NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(July 22, 2010)
This week’s daily double is a special triple play.
36: Times Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski have raced against each other in the Sprint Cup Series. In those 36 races, Edwards has finished ahead of Keselowski 27 times and has two wins to Keselowski’s one.
123: Times Edwards [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(May 31, 2010)
3: Consecutive years the Busch brothers, Kurt and Kyle, have won consecutive races in the Sprint Cup Series. Kyle won at Dover on May 16, and Kurt won Sunday at Charlotte. (For good measure, Kurt also won the non-points Sprint All-Star Race in between on May [...]

Harvick Earns Seventh CTWS Victory, Takes Atlanta

Eluding danger for most of Saturday’s E-Z-GO 200, Kevin Harvick led 100 of 130 laps, drove his No. 2 Chevrolet ahead of several wrecks and into Victory Lane at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Harvick was able to pit under caution late in the race when Donny Lia got into the wall, allowing the No. 2 to [...]

Earnhardt Jr. Edges Busch For AMS Pole

Hanging on to his car for dear life on one breathtaking lap, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the pole for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway with the fastest lap in NASCAR’s new car since its introduction in 2007.
Earnhardt paced Friday’s qualifying session at the 1.54-mile race track with a lap at 192.716 mph, [...]

Nuts And Bolts

Some news tidbits from the world of NASCAR:

14 — Mark Martin’s DNFs in Cup races at Atlanta Motor Speedway, site of this week’s race. Those are the most DNFs Martin has at a Cup track. He has had two since 2006, both for crashes.

      Overall, Martin has two wins and 23 top-10 finishes in 48 [...]

Nuts And Bolts

Some news tidbits from the world of NASCAR:

After back-to-back wins by Jimmie Johnson, the 48 haters are looking for a glimmer of hope. It’s a 50-50 proposition with Chassis No. 558, the primary car that Johnson will drive at Atlanta. In two starts, the car has an average finish of 18.5, including a 36th-place finish [...]

Atlanta To Host Four-driver Test

The 2010 Sprint Cup Series action at Atlanta Motor Speedway will kick off early and in full speed with four drivers preparing for the Kobalt Tools 500 during offseason tire testing for Goodyear.
Cup Series drivers Carl Edwards, Sam Hornish Jr., Mark Martin and Martin Truex Jr. will participate in two days of testing for Goodyear [...]