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The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2016 Top 10 at Bristol Motor Speedway
Driver
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Races
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Poles
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Wins
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Top Fives
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Top 10s
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DNFs
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Average Finish
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Driver Rating
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1
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Brad Keselowski
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13
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0
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2
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4
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5
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0
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14.6
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92.8
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2
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Kevin Harvick
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31
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1
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1
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10
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14
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3
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14.4
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94.4
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3
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Kurt Busch
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31
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1
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5
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9
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16
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2
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14.1
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93.4
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4
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Kyle Busch
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22
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1
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5
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8
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13
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2
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13.1
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99.7
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5
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Carl Edwards
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24
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3
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4
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6
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11
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2
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14.2
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94.1
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6
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Joey Logano
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15
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1
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2
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3
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5
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1
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18.1
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85.6
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7
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Denny Hamlin
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21
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3
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1
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5
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9
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2
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16.8
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89.0
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8
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Martin Truex Jr
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21
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0
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0
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2
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2
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2
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20.8
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81.1
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9
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Matt Kenseth
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33
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2
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4
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13
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20
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5
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13.5
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102.1
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10
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Jimmie Johnson
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29
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1
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1
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10
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16
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1
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14.4
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92.2
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* – Based on last 23 races at Bristol Motor Speedway (2005 – 2016).
Bristol Motor Speedway Data
Season Race #: 23 of 36 (08-20-16)
Track Size: 0.533-miles
Banking/Turns 1 & 2: 24-28 degrees
Banking/Turns 3 & 4: 24-28 degrees
Banking/Frontstretch: 4-8 degrees
Banking/Backstretch: 4-8 degrees
Frontstretch Length: 650 feet
Backstretch Length: 650 feet
Race Length: 500 laps / 266.5 miles
Top 10 Active Driver Ratings at Bristol
Matt Kenseth............................ 102.1
Kyle Busch................................. 99.7
Jeff Gordon................................ 99.5
Chase Elliott............................... 95.3
Kevin Harvick.............................. 94.4
Carl Edwards.............................. 94.1
Kurt Busch.................................. 93.4
Brad Keselowski......................... 92.8
Jimmie Johnson.......................... 92.2
Greg Biffle.................................. 90.2
Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2016 races (23 total) among active drivers at Bristol Motor Speedway
Qualifying/Race Data
2015 pole winner:
Denny Hamlin, Toyota
131.407 mph, 14.602 secs. 08-21-15
2015 race winner:
Joey Logano, Ford
96.890 mph, (2:45:02), 08-22-15
Track qualifying record:
Denny Hamlin, Toyota
131.407 mph, 14.602 secs. 08-21-15
Track race record:
Charlie Glotzbach, Chevrolet
101.074 mph, (2:38:12), 07-11-71
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At Bristol Motor Speedway:
History
· Groundbreaking for Bristol International Speedway, as Bristol Motor Speedway was originally known, took place in 1960. The track was an exact half-mile.
· First NASCAR Sprint Cup race was July 30, 1961; Jack Smith won the event (with relief from Johnny Allen).
· All of the NSCS races have been scheduled for 500 laps, except for both races in 1976 and the second in 1977, which were 400 laps.
· In the fall of 1969, the track was reshaped and re-measured to .533-miles.
· The name changed to Bristol International Raceway in 1978.
· The first night race was held in the fall of 1978.
· The surface was changed from asphalt to concrete in 1992.
· The name changed to Bristol Motor Speedway in May 1996.
· The track was resurfaced between races in 2007, and the turns were ground down in 2012 to eliminate part of the progressive banking.
Starts
· There have been 111 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway since the first race in 1961, two races each season.
· 441 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol; 308 in more than one.
· NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty leads the series in starts at Bristol with 60. Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers with 46 starts.
· Joey Logano leads all active series drivers in average starting position at Bristol with a 7.600. Logano and Jeff Gordon (8.022) are the only two active drivers with an avg. starting position inside the top 10.
Starts
· Ryan Newman leads the series among active drivers with the most NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Bristol without visiting Victory Lane at 29.
· Paul Menard (18 starts) leads the series in starts with the fewest DNFs (0) at Bristol.
· Thirty-three drivers have made their first series career start at Bristol Motor Speedway; including two active drivers - AJ Allmendinger (2007) and Regan Smith (2007).
