Race 2 Win: Chevy Rock & Roll 400 - WIX Filters Lap Leader Notes

Nextel Cup Series

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER NOTES FOR THE CHEVY ROCK & ROLL 400 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE AT RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2006.

Kyle Busch led five times for 248 laps to win the WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race award in the Chevy Rock & Roll 400. Busch claimed the honor for the second time this season. He has led 30 times in 15 races for a total of 466 laps this season. Busch led the most laps for the first time since the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 (race No. 19). This is the fourth consecutive race where Busch has led at least one lap.

Busch finished second in tonight’s race, just .153 seconds behind winner Kevin Harvick. He has racked up nine top-five and 15 top-10 finishes this season. He has scored a top-10 finish in five of the last six races.

Busch is UNOFFICIALLY fourth in the NEXTEL Cup Series championship standings and qualified for the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup for the first time in his career.

BUSCH QUOTES: “It’s good to win the WIX Filters Lap Leader award and I appreciate it. It was definitely a great run for us. It was a lot of fun being able to lead that many laps and have a great race that way. But we just wish we were a little bit stronger there at the end in order to pay dividend and win the race.”

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS
Greg Biffle 5 
Tony Stewart 5
Jeff Gordon 3 
Matt Kenseth 3
Denny Hamlin 2
Jeff Burton 2
Kasey Kahne 2
Kyle Busch 2
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 
Jamie McMurray 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)
Sharpie 500 Jeff Burton (263 laps)
Sony HD 500 Kasey Kahne (130 laps)
Chevy Rock & Roll 400 Kyle Busch (248 laps)