The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Top 12 at Michigan International Speedway

Driver Races Poles Wins Top Fives Top 10s DNFs Average Finish Driver Rating

1 Jeff Gordon 28 4 2 15 19 3 10.000 94.2

2 Matt Kenseth 15 0 2 6 10 0 7.933 111.3

3 Denny Hamlin 2 0 0 0 1 0 10.500 88.6

4 Jimmie Johnson 10 0 0 1 4 1 15.600 95.3

5 Jeff Burton 26 2 0 4 8 1 15.769 70.1

6 Tony Stewart 16 0 1 7 10 3 13.688 96.4

7 Carl Edwards 5 0 0 3 4 0 8.600 109.8

8 Clint Bowyer 2 0 0 0 0 1 36.000 63.7

9 Kevin Harvick 12 0 0 2 4 1 16.833 72.6

10 Kyle Busch 4 0 0 0 1 1 26.250 82.3

11 Martin Truex, Jr 2 0 0 0 0 0 23.000 75.0

12 Mark Martin 42 0 4 16 27 5 11.952 96.5

Selected Driver Highlights

Note: All driver stats are from Michigan International Speedway. NASCAR’s scoring loops began collecting data for statistical purposes in 2005. That is why the Loop Data statistics in this release cover the last four races at Michigan.

Greg Biffle (No. 16 Ameriquest Ford)

• Two wins, four top fives, six top 10s

• 9.625 average finish

• Series-best Average Running Position of 6.527,

• Series-best Driver Rating of 118.1

• Series-high 65 Fastest Laps Run

• Fastest Green Flag Speed

• Series-high 680 Laps in the Top 15

• 188 Quality Passes (passes of cars in the top 15 under green), second-most

• Fastest Speed in Traffic – speed when there is another car within one car length under green

Kurt Busch (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge)

• One win, five top 10s

• 19.917 average finish

• Average Running Position of 12.758, ninth-best

• Driver Rating of 100.1, fourth-best

• 50 Fastest Laps Run, fourth-most

• 534 Laps in the Top 15, sixth-most

• 160 Quality Passes, sixth-most

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet)

• One top five, four top 10s

• 18.4 average finish

• Average Running Position of 11.250, fourth-best

• Driver Rating of 99.1, fifth-best

• 45 Fastest Laps Run, fifth-most

• Fifth-fastest Green Flag Speed

• 486 Laps in the Top 15

• 176 Quality Passes, third-most

Carl Edwards (No. 99 Office Depot Ford)

• Three top fives, four top 10s

• 8.6 average finish

• Average Running Position of 10.208, second-best

• Driver Rating of 109.8, third-best

• 55 Fastest Laps Run, tied for second-most

• Second-fastest Green Flag Speed

• 626 Laps in the Top 15, second-most

• Series-high 210 Quality Passes

• Second-fastest Speed in Traffic

Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet)

• Two wins, 15 top fives, 19 top 10s; four poles

• 10.0 average finish

• Average Running Position of 13.454, 10th-best

• Driver Rating of 94.2, 10th-best

• 44 Fastest Laps Run, sixth-most

• 445 Laps in the Top 15, 10th-most

Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet)

• One top five, four top 10s

• 15.6 average finish

• Average Running Position of 11.256, fifth-most

• Driver Rating of 95.3, ninth-best

• 280 Green Flag Passes, eighth-most

• Sixth-fastest Green Flag Speed

• 546 Laps in the Top 15, fifth-most

• 163 Quality Passes, fifth-most

Kasey Kahne (No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge)

• One win, four top 10s; one pole

• 9.833 average finish

• Average Running Position of 12.750, eighth-best

• Driver Rating of 98.8, sixth-best

• 55 Fastest Laps Run, tied for second-most

• 298 Green Flag Passes, third-most

• Fourth-fastest Green Flag Speed

• 166 Quality Passes, fourth-most

Matt Kenseth (No. 17 DEWALT Ford)

• Two wins, six top fives, 10 top 10s

• 7.933 average finish

• Average Running Position of 10.208, third-best

• Driver Rating of 111.3, second-best

• 35 Fastest Laps Run, eighth-most

• Third-fastest Green Flag Speed

• 607 Laps in the Top 15, third-most

Tony Stewart (No. 20 Home Depot Chevrolet)

• One win, seven top fives, 10 top 10s

• 13.688 average finish

• Driver Rating of 96.4, eighth-best

• 37 Fastest Laps Run, seventh-most

• Ninth-fastest Green Flag Speed

• 511 Laps in the Top 15, seventh-most

At Michigan International Speedway:

• There have been 75 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races at Michigan International Speedway – two a year since the first race there in 1969, except 1973 which had one.

• Donnie Allison won the first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Bud Pole.

• Cale Yarborough won the first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race.

• There have been 37 different Bud Pole winners; 18 have won more than one.

• There have been 28 different race winners; 16 have more than one victory.

• Ground-breaking was in September 1967 and the track opened as a 2.0-mile oval in 1968.

• The first NASCAR race was held in 1969.

• All NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races at Michigan have been scheduled for 400 miles, with the exception of the first two which were 500- and 600-mile events, respectively.

• The track was re-measured to 2.04 mile before the second race in 1970 and then back to 2.0 miles in 1972.

• Wood Brothers/JTG Racing has won 11 races at Michigan – two more than any other car owner.

• There have been nine Bud Pole winners in the last 12 races. Jeff Gordon and Bobby Labonte (two each) are the only repeat Bud Pole winners there since 2000. Qualifying was canceled once.

• The Bud Pole has been swept six times: Bobby Labonte (2003), Bill Elliott (1988 and 1984), Terry Labonte (1983), David Pearson (1978 and 1979).

• There have been 12 different race winners in the last 16 races. Greg Biffle, Ryan Newman and Dale Jarrett (two each) are the only repeat race winners there since 1998.

• 14 of 75 races have been won by the Bud Pole winner, most recently by Kasey Kahne in this race in 2006.

• The July 2000 race was won from 28th by Tony Stewart – the deepest in the field that a race winner ever started.

• Bill Elliott won four consecutive Michigan races in 1985 and 1986, the longest winning streak in Michigan history.

• There have been 93 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races in Michigan.