Poles
· Fred Lorenzen won the inaugural Coors Light pole with a speed of 79.225 mph in a Ford.
· 48 different drivers have poles at Bristol, led by Mark Martin and Cale Yarborough with nine each. Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers with five; followed by Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman with three each.
· 10 different drivers have posted consecutive poles at Bristol Motor Speedway; Mark Martin is the only of the 10 to win four consecutive poles at Bristol: Fireball Roberts (swept 1962), Fred Lorenzen (swept 1963), Richard Petty (1967-’68), Bobby Allison (swept 1972), Cale Yarborough (swept 1973; swept 1977; swept 1980),Darrell Waltrip (swept 1981), Geoff Bodine (swept 1986), Mark Martin (swept 1995-1996– all four races; and swept 2009); Rusty Wallace (swept 1998), Jeff Gordon (swept 2002) and Denny Hamlin (fall 2013, spring 2014).
· Youngest Bristol pole winner: Joey Logano (3/21/2010 – 19 years, 9 months, 25 days) – his first series career pole.
· Oldest Bristol pole winner: Harry Gant (8/27/1994 – 54 years, 7 months, 17 days).
· Seven different drivers have posted their first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career pole at Bristol. Joey Logano is the only active driver to win his first NSCS career pole at Bristol (03/21/2010).
Wins
· 42 different drivers have won at Bristol, led by Darrell Waltrip (12). Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch and Kyle Buscheach have five wins, the most among active drivers.
· 12 drivers have won consecutive races at Bristol led by Darrell Waltrip with seven consecutive victories from 1981-1984. The other 11 are Fred Lorenzen (1963-1964 sweep), David Pearson (1968 sweep), Bobby Allison(1972 sweep), Cale Yarborough did it twice (1974 sweep and four straight from 1976-1977), Richard Petty(1975 sweep), Dale Earnhardt also did twice (1985 sweep and 1987 sweep), Alan Kulwicki (1992 sweep),Rusty Wallace (2000 sweep), Kurt Busch (2003 sweep and 2004 spring race), Kyle Busch (2009 sweep), and Brad Keselowski (2011 fall-2012 spring).
· Youngest Bristol winner: Kyle Busch (03/25/2007 – 21 years, 10 months, 23 days).
· Oldest Bristol winner: Dale Earnhardt (08/28/1999 – 48 years, 3 months, 30 days).
· Five drivers have posted their first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career win at Bristol Motor Speedway: Dale Earnhardt (04/01/1979), Rusty Wallace (04/06/1986), Ernie Irvan (03/25/1990), Elliott Sadler (03/25/2001) andKurt Busch (03/24/2002).
Wins
· Junior Johnson leads the series in car owner wins at Bristol with 16; Roger Penske leads the series among active car owners with the most wins at Bristol with 12.
· The race winner has started from the pole 24 times (21.6%) - the most productive starting position. The last driver to win from the pole was Carl Edwards (Spring 2016).
· Six drivers have won from the pole position multiple times: Bobby Allison (1972 twice), Cale Yarborough(1973, 1977 twice, 1980), Darrell Waltrip (1981 twice, 1982), Rusty Wallace (1991, 1993, 1999, 2000), Matt Kenseth (2005, 2015) and Carl Edwards (2008, 2016).
· 37 of the 111 (33.3%) races at Bristol have been won from the front row: Pole position (24 wins); second-place (13 wins).
· 65 of the 111 (58.5%) races have been won from a top-five starting position.
· 89 of the 111 (80.1%) races have been won from a top-10 starting position
· Five of the 111 (4.5%) races have been won from a starting position outside the top 20; most recent was Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2004 – he started 30th.
· The deepest in the field that a race winner has started is 38th, by Elliott Sadler in 2001.
· Eight different manufacturers have won in the NSCS at Bristol; led by Chevrolet with 43 victories; followed byFord (36), Dodge (8), Pontiac (8), Toyota (8), Buick (4), Plymouth (3) and Oldsmobile (1).
· Four car numbers have produced eight or more Bristol NSCS wins:
Car Number – (Number of Wins) – Most Recent Win
o No. 11 - (19 wins) – Denny Hamlin, 2012
o No. 2 – (12 wins) – Brad Keselowski, 2012
o No. 17 – (eight wins) – Matt Kenseth, 2006
o No. 3 – (eight wins) – Dale Earnhardt, 1999
Additional Finishing Position Stats
· Richard Petty leads the series in runner-up finishes at Bristol with 10; Kevin Harvick leads all active drivers with five; followed by Kyle Busch with three.
