In what was described at the Tale of Two Races, Team Chevy drivers Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, Clint Bowyer, No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet and Jamie McMurray, No. 1 McDonald’s Chevrolet finished third, fourth and fifth respectively in the LifeLock.com 400.
Gordon led twice for a total of 47 laps while Bowyer led once for one lap and McMurray led once for 72 laps. Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Gordon remains second in the point standings. Bowyer now sits 12th in the standings while McMurray, who started on the pole, moved up to 18th in the points order.
Points leader Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet, suffered an equally disappointing night when he spent several laps in the garage to repair a faulty fuel pump assembly. He finished 34th but remains in the points lead with 103 points over second place Gordon.
Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet, moved up one spot in the Chase standings to seventh with his seventh place finish in tonight’s 267-lap/400-mile race.
Below is a look at some of the top statistical performers at Indianapolis Motor Speedway going into the Brickyard 400 on July 25.
INDIANAPOLIS-SPECIFIC STATISTICS
Greg Biffle (No. 16 3M Ford)
· Enters Indianapolis 11th in points
· One top five, three top 10s
· Average finish of 15.4
· Average Running Position of 11.7, third-best
· Driver Rating of 90.7, 13th-best
· 230 Green Flag Passes, fourth-most
· 628 Laps in the Top 15 (78.5%), third-most
· 119 Quality Passes (passes of cars in the top 15 under green), fifth-most
Jeff Burton (No. 31 Prilosec OTC Chevrolet)
· Seventh in points
· One top five, four top 10s; one pole
· Average finish of 18.2
· Average Running Position of 12.7, fifth-best
· Driver Rating of 93.1, ninth-best
· 33 Fastest Laps Run, seventh-most
· 200 Green Flag Passes, 10th-most
· Average Green Flag Speed of 169.107 mph, sixth-fastest
· 484 Laps in the Top 15 (60.5%), 10th-most
Kyle Busch (No. 18 M&M’s Toyota)
· Sixth in points
· One top five, three top 10s
· Average finish of 14.8
· Average Running Position of 14.6, 12th-best
· Driver Rating of 92.8, 10th-best
· 15 Fastest Laps Run, 13th-most
· 204 Green Flag Passes, ninth-most
· Average Green Flag Speed of 169.048 mph, seventh-fastest
· 535 Laps in the Top 15 (66.9%), seventh-most
· 127 Quality Passes, third-most
Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet)
· Second in points
· Four wins, nine top fives, 13 top 10s; three poles
· Average finish of 8.6
· Average Running Position of 14.3, ninth-best
· Driver Rating of 96.2, fifth-best
· 21 Fastest Laps Run, 11th-most
· 245 Green Flag Passes, second-most
· Average Green Flag Speed of 169.402 mph, fifth-fastest
· 530 Laps in the Top 15 (66.3%), eighth-most
· 134 Quality Passes, second-most
Denny Hamlin (No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota)
· Fourth in points
· One top five, two top 10s
· Average finish of 17.3
· Driver Rating of 93.3, eighth-best
· 34 Fastest Laps Run, fifth-most
· Average Green Flag Speed of 169.528 mph, third-fastest
· 404 Laps in the Top 15 (63.1%), 13th-most
· 109 Quality Passes, ninth-most
Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet)
· NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points leader
· One win, three top fives, six top 10s; one pole
· Average finish of 10.8
· Average Running Position of 14.8, 13th-best
· Driver Rating of 91.9, 11th-best
· 25 Fastest Laps Run, ninth-most
· 184 Green Flag Passes, 13th-most
· 537 Laps in the Top 15 (67.1%), sixth-most
· 114 Quality Passes, sixth-most
Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet)
· Third in points
· Three wins, three top fives, four top 10s; one pole
· Average finish of 17.9
· Average Running Position of 13.5, seventh-best
· Driver Rating of 104.9, second-best
· 81 Fastest Laps Run, second-most
· 189 Green Flag Passes, 12th-most
· Average Green Flag Speed of 169.764 mph, second-fastest
· 542 Laps in the Top 15 (67.8%), fifth-most
· 110 Quality Passes, eighth-most
Kasey Kahne (No. 9 Budweiser Ford)
· 17th in points
· Two top fives, four top 10s
· Average finish of 16.0
· Average Running Position of 14.6, 11th-best
· Driver Rating of 91.4, 12th-best
· 30 Fastest Laps Run, eighth-most
· Average Green Flag Speed of 169.028 mph, eighth-fastest
· 564 Laps in the Top 15 (70.5%), fourth-most
· 104 Quality Passes, 10th-most
Matt Kenseth (No. 17 Crown Royal Ford)
· Eighth in points
· Four top fives, six top 10s
· Average finish of 15.4
· Average Running Position of 14.3, 10th-best
· Driver Rating of 93.6, sixth-best
· 518 Laps in the Top 15 (64.8%), ninth-most
· 83 Quality Passes, 13th-most
Mark Martin (No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet)
· 14th in points
· Six top fives, 10 top 10s; one pole
· Average finish of 13.4
· Average Running Position of 9.2, second-best
· Driver Rating of 104.8, third-best
· 34 Fastest Laps Run, fifth-most
· Average Green Flag Speed of 169.421 mph, fourth-fastest
· 656 Laps in the Top 15 (82.0%), second-most
· 122 Quality Passes, fourth-most
Juan Pablo Montoya (No. 42 Target Chevrolet)
· 21st in points
· One top five, one top 10
· Average finish of 17.3
· Average Running Position of 13.3, sixth-best
· Driver Rating of 102.0, fourth-best
· 51 Fastest Laps Run, third-most
· Average Green Flag Speed of 168.851 mph, 12th-fastest
Tony Stewart (No. 14 Old Spice Chevrolet)
· Ninth in points
· Two wins, five top fives, seven top 10s; one pole
· Average finish of 8.5
· Series-best Average Running Position of 8.4
· Series-best Driver Rating of 111.8
· Series-high 85 Fastest Laps Run
· 225 Green Flag Passes, sixth-most
· Series-best Average Green Flag Speed of 169.854 mph
· Series-high 676 Laps in the Top 15 (84.5%)
· Series-high 149 Quality Passes
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway:
History
· Indianapolis Motor Speedway has existed since 1909, and is the original “Speedway,” the first racing facility to incorporate the word into its name.
