
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0
|
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Jeff Purvis
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0
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4
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0
|
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L.D. Ottinger
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0
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3
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0
|
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Mike Alexander
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0
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2
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0
|
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Casey Atwood
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0
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2
|
0
|
|
Brad Teague
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0
|
1
|
0
|
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Chad Chaffin
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0
|
0
|
2
|
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John King
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0
|
0
|
1
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BRISTOL-SPECIFIC STATISTICS
Greg Biffle (No. 16 3M AAD Car Care Ford)
· Six
top fives, 11 top 10s; one pole
· Average
finish of 12.1
· Average
Running Position of 12.4, third-best
· Driver
Rating of 95.8, fifth-best
· 315
Fastest Laps Run, seventh-most
· Average
Green Flag Speed of 114.807 mph, fourth-fastest
· 6,230
Laps in the Top 15 (73.2%), third-most
· 447
Quality Passes (passes of cars in the top 15 under green), fifth-most
Kurt Busch (No. 78 Furniture Row/Sealy Chevrolet)
· Five
wins, seven top fives, 14 top 10s; one pole
· Average
finish of 13.4
· Average
Running Position of 13.2, seventh-best
· Driver
Rating of 92.8, seventh-best
· 301
Fastest Laps Run, ninth-most
· 838
Green Flag Passes, third-most
· Laps
in the Top 15 (65.5%), sixth-most
· 478
Quality Passes, third-most
Kyle Busch (No. 18 Doublemint Toyota)
· Five
wins, eight top fives, 12 top 10s; one pole
· Average
finish of 9.8
· Average
Running Position of 12.7, sixth-best
· Series-best
Driver Rating of 103.0
· Series-high
581 Fastest Laps Run
· Average
Green Flag Speed of 114.862 mph, third-fastest
· 5,760
Laps in the Top 15 (67.7%), fifth-most
· 440
Quality Passes, sixth-most
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet)
· One
win, seven top fives, 13 top 10s
· Average
finish of 11.6
· Average
Running Position of 14.0, ninth-best
· Driver
Rating of 87.9, 10th-best
· Series-high
954 Green Flag Passes
· Average
Green Flag Speed of 114.668 mph, ninth-fastest
· 5,161
Laps in the Top 15 (60.6%), 10th-most
· 440
Quality Passes, sixth-most
Carl Edwards (No. 99 Fastenal Ford)
· Two
wins, four top fives, seven top 10s; two poles
· Average
finish of 14.6
· Average
Running Position of 15.4, 12th-best
· Driver
Rating of 86.5, 13th-best
· 292
Fastest Laps Run, 10th-most
· 5,208
Laps in the Top 15 (61.2%), eighth-most
Jeff Gordon (No. 24 Standox Chevrolet)
· Five
wins, 16 top fives, 22 top 10s; five poles
· Average
finish of 12.4
· Series-best
Average Running Position of 9.6
· Driver
Rating of 100.6, second-best
· 372
Fastest Laps Run, fourth-most
· Average
Green Flag Speed of 114.863 mph, second-fastest
· Series-high
6,974 Laps in the Top 15 (81.9%)
· 475
Quality Passes, fourth-most
Denny Hamlin (No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota)
· One
win, four top fives, seven top 10s
· Average
finish of 15.3
· Average
Running Position of 15.2, 11th-best
· Driver
Rating of 90.8, eighth-best
· 371
Fastest Laps Run, fifth-most
· 759
Green Flag Passes, sixth-most
· Average
Green Flag Speed of 114.672 mph, eighth-fastest
· 4,327
Laps in the Top 15 (57.6%), 12th-most
Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Jimmy John’s Chevrolet)
· One
win, nine top fives, 12 top 10s
· Average
finish of 12.6
· Average
Running Position of 13.6, eighth-best
· Driver
Rating of 90.3, ninth-best
· 817
Green Flag Passes, fourth-most
· Average
Green Flag Speed of 114.756 mph, sixth-fastest
· 5,163
Laps in the Top 15 (60.6%), ninth-most
Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe's Dover White Chevrolet)
· One
win, seven top fives, 13 top 10s; one pole
· Average
finish of 14.3
· Average
Running Position of 12.5, fourth-best
· Driver
Rating of 93.8, sixth-best
· 468
Fastest Laps Run, second-most
· Average
Green Flag Speed of 114.633 mph, 12th-fastest
· 6,135
Laps in the Top 15 (72.1%), fourth-most
· 374
Quality Passes, 10th-most
Kasey Kahne (No. 5 Axalta Coating Systems Chevrolet)
· One
win, four top fives, eight top 10s; one pole
· Average
finish of 18.2
· Driver
Rating of 86.8, 11th-best
· 365
