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Photo_Finishes_2016A number of interesting numbers highlight the first five races of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, capped by the 51 green flag passes for the lead at Auto Club Speedway, a high at the two-mile track since the inception of loop data in 2005.

It marked the second time in the first five races this season a track record for green flag passes for the lead was set (Atlanta, 44 green flag passes for the lead).

“It’s great,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said about the lower-downforce aero package implemented in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. “Every week has been fun, fun, fun. The cars are fun to drive, slipping and sliding. It’s a good challenge and I’m enjoying it.” Continue reading “Passing, Close Finishes The Norm For 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series”

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pir_nscs_checkered_031316Today’s race at Phoenix International Raceway ended with a margin of victory (MOV) of .010 seconds, as Kevin Harvick narrowly beat Carl Edwards to the finish line for his eighth victory at PIR. It was the second race of this young season with a finish that close.

Below are the top 10 closest finishes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series since the inception of electronic timing and scoring in 1993, two of which have now come in the first four races of 2016. Continue reading “Closest NASCAR Finishes In History – Updated with Kevin/Carl Phoenix Battle”