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 – 5,163 of 9,579 (54.0% of all laps raced)
• Team Chevy drivers have had more top-five (5) finishes in ’09 – 82 total – more than any other manufacturer
• Team Chevy drivers have had more top-10 finishes than any other manufacturer in ’09 – 164 tot
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 three (3) races remaining, Team Chevy drivers rank as follows with Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) stats:
>> Jimmie Johnson, No 48 Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Impala SS, is the points leader by 184 points with six (6) wins to-date in 2009
**In 12 TMS starts, Johnson has one (1) win, six (6) top-five and nine (9) top-10 finishes
>>Mark Martin, No. 5 CARQUEST/ Kellogg’s Impala SS, is second (2nd) in the Chase standings with five (5) wins to-date in 2009
**In 17 previous TMS starts, Martin has one (1) win, five (5) top-five and nine (9) top-10 finishes
>>Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Impala SS, is currently third (3rd) in the Chase standings with one (1) win to-date in 2009
**In 17 starts at Texas, Gordon has one (1) win, seven (7) top-5 and nine (9) top-10 finishes with one (1) pole
>>Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 42 Target Impala SS, is fourth (4th) in the standings after six (6) Chase races
**Has five (5) previous starts at Texas with two (2) top-10 finishes
>>Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Impala SS is fifth (5th) in the Chase points order with four (4) wins to-date in 2009
**In 15 TMS starts, Stewart has one (1) win, four (4) top-five and nine (9) top-10 finishes
>>Ryan Newman, No. 39 Haas Automation/U.S. Army Impala SS, is eighth (8th) in the 2009 Chase standings
**In 12 TMS starts, Newman has one (1) win; three (3) top-fives, three (3) top-10 finishes and two poles
IMPALA SS ON THE TRACK: TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY:
~ Chevrolet has gone to victory lane six (6) times in the 17 previous NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) races at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS)
~ Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Impala SS, has two TMS victories including the inaugural event at TMS in ’97, plus the spring race in ‘07
~ Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Impala SS, won the Spring, ’09 race at TMS
~ Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Impala SS won the fall ’07 race at TMS en route to claiming his second consecutive NSCS championship
~ Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 National Guard/ AMP Energy Impala SS has one (1) win at TMS (’00)
~ Mark Martin, No. 5 CARQUEST/ Kellogg’s Impala SS has one (1) TMS victory (’98)
~ Ryan Newman, No. 39 Haas Automation/US Army Impala SS, has one (1) TMS win (’03)
~ Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Impala SS, has won once (1) at TMS (’06)
