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WIX Filters Lap Leader News and Notes: Kobalt Tools 500
Press Release
- Denny Hamlin was the WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race in the November 7 AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, leading twice for 31 laps.
- Hamlin and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch are tied for the lead (7-7) in the overall WIX Filters Lap Leader standings entering the November 14 Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix (Avondale, Ariz.) International Raceway.
- DID YOU KNOW? BOTH Hamlin and Busch use WIX Filters on their race cars.
- DID YOU KNOW? The driver leading the most laps has won 14 of 26 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Phoenix including the last THREE CONSECUTIVE.
- The driver leading the most laps has no worse than sixth in the 14 most recent fall races at Phoenix.
- Only four times in 22 previous fall races has the driver leading the most laps finished outside the top-10.
- The record for most laps led in a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Phoenix is 262 by Dale Earnhardt in the 1990 Kobalt Tools 500 (fall race).
- The record for most lead changes in a race at Phoenix is 23 in the 2000 Kobalt Tools 500 (fall race).
- The record for most different leaders in a race at Phoenix is 13 (four times, most recently in the 2010 spring race).
- Drivers that have led the most laps in 22 previous fall NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Phoenix:
1988: Ricky Rudd, 183 laps, 26th
1989: Alan Kulwicki, 96 laps, 11th
1990: Dale Earnhardt, 262 laps, FIRST
1991: Davey Allison, 162 laps, FIRST
1992: Rusty Wallace, 161 laps, 28th
1993: Mark Martin, 212 laps, FIRST
1994: Terry Labonte, 112 laps, FIRST
1995: Ernie Irvan, 111 laps, 40th
1996: Mark Martin, 83 laps, second
1997: Rusty Wallace, 117 laps, second
1998: Rusty Wallace, 196 laps, FIRST
1999: Tony Stewart, 154 laps, FIRST
2000: Jeff Burton, 105 laps, FIRST
2001: Jeff Burton, 102 laps, FIRST
2002: Kurt Busch, 117 laps, sixth
2003: Kurt Busch, 98 laps, fourth
2004: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 118 laps, FIRST
2005: Greg Biffle, 189 laps, second
2006: Kevin Harvick, 252 laps, FIRST
2007: Matt Kenseth, 93 laps, third
2008: Jimmie Johnson, 217 laps, FIRST
2009: Jimmie Johnson, 238 laps, FIRST
- Drivers that have led the most laps in 28 previous NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Phoenix:
1988: Ricky Rudd, 183 laps, 26th
1989: Alan Kulwicki, 96 laps, 11th
1990: Dale Earnhardt, 262 laps, FIRST
1991: Davey Allison, 162 laps, FIRST
1992: Rusty Wallace, 161 laps, 28th
1993: Mark Martin, 212 laps, FIRST
1994: Terry Labonte, 112 laps, FIRST
1995: Ernie Irvan, 111 laps, 40th
1996: Mark Martin, 83 laps, second
1997: Rusty Wallace, 117 laps, second
1998: Rusty Wallace, 196 laps, FIRST
1999: Tony Stewart, 154 laps, FIRST
2000: Jeff Burton, 105 laps, FIRST
2001: Jeff Burton, 102 laps, FIRST
2002: Kurt Busch, 117 laps, sixth
2003: Kurt Busch, 98 laps, fourth
2004: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 118 laps, FIRST
2005 spring: Kurt Busch, 219 laps, FIRST
2005 fall: Greg Biffle, 189 laps, second
2006 spring: Greg Biffle, 151 laps, 15th
2006 fall: Kevin Harvick, 252 laps, FIRST
2007 spring: Tony Stewart, 132 laps, second
2007 fall: Matt Kenseth, 93 laps, third
2008 spring: Jimmie Johnson, 120 laps, FIRST
2008 fall: Jimmie Johnson, 217 laps, FIRST
2009 spring: Mark Martin, 157 laps, FIRST
2009 fall: Jimmie Johnson, 238 laps, FIRST
2010 spring: Jimmie Johnson, 113 laps, third
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS Kyle Busch 7 Denny Hamlin 7 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 AMP Energy Juice 500 Kyle Busch, 20 laps AAA Texas 500 Denny Hamlin, 31 laps
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- Camp & Associates, Inc., for WIX Filters, Press Release
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