Winningest drivers in the COT: Sixteen drivers have won races in the Car Formerly of Tomorrow since they were partially implemented in 2007. The big winners are #48-Jimmie Johnson, who has won 12 races in the new car; #99-Carl Edwards (11); and #18-Kyle Busch (3). No one else has won more than three (Jeff Gordon), and seven other drivers – Greg Biffle, Kasey Kahne, Jeff Burton, Denny Hamlin, Clint Bowyer, Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth – have each won two. The single-race winners are Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and Juan Montoya have each won one. Notably winless in the new car are Kevin Harvick and Mark Martin.(NASCAR This Week)(3-8-2009)
