Qualifying at Texas:
Driver Date Speed Time
2004 Race: Kyle Busch (C) 189.847 mph 28.444 sec.
2005 April Race: Shane Hmiel (C) 189.840 mph 28.445 sec.
Track Record: Jeff Green (C) 04/02 193.483 mph 27.909 sec.

Texas Race Speed:
2004 Race: Matt Kenseth (C) 126.865 mph 2hr.21min.53sec.
2005 April Race: Kasey Kahne (D) 126.746 mph 2hr.22min.01sec.
Track Record: Mark Martin (F) 03/99 127.417 mph 1hr. 55min.08sec.*
* race shortened due to rain, 163 laps

Matt Kenseth has had top 10 results the last six Texas races; he has seven top 10s in eight races for an average finish of 7.1. Kenseth has completed all race laps except one in his eight Texas. Also, he won the pole for the 2001 race.

Jeff Burton has finished in the top 10 all of his seven Texas races. His best Texas finish is second place, two times. His average finish at 6.0 is better than Kenseth’s, and he has completed every lap in his seven races. Burton did not compete at Texas in April.

Manufacturer Wins at Texas: (last time)
Ford - 4 (04/04, Matt Kenseth) Chevrolet - 4 (03/03, Joe Nemechek) Dodge - 1 (04/05, Kasey Kahne)

Miscellaneous Texas Stats:
1. Most Cars Starting a Race: 4/98 - 4/05 - 43 cars
2. Most DNFs in a Race: 3/03 - 18 cars
3. Fewest DNFs in a Race: 4/02 - five cars
4. Most Laps Led by a Winner: 3/01 - Kevin Harvick - 114 laps
5. Most Laps Led by a Non-Winner: 4/04 - Kyle Busch - 147 laps
6. Fewest Laps Led by a Winner: 4/98 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.; 4/02 - Jeff Purvis - six laps
7. Race Top Five All Same Make: 4/98 - Chevrolet
8. Driver With Most DNFs: Lyndon Amick and Shane Hall - three times
9. Most Starts in Top Five: Joe Nemechek - four times
10. Average Lead Changes per Race: 10.6
11. Average Leaders Per Race: 7.0
12. Average Cautions Per Race: 7.0

Birthdays:
Derrike Cope - 47 on 11/03
Clay Rogers - 25 on 11/06
Bryan Reffner - 42 on 11/06

NASCAR Busch and Nextel Cup Weekend Sweeps at Texas: none

In all Nine Texas Races but has Not Led:
Jason Keller (best finish 6th, 1999)

Texas Fast Fact:
Only two Texas races have been won by the driver that also led the most laps, 4/05 by Kasey Kahne and 2001 by Kevin Harvick.

Carl Edwards tied the NASCAR Busch Series Raybestos Rookie record for least number of starts before a victory at seven. Other rookies to win for the first time in their seventh race are: Scott Riggs, Nashville, 4/02, and Johnny Rumley, at Hickory, 11/93.

Nextel Cup Regulars in the Busch Series:
Nextel Cup regulars have won 20 of the 32 races in 2005. Non-Cup regular driver winners are Martin Truex Jr. (6), Clint Bowyer (2), Reed Sorenson (2), Johnny Sauter (1), and David Green (1).
Dover winner Ryan Newman has five wins, all consecutive starts, and seven top three finishes in his seven NBS starts in 2005. Average finish 1.6 .
In seven NBS starts in 2005 Mark Martin has two wins, one pole, and five top seven finishes. Average finish, 9.0.
Kevin Harvick has three wins, two poles, and 11 top five finishes in his 18 NBS starts in 2005. He finished 24th at Lowe’s. Average finish, 7.7.
Many other Nextel Cup regulars have not fared so well in the Busch Series in 2005 – average finish, five or more races: Kasey Kahne, 16.2; Sterling Marlin, 20.4; Jeremy Mayfield, 24.4; Jamie McMurray, 20.9; Joe Nemechek, 15.1; Tony Stewart, 20.1; Michael Waltrip, 23.6.

2005 Busch Series Points Race: The Top Three Raybestos Rookie of the Year candidates are in the Top Five.

1st place Martin Truex Jr. finished third from the pole at Memphis and lost 20 points to winner Clint Boywer. He was 11th at Lowe’s gaining 71 points on second. He was 9th at Kansas, adding 23 points to his lead. Truex finished 12th at Dover, losing 43 points. He was 27th at Richmond, losing 48 points (plus 25 due to penalty). Truex was 15th at California, ending a streak of top six finishes at four and lost 52 points. Truex has won at: Mexico, Talladega, Dover, Daytona 2, Loudon and IRP. Average 2005 finish, 10.7. He finished 35th (accident) in the first Texas race of 2005. Truex was 10th in 2004, his first NBS race at the track.

