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Enjoy a look back at Mark Martin's Southern 500 Darlington win from Saturday night from the angle of Sprint Cup Numbers:

1.531 - Martin's margin of victory, in seconds, over teammate Jimmie Johnson

2 - Wins for Martin at Darlington in 43 career starts

3 - Career 'Did Not Finish' results for Martin at Darlington, each of which was for engine problems

5 - Age of Martin's crew chief Alan Gustafson when Martin had his first Sprint Cup start in 1981

6 - Career victories for Gustafson as a Sprint Cup crew chief

7.523 - Martin's average running position, 5th-best in the field

9 - Number of races Martin has finished on the lead lap at Darlington in the past 10 he's raced

11 - Martin's new ranking in the Sprint Cup driver standings, up four spots from before the race and up from 34th after crashing at Atlanta in March

37 - Martin's new career win total

46 - Number of laps Martin led Saturday night

50 - Martin's age, and possibly the new '20' in Sprint Cup racing

96.6 - Percentage of laps Martin has completed at Darlington of 14,620 attempted

285 - Points Martin is behind Sprint Cup point leader Jeff Gordon

360 - Laps of 367 Martin completed inside the Top-15, second only to Ryan Newman's 367

Numbers: Mark Martin Stays Up Late originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Wed, 13 May 2009 09:38:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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]]>Alan GustafsonAlanGustafsonDarlington RacewayDarlingtonRacewayHendrick MotorsportsHendrickMotorsportsMark MartinMarkMartinSouthern 500Southern500Sprint Cup NumbersSprintCupNumbersGeoffrey MillerWed, 13 May 2009 09:38:00 EST Numbers: Shrub's Richmond B-Day Bashhttp://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2009/05/04/numbers-shrubs-richmond-birthday-bash/http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2009/05/04/numbers-shrubs-richmond-birthday-bash/http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2009/05/04/numbers-shrubs-richmond-birthday-bash/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Kyle Busch celebrated his 24th birthday Saturday night with his third win in Richmond. Here's a look at it from a feature we like to call Sprint Cup Numbers:

2.751 - Kyle Busch's margin of victory in seconds over Tony Stewart, the largest of the 2009 season

3 - Wins Kyle Busch had over the weekend after also taking the Nationwide Series race and a Denny Hamlin charity race

4.895 - Average running position, behind Jeff Gordon (4.198) and teammate Denny Hamlin (3.510)

9.4 - Kyle Busch's career winning percentage (wins vs. races ran) in Sprint Cup

15 - Busch's career wins in Sprint Cup

23.9 - Busch's winning percentage since coming to Joe Gibbs Racing to start 2008

30 - Laps that Kyle Busch was the fastest on the track, behind brother Kurt with 47 and Denny Hamlin with 43

50 - Career wins in all of NASCAR (Cup, Nationwide, Trucks)

53 - Laps led Saturday night by the No. 18, second to teammate Denny Hamlin with 148

160 - Busch's number of career starts at age 24. In comparison, Jeff Gordon had 80 starts at his 24th birthday with 7 wins

300 - First lap that Kyle Busch led of the 400-lap event

Numbers: Shrub's Richmond B-Day Bash originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Mon, 04 May 2009 09:45:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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]]>Denny HamlinDennyHamlinJeff GordonJeffGordonJoe Gibbs RacingJoeGibbsRacingKyle BuschKyleBuschRichmond International RacewayRichmondInternationalRacewaySprint CupSprint Cup NumbersSprintCupSprintCupNumbersTony StewartTonyStewartGeoffrey MillerMon, 04 May 2009 09:45:00 EST Numbers: Keselowski's 'Dega Shockerhttp://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2009/04/29/numbers-keselowskis-talladega-shocker/http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2009/04/29/numbers-keselowskis-talladega-shocker/http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2009/04/29/numbers-keselowskis-talladega-shocker/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Takin' a glance at Brad Keselowski's upset win in last Sunday's action at Talladega Superspeedway:

0.175 - Seconds Keselowski finished ahead of second-place Dale Earnhardt Jr.

1 - Total number of laps led by Keselowski in his Sprint Cup career

1 - Number of Miss Sprint Cup girls doused with champagne in victory lane by Keselowski

2 - Previous number of trips to NASCAR victory lane, both during 2008 in the Nationwide Series

5 - Total number of Sprint Cup starts for Keselowski [quickest win record held by Jamie McMurray with 3]

9 - Keselowski's starting position in Sunday's race

09 - Keselowski's winning car number. He became the first driver to take that car number to victory lane in NASCAR history.

16.739 - Keselowski's average running position in Sunday's race

105 - Number of starts, since 1990, for team owner James Finch to find Sprint Cup victory lane

193.531 - Keselowski's average mile per hour speed under green flag, second to Joe Nemechek

463 - Number of green flag passes during Sunday's race for Keselowski, second to David Ragan with 489

Numbers: Keselowski's 'Dega Shocker originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:48:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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]]>Aarons 499Aarons499Brad KeselowskiBradKeselowskiJames FinchJamesFinchSprint Cup NumbersSprintCupNumbersTalladega SuperspeedwayTalladegaSuperspeedwayGeoffrey MillerWed, 29 Apr 2009 14:48:00 EST