NASCAR SprintCup Race Numbers from 2008

Races and drivers... some stats for the curious about the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2008 season.

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

Note: Mid-Race lap is as scheduled regardless of shortened or extended race length.

source: nascar press release