The Races
• 71 drivers qualified for/participated in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race this season.
• There were 12 different race winners this season:
- Carl Edwards (nine)
- Kyle Busch (eight)
- Jimmie Johnson (six)
- Greg Biffle (two)
- Jeff Burton (two)
- Ryan Newman (one)
- Clint Bowyer (one)
- Kasey Kahne (one)
- Denny Hamlin (one)
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. (one)
- Kurt Busch (one)
- Tony Stewart (one)
• 37 different drivers have posted at least one top-10 finish in 2008, led by Carl Edwards with 27.
• Eight drivers had a best finish of second this season:
- David Gilliland
- Jeff Gordon
- Kevin Harvick
- Matt Kenseth
- Paul Menard
- Juan Pablo
- Montoya
- Brian Vickers
- Michael Waltrip
• There were nine green-white-checkered finishes this season:
- Bristol
- Texas
- Richmond
- Michigan
- Infineon
- Daytona-2
- Talladega-2
- Martinsville-2
- Phoenix-2
• The race was won from a top-10 start 28 times this season.
• The deepest in the field that a race winner started in 2008 was 34th, by Tony Stewart at Talladega-2.
• Nine races were won from the pole and the average start of the race winner in 2008 is 8.00.
• The pole winner (or driver that started first in cases of no qualifying) finishing position:
- First 9
- 2nd-5th 8
- 6th-10th 3
- 11th-30th 11
- 31st or beyond 5
• The lap leader performance of the pole winner (or driver that started first in cases of no qualifying):
- Led First Lap 26
- Led at All 35
- Led Most Laps 12
- Won Race 9
• The race winner’s starting positions:
- Pole 9
- 2nd-5th 12
- 6th-10th 8
- 11th-30th 5
- 31st or beyond 2
• The lap leader performance of the race winner:
- Led First Lap 7
- Led Most Laps 17
- Led Mid-Race Lap 9
- Led With 10 to Go 24
- Led With One to Go 35
source: nascar press release
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