Jeff Gordon Leads All Current Drivers With Four Trips To Victory Lane At The Glen
Aug 07, 2007
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Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart (No. 20 Home Depot Chevrolet) have combined for six NASCAR NEXTEL Cup championships and between the two, have claimed seven wins, 10 top-fives and 13 top-10s at Watkins Glen.
Gordon leads all current drivers with four trips to Victory Lane at The Glen. Stewart has practically owned this road course over the past five years, with three wins and one runner-up finish during that time. In 2005, he put on one of the more impressive performances in NASCAR history, leading 83 of the 92 laps en route to victory.
Of the two drivers battling for the 12th position in the Chase, Dale Earnhardt Jr. holds an edge over Kurt Busch in performing at The Glen. In seven career starts there, Earnhardt. has posted two top-fives, three top-10s and one DNF here. His average finish is 17.6. Busch has six starts, one top-10, one pole and two DNFs at The Glen. His average finish is 25.0.
Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet) is the defending champion of this race. Harvick came on strong towards the end of last year’s event, overtaking Tony Stewart on Lap 87 to post the win by. 892 seconds.
More on Montoya – As mentioned earlier, no NASCAR driver has ever won three national road course events in the same season. Both of Montoya’s victories this year were career firsts– his first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup win at Infineon and his first NASCAR Busch Series victory at Mexico City. Montoya, the 2000 Indianapolis 500 winner and Formula One star, finished second two weeks ago at Indianapolis and 16th last week at Pocono – both flat, 2.5-mile tracks with road course characteristics. Montoya didn’t participate in last Saturday’s inaugural NASCAR Busch Series event at Montreal, another road course race, but he is entered in Saturday’s NASCAR Busch Series’ ZIPPO 200 at Watkins Glen.