2nd place (-100) Clint Bowyer won at Memphis and gained 20 points on first place. He won after starting at the tail-end of the field due to a crash in qualifying. It was his second victory of 2005. He was 33rd at Lowe’s, losing 71 points to first. It was his worst finish of 2005. He was 16th at Kansas and lost 23 points to first place. He was second at Dover, gaining 43 points on first place. Bower finished 11th at Richmond, gaining 48 points on first place, plus 25 due to Truex’s penalty. He finished third from the pole and gained 52 points on first place at California. He has 11 top fives and 19 top 10s in 2005. Average 2005 finish, 10.8. Bowyer finished sixth in the first Texas race of 2005. He was 36th (engine) in 2004, his first Busch Series start

3rd place (-371) Rookie Carl Edwards finished fifth at Memphis. It was his 14th top five of 2005. He was fourth at Lowe’s, 27th at Kansas, ninth at Dover, and 28th at Richmond, losing a position in the standings. He won his fourth race of the season at California. He finished 29th at Bristol, third at Michigan, 11th at Watkins Glen, 20th at IRP and third at Gateway. Edwards did not compete at Nashville and lost the lead in the standings. He has two poles and four wins in 2005 (Atlanta, Richmond, Kentucky, California 2). Average 2005 finish, 12.6. Edwards started third and finished fourth in the April Texas race, his first NBS event at the track.

4th place (-429) Rookie Reed Sorenson finished 33rd (accident) at Memphis and lost a position in the standings. He was 35th (accident) at Lowe’s, ending a streak of consecutive top 10s at three. He was sixth at Kansas, fourth at Dover, and seventh at Richmond, gaining a position in the standings. Sorenson was 12th at California and lost a position. He was 11th at Bristol after starting 42nd due to being designated a DNS in qualifying. He has 17 top 10 finishes in 2005 and 20 top 10 finishes in 36 career races. Average 2005 finish, 13.5. Sorenson started 15th and finished third in the April Texas race, his first NBS event at the track.

5th place (-669) Denny Hamlin finished seventh at Memphis. He was 30th at Lowe’s, 12th at Kansas, sixth at Dover, and 34th (engine) at Richmond. Hamlin finished 20th at California and 13th at Bristol. Hamlin has one top five (third, Loudon) and 10 top 10s. Average finish, 15.1. Hamlin finished 14th in the April Texas race, his first NBS event at the track.

Changes in Top 10 at Memphis:
Five of the top 10 changed position after Memphis .

Top 10 Turnover:
Four of this season’s Top 10 were in the Top 10 at this point last season.

Points Race:
In four races Martin Truex Jr.’s lead over second place Clint Bowyer went from 204 after Michigan to just 26 after Dover. But in the next two races, he gained back 94 points to 120 ahead. At Memphis, he lost 20 points to race winner Clint Bowyer.
Bristol – lost 10 points
California – lost 52 points
Richmond – lost 73 points (includes 25 point penalty)
Dover - lost 43 points
Kansas - gained 23 points
Lowe’s - gained 71
Memphis - lost 20 points; now 100 ahead of Bowyer

Championship Race With four Races Remaining:
The difference between first place and second place with three races remaining is 120 points. Point races statistics in the prior 23 seasons of the NASCAR Busch Series with three races to go:
- Biggest Lead – 598 points in 1984 by Sam Ard
- Smallest Lead – seven points in 1986 by Brett Bodine
- Point lead 100 or less – 12 seasons
- Seasons the point leader with less than 100 point lead went on to win the Championship - seven
- Seasons the point leader with less than 100 point lead did not win the Championship - five
- All seasons that the Point Leader with three to go won the Championship – 18

Highest in Points with no Top Five: Stacy Compton, 15th (best of 8th, Kentucky)

Highest in Points with no Top 10: Steve Grissom, 23rd (best of 16th, Talladega)

Worst in Points having run in all 32 races: Justin Labonte, 17th

Best in Points having run Fewer than 32 races: Carl Edwards, third (31 races)

15 Drivers have Started all 32 races; 146 drivers have started at least one race in 2005.

2005 Busch Series Rookies - Top Five: At Memphis, fifth place Carl Edwards was the top rookie among the six Rookie of the Year candidates in the race.

Rank Driver Rookie Points Races Top Rookie Best 2005
1st: Carl Edwards** 324 31 12 1st, Atl, Rich, Kent, Cal 2
2nd: Reed Sorenson* 316 32 15 1st, Nash 1, Gateway
3rd: Denny Hamlin 235 32 3 6th, Milwaukee, IRP
*Sorenson was the second rookie to win a race in 2005, the 16th Rookie of the Year candidate to win in Series history. The first rookie winner of 2005 was Carl Edwards.
Sorenson, Edwards, and Kyle Busch are the only rookies to score their first NBS victory from the pole.
**Edwards (4) and Sorenson (2) together have six wins in 2005.

2005 Bonus Points Leaders:
Driver Points
Martin Truex Jr. 120
Greg Biffle 80
Clint Bowyer 80
Carl Edwards 75
Kevin Harvick 75
Reed Sorenson 65

Running at Finish (RAF):
No driver has been RAF at the end of every 2005 race.
At Dover, David Green ended a streak of RAF at 23 (accident).
After an accident at Richmond, Jason Keller ended his streak of RAF at 23 (started at Atlanta).
Current RAF streak leader is Stacy Compton - 27 races
Drivers in all 2005 races with only one Did Not Finish (DNF) are: Clint Bowyer and Kenny Wallace.
The most DNFs in the Top 10: five by Greg Biffle.

Best in Laps Completed in 2005:
Rank Driver Laps Completed of 6054 total laps (%)
1st Clint Bowyer 5,969 (98.6%)
2nd Martin Truex Jr. 5,949 (98.3%)
3rd Ashton Lewis Jr. 5,924 (97.9%)
4th Denny Hamlin 5,898 (97.4%)
5th Reed Sorenson 5,807 (95.9%)

2005 Season Statistics:

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