TEAM CHEVY IN NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES – 2009
Chevrolet has clinched the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Manufacturers’ Cup champions after 29 races
Team Chevy drivers have won 16 races in ’09, more than any other manufacturer
Team Chevy drivers have lead the most laps in ’09 – 4,637 of 8,553 (54.2% of all laps raced)
Team Chevy drivers have had more top-five (5) finished in ’09 – 76 – more than any other manufacturer
Team Chevy drivers have had more top-10 finishes than any other manufacturer in ’09 – 148
TEAM CHEVY IN THE CHASE FOR THE NASCAR SPRINT CUP:
Team Chevy has six drivers in the 2009 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, more than any other manufacturer. Currently the top-five Chase point positions are held by Team Chevy drivers. With six (6) races remaining, Team Chevy drivers rank as follows:
• Jimmie Johnson, No 48 Lowe’s Impala SS, is the points leader with five (5) wins to-date in 2009
• In 16 Lowe’s Motor Speedway (LMS) starts, Johnson has five (5) wins, eight (8) top-five, 12 top-10 finishes and three (3) poles
• Mark Martin, No. 5 Pop Tarts/ CARQUEST/ Impala SS, is second (2nd) in the Chase standings leader with five (5) wins to-date in 2009
• In 49 previous LMS starts, Martin has four (4) wins, 17 top-five and 22 top-10 finishes with two poles
• Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 42 Lysol Impala SS, is third (3rd) in the standings after four (4) Chase races
• Has five (5) previous starts at LMS with one (1) top-10 finish
• Tony Stewart, No. 14 Old Spics/ Office Depot Impala SS is fourth (4th) in the Chase points order with four (4) wins to-date in 2009
• In 21 LMS starts, Stewart has one (1) win, six (6) top-five and 11 top-10 finishes with one pole
• Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont/Transformers 2 “Revenge of the Fallen” Impala SS, is currently fifth (5th)in the Chase standings with one (1) win to date in 2009
• In 18 starts at LMS, Gordon has five (5) wins, 15 top-5 and 18 top-10 finishes with seven (7) poles
• Ryan Newman, No. 39 U.S. Army Impala SS, is 10th in the 2009 Chase standings
• In 17 LMS starts, Newman has four (4) top-five and six (6) top-10 finishes and eight (8) poles
IMPALA SS ON THE TRACK: LOWE’S MOTOR SPEEDWAY:
A Team Chevy driver has won 36 of the 101 points-paying NSCS races held at LMS, more than any other manufacturer
Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Impala SS, has five (5) previous Lowe’s Motor Speedway (LMS) wins (’03, 2-’04, 2-’05)
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont/Transformers 2 “Revenge of the Fallen” Impala SS, has five LMS race wins (’94, ’97, ’98, ’99, ‘07)
Mark Martin, No. 5 Pop Tarts/CARQUEST Impala SS, has four (4) wins at LMS (’92, ’95, ’98, ’02)
Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Impala SS, has three (3) LMS victories (’99, ’01, ‘08)
Casey Mears, No. 07 Jack Daniel’s Impala SS won at LMS in ‘07
Tony Stewart, No. 14 Old Spice/ Office Depot Impala SS, has won once at LMS (’03)
