WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER NOTES FOR THE CROWN ROYAL 400 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES RACE AT RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, MAY 3, 2008.
Denny Hamlin led twice for 381 laps to earn WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in tonight’s Crown Royal 400. Hamlin captured the award for the first time this season. He has led 630 laps in five races this season.
Hamlin set the record for the number of laps led in a 400-lap race at Richmond, breaking the old record by Bobby Allison (September 1979).
Hamlin has led at least one lap in all three short track races this season.
Hamlin scored a 24th-place finish in the race.
UNOFFICIALLY Hamlin is sixth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings, one point behind fifth-place Kevin Harvick and 31 ahead of seventh-place Jimmie Johnson.
Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch are tied for the lead (3-3) in the overall WIX Filters Lap Leader standings.
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS
Kyle Busch 3
Jimmie Johnson 3
Tony Stewart 2
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1
Denny Hamlin 1
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE
EVENT DRIVER
Daytona 500 Kyle Busch, 86 laps
Auto Club 500 Jimmie Johnson, 76 laps
UAW-Dodge 400 Kyle Busch, 56 laps
Kobalt Tools 500 Kyle Busch, 173 laps
Food City 500 Tony Stewart, 267 laps
Goody’s Cool Orange 500 Dale Earnhardt Jr., 148 laps
Samsung 500 Jimmie Johnson, 65 laps
Subway Fresh Fit 500 Jimmie Johnson, 120 laps
Aaron’s 499 Tony Stewart, 61 laps
Crown Royal 400 Denny Hamlin, 381 laps
