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WIX Filters Lap Leader News and Notes: AMP Energy Juice 500
Press Release
- Jeff Burton was the WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race in the October 24 TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, leading five times for a race-high 134 laps.
- Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin are tied for the lead (6-6) in the overall WIX Filters Lap Leader standings entering the October 31 AMP Energy 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
- Jeff Burton led five times for a race-high 28 laps to earn WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in the 2010 Aaron’s 499 at Talladega.
- The 2010 Aaron’s 499 featured a record number of lead changes (88) and different leaders (29), the most ever in 82 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Talladega.
- DID YOU KNOW? The driver leading the most laps has won the last TWO CONSECUTIVE fall races at Talladega and claimed FIVE wins and eight top-five finishes in the 10 most recent fall races (average finish is 6.3).
- THREE drivers in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup have led the most laps in the fall race at Talladega: Tony Stewart (2008 and 2005), Denny Hamlin (2007) and Jeff Gordon (2003 and 1999).
- The record for most laps led by a race winner at Talladega is 153 by Pete Hamilton in 1970.
- Drivers that have led the most laps in the 10 most recent fall races at Talladega:
2000: Bill Elliott, 40 laps, 24th
2001: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 67 laps, FIRST
2002: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 56 laps, FIRST
2003: Jeff Gordon, 47 laps, fifth
2004: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 78 laps, FIRST
2005: Tony Stewart, 65 laps, second
2006: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 37 laps, 23rd
2007: Denny Hamlin, 40 laps, fourth
2008: Tony Stewart, 24 laps, FIRST
2009: Jamie McMurray, 32 laps, FIRST
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS Denny Hamlin 6 Kyle Busch 6 Tony Stewart 4 Kevin Harvick 3 Juan Pablo Montoya 3 Jeff Burton 3 Kasey Kahne 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 TUMS Fast Relief 500 Jeff Burton, 134 laps
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- Camp & Associates, Inc., for WIX Filters, Press Release
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