I also think the 48 goes on a run here ,,,,, Off a win in Atlanta,,,, Headed to: Vegas, Phoenix, Fontana, M'Ville,,,,, thats his bread & butter boys ,,,,
Im thinking the only thing slowing down the 48 coming up will be The Lord on Easter Sunday
I also think the 48 goes on a run here ,,,,, Off a win in Atlanta,,,, Headed to: Vegas, Phoenix, Fontana, M'Ville,,,,, thats his bread & butter boys ,,,,
Im thinking the only thing slowing down the 48 coming up will be The Lord on Easter Sunday
Top 10 Driver Ratings at Las Vegas
#48-Jimmie Johnson........................ 113.6
#24-Jeff Gordon.............................. 103.7
Kyle Busch............................... 103.4
#20-Matt Kenseth.............................. 98.1
#16-Greg Biffle.................................. 97.9
#19-Carl Edwards.............................. 97.8
#14-Tony Stewart............................... 97.1
#4-Kevin Harvick.............................. 94.5
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr........................ 91.5
#5-Kasey Kahne.............................. 88.1
Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2014 races (10 total) among active drivers at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish,
Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green,
Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per
race.
Top 10 Driver Ratings at Las Vegas
#48-Jimmie Johnson........................ 113.6
#24-Jeff Gordon.............................. 103.7
Kyle Busch............................... 103.4
#20-Matt Kenseth.............................. 98.1
#16-Greg Biffle.................................. 97.9
#19-Carl Edwards.............................. 97.8
#14-Tony Stewart............................... 97.1
#4-Kevin Harvick.............................. 94.5
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr........................ 91.5
#5-Kasey Kahne.............................. 88.1
Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2014 races (10 total) among active drivers at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish,
Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green,
Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per
race.
Stewarts been terrible..but he hs had some success here..Harvick and Hamlin have been weak here and Menhard has done surprisingly well..look for him top 10
Stewarts been terrible..but he hs had some success here..Harvick and Hamlin have been weak here and Menhard has done surprisingly well..look for him top 10
Brett Moffitt has found a ride for the next 3 races .... No surprise after finishing 8th in Atlanta ....
Moffitt to Drive #34 FRM Ford for three races:
Twenty-two-year-old up-and-coming driver Brett Moffitt will pilot Front
Row Motorsports' #34 Ford Fusion for the next three NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series races. The young driver, who finished eighth in Sunday's race at
Atlanta, will drive the #34 Shaw's Southern Belle Seafood Ford this week
at Las Vegas. He will also be behind the wheel of the #34 at Phoenix on
March 15 and Auto Club Speedway on March 22. Moffitt fills the seat
temporarily vacated by Front Row Motorsports veteran David Ragan, who is
subbing for the injured Kyle Busch in the #18 car. Moffitt turned heads
in Sunday's 500-mile race in Atlanta, earning a top-10 finish in just
his eighth Sprint Cup Series start.
Brett Moffitt has found a ride for the next 3 races .... No surprise after finishing 8th in Atlanta ....
Moffitt to Drive #34 FRM Ford for three races:
Twenty-two-year-old up-and-coming driver Brett Moffitt will pilot Front
Row Motorsports' #34 Ford Fusion for the next three NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series races. The young driver, who finished eighth in Sunday's race at
Atlanta, will drive the #34 Shaw's Southern Belle Seafood Ford this week
at Las Vegas. He will also be behind the wheel of the #34 at Phoenix on
March 15 and Auto Club Speedway on March 22. Moffitt fills the seat
temporarily vacated by Front Row Motorsports veteran David Ragan, who is
subbing for the injured Kyle Busch in the #18 car. Moffitt turned heads
in Sunday's 500-mile race in Atlanta, earning a top-10 finish in just
his eighth Sprint Cup Series start.
Re: Paul Menard .... Thanks for the head's up ,,,,,,as Mr T said,,,,,He has run very well In Vegas recently,,,, Menard has 3 straight top 10's, and 5 straight top 20 finishes,,,, His last 4 driver ratings at Vegas are all over 90.4
**The 27 is coming off his best finish at Vegas in 2014,,,,, He started his Menards Chevy 21st, and finished 3rd,,,,, leading 6 laps along the way
Re: Paul Menard .... Thanks for the head's up ,,,,,,as Mr T said,,,,,He has run very well In Vegas recently,,,, Menard has 3 straight top 10's, and 5 straight top 20 finishes,,,, His last 4 driver ratings at Vegas are all over 90.4
**The 27 is coming off his best finish at Vegas in 2014,,,,, He started his Menards Chevy 21st, and finished 3rd,,,,, leading 6 laps along the way
Las Vegas Notes & Facts - Friday - poles:
· Dale Jarrett won the inaugural pole with a speed of 168.224 mph (32.773 secs.).
· 11 drivers have poles at LVMS, led by Kasey Kahne with three (2004, 2007 and 2012).
· Kyle Busch is the only driver to win consecutive poles at LVMS from (2008-'09).
· Las Vegas-native Kyle Busch became the first and only driver to win from the pole, in 2009.
· Only three LVMS races (17.6%) have been won from the front
row: Kyle Busch, 2009 (pole); Carl Edwards, 2008 (second-place); Brad
Keselowski, 2014 (second-place).
· Four of the 17 races (23.5%) have been won from a top-five starting position at Las Vegas.
· Eight of the 17 (47%) races have been won from a top-10 starting position at Las Vegas.
· Four of the 17 races (23.5%) at Las Vegas have been won from a starting position outside the top 20.
· The deepest in the field that a race winner has started was 25th, by Matt Kenseth in 2004.
· Kyle Busch made his first start and Kasey Kahne won his first pole at Las Vegas, in the same event (2004).
Las Vegas Notes & Facts - Friday - poles:
· Dale Jarrett won the inaugural pole with a speed of 168.224 mph (32.773 secs.).
· 11 drivers have poles at LVMS, led by Kasey Kahne with three (2004, 2007 and 2012).
· Kyle Busch is the only driver to win consecutive poles at LVMS from (2008-'09).
· Las Vegas-native Kyle Busch became the first and only driver to win from the pole, in 2009.
· Only three LVMS races (17.6%) have been won from the front
row: Kyle Busch, 2009 (pole); Carl Edwards, 2008 (second-place); Brad
Keselowski, 2014 (second-place).
· Four of the 17 races (23.5%) have been won from a top-five starting position at Las Vegas.
· Eight of the 17 (47%) races have been won from a top-10 starting position at Las Vegas.
· Four of the 17 races (23.5%) at Las Vegas have been won from a starting position outside the top 20.
· The deepest in the field that a race winner has started was 25th, by Matt Kenseth in 2004.
· Kyle Busch made his first start and Kasey Kahne won his first pole at Las Vegas, in the same event (2004).