There have been 24 green-white-checkered [GWC] finishes in Sprint Cup history, and only six times has the leader lost the lead on those final two laps. #01-Mark Martin led in the 2007 Daytona 500, #29-Kevin Harvick passed him as a huge wreck took place behind them and beat Martin to the line by 2/1000th’s of a second. #17-Matt Kenseth led 146 laps at Las Vegas in 2006, #48-Jimmie Johnson passed him at the line and won by 1/2 a car length, only leading 1 lap to win. #17-Matt Kenseth led at Talladega in Oct 2005, Dale Jarrett passed #16-Greg Biffle won at Darlington after #12-Ryan Newman led heading into the green-white-checkered in May 2005 Biffle won the final race of 2004 when #20-Tony Stewart had fuel problems at Homestead. #11-Denny Hamlin led with 2 to go, had a slow restart, #31-Jeff Burton passed him and won at Bristol, March 2008 (3-16-2008)
