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Below are a number of streaks heading into this Sunday’s race at Infineon Raceway:

Denny Hamlin: Two consecutive wins

Kurt Busch: Three consecutive top 10s

Tony Stewart: Two consecutive top 5s

Greg Biffle: 32 consecutive weeks in the top 12

Joe Gibbs Racing: Have won 7 of the last 10 races

Jeff Burton: Will start 500th consecutive race Sunday

JPM Needs More RPM

Actually, that engine reference was just for the sake of a good headline, and by no means aimed at pinning Juan Pablo Montoya’s disappointing season thus far on engine troubles.

Whatever the reasons for Montoya’s current 20th-place position in the standings, once thing is certain – he needs to step it up, if he’s going to make the Chase.

Which brings us to Infineon Raceway, where Montoya got his first – and thus far only – NASCAR Sprint Cup victory, in 2007. Another win could jump-start Montoya’s season in a big way.

10th-Longest Streak In Series History

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 16, 2010) – Jeff Burton will make his 500th consecutive start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, this Sunday in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway.
The milestone is the 10th-longest streak in series history, and third-longest active streak (Jeff Gordon has run 596 consecutive races; Bobby Labonte has run 595 consecutive races).
Burton, who currently has 562 career starts overall, began his streak on March 24, 1996 at Darlington Raceway.
During the streak, Burton tallied all 21 of his victories and posted 120 top fives and 222 top 10s. Overall, Burton has 125 top fives and 229 top 10s.
Below are the 10 longest consecutive start streaks in series history:

Consecutive Starts – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Driver Starts From To
1. Ricky Rudd 788 1/11/1981 11/20/2005
2. Rusty Wallace 697 2/19/1984 11/20/2005
3. Terry Labonte 655 1/14/1979 7/23/2000
4. Dale Earnhardt 648 9/09/1979 2/18/2001
5. Mark Martin 621 2/14/1988 3/18/2007
6. Jeff Gordon 596 11/15/1992 Present
7. Bobby Labonte 595 2/14/1993 Present
8. Ken Schrader 579 2/17/1985 7/27/2003
9. Richard Petty 513 11/14/1971 3/19/1989
10. Jeff Burton 499 3/24/1996 Present

Johnson Looking For First Road-Course Win – As Are Some Others
Jimmie Johnson has won the series championship the last four years. But he has never won on a road course in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

He’s not alone.

Other top drivers still seeking a road-course breakthrough: 2003 series champion Matt Kenseth; 2004 series champion Kurt Busch; Jeff Burton; Greg Biffle; Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Carl Edwards; Denny Hamlin.

But we need a couple of asterisks, please. Both Edwards and Hamlin have road-course wins in the NASCAR Nationwide Series – Edwards at Montreal last year, Hamlin at Mexico City in 2006.

SHOW #114 – We have a chat with Greg Biffle, recap Michigan, the latest driver feud between Casey Mears and Scott Speed, and preview the double road course weekend at Road America and Infineon. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Paul Northrop

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We chat with Greg Biffle and talk about his new sweepstakes that could make you a millionaire.

Stewart, Biffle Want Your Vote

This weekend, Tony Stewart and Greg Biffle (No. 16 3M Ford) will feature a special TV panel on their cars encouraging fans to enter the sixth annual “Official Small Business of NASCAR, Courtesy of Office Depot” sweepstakes. Two finalists will get $10,000 and their businesses’ names on the drivers’ cars for the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway in September. If one of the drivers wins the race, the business owner on the winning car earns $1 million. Register at OfficeDepotRacing.com until July 10.

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CREDITS:
Hosts: Kerry Murphey & Paul Northrop
Production: Kerry Murphey
Music: Radium Sound
Voice Over: Thomas Moog