TEAM CHEVY IN NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES – 2009
• Chevrolet clinched the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Manufacturers’ Cup champions after 29 races
• Team Chevy drivers have won 17 races in ’09, more than any other manufacturer
• 650 NASCAR Sprint Cup Wins!! Jimmie Johnson scored the landmark victory for Chevy at Lowe’s Motor Speedway
• Team Chevy drivers have led the most laps in ’09 – 5,066 of 9,388 (54.0% of all laps raced)
• Team Chevy drivers have had more top-five (5) finishes in ’09 – 81 total – more than any other manufacturer
• Team Chevy drivers have had more top-10 finishes than any other manufacturer in ’09 – 160 total
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 four (4) races remaining, Team Chevy drivers rank as follows:
• Jimmie Johnson, No 48 Lowe’s Impala SS, is the points leader with six (6) wins to-date in 2009
• In 15 Talladega Superspeedway (TSS) starts, Johnson has one (1) win, 4 top-five, 6 top-10 finishes and one (1) pole
• Mark Martin, No. 5 Kellogg’s/CARQUEST/ Impala SS, is second (2nd) in the Chase standings with five (5) wins to-date in 2009
• In 43 previous TSS starts, Martin has two (2) wins, 10 top-five and 22 top-10 finishes with two (2) poles
• Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont/National Guard Impala SS, is currently third (3rd) in the Chase standings with one (1) win to-date in 2009
• In 33 starts at Talladega, Gordon has six (6) wins, 13 top-5 and 16 top-10 finishes with one (1) pole
• Tony Stewart, No. 14 Old Spice/ Office Depot Impala SS is fourth (4th) in the Chase points order with four (4) wins to-date in 2009
• In 21 TSS starts, Stewart has one (1) win, nine (9) top-five and 12 top-10 finishes
• Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 42 Target Impala SS, is fifth (5th) in the standings after six (6) Chase races
• Has five (5) previous starts at Talladega with one (1) top-five finish, one top-10 finish and one pole
• Ryan Newman, No. 39 U.S. Army Impala SS, is seventh (7th) in the 2009 Chase standings
• In 15 TSS starts, Newman has four (4) top-fives, seven (7) top-10 finishes
IMPALA SS ON THE TRACK: TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY:
Team Chevy drivers have won 34 times in the 80 previous NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) races at Talladega Superspeedway (TSS), more than any other manufacturer
A Bowtie driver has won 18 of the last 21 NSCS races at TSS
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Impala SS, has six (6) wins at TSS - second on the all-time win list at the famed Alabama track
Gordon swept the 2007 TSS races
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., No. 88 AMP Energy “Get on the 88”/National Guard Impala SS, has five (5) victories at TSS
Mark Martin, No. 5 CARQUEST/Kellogg’s Impala SS, has two (2) wins at TSS
Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Impala SS, has one victory at Talladega
Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Impala SS, is the defending winner of the fall race at TSS
Brad Keselowski, No. 09 Miccosukee Indian Gaming and Resort Impala SS, won the ’09 Spring NSCS race at TSS
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