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1 – Carl Edwards (No. 99 Scotts Winterguard Ford)
· Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 99.1
2011 Rundown
· One win, 16 top fives, 22 top 10s; two poles
· Average finish of 10.0
· Led 21 races for 715 laps
Martinsville Speedway Outlook:
· One top five, four top 10s
· Average finish of 16.9 in 14 races
· Average Running Position of 16.0, 13th-best
· Driver Rating of 81.1, 14th-best
· 647 Green Flag Passes, fourth-most
· 3,721 Laps in the Top 15 (57.1%), 10th-most
· 390 Quality Passes (passes of cars in the top 15 under green), fourth-most

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RACE RECAP | KANSAS
10 Mark Martin
9 Marcos Ambrose
8 Greg Biffle
7 Clint Bowyer
6 Kevin Harvick
5 Carl Edwards recovered from being a lap down
4 Matt Kenseth
3 Brad Keselowski
2 Kasey Kahne best finish this season

VICTORY LANE

1 The 48 team and driver Jimmie Johnson was the class of the field, leading the most laps on their way to the second win this season. Jimmie is now third in points, just 4 behind Carl Edwards. This is his 55th career win, 20th in the chase (most all time), and snaps a 21 race winless streak.

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RACE RECAP | DOVER
10 Kevin Harvick
9 Marcos Ambrose
8 Clint Bowyer
7 AJ Allmendinger
6 Kyle Busch
5 Matt Kenseth
4 Kasey Kahne
3 Carl Edwards recovered from a mistake on pit road
2 Jimmie Johnson led the most laps, but gave it up on the last restart

VICTORY LANE

1 Kurt Busch hangs on to win his 2nd race of the season and rockets up to 4th in points

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Johnson In Unchartered Territory
Jimmie Johnson, he of seemingly never-ending Chase success, is currently 10th in points. That’s his lowest Chase position ever. His previous low was ninth, three different times.

An 18th-place finish at New Hampshire put him 29 points behind the points leader, Tony Stewart. Johnson need only look at his own past history to know that this lead is not insurmountable. In 2006, he was 136 points behind then leader Jeff Burton after two Chase races – and came back to win his first championship.

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