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WIX Filters Lap Leader News and Notes: TUMS Fast Relief 500
Press Release
- Kyle Busch was the WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race in the October 16 Bank of America 500 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, leading six times for a race-high 217 laps.
- Busch and Denny Hamlin are tied for the lead (6-6) in the overall WIX Filters Lap Leader standings entering the October 24 TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
- DID YOU KNOW? Denny Hamlin had led the most laps in each of the last three consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Martinsville, earning WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in each of those events:
2009 spring: 296 laps
2009 fall: 206 laps
2010 spring: 172 laps
- DID YOU KNOW? The driver leading the most laps in the 10 most recent fall races at Martinsville has scored FIVE wins and finished no worse than sixth (average finish of 2.3).
- Drivers that have led the most laps in the 10 most recent fall races at Martinsville Speedway:
2000: Jeff Burton, 202 laps, third
2001: Ricky Craven, 94 laps, FIRST
2002: Ward Burton, 145 laps, fifth
2003: Jeff Gordon, 313 laps, FIRST
2004: Kurt Busch, 120 laps, fifth
2005: Tony Stewart, 283 laps, second
2006: Jimmie Johnson, 245 laps, FIRST
2007: Jeff Gordon, 168 laps, third
2008: Jimmie Johnson, 339 laps, FIRST
2009: Denny Hamlin, 206 laps, FIRST
- The record for most laps led by a race winner at Martinsville in a 500-lap race is 493 by Fred Lorenzen (1964 fall race).
- The record for most lead changes in a race at Martinsville is 25 (1980 fall race).
- The record for different leaders in a race at Martinsville is 14 (2001 fall race).
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS Denny Hamlin 6 Kyle Busch 6 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 Bank of America 500 Kyle Busch, 217 laps
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- Camp & Associates, Inc., for WIX Filters, Press Release
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