Each of the 12 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers can find a bit of good news heading for Sunday’s Sylvania 300.
Ten have at least one New Hampshire Motor Speedway victory on their resumes, led by Jeff Burton (No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet) with four wins. Jimmie Johnson has won three times, including June’s stop at the 1.058-mile flat oval.
Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon also are three-time winners. Tony Stewart has won twice.
In fact, the only “winless” Chase drivers in New Hampshire are Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth, whose best finishes are seconds. But that isn’t completely bad news as both attempt to shave 60-point championship deficits.
There have been 11 consecutive different winners at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It certainly wouldn’t be a stretch to consider either a candidate for winner No. 12.
And any winner extending the streak would keep seven of their rivals – including leader Denny Hamlin – out of Victory Lane.
This week’s winner could come from the “spoiler” category – a driver not a part of the Chase contingent. Mark Martin and Ryan Newman are part of the different winners’ streak that began in the summer of 2005.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway also has produced five first-time winners, most recently Joey Logano (No. 20 Home Depot Toyota) in 2009.
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: News And Notes - New Hampshire Motor Speedway
CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR 0 David Reutimann Toyota Tums 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 7 Robby Gordon Toyota SpeedFactory.tv 9 Kasey Kahne Ford Budweiser 9 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Phoenix Construction 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Small Business 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge AAA 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 19 Elliott Sadler Ford U.S. Air Force 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet National Guard Facebook / DuPont 26 Jeff Green Ford Air National Guard 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 34 Tony Raines Ford A&W All American Food 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Mohawk Northeast 37 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Earnhardt Ganassi Racing 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Insignia HDTV / Best Buy 46 Michael McDowell Dodge Whitney Motorsports 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Kingsford / Bush's Beans 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Johns Manville 55 Mike Bliss Toyota Prism Motorsports 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 66 Johnny Sauter Toyota Prism Motorsports 71 Andy Lally Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota Red Bull 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota FrontRowJoe.com 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 98 Paul Menard Ford Sylvania / Menards 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 164 Todd Bodine Toyota Gunselman Motorsports
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