· Darrell Waltrip leads the series in top-three finishes at Bristol with 23 followed Richard Petty with 18. Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers with 11.
· Darrell Waltrip and Richard Petty lead the series in top-five finishes at Bristol with 26 each. Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers with 17; followed by Matt Kenseth with 13 each.
· Richard Petty has leads the series in top-10 finishes at Bristol with 37. Jeff Gordon leads the series among active drivers in top-10 finishes with 25; followed by Matt Kenseth (20).
Additional Finishing Position Stats
· Chase Elliott leads the series among active drivers in average finishing position at Bristol with an 4.000.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Average Finishing Positions at Bristol Motor Speedway
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Active Drivers All-Time
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Active Drivers Last Five Races (2014-2016)
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Driver
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Average Finishing Position
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Driver
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Average Finishing Position
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Chase Elliott
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4.000
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Chase Elliott
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4.000
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr
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11.857
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Carl Edwards
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8.000
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Jeff Gordon
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12.217
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Tony Stewart
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9.667
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Greg Biffle
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13.074
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr
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9.800
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Kyle Busch
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13.136
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Jimmie Johnson
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10.400
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Track/Event Specific Stats
· 13 of the last 16 NSCS races (81.2%) that have ended under green at Bristol Motor Speedway have a Margin of Victory of less than a second.
· Since the advent of electronic scoring the closest margin of victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Bristol is the 3/25/2007 race won by Kyle Busch with a MOV of 0.064 second.
Track/Event Specific Stats
· Two of the 111 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway have been shortened due to weather conditions; the most recent was the event on 3/31/1996.
· Qualifying has been cancelled due to weather conditions in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Bristol Motor Speedway three times; most recently August 25, 2012.
· There has been five green-white-checkered finishes at Bristol – all five were the spring race: 2007 (500/504); 2008 (500/506); 2009 (500/503); 2014 (500/503); 2015 (500/511).
· There have been 172 NASCAR Sprint Cup races among six tracks in Tennessee.
Track Name
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City
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NSCS
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Bristol Motor Speedway
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Bristol
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111
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Nashville Speedway
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Lebanon
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42
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Smokey Mountain Raceway
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Maryville
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12
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Kingsport Speedway
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Kingsport
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3
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Chattanooga International Raceway
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Chattanooga
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2
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Tennessee-Carolina Speedway
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Newport
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2
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· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held in Tennessee was at Tennessee-Carolina Speedway on 10/07/1956 and won by Fireball Roberts.
Tennessee Drivers
· 105 drivers in NASCAR national series history have their home state recorded as Tennessee.
· 14 drivers from Tennessee have won at least one race in NASCAR’s three national series.
Driver
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NSCS
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NXS
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NCWTS
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Darrell Waltrip
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84
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13
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0
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Sterling Marlin
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10
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2
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0
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Bobby Hamilton
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4
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1
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10
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Joe Lee Johnson
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2
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0
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0
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Trevor Bayne
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1
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2
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0
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Paul Lewis
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1
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0
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0
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Bobby Hamilton Jr
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0
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5
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0
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Jeff Purvis
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0
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4
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0
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L.D. Ottinger
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0
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3
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0
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Mike Alexander
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0
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2
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0
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Casey Atwood
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0
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2
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0
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Brad Teague
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0
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1
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0
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Chad Chaffin
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0
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0
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2
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John King
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0
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0
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1
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· Darrell Waltrip, from Franklin, Tennessee, was inducted into the 2012 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Waltrip is the only Tennessee native driver to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.
· Only two of the 14 drivers from Tennessee have won at least one race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at a track located in the state of Tennessee: Darrell Waltrip (Bristol, 12 wins; Nashville, eight wins) and Joe Lee Johnson (Nashville, one win).
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Milestones
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Active Full-time And Part-Time Drivers This Season
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Drivers
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Has
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Needs
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Milestones
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Paul Menard
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349
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1
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Become the 70th driver in series history to make 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career starts.
