The Final Lap with Kerry Murphey

POINT STANDINGS | CUP SERIES
The most points you can earn in a race is 48
43 for P1, +3 for winning, +1 for leading a lap, +1 for leading the most laps

12 Ryan Newman OUT
11 Kyle Busch OUT
10 Denny Hamlin OUT
9 Kurt Busch -87
8 Jeff Gordon -81
7 Dale Earnhardt Jr. -79
6 Jimmie Johnson -55
5 Brad Keselowski -49
4 Matt Kenseth -38
3 Kevin Harvick -33
2 Tony Stewart -3
1 Carl Edwards Leader

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TRACK STATS | PHOENIX

Race #9 in the Chase, Race: 35 of 36
Track Size: 1 mile
·     Banking/1 and 2: 10 – 11 degrees
·     Banking/3 and 4: 8 – 9 degrees
·     Banking/Frontstretch: 3 degrees
·     Banking/Backstretch: 9 degrees
·     Frontstretch: 1,179 feet
·     Backstretch: 1,551 feet
Miles/laps: 312 miles, 312 laps
Last years pole sitter and winner was Carl Edwards

DRIVER STATS
1 – Carl Edwards (No. 99 AFLAC Ford)
·         Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 99.1
2011 Rundown
·         One win, 17 top fives, 24 top 10s; two poles
·         Average finish of 9.7
·         Led 23 races for 757 laps
Phoenix International Raceway Outlook:
·         One win, five top fives, nine top 10s; three poles
·         Average finish of 13.0 in 14 races
·         Average Running Position of 13.6, ninth-best
·         Driver Rating of 99.6, fourth-best
·         252 Fastest Laps Run, third-most
·         Average Green Flag Speed of 123.428 mph, second-fastest
·         2,827 Laps in the Top 15 (68.6%), eighth-most

2 – Tony Stewart (No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet)
·         Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 93.9
2011 Rundown
·         Four wins, seven top fives, 17 top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 12.6
·         Led 19 races for 688 laps
Phoenix International Raceway Outlook:
·         One win, seven top fives, 10 top 10s
·         Average finish of 11.7 in 19 races
·         Average Running Position of 10.4, fourth-best
·         Driver Rating of 98.1, seventh-best
·         559 Green Flag Passes, fourth-most
·         Average Green Flag Speed of 123.417 mph, fourth-fastest
·         3,122 Laps in the Top 15 (75.7%), fourth-most
·         336 Quality Passes, fourth-most

3 – Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet)
·         Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 92.2
2011 Rundown
·         Four wins, nine top fives, 18 top 10s
·         Average finish of 11.4
·         Led 16 races for 391 laps
Phoenix International Raceway Outlook:
·         Two wins, four top fives, eight top 10s
·         Average finish of 13.8 in 17 races
·         Average Running Position of 11.7, seventh-best
·         Driver Rating of 95.9, ninth-best
·         154 Fastest Laps Run, 10th-most
·         506 Green Flag Passes, 10th-most
·         Average Green Flag Speed of 123.322 mph, eighth-fastest
·         2,981 Laps in the Top 15 (72.3%), sixth-most
·         281 Quality Passes, eighth-most

Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup To Be Seen Like Never Before

NASCAR, Turner Sports and ESPN to Make RaceBuddy and WatchESPN Available to Fans for the First Time Ever During the Chase

Heading into the start of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR, ESPN and Turner Sports, which manages NASCAR.COM, announced today details of a new partnership that will provide race fans with a never-before-seen digital viewing experience during the sport’s postseason run. NASCAR.COM’s RaceBuddy product will be available for the first time ever during the Chase while NASCAR content will appear for the first time ever in ESPN’s WatchESPN.com platform and WatchESPN app.

RaceBuddy, NASCAR.COM’s popular, interactive live video product, will feature two mosaics with a mix of eight in-car and stationary cameras positioned around the track for the nine Chase races airing on ESPN. Fans wanting to watch ESPN’s live telecast on their computer, smartphone or tablet will now be able to do so through ESPN’s groundbreaking application, WatchESPN and WatchESPN.com.

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