Short Laps

1 With one event left in the season, Hendrick Motorsports has now won 18 of the 35 races in 2007. How impressive has Hendrick's supremacy been? The last team to win at least half of the races in a season was Petty Enterprises in 1970.

2 Jeff Gordon (right) may not win the Cup this year, but he has already set a personal record with 29 top 10 finishes. His previous best was 28 in 1998—the year he repeated as Cup champ, claiming the third of his four championships—but he had 13 wins that year, compared with only six in 2007.