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Mark Martin would grab his 39th victory of 741 races in last year’s LifeLock 400 from Chicagoland. Jeff Gordon would snatch 2nd and Kasey Kahne would finish in 3rd.
Tony Stewart, the points leader at the time, would finish 4th and move to 175 points over Jeff Gordon in the standings. Denny Hamlin rounded out the top 5.
It was not the best day to drive a Ford, but Carl Edwards would finish the best in 14th.
Let’s crunch the numbers and see who’s hot and who to avoid at Chicago.
Continue reading “Chicagoland Statistically Speaking“

Former teammates would battle it out on the last 2.5 mile chase, and it got ugly. Kyle Busch would throw a block (where there was no room to), on Stewart and got denied, right into the wall. Stewart had the dominant car, leading 86 laps in route to his victory.
It would take four officials to stop Kyle Busch from storming Victory Lane to meet Stewart. He was pulling off his gloves and walking with a purpose, but got redirected to the infield care center where he was examined and released.
Let’s run the numbers and see who is hot and who’s not at Daytona, similar tracks and the current season.
Continue reading “Daytona Statistically Speaking“

Joey Logano would win the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, with just 28 laps to go with a little help from “Mother Nature” and a lot of luck.
Zippy put Logano in the winning position, after earning two lucky dogs. He had a flat tire and a spin on lap 182. He would bring his car in for tires and fuel while the leaders stayed out on lap 193. Then it was his turn to stay out while the others visited the pits and “rumble, drip, drip” the rain came and the race was eventually called. This gave him his first CUP win and made him the youngest CUP winner.
Let’s crunch the numbers to see who’s hot and who to watch when “Mother Nature” is not around.
Continue reading “Loudon – Statistically Speaking“
Mark Martin won the LifeLock 400 last year at Michigan, with just enough in the tank. Martin turned off everything he could in the car to nurse it to victory, when he learned it would be won on a fuel economy run. “ I always, always come up short in those gas things.” Martin said. “I’m probably about 2 and 25 in these things.”
Jimmie Johnson dominated the race and took the lead from Greg Biffle, six laps from the end. Johnson however, would run out of fuel 2 laps short.
Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle were poised to win, before they both ran out of gas with victory in sight. Martin also ran out of fuel, but had enough to coast to victory. Can we expect fuel to play a factor again? Johnson had the car to beat. Let’s look at who you should keep an eye on at Michigan, statistically speaking that is.
Continue reading “Michigan – Statistically Speaking“
Tony Stewart won The Pocono 500 last June, but it wasn’t easy. First he had the Pole Position due to “Mother Nature” and points. Then, an unfortunate wreck in practice, would send him to the rear of the field to start the race. He then would fight his was to the front of the field. He finally, gambled on fuel to stay out and finish ahead of Carl Edwards to win the race.
The win would also mark Stewart’s 34th career win in the Cup series. He ended up beating Carl Edwards by 2.004 seconds. Following them through the checkered was David Reutimann, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, Marcos Ambrose, Jimmie Johnson, Juan Montoya, Jeff Burton and Sam Hornish Jr., to round out the top 10 finishers.
Now let’s break down the numbers and see who you should watch, statistically speaking for Pocono.
Continue reading “Pocono – Statistically Speaking“
Last May, David Reutimann’s gamble to stay out paid off. He actually won with the help of Mother Nature. He was running in 14th when the final caution came out for rain on lap 221 of the scheduled 400 laps. Reutimann inherited the lead when he stayed on the track, while the rest of the lap cars headed to the pits.
Kyle Busch was leading the race, but was putting up with a fast closing Kasey Kahne right before the caution came out.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was on the losing end of the stick, starting 27th and never moving much higher as he fought an ill-handling car after numerous adjustments on pit road. He would eventually fall 2 laps down and land in 40th position.
Will Mother Nature, or a gamble win it again? Let’s break down the numbers and see who has the best shot statistically speaking.
Continue reading “Charlotte – Coca Cola 600 Statistically Speaking“
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