Fastest Laps Run, sixth-most
· 750
Green Flag Passes, eighth-most
· 4,317
Laps in the Top 15 (50.7%), 13th-most
Matt Kenseth (No. 20 Dollar General Toyota)
· Two
wins, 10 top fives, 17 top 10s; one pole
· Average
finish of 12.9
· Average
Running Position of 10.8, second-best
· Driver
Rating of 99.9, third-best
· 412
Fastest Laps Run, third-most
· Series-best
Average Green Flag Speed of 114.866 mph
· 6,801
Laps in the Top 15 (79.9%), second-most
· 491
Quality Passes, second-most
Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Ford)
· Two
wins, three top fives, three top 10s
· Average
finish of 12.1
· Average
Running Position of 12.6, fifth-best
· Driver
Rating of 99.0, fourth-best
· Average
Green Flag Speed of 114.761 mph, fifth-fastest
Ryan Newman (No. 39 Quicken Loans Chevrolet)
· One
top five, 13 top 10s; three poles
· Average
finish of 16.9
· Average
Running Position of 15.4, 13th-best
· Driver
Rating of 86.7, 12th-best
· 716
Green Flag Passes, 11th-most
· Average
Green Flag Speed of 114.582 mph, 13th-fastest
· 5,460
Laps in the Top 15 (64.1%), seventh-most
· 401
Quality Passes, ninth-most
Chase Contenders
The Top 10
Following Race 23 of 36
Rank Season
Last
Driver
Driver Points Wins Poles Week
Rating
1. Jimmie Johnson 813 4 2 1
111.3
2. Clint Bowyer 772 0 0 2 93.6
3. Carl Edwards 762 1 1 3 93.0
4. Kevin Harvick 749 2 0 4 93.1
5. Kyle Busch 706 3 3 5 102.9
6. Matt Kenseth 688 4 2 7 108.2
7. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 679 0 1 6 94.1
8. Brad Keselowski 667 0 1 8 92.8
9. Kurt Busch 665 0 1 11 94.5
10. Greg Biffle 663 1 0 9
82.5
ADDITIONAL DRIVERS
11. Kasey Kahne (2 wins) 659 32. David Stremme 314
12. Martin Truex Jr. (1 win) 653 33. David Reutimann 314
13. Joey Logano (1 win) 646 34. JJ Yeley 297
14. Jeff Gordon 637 35. Travis Kvapil 291
15. Ryan Newman (1 win) 636 36. AJ Allmendinger 278
16. Jamie McMurray 622 37. Michael McDowell 115
17. Paul Menard 599 38. Timmy Hill 114
18. Tony Stewart (1 win) 594 39. Michael Waltrip 102
19. Aric Almirola 587 40. Scott Speed 94
20. Jeff Burton 561 41. Terry Labonte 77
21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 556 42. Ken Schrader 68
22. Marcos Ambrose 554 43. Boris Said 48
23. Juan Pablo Montoya 549 44. Ron Fellows 31
24. Casey Mears 492 45. Alex Kennedy 21
25. Denny Hamlin 439 46. Justin Marks 14
26. David Ragan (1 win) 420 47. Victor Gonzalez Jr. 10
27. Danica Patrick 418 48. Scott Riggs 10
28. David Gilliland 395 49. Brian Keselowski 9
29. Mark Martin 379 50. Tomy Drissi 8
30. Dave Blaney 343 51. Jacques Villeneuve 3
31. Bobby Labonte 337 52. Jason Leffler 1
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. After race No. 26, the
top 10 earn a berth in the Chase. Spots 11 and 12 –
the Wild Cards – will go to those drivers outside the top 10 with the
most wins, provided they are in the top 20.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2012 Top 12 at Bristol
Motor Speedway
* – Based on last 17 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2013 Wild Card Standings Following
Michigan
The
top-10 drivers will make the Chase for the NASCAR
Sprint Cup. Positions 11 and 12 in the 12-driver Chase for the NASCAR
Sprint Cup are Wild Cards, and will go to drivers outside the top 10
with the most wins, as long as they are ranked in the top 20 in points.
If multiple drivers outside the top 10 tie for
wins, the tie-breaker will go to the race winner with the highest points
position.
Bristol Motor Speedway Data
Season Race #: 4
of 36 (03-17-13)
Track Size:
0.533-miles
Banking/Turns 1 & 2:
24-28 degrees
Banking/Turns 3 & 4:
24-28 degrees
Banking/Frontstretch:
4-8 degrees
Banking/Backstretch:
4-8 degrees
Frontstretch Length:
650 feet
Backstretch Length:
650 feet
Race Length:
500 laps / 266.5 miles
Top 12 Driver Ratings at Bristol
Kyle Busch............................... 103.0
Jeff Gordon.............................. 100.6
Matt Kenseth.............................. 99.9
Brad Keselowski......................... 99.0
Greg Biffle.................................. 95.8
Jimmie Johnson.......................... 93.8
Kurt Busch................................. 92.8
Denny Hamlin............................. 90.8
Kevin Harvick............................. 90.3
Dale Earnhardt Jr....................... 87.9
Kasey Kahne.............................. 86.8
Ryan Newman............................ 86.7
Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2013 races (17 total) among active drivers at Bristol
Motor Speedway
Qualifying/Race Data
2012 pole winner:
None due to weather
2012 race winner:
Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 84.402 mph, (3:09:27), 08-25-12
Track qualifying record:
Kyle Busch, Toyota, 129.535 mph, 14.813 secs. 03-15-13
Track race record:
Charlie Glotzbach, Chevrolet, 101.074 mph, (2:38:12), 07-11-71
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