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WINNING FORMULAS
David Sabino
December 23, 2010
STREAKS, FEATS and a history-making sweep—the many drivers who graced Victory Lane did more than just come out ahead of the pack
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December 23, 2010

Winning Formulas

STREAKS, FEATS and a history-making sweep—the many drivers who graced Victory Lane did more than just come out ahead of the pack

DATE

RACE

WINNER

2/14

Daytona 500, Daytona

Jamie McMURRAY

2/21

Auto Club 500, Fontana

Jimmie JOHNSON

2/28

Shelby American, Las Vegas

Jimmie JOHNSON

3/7

Kobalt Tools 500, Atlanta

Kurt BUSCH

3/21

Food City 500, Bristol

Jimmie JOHNSON

3/29

Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500, Martinsville

Denny HAMLIN

4/10

Subway Fresh Fit 600, Phoenix

Ryan NEWMAN

4/19

Samsung Mobile 500, Texas

Denny HAMLIN

4/25

Aaron's 499, Talladega

Kevin HARVICK

5/1

Crown Royal/Heath Calhoun 400, Richmond

Kyle BUSCH

5/8

Showtime Southern 500, Darlington

Denny HAMLIN

5/16

Autism Speaks 400, Dover

Kyle BUSCH

5/30

Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte

Kurt BUSCH

6/6

Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500, Pocono

Denny HAMLIN

6/13

Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400, Michigan

Denny HAMLIN

6/20

Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma

Jimmie JOHNSON

6/27

Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Loudon

Jimmie JOHNSON

7/3

Coke Zero 400, Daytona

Kevin HARVICK

7/10

LifeLock.com 400, Chicago

David REUTIMANN

7/25

Brickyard 400, Indianapolis

Jamie McMURRAY

8/1

Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500, Pocono

Greg BIFFLE

8/8

Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen, Watkins Glen

Juan Pablo MONTOYA

8/15

Carfax 400, Michigan

Kevin HARVICK

8/21

Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol

Kyle BUSCH

9/5

Emory Healthcare 500, Atlanta

Tony STEWART

9/11

Air Guard 400, Richmond

Denny HAMLIN

9/19

Sylvania 300, Loudon

Clint BOWYER

9/26

AAA 400, Dover

Jimmie JOHNSON

10/3

Price Chopper 400, Kansas

Greg BIFFLE

10/10

Pepsi Max 400, Fontana

Tony STEWART

10/16

Bank of America 500, Charlotte

Jamie McMURRAY

10/24

TUMS Fast Relief 500, Martinsville

Denny HAMLIN

10/31

AMP Energy Juice 500, Talladega

Clint BOWYER

11/7

AAA Texas 500, Texas

Denny HAMLIN

11/14

Kobalt Tools 500, Phoenix

Carl EDWARDS

11/21

Ford 400, Homestead

Carl EDWARDS

CHASE RACES began on Sept. 19

10 DRIVERS WHO won multiple races during the 2010 season, the most since 10 won in '02.

8 TIMES THAT Jimmie Johnson has won consecutive races after doing it twice in 2010. Overall Johnson has won races in nine straight years dating to '02, his first full season on the Cup circuit.

4 TRACKS AT which Johnson has never won. That's down from six entering 2010, in which Johnson earned his first wins at Sonoma and Bristol. The only Cup tracks for him to conquer are Chicago, Homestead, Michigan and Watkins Glen.

29 SPOTS THAT Denny Hamlin moved up to win the Nov. 7 race at Texas, after starting 30th. At the Texas spring race Hamlin won from the 29th starting spot.

7 DRIVERS WHO'VE won the All-Star Race and the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte successively after Kurt Busch did it last May.

5.4 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS earned by Jeff Gordon in 36 starts, the lowest-earning season for NASCAR's alltime money leader since he took home $3 million in 2000. All told Gordon has won roughly $114.8 million in his 19 years on the Cup circuit.

2 LAPS LED of the Daytona 500 by winner Jamie McMurray, the fewest by any winner of the Great American Race. The old mark was four, by both Benny Parsons in 1975 and Kevin Harvick in 2007.

3 EVENTS WON from Wednesday, Aug. 18 through Saturday, Aug. 21 at Bristol by Kyle Busch, who by sweeping the Truck Series, Nationwide and Sprint Cup races became the first driver to pull off a NASCAR trifecta at a single track in a single week.

70 RACES WITHOUT a victory for Carl Edwards, from his win on Nov. 16, 2008, at Homestead until he took the checkered flag at Phoenix on Nov. 14.

6 DRIVERS—EDWARDS, Juan Pablo Montoya, Ryan Newman, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer and Greg Biffle—who ended winless streaks of 64 races or more during the 2010 season.

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