Pos Driver BPts Points Ldr Nxt Starts Poles Wins T5s T10
sDNFs Money Won PPos G/L
1 Tony Stewart 40 2403 0 0 36 1 5 9 19 1 $6,529,871 2 1
2 Carl Edwards 29 2403 0 0 36 3 1 19 26 0 $8,485,989 1 -1
3 Kevin Harvick 30 2345 -58 -58 36 0 4 9 19 1 $6,197,144 3 0
4 Matt Kenseth 34 2330 -73 -15 36 3 3 12 20 3 $6,183,584 6 2
5 Brad Keselowski 29 2319 -84 -11 36 1 3 10 14 1 $5,087,744 4 -1
6 Jimmie Johnson 33 2304 -99 -15 36 0 2 14 21 2 $6,296,359 5 -1
7 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 9 2290 -113 -14 36 1 0 4 12 2 $4,163,688 7 0
8 Jeff Gordon 35 2287 -116 -3 36 1 3 13 18 3 $5,912,834 11 3
9 Denny Hamlin 20 2284 -119 -3 36 0 1 5 14 2 $5,401,193 10 1
10 Ryan Newman 24 2284 -119 0 36 3 1 9 17 0 $5,303,023 9 -1
11 Kurt Busch 29 2262 -141 -22 36 3 2 8 16 3 $5,936,466 8 -3
12 Kyle Busch 45 2246 -157 -16 35 1 4 14 18 4 $6,161,023 12 0
13 Clint Bowyer 20 1047 -1356 -1199 36 0 1 4 16 6 $5,633,951 13 0
14 Kasey Kahne 20 1041 -1362 -6 36 2 1 8 15 4 $4,775,156 14 0
15 A J Allmendinger 7 1013 -1390 -28 36 0 0 1 10 1 $4,825,564 16 1
16 Greg Biffle 17 997 -1406 -16 36 3 0 3 10 2 $4,318,053 15 -1
17 Paul Menard 11 947 -1456 -50 36 0 1 4 8 2 $3,853,688 18 1
18 Martin Truex Jr. 16 937 -1466 -10 36 1 0 3 12 3 $3,955,563 23 5
19 Marcos Ambrose 10 936 -1467 -1 36 0 1 5 12 1 $4,750,389 17 -2
20 Jeff Burton 9 935 -1468 -1 36 0 0 2 5 3 $3,807,776 22 2

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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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They’ve Been Everywhere, Man: Chase Drivers Continue Cross-Country Trek

Eight Markets Hit On Wednesday Edition Of Chase Media Week

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Sept. 14, 2011) – NASCAR continued its national media blitz on Wednesday, visiting eight markets for interviews and special fan events.

For this year’s Chase, the first with Chicagoland Speedway as the opener, Chase Media Week features an unprecedented 12-driver, 10-track media crunch. Each of the 10 Chase tracks will welcome one of the 12 drivers who will compete for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.

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(Back row L-R) Tony Stewart, Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon (front row L-R) Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards, Ryan Newman, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin pose after clinching spots in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup following the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Wonderful Pistachios 400 at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday.

PHOTO CREDIT: NASCARMEDIA