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WIX Filters Lap Leader News and Notes: Ford 400
Press Release
- Denny Hamlin was the WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race in the November 14 Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix (Avondale, Ariz.) International Raceway, leading four times for a race-high 190 laps.
- Hamlin leads Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch by one race (8-7) in the overall WIX Filters Lap Leader standings entering the November 21 Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway.
- DID YOU KNOW? BOTH Hamlin and Busch use WIX Filters on their race cars.
- Hamlin was the WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race in the 2009 Ford 400 at Homestead, leading three times for a race-high 71 laps.
- The driver leading the most laps at Homestead-Miami Speedway has won THREE CONSECUTIVE races and scored five victories in 11 previous events (average finish is 3.8) plus has finished eighth or better in the last EIGHT CONSECUTIVE races.
- The record for most laps led in a race at Homestead is 214 by Matt Kenseth in the 2007 Ford 400.
- The record for lead changes in a race at Homestead is 25 in the 2007 Ford 400.
- The record for most leaders in a race at Homestead is 12 (twice, most recently in 2005).
- Drivers that have led the most laps in 11 previous at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
1999: Bobby Labonte, 174 laps, second
2000: Tony Stewart, 166 laps, FIRST
2001: Tony Stewart, 72 laps, 19th
2002: Joe Nemechek, 111 laps, second
2003: Bill Elliott, 189 laps, eighth
2004: Greg Biffle, 117 laps, FIRST
2005: Tony Stewart, 65 laps, second
2006: Carl Edwards, 94 laps, fourth
2007: Matt Kenseth, 214 laps, FIRST
2008: Carl Edwards, 157 laps, FIRST
2009: Denny Hamlin, 71 laps, FIRST
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS Denny Hamlin 8 Kyle Busch 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 Kobalt Tools 500 Denny Hamlin, 190 laps
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- Camp & Associates, Inc., for WIX Filters, Press Release
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