5: The number of laps led by race runner-up Kevin Harvick in Sunday’s GoBowling.com 400 at Pocono Raceway. That boosted Harvick’s total for the year to 899 laps led, surpassing his previous single-season high of 895 laps in 2006-and Harvick still has 15 races to run this year.
63: The number of laps led by Jeff Gordon in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono. That increased Gordon’s career total of laps led at Pocono to a series-best 1,037 for the record six-time winner at the Tricky Triangle.
12: The number of years between season sweeps at a single track for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who on Sunday won his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono this season. Earnhardt last swept events at a track in 2002, when his only two victories of the year both came at Talladega.
20: The finishing position of Ryan Truex in Sunday’s GoBowling.com 400 at Pocono, a career best for the 22-year-old younger brother of Cup veteran Martin Truex Jr. In 20 previous starts in the series, Truex’s best result was 30th at Martinsville on Mar. 30.
97: Of a possible 542, the number of laps led by Marcos Ambrose in six NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Watkins Glen International, site of Sunday’s Cheez-It 355 at the Glen. Ambrose has two victories, a pole and five top-three finishes at the 2.45-mile road course.(NASCAR Wire Service)(8-5-2014)
