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Mike Wells posted this in Sprint Cup, Statistically Speaking on September 23rd, 2010
 Jimmie Johnson was a shoe in to win. He led 225 laps. He spent 91.3% of his laps in the top 15. His average running position was 3rd. It was his race to win, when he applied a little too much pressure to the pedal as he seen Kyle Busch race out of his pit stall. One again, the black cloud loomed over the #48 team.
Kyle Busch would race the #18 M&M Toyota to victory lane for the 2010 Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway earlier this season.
After battling four-time NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson all day, a late pit-stop speeding penalty for Johnson left Busch’s win uncontested.
Johnson dominates the track in the past 2 years and 3 races. His average driver rating in the last 3 races here is 142.9! Will he be the driver to watch or will he shoot himself in the foot again? Let’s crunch the numbers and see who’s hot!
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 Kurt Busch tried to bump-and-run past Jimmie Johnson for a win.
What he really did was anger the four-time Cup champion.
“I thought, I don’t care if I win this race or not,” Johnson said. “I don’t care if I finish this d*** thing. I’m running into him and get by him one way or another.”
Johnson paid back Busch with a poke of his own in the final stretch to surge ahead with two laps left and win the Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday for his fifth victory of the season.
“For sure, that’s what the fans want to see,” Johnson said.
Can Johnson sweep? Will we see payback? You’ll have to watch and see. Let’s run the numbers and see who to keep an eye on at Loudon.
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 This time last year, Kyle Busch had to hold off Mark Martin on a four lap sprint to the finish! It wasn’t easy, several restarts and a 15-minute rain delay would slow him down.
>>>Fast Forward – Jimmie Johnson, finally marked Bristol off of his to do list earlier this season with his first victory at the track. He clawed his way to the lead, from 6th place in just three laps. Lady luck? Horseshoe? Kurt Busch led 278 of the 500 laps and had a decent gap on Johnson when his easy drive to victory was clouded by a debris caution with 17 laps remaining. All the leaders headed to pit road, and Busch and Johnson both took four tires on the final stop.
Let’s crunch the numbers and see who’s hot and who’s not. The drivers popping up, just might surprise ya!
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 Brian Vickers and Jimmie Johnson had two possibilities, as they were both running on fumes toward the end of last year’s CARFAX 400. They could gamble on fuel and risk a top finishing position, or they could risk it all for a chance to win. They both rolled the dice and withjust 3 laps to go, Johnson ran dry, allowing Vickers to take the lead on the final 2 laps and take the checkered flag!
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“Certainly frustrated,” Johnson said. “We’ve won one race on fuel mileage ever. It’s just what we’re not good at. I think it’s a little too risky for us to even try it.”
If it comes down to fuel, who has the best chance of winning here? We’ll look at every prospect here and break down the numbers for the CARFAX 400.
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 When the rain cleared, there was Smoke! Tony Stewart would win, in a final 25 lap battle with Marcos Ambrose.
Ambrose was second, a career best, and Carl Edwards third. Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kurt Busch, Max Papis, Clint Bowyer and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top 10. Polesitter Jimmie Johnson, seeking his first career road win, finished 12th.
On lap 67, Kyle Busch chose the outside as Stewart took the inside on the restart. This would prove to be fatal for Kyle, as Stewart took control.
A fifth caution, would set up a double-file restart with Stewart and Ambrose. Ambrose dived low but was blocked by Stewart. Ambrose was running on older tires and never gave Stewart a challenge over the final 10 laps.
Will we see these two battle it out again? Let’s compare the numbers and see who’s hot and who’s not at Watkins Glen.
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 Denny Hamlin, who won the race, was 6th or better in 7 of 9 starts and led 5 times for 88 laps was not the center of attention for this race. The main focus was on what some drivers called the worst driving they had ever seen.
“The key for us winning that race was two restarts that Denny made when we gave up track position,” crew chief Mike Ford said. “You didn’t want to give up track position, but you needed fuel at some point.”
Joey Logano was in route to a possible top 5 finish before he and Kevin Harvick tangled up in turns 2 and 3. Logano spun around and nearly saved it, but finally spun on around bringing out the caution. His frustration would later spill over into his postrace comments about Harvick. “It’s probably not his fault, you know?” he said. “His wife wears the fire suit in the family, tells him what to do.”
Let’s crunch the numbers and see who’s hot at Pocono and similar tracks.
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Dover – Statistically Speaking
Kyle Busch would race the #18 M&M Toyota to victory lane for the 2010 Autism Speaks 400 at Dover International Speedway earlier this season.
After battling four-time NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson all day, a late pit-stop speeding penalty for Johnson left Busch’s win uncontested.
Johnson dominates the track in the past 2 years and 3 races. His average driver rating in the last 3 races here is 142.9! Will he be the driver to watch or will he shoot himself in the foot again? Let’s crunch the numbers and see who’s hot!
Continue reading “Dover – Statistically Speaking“