On This Day In NASCAR

On this day … 
 
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
September 6
1986: Steve Grissom finishes 30th in the 32-car field of the Freedlander 200 at Richmond in his first Nationwide Series start. Grissom has started at least one race every year through last season and has 11 wins in 309 starts. He won the series championship [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(September 5, 2010)
101: Carl Edwards’ career top fives in the Nationwide Series in 202 starts. Edwards finished third in Saturday’s Nationwide race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He is third in career top-5 percentage, trailing Kevin Harvick (51.2) and Kyle Busch (50.5).

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 27, 2010)
91: Consecutive Nationwide Series races Brad Keselowski has been running at the finish, by far the most among active drivers. Steve Wallace is next with 16 races.

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 21, 2010)
20.73: Kyle Busch’s winning percentage in the Nationwide Series, which is second best to Mark Martin’s 20.78 percent. Busch won Friday night’s race at Bristol for his 40th victory in 193 starts. Martin has a series-high 48 wins in 231 starts.
 
 

Bristol notebook

Vickers reveals heart surgery in July, promises 2011 return
By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 21, 2010)
BRISTOL, Tenn.—Brian Vickers’ story took an unexpected turn Saturday when the Red Bull Racing driver revealed he had surgery July 12 to repair a small hole between the upper chambers of his heart.
Vickers, 26, who was sidelined from racing [...]

2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series – Driver Standings

Below are the unofficial driver standings for the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series:
(After 24 races)

RANK

+/-

DRIVER

POINTS

BEHIND

STARTS

POLES

WINS

TOP 5

TOP 10

1
–
Brad Keselowski
3830
Leader
24
5
4
17
20

2
–
Carl Edwards
3517
-313
24
3
2
13
19

3
–
Kyle Busch
3396
-434
20
2
10
16
17

4
–
Justin Allgaier
3123
-707
24
1
1
6
13

5
+1
Paul Menard
3016
-814
24
0
0
3
11

6
-1
Kevin Harvick
2908
-922
19
2
2
10
17

7
–
Steve Wallace
2808
-1022
24
0
0
1
11

8
–
Trevor Bayne
2721
-1109
24
3
0
4
7

9
+1
Jason Leffler
2620
-1210
24
0
0
5
8

10
-1
Brendan Gaughan
2587
-1243
24
0
0
3
7

11
+1
Joey Logano
2572
-1258
16
4
1
9
15

12
-1
Michael Annett
2555
-1275
24
0
0
0
2

13
–
Brian Scott*
2506
-1324
24
0
0
1
5

14
–
Reed Sorenson
2451
-1379
18
0
0
6
14

15
–
Tony Raines
2372
-1458
24
0
0
0
2

16
–
Mike Bliss
2276
-1554
23
0
0
1
2

17
–
Mike Wallace
2177
-1653
24
0
0
0
0

18
–
Kenny Wallace
2156
-1674
24
0
0
0
0

19
+2
Michael McDowell
2022
-1808
23
0
0
0
1

20
–
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.*
2020
-1810
21
0
0
1
3

21
-2
Joe Nemechek
2001
-1829
22
0
0
0
0

22
–
Colin Braun*
1831
-1999
18
0
0
0
4

23
+1
Jason Keller
1807
-2023
19
0
0
1
1

24
-1
Eric McClure
1787
-2043
22
0
0
0
0

25
–
Josh Wise
1601
-2229
20
0
0
0
1

26
–
Shelby Howard
1506
-2324
15
0
0
0
0

27
+1
Robert Richardson Jr.
1414
-2416
17
0
0
0
0

28
-1
Greg Biffle
1368
-2462
10
0
0
3
7

29
–
Scott Lagasse Jr.
1328
-2502
14
0
0
0
1

30
–
Morgan Shepherd
1299
-2531
19
0
0
0
0

31
+2
Willie Allen
1244
-2586
14
0
0
0
0

32
-1
Brian Keselowski
1230
-2600
19
0
0
0
0

33
-1
Mark Green
1224
-2606
21
0
0
0
0

34
–
Jamie McMurray
1044
-2786
7
0
0
3
5

35
+2
Clint Bowyer
1006
-2824
9
0
0
0
4

36
-1
James Buescher*
903
-2927
10
0
0
0
1

37
-1
Tayler [...]

Kyle Busch plays spin-to-win at Bristol

By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 20, 2010)
BRISTOL, Tenn.—After spinning his strongest challenger on Lap 219, Kyle Busch held off Jason Leffler and polesitter Elliott Sadler through a spate of cautions in the closing laps to win Friday night’s Food City 250 Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Busch won his 10th Nationwide race [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 19, 2010)
Today’s number is this week’s daily double:
216: Carl Edwards’ starts in the Sprint Cup Series. He is tied for 104th all time in starts and has 16 wins and 111 top-10 finishes.
199: Edwards’ starts in the Nationwide Series. Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway he will [...]

Allgaier returns to Bristol hungry for second win

By Lee Montgomery
Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(August 18, 2010)
As Justin Allgaier drove to Bristol Motor Speedway for Friday night’s Food City 250 Nationwide Series race, two feelings dominated his thinking. And they are on opposite ends of the emotional spectrum.
On the one hand, Allgaier is supremely confident racing on the .533-mile short [...]

NASCAR announces full 2011 schedule

The 2011 NASCAR schedules for the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck series have been released – and there are significant changes across the board.
The 2011 NASCAR schedule has been realigned based on input from the track operators and the industry to better accommodate fan interest and competition in all three national series. The [...]