· With a permanent seating capacity for more than 250,000-plus people and infield seating that raises capacity to an approximate 400,000, it is the largest and highest-capacity sporting facility in history.
Notebook
· There have been 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway since the first race in 1994.
· Four drivers have competed in all 16 races: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte and Mark Martin.
· Rick Mast won the first pole in 1994.
· Jeff Gordon won the 1994 inaugural race.
· There have been 13 different pole winners.
· Jeff Gordon leads all pole winners with three.
· Nine drivers have won, led by Jeff Gordon with four victories.
· Jimmie Johnson (three), Dale Jarrett and Tony Stewart (two each) are the other multiple winners.
· Hendrick Motorsports has won seven races, more than any other organization.
· Eight races have been won from a top-five starting position.
· The furthest back a race winner has started at Indianapolis was 27th, by Jeff Gordon in 2001.
· Two of the past three races have been won from a starting position outside the top 10.
· Two drivers have won from the pole: Kevin Harvick in 2003 and Jimmie Johnson in 2008.
· Dale Jarrett (1996) and Jimmie Johnson (2006) are the only drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard in the same season.
· Tony Stewart (8.5) and Jeff Gordon (8.6)are the only active drivers to average a top-10 finish.
· Three of the last four Indianapolis races ending under green had a margin of victory under one second.
· 14 of the 16 races have been won by a past, reigning or future NASCAR Sprint Cup champion. The only two that were not: Ricky Rudd in 1997 and current points leader Kevin Harvick in 2003.
· The winner of the Indianapolis race has won the championship in the same year seven times in the 15 years the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has raced there:
2009: Jimmie Johnson
2008: Jimmie Johnson
2006: Jimmie Johnson
2005: Tony Stewart
2001: Jeff Gordon
2000: Bobby Labonte
1999: Dale Jarrett
1998: Jeff Gordon
NASCAR in Indiana
· There have been 18 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in Indiana.
· 75 NASCAR national series drivers (all-time) have their home state recorded as Indiana.
· There have been 10 race winners from Indiana in NASCAR’s three national series:
Driver NSCS NNS NCWTS Tony Stewart 37 9 2 Ryan Newman 14 7 1 Darel Dieringer 7 0 0 Charlie Glotzbach 4 0 0 John Andretti 2 0 0 Earl Balmer 1 0 0 Larry Frank 1 0 0 Dick Passwater 1 0 0 Tony Raines 0 0 4 Kenny Irwin Jr. 0 0 2
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Data
Race # 20 of 36 (7-25-10)
Track Size: 2.5 miles
Race Length: 400 miles (160 laps)
Banking/Corners: 9 degrees
Banking/Straights: 0 degrees
Driver Rating at Indianapolis
Tony Stewart 111.8 Jimmie Johnson 104.9 Mark Martin 104.8 Juan Pablo Montoya 102 Jeff Gordon 96.2 Matt Kenseth 93.6 Denny Hamlin 93.3 Jeff Burton 93.1 Kyle Busch 92.8 Kevin Harvick 91.9
Note: Driver Rating compiled from 2005-2009 races (5 total) at Indianapolis.
Qualifying/Race Data
2009 pole winner: Mark Martin (182.054 mph, 49.436 seconds)
2009 race winner: Jimmie Johnson, 145.882 mph, 7-26-09)
Track qualifying record: Casey Mears (186.293 mph, 48.311 secs., 8-7-04)
Track race record: Bobby Labonte (155.912 mph, 8-5-00)
Estimated Pit Window: Every 30-32 laps, based on fuel mileage
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