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Hendrick Motorsports One Victory Shy Of Tying Martinsville Mark:

Since the 21st Century began, NASCAR's Sprint Cup teams have been faced with not only overcoming the traditional mechanical challenges presented by Martinsville Speedway, but also trying to figure a way to defeat Hendrick Motorsports at the circuit's shortest track...

Stewart to tell if the Whopper is…:

#14-Tony Stewart will go head-to-head with a lie detector machine to answer a list of questions. Among the queries will be a question about whether he likes the Whopper-brand hamburger served by one of his sponsors, Burger King. The session will begin at 1:00pm/et, ...

Notes/Facts after Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

* Jimmie Johnson won the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. This marked the sixth victory by Johnson at Lowe's, tying him with Darrell Waltrip and Bobby Allison for the most by any driver at that racetrack. Johnson did it in 17 races while Waltrip took 34...

Johnson has largest points lead after 5 Chase races:

after five Chase races [of 10], #48-Jimmie Johnson has the largest points lead after five races of any of the 6 Chases [2004-2009]. The points leaders after five races in each of the four seasons: 2009: Jimmie Johnson 90 points ahead of Mark Martin 2008: Jimmie Johnson...

Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 NASCAR Banking 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 Saturdays race. ABC was the broadcast team for this event. Total number of commercials: 118 Total number of companies...

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after LMS, Chase race 5 of 10; Season race 31 of 36]:

pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [6 wins], 5923, finished 1st 2) #5-Mark Martin [5 wins], 5833, -90, 17th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 5788, -135, 4th 4) #14-Tony Stewart [4 wins], 5768, -155, 13th 5) #2-Kurt Busch [1 win], ...

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CLASSIC

the OLD way - Driver Points Standings [after Lowe's, race 31 of 36]: pos, car#, driver, points, behind 1). #14-Tony Stewart, 4544 2). #48-Jimmie Johnson, 4427, -117 3). #24-Jeff Gordon 4405, -139 4). #5-Mark Martin, 4084, -460 5). #2-Kurt Busch, 4058, -486 6). #11-...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers finished at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

(by the drivers Chase standing at start of race) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, won the race 2) #5-Mark Martin, 17th 3) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 35th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 13th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 4th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 10th 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 16th 8) #99-Carl Edwards, 39th/...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers practice in Happy Hour practice at LMS:

(by the drivers Chase standing) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 1st/fastest 2) #5-Mark Martin, 2nd 3) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 25th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 12th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 14th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 36th 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 16th 8) #99-Carl Edwards, 32nd 9) #11-Denny Hamlin...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers start at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

(by the drivers Chase standing) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, starts 1st on the pole 2) #5-Mark Martin, 2nd 3) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 18th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 5th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 9th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 15th 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 23rd 8) #99-Carl Edwards, 28th 9) #11-Denny...

Dale Jr. still leads drivers in sales:

Danica Patrick has won just 1 of 81 IRL races (1.23%). But Dale Earnhardt Jr. has Patrick easily beat on that winning percentage. "Little E" has won 1 of the last 129 Sprint Cup races (0.77%) and he's 0 for the last 51. Yet, Earnhardt seems to be humming along in the...

Auto Club Notes and Facts:

* Jimmie Johnson won the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway. It marked the third straight victory by Johnson in the fall race at California. He scored his fourth Cup win in 14 races at California, the most by any driver. * A Chase driver won the 21st straight Chase race...

Did Not Finish Streak and stats:

#14-Tony Stewart has the longest current streak of finishing races at 53 of drivers who have ran all the races. #19-Elliott Sadler had been tied with Stewart before being caught in a late accident at Auto Club Speedway. #43-Reed Sorenson had a streak of 55 races since...

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after Auuto Club, Chase race 4 of 10; Season race 30 of 36]:

pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [5 wins], 5728, finished 1st 2) #5-Mark Martin [5 wins], 5716, -12, 4th 3) #42-Juan Montoya 5670, -58, 3rd 4) #14-Tony Stewart [4 wins], 5644 -84, 5th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 5623 -105...

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CLASSIC

the OLD way - Driver Points Standings [after Auto Club, race 30 of 36]: pos, car#, driver, points, behind 1 #14-Tony Stewart,4420 2 #24-Jeff Gordon 4240, -180 3 #48-Jimmie Johnson 4232, -188 4 #11-Denny Hamlin 3980, -440 5 #5-Mark Martin 3967, -453 6 #42-Juan Montoya...

NASCAR clarifies warning to Brad Keselowski at Kansas:

NASCAR officials clarified their intent in warning Hendrick Motorsports #25-Brad Keselowski during last weeks race at Kansas Speedway. NASCAR Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton said Friday afternoon that Keselowski was not warned because of contact with ...

Childress Honoring Chevy’s Manufacturer’s Championship:

A decal honoring Chevy's 2009 Manufacturer's Championship in NASCAR's premier division will be affixed to all four Richard Childress Racing entries [#07, #29, #31, #33] for this weekend's Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway. Chevy earned its 33rd Manufacturer...

Chase Stats going into Auto Club Speedway:

Last week, we opined it was "go time" for #14-Tony Stewart if it he wanted to get into serious contention. Smoke must have been paying attention as he marched to victory at Kansas and catapulted 39 points and one position closer to first place #5-Mark Martin. He now...

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers start at Auto Club Speedway:

1) #5-Mark Martin, starts 10th 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 4th 3) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 5th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 21st 5) #2-Kurt Busch, 25th 6) #11-Denny Hamlin, 1st 7) #24-Jeff Gordon, 11th 8) #16-Greg Biffle, 3rd 9) #39-Ryan Newman, 37th 10) #99-Carl Edwards, 12th 11...

Auto Club practice rank for the 2009 Chase Drivers:

1) #5-Mark Martin, was 3rd fastest 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 2nd 3) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 1st 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 18th 5) #2-Kurt Busch, 6th 6) #11-Denny Hamlin, 27th 7) #24-Jeff Gordon, 22nd 8) #16-Greg Biffle, 23rd 9) #39-Ryan Newman, 8th 10) #99-Carl Edwards, 10th...