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Tony Stewart
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49
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1
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Tie NASCAR Hall of Famers Ned Jarrett and Junior Johnson for 11th on all-time NSCS wins list
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Kyle Busch
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38
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1
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Tie NASCAR Hall of Famer Tim Flock for 18th on all-time NSCS wins list
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Matt Kenseth
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38
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1
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Tie NASCAR Hall of Famer Tim Flock for 18th on all-time NSCS wins list
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Kevin Harvick
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32
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1
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Tie Fireball Roberts for 22nd on all-time wins list
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Kurt Busch
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28
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1
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Break the tie with Rex White and Denny Hamlin to become solely 25th on all-time NSCS wins list
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Denny Hamlin
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28
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1
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Break the tie with Rex White and Denny Hamlin to become solely 25th on all-time NSCS wins list
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Carl Edwards
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27
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1
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Tie Rex White, Kurt Busch and Denny Hamlin for 25th on all-time NSCS wins list
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Jimmie Johnson
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15
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1
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Tie Cale Yarborough for 10th on the NSCS wins from the pole list
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Kyle Busch
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7
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1
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Tie Mark Martin for 18th on the NSCS wins from the pole list
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Jimmie Johnson
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35
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1
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Tie Rusty Wallace and Rex White for 17th on all-time NSCS poles list
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Kasey Kahne
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27
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1
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Break tie with Terry Labonte to become solely 25th on all-time NSCS poles list
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Denny Hamlin
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23
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1
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Tie Alan Kulwicki for 28th on all-time NSCS poles list
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Kevin Harvick
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47
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1
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Tie Lee Petty (48) for 10th on all-time NSCS second-place finishes list
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Jimmie Johnson
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46
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1
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Tie Kevin Harvick for 11th on all-time NSCS second-place finishes list
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Dale Earnhardt Jr
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148
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1
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Tie Jim Paschal for 22nd on the all-time NSCS top-five finishes list.
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Kevin Harvick
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274
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1
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Become the 21st driver in NSCS history to post 275 top-10 finishes
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Jimmie Johnson
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17,938
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62
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To become ninth NSCS driver all-time to lead 18,000 laps
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Tony Stewart
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12,818
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182
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To become 11th NSCS driver all-time to lead 13,000 laps
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Kyle Busch
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11,965
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35
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To become 14th NSCS driver all-time to lead 12,000 laps
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Matt Kenseth
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10,851
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149
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To become 16th NSCS driver all-time to lead 11,000 laps
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Kevin Harvick
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9,693
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307
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To become 17th NSCS driver all-time to lead 10,000 laps
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Kurt Busch
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8,857
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143
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To become 20th NSCS driver all-time to lead 9,000 laps
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Track Specific Milestones
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Active Full-time And Part-Time Drivers This Season
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Drivers
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Has
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Needs
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Milestones
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Jeff Gordon
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5
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1
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Tie Richard Petty (six) for fourth-most all-time NSCS Bristol poles
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Kurt Busch
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5
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1
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Break tie with Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch to become solely fifth all-time on NSCS Bristol wins list and series most among active drivers
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Kyle Busch
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5
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1
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Break tie with Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch to become solely fifth all-time on NSCS Bristol wins list and series most among active drivers
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Jeff Gordon
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5
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1
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Break tie with Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch to become solely fifth all-time on NSCS Bristol wins list and series most among active drivers
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Jack Roush
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11
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1
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Tie Roger Penske for the second-most NSCS wins all-time at Bristol
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Rick Hendrick
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10
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1
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Tie Jack Roush for the third-most NSCS wins all-time at Bristol
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Richard Childress
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9
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1
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Tie Rick Hendrick for the fourth-most NSCS wins all-time at Bristol
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Joe Gibbs
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9
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1
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Tie Rick Hendrick for the fourth-most NSCS wins all-time at Bristol
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Chris Buescher’s Chase Eligibility
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30th
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David Ragan
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295
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Rank
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Driver
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Wins
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Points
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Points from 30th
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31
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Chris Buescher
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1
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292
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-3
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32
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Regan Smith
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0
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278
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-17
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33
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Brian Scott
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0
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267
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-28
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34
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Michael McDowell
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0
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256
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-39
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35
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Cole Whitt
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0
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225
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-70
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36
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Matt DiBenedetto
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0
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210
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-85
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37
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Michael Annett
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0
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202
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-93
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38
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Josh Wise
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0
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115
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-180
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39
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Reed Sorenson
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0
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94
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-201
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40
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Brian Vickers
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0
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86
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-209
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* To be eligible for the Chase, the driver must be in the top 30 of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings following race number 26.
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