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Some Chassis selections for Texas:

compiled from some pre-Texas press releases, some chassis selections and history: #00-David Reutimann will run chassis #625 this week. This Aaron's Dream Machine has seen action in three races with a best finish of 4th at Las Vegas. #07-Casey Mears will pilot Chassis...

Chase Notes / Facts:

Chad Knaus pitted #48-Jimmie Johnson at the right time and stole a sixth place at Talladega, putting tons of daylight between the #48 and the nearest contenders. Texas doesn't look promising for his challengers as Johnson has four podium finishes [1st, 2nd, 3rd] in...

Hendrick could be break record with a 1-2-3 finish:

#48-Jimmie Johnson is almost assured of an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup title, but Hendrick Motorsports has another dominance record it can achieve. Rick Hendrick can become the first team owner in NASCAR history to sweep the top three spots in the standings...

Space Shuttle pilot to be honored at TMS:

USMC Lt. Col. Doug Hurley, who piloted the space shuttle Endeavor this summer and a Texas Motor Speedway season ticket-holder, will be honored during the Dickies 500 pre-race ceremonies as well as making a unique presentation to TMS President Eddie Gossage, two-time...

Notes/Facts after Talladega Superspeedway:

# Jamie McMurray won the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. This marked McMurray's first win in 15 races at Talladega. # McMurray became the 14th different race winner in 2009. # This was the first victory by a Ford since Matt Kenseth won at California in February...

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 AMP Energy 500:

For those of you NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on, here is the breakdown for Sundays race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event. Total number of commercials: 113 Total number of companies ...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers finished at Talladega Superspeedway:

(in points order at start of the race) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, finished 6th 2) #5-Mark Martin, 28th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 20th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 35th 5) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 19th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 30th 7) #39-Ryan Newman, 36th 8) #16-Greg Biffle, 4th 9) #11-Denny...

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after Talladega, Chase race 7 of 10; Season race 33 of 36]:

pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [6 wins], 6248, finished 8th 2) #5-Mark Martin [5 wins], 6064, -184 3) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 6056, -192 4) #42-Juan Montoya, 6009, -239 5) #14-Tony Stewart [4 wins], 5969, -279 6) #2-Kurt...

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CLASSIC

the OLD way - Driver Points Standings [after Talladega, race 33 of 36]: pos, car#, driver, points, behind 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 4752 2) #14-Tony Stewart, 4745, -7 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 4673, -72 4) #5-Mark Martin, 4315, -430 5) #11-Denny Hamlin, 4271, -474 6) #42-Juan...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers practice in Happy Hour at Talladega Superspeedway:

(in current points order) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3rd fastest 2) #5-Mark Martin, 16th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 6th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 12th 5) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, did not practice 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 5th 7) #39-Ryan Newman, 18th 8) #16-Greg Biffle, 10th 9) #11-Denny Hamlin...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers practice in the first Friday practice at Talladega Superspeedway:

(in current points order) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 13th fastest 2) #5-Mark Martin, 26th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 16th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 25th 5) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 36th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 20th 7) #39-Ryan Newman, 19th 8) #16-Greg Biffle, 17th 9) #11-Denny Hamlin, 2nd...

Chase stats going into Talladega:

#48-Jimmie Johnson's torrid run in Chase VI continued Sunday with another podium finish at Martinsville. Since finishing 24th at Talladega in the fourth Chase race in 2006, Johnson has accomplished the following over the last 32 chase races: * No finish worse than ...

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after Martinsville, Chase race 6 of 10; Season race 32 of 36]:

pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [6 wins], 6098, finished 2nd 2) #5-Mark Martin [5 wins], 5980, -118, 8th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 5948, -150, 5th 4) #14-Tony Stewart [4 wins], 5906, -192, 9th 5) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya...

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CLASSIC

the OLD way - Driver Points Standings [after Martinsville, race 32 of 36]: pos, car#, driver, points, behind 1). #14-Tony Stewart, 4682 2). #48-Jimmie Johnson, 4602, -80 3). #24-Jeff Gordon 4565, -117 4). #5-Mark Martin, 4231, -451 5). #11-Denny Hamlin, 4217, -465 ...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers finished at Martinsville Speedway:

(in points order at start of the race) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, finished 2nd 2) #5-Mark Martin, 8th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 5th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 9th 5) #2-Kurt Busch, 17th 6) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 3rd 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 25th 8) #39-Ryan Newman, 7th 9) #9-Kasey Kahne...

Did Not Finish Streak and stats:

#14-Tony Stewart has the longest current streak of finishing races at 55 races of drivers who have ran all the races. The next driver with the most is: #39-Ryan Newman & #00-David Reutimann with 38 straight races without a DNF. Five drivers have run all the 2009 races...

Top-5’s, Top-10’s:

#24-Jeff Gordon leads all drivers after 32 races in 2009 with 16 Top-5 finishes, followed by #14-Tony Stewart with 15 and #48-Jimmie Johnson with 14. #24-Gordon has the most Top-10's after 32 races with 23. #14-Stewart is next at 22 and #48-Johnson next with 21. Two...

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Goes Short Track Racing Live on ABC:

The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup begins its final five races this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races on NASCAR's smallest track, the half-mile Martinsville Speedway, for 500 laps on Sunday, Oct. 25. ESPN's live, flag-to-flag coverage of the race is presented...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers will start at Martisnville Speedway:

(in current points order) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, starts 15th 2) #5-Mark Martin, 4th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 2nd 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 13th 5) #2-Kurt Busch, 37th 6) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 21st 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 20th 8) #39-Ryan Newman, 1st/pole 9) #9-Kasey Kahne, 26th...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers practice on Friday at Martisnville Speedway:

(in current points order) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 9th fastest 2) #5-Mark Martin, 1st 3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 3rd 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 39th 5) #2-Kurt Busch, 23rd 6) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 2nd 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 38th 8) #39-Ryan Newman, 6th 9) #9-Kasey Kahne, 11th 10) #...