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WIX Filters Lap Leader News and Notes: Bank of America 500
Press Release
- Clint Bowyer was the WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race in the October 10 Pepsi MAX 400 at Auto Club (Fontana, Calif.) Speedway, leading four times for a 40 laps.
- Denny Hamlin leads Kyle Busch by one race (6-5) in the overall WIX Filters Lap Leader standings entering the October 16 Bank of America 500 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway.
- OUT FRONT IS THE PLACE TO BE: The driver leading the most laps has won 10 of the 24 most recent NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Charlotte Motor Speedway (spring and fall events).
- DID YOU KNOW? The driver leading the most laps in the 10 most recent fall races at Charlotte has scored FIVE wins and six top-five finishes (average finish is 8.7).
- The record for most laps led by a NASCAR Sprint Cup race winner at Charlotte Motor Speedway is 335 by Jim Paschal in the 1967 Coca-Cola 600.
- The record for most leaders in a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway is 21 in the 2005 Coca-Cola 600.
- Drivers that have led the most laps in the 10 most recent fall races at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
2000: Ricky Rudd, 98 laps, third
2001: Sterling Marlin, 135 laps, FIRST
2002: Jamie McMurray, 96 laps, FIRST
2003: Tony Stewart, 149 laps, FIRST
2004: Kasey Kahne, 207 laps, 32nd
2005: Elliott Sadler, 112 laps, 27th
2006: Kasey Kahne, 134 laps, FIRST
2007: Jimmie Johnson, 95 laps, 14th
2008: Jimmie Johnson, 67 laps, sixth
2009: Jimmie Johnson, 92 laps, FIRST
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS Denny Hamlin 6 Kyle Busch 5 Tony Stewart 4 Kevin Harvick 3 Juan Pablo Montoya 3 Kasey Kahne 2 Jeff Burton 2 Clint Bowyer 2 Marcos Ambrose 1 Jamie McMurray 1 AJ Allmendinger 1 WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE EVENT DRIVER Daytona 500 Kevin Harvick, 41 laps Auto Club 500 Jeff Burton, 46 laps Shelby American Tony Stewart, seven laps Kobalt Tools 500 Kasey Kahne, 144 laps Food City 500 Juan Pablo Montoya, 29 laps Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 Denny Hamlin, 172 laps Subway Fresh Fit 600 Kyle Busch, 113 laps Samsung Mobile 500 Tony Stewart, 74 laps Aaron’s 499 Jeff Burton, 28 laps Crown Royal 400 Kyle Busch, 226 laps SHOWTIME Southern 500 Denny Hamlin, 104 laps Autism Speaks 400 Kyle Busch, 131 laps Coca-Cola 600 Kyle Busch, 36 laps Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 Denny Hamlin, 88 laps Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Denny Hamlin, 123 laps Toyota/Save Mart 350 Marcos Ambrose, 35 laps LENOX Industrial Tools 301 Kasey Kahne, 110 laps Coke Zero 400 Kevin Harvick, 28 laps LifeLock.com 400 Jamie McMurray, 72 laps Brickyard 400 Juan Pablo Montoya, 86 laps Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Denny Hamlin, 19 laps Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen Juan Pablo Montoya, 74 laps CARFAX 400 Kevin Harvick, 60 laps IRWIN Tools Night Race Kyle Busch, 282 laps Emory Healthcare 500 Tony Stewart, 176 laps Air Guard 400 Denny Hamlin, 251 laps Sylvania 300 Clint Bowyer, 177 laps AAA 400 AJ Allmendinger, 143 laps Price Chopper 400 Tony Stewart, 76 laps Pepsi MAX 400 Clint Bowyer, 40 laps
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- Camp & Associates, Inc., for WIX Filters, Press Release
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