Race 2 Win: GFS Marketplace 400 - WIX Filters Lap Leader

Nextel Cup Series

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER NOTES FOR THE GFS MARKETPLACE 400 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE AT MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, AUGUST 20, 2006.

Matt Kenseth led six times for 87 laps to win the WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race award in the GFS Marketplace 400. Kenseth claimed the honor for the third time this season. He has led 51 times in 15 races for a total of 736 laps this season. Kenseth led the most laps for the first time since Chicagoland, five races ago.

Kenseth won Sunday’s race at Michigan, crossing the finish line .622 seconds ahead of second-place Jeff Gordon. The win was Kenseth’s third of the season and his second victory at Michigan. He scored his 11th victory on a superspeedway. His last win at Michigan came in June 2002.

The victory was Kenseth’s 12th top-five and 13th top-10 finish this season.

Kenseth is second in the NEXTEL Cup Series championship standings, 58 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson.

Kenseth quotes: “I’m surprised we led all those laps to win the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award. That’s awesome. I’m glad we led them there at the end when it counted. We had to work on it all day to get it that good then.”

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS 
Greg Biffle 5 
Tony Stewart 5
Jeff Gordon 3 
Matt Kenseth 3
Denny Hamlin 2
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 
Kasey Kahne 1
Jamie McMurray 1 
Kyle Busch 1
Jeff Burton 1 

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE 
EVENT DRIVER
Daytona 500 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (32 laps)
Auto Club 500 Greg Biffle (168 laps)
UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 Matt Kenseth (146 laps)
Golden Corral 500 Greg Biffle (128 laps)
Food City 500 Tony Stewart (245 laps)
DIRECTV 500 Tony Stewart (288 laps)
Samsung/RadioShack 500 Tony Stewart (99 laps)
Subway Fresh 500 Greg Biffle (151 laps) 
Aaron’s 499 Jeff Gordon (62 laps)
Crown Royal 400 Greg Biffle (54 laps)
Dodge Charger 500 Greg Biffle (170 laps)
Coca-Cola 600 Kasey Kahne (158 laps) 
Neighborhood Excellence 400 Jamie McMurray (95 laps)
Pocono 500 Denny Hamlin (83 laps)
3M Performance 400 Jeff Gordon (50 laps)
Dodge/Save Mart 350 Jeff Gordon (44 laps)
Pepsi 400 Tony Stewart (86 laps)
USG Sheetrock 400 Matt Kenseth (112 laps) 
Lenox Industrial Tools 300 Kyle Busch (107 laps)
Pennsylvania 500 Denny Hamlin (151 laps)
Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Jeff Burton (87 laps)
AMD at the Glen Tony Stewart (seven laps)
GFS Marketplace 400 Matt Kenseth (87 laps)