8.4: Jimmie Johnson’s average finish in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Dover International Speedway. Though Johnson has a personal-best nine wins at the Monster Mile, there are three other tracks where he’s achieved better average finishes: Martinsville (5.2), Phoenix (6.3) and Fontana (6.6).
12: The series-best number of top-five finishes recorded in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races this season by Team Penske teammates Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano. Small wonder they’re currently the two leading drivers in the Chase standings, each with a victory in the first two Chase races.
1,369: The number of laps led by Kevin Harvick in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races this season, far and away a career best. That’s the good news. The bad? The driver known as ‘The Closer’ has failed to close the deal in the last four races in which he has led the most laps, at Kansas, Michigan, Atlanta and, most recently, on Sunday at New Hampshire.
12: The number of points separating Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards (tied for eighth in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings) from 16th-place Aric Almirola. With such a small margin blanketing the last nine drivers in the standings, fans can expect a free-for-all in next Sunday’s elimination race at Dover.
3: The average finish of Dale Earnhardt Jr. in his last five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Dover. No wonder Junior said on Sunday that the Monster Mile is a great track for the #88 team. But that hasn’t always been the case. Earnhardt’s average result in the eight races before the current streak of five was 22.5.(NASCAR Wire Service)(9-23-2014)
