9 - Greg Biffle (No. 16 3M Ford)
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 89.1
2009 Rundown
• Eight top fives, 13 top 10s
• Average finish of 14.3
• Led 11 races for 432 laps
Kansas Speedway Outlook:
• One win, four top fives, four top 10s
• Average finish of 9.9 in seven races
• Series-best Average Running Position of 6.4
• Driver Rating of 117.4, second-best
• 88 Fastest Laps Run, second-most
• Average Green Flag Speed of 162.250 mph, second-fastest
• Series-high 962 Laps in the Top 15 (95.2%)
• 141 Quality Passes, fourth-most
10 - Brian Vickers (No. 83 Red Bull Toyota)
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 87.1
2009 Rundown
• One win, four top fives, 13 top 10s; six poles
• Average finish of 14.9
• Led 10 races for 101 laps
Kansas Speedway Outlook:
• One top 10
• Average finish of 13.3 in four races
• Average Running Position of 15.2, 13th-best
• Driver Rating of 84.1, 14th-best
• 108 Quality Passes, ninth-most
11 - Carl Edwards (No. 99 Aflac Ford)
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 90.6
2009 Rundown
• Seven top fives, 11 top 10s
• Average finish of 14.0
• Led 10 races for 161 laps
Kansas Speedway Outlook:
• Two top fives, three top 10s
• Average finish of 14.0 in five races
• Average Running Position of 12.6, seventh-best
• Driver Rating of 95.8, seventh-best
• 69 Fastest Laps Run, third-most
• Average Green Flag Speed of 161.452 mph, sixth-fastest
• 681 Laps in the Top 15 (67.4%), sixth-most
• 129 Quality Passes, fifth-most
12 - Kasey Kahne (No. 9 Budweiser Dodge)
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 88.9
2009 Rundown
• Two wins, five top fives, 11 top 10s
• Average finish of 14.6
• Led 6 races for 180 laps
Kansas Speedway Outlook:
• One top 10; one pole
• Average finish of 18.8 in five races
• Average Running Position of 17.1, 17th-best
• Driver Rating of 79.4, 17th-best
• 233 Green Flag Passes, 12th-most
At Kansas Speedway:
History
• Groundbreaking was held on May 25, 1999.
• The official opening of Kansas Speedway was in 2001, with the first events being an ARCA race and a NASCAR Camping World Series West race on the same day – June 2.
• The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was Sept. 30, 2001.
Notebook
• There have been eight NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Kansas since the track opened in 2001.
• All of the races have been scheduled for 267 laps.
• 13 drivers have competed in all eight races at Kansas.
• Jeff Gordon won the first two NASCAR Sprint Cup races.
• Jason Leffler won the first pole in September 2001.
• Six different drivers have won poles, led by Jimmie Johnson with two.
• Seven different drivers have posted victories, led by Jeff Gordon (two).
• There have been six different winners in the last six races at Kansas Speedway.
• Five of the eight races have been won from a top-10 start.
• Two drivers have won from the pole: Joe Nemechek in 2004 and Jimmie Johnson last season.
• The furthest back in the field that race winner started was 21st, by Tony Stewart in 2006.
• Denny Hamlin made his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup start at Kansas – a 32nd-place finish in 2005.
• Three drivers with more than one start have averaged a top- 10 finish: Greg Biffle (9.9), Clint Bowyer (7.7) and Jeff Gordon (9.8).
• Jeff Gordon leads all drivers in top fives (five) and top 10s(six).Gordon’s only two non-top 10s were a 39th in 2006 and a 13th in 2004.
• Three of the last four races that ended under green had a margin of victory under one second. The 2007 race ended under caution.
NASCAR in Kansas
• There have been eight NASCAR Sprint Cup races in Kansas, all at Kansas Speedway.
• 15 drivers in NASCAR’s three national series (all-time) have their home state recorded as Kansas, including Jim Roper who won the very first NASCAR Sprint Cup race – Charlotte in 1949.
• There have been two race winners in the top three NASCAR series from Kansas:
Driver NSCS NNS NCWTS
Clint Bowyer 2 7 1
Jim Roper 1 0 0
Kansas Speedway Data
Race #: 29 of 36 (10-4-09)
Track Size: 1.5 miles
* Banking/Corners: 15 degrees
* Banking/Frontstretch: 10.4 degrees
* Banking/Backstretch: 5 degrees
* Frontstretch: 2,685 feet
* Backstretch: 2,207 feet
Driver Rating at Kansas
Jimmie Johnson 123.1
Greg Biffle 117.4
Jeff Gordon 103.0
Clint Bowyer 100.2
Mark Martin 99.4
Matt Kenseth 98.4
Carl Edwards 95.8
Casey Mears 91.4
Tony Stewart 91.3
AJ Allmendinger 89.3
Note: Driver Rating compiled from 2005-2008 races (4 total) at Kansas.
Qualifying/Race Data
2008 pole winner: Jimmie Johnson (172.007 mph, 31.394 seconds)
2008 race winner: Jimmie Johnson, 133.549 mph, 9-28-08)
Qualifying record: Matt Kenseth (180.856 mph, 29.858 seconds, 10-8-05)
Race record: Mark Martin (137.774 mph, 10-9-05)
Estimated Pit Window: Every 40-44 laps, based on fuel mileage.
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