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No Top 10 starters finished with a top-10 in a race at Daytona:

All 10 drivers that started in the top 10 at Daytona on July 6, 2014, failed to finish in the top 10. The best finisher from the top-10 starters was #24-Jeff Gordon, who started 9th and finished 12th. Race winner #43-Aric Almirola started 15th and #55-Brian Vickers...

Biffle’s DNF streak ends:

Rain wreaked havoc on the Coke Zero 400 July 4th weekend in Daytona. What should have been a Saturday night race turned into a rain-shortened Sunday afternoon race. Greg Biffle had a special patriotic 3M Stars & Stripes theme to his #16 Ford and even led the race...

Top 10 driver ratings at New Hampshire:

#14-Tony Stewart 111.0 #24-Jeff Gordon 109.2 #48-Jimmie Johnson 105.8 #11-Denny Hamlin 102.9 #88-Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 97.3 #15-Clint Bowyer 95.0 #18-Kyle Busch 93.1 #31-Ryan Newman 92.5 #5-Kasey Kahne 92.4 #4-Kevin Harvick 91.1 Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005...

2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Championship Points Standings:

[after Daytona, race 18 of 36] 1) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 651 2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [2 wins], 624, -27 3) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 596, -55 4) #2-Brad Keselowski [2 wins], 586, -65 5) #20-Matt Kenseth, 580, -71 6) #22-Joey Logano [2 wins], 546, -105 7) #99...

Current 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Seedings:

[after Daytona, race 18 of 36 if Chase seeding started after this race] 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3 wins, 3rd in points 2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2 wins, 2nd 3) #2-Brad Keselowski, 2 wins, 4th 4) #22-Joey Logano, 2 wins, 6th 5) #99-Carl Edwards, 2 wins, 7th 6) #4-Kevin...

Daytona Notes & Facts – Saturday – race:

' There have been 134 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Daytona International Speedway since the track hosted its first race in 1959: 56 have been 500 miles, 51 were 400 miles and four 250 miles. There were also 23 qualifier races that were point races. ' Since the...

Daytona Notes & Facts – Thursday – drivers:

' 438 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series July race at Daytona International Speedway; 275 in more than one. ' 173 drivers in NASCAR national series history have their home state recorded as Florida; 10 of the 173 (5.7%) have recorded at...

Top 10 driver ratings at Daytona:

#18-Kyle Busch 97.1 #20-Matt Kenseth 92.9 #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 92.0 #14-Tony Stewart 90.0 #48-Jimmie Johnson 89.0 #41-Kurt Busch 88.9 #24-Jeff Gordon 88.0 #11-Denny Hamlin 85.5 #15-Clint Bowyer 83.5 Jeff Burton 83.1 Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2013 races...

Race Fast Facts – Kentucky Speedway:

Brad Keselowski won the 4th Annual Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts, his 12th victory in 178 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his second victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2014. This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in four races...

2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Championship Points Standings:

[after Kentucky, race 17 of 36] 1) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 618 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 594, -24 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [2 wins], 594, -24 4) #2-Brad Keselowski [2 wins], 560, -58 5) #20-Matt Kenseth, 555, -63 6) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 536, -82 7) #22...

Current 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Seedings:

[after Kentucky, race 17 of 36 if Chase seeding started after this race] 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3 wins, 2nd in points 2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2 wins, 3rd 3) #2-Brad Keselowski, 2 wins, 4th 4) #99-Carl Edwards, 2 wins, 6th 5) #22-Joey Logano, 2 wins, 7th 6) #4-Kevin...

Gordon still winless at Kentucky:

There are 23 race tracks on the current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule; Jeff Gordon has a win - or eight - at 22 of them. His only hole is Kentucky Speedway, and it's an understandable one. The series has raced there just three times, all won by different winners...

Kentucky Notes & Facts – Thursday – drivers:

' 53 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway; 42 in more than one. ' Kyle Busch leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in laps led at Kentucky with 243 laps led in three starts. Jimmie Johnson has...

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Kentucky:

#48-Jimmie Johnson 125.9 #18-Kyle Busch 125.2 #20-Matt Kenseth 109.3 #2-Brad Keselowski 104.8 #5-Kasey Kahne. 98.2 #11-Denny Hamlin 98.1 #99-Carl Edwards 94.5 #24-Jeff Gordon 91.8 #78-Martin Truex Jr. 90.7 #41-Kurt Busch 90.6 Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005...

NASCAR Numbers:

10: The number of consecutive different winners in the last 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events at Sonoma Raceway. That's a clear indication of just how far the competitive level of road course racing within the series has come over the last decade. 5: The number of...

Race Fast Facts – Sonoma Raceway:

#99-Carl Edwards won the 26th Annual Toyota/Save Mart 350, his 23rd victory in 353 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his second victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2014. This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in ten races at Sonoma Raceway. #24-Jeff...

2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Championship Points Standings:

[after Sonoma, race 16 of 36] 1) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 580 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 560, -20 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [2 wins], 555, -25 4) #20-Matt Kenseth, 515, -65 5) #2-Brad Keselowski [1 win], 512, -68 6) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 509, -71 7) #22-Joey...

Current 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Seedings:

[after Sonoma, race 16 of 36 if Chase seeding started after this race] 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3 wins, 2nd in points 2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2 wins, 3rd 3) #99-Carl Edwards, 2 wins, 6th 4) #22-Joey Logano, 2 wins, 7th 5) #4-Kevin Harvick, 2 wins, 9th 6) #24-Jeff ...

Ten Different winners in ten last races at Sonoma UPDATE

: There have now been ten different winners in the last ten races at Sonoma starting with Tony Stewart in 2005. Since, the winners have been Jeff Gordon, Juan Pablo Montoya (not racing this weekend), Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Clint Bowyer...

Nine Different winners in nine last races at Sonoma:

There have been nine different winners in the last nine races at Sonoma starting with Tony Stewart in 2005. Since, the winners have been Jeff Gordon, Juan Pablo Montoya (not racing this weekend), Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Clint Bowyer and...