May 1, 2009

Harvick has Most Top-10 Laps

Kevin Harvick has spent more time in the top 10 than any other driver during the last five years. He's logged 2,807 laps among the leaders and this has paid dividends in the form of eight top-10s in 10 starts and an average finish of 8.5.

He may not have been the strongest overall at Richmond, however. With two fewer seasons under his belt, Denny Hamlin has logged 2,162 laps with the leaders, which equates to 89.7% of the time compared to Harvick's 70.0. Kyle Busch has raced at Richmond only four seasons, and he also has been stronger than Harvick with a top-10 percentage of 73.1% and an average result of 6.75.


DriverLaps in Top-10Possible Laps%
Kevin Harvick 2,8074,01070.0%
Tony Stewart 2,5714,01064.1%
Dale Earnhardt Jr2,3714,01059.1%
Kyle Busch2,3473,21073.1%
Denny Hamlin2,1622,41089.7%
Ryan Newman 2,1574,01053.8%
Jeff Gordon 2,0144,01050.2%
Greg Biffle 1,8704,01046.6%
Kurt Busch 1,8524,01046.2%
Mark Martin 1,7874,01044.6%
Kasey Kahne 1,7324,01043.2%
Jimmie Johnson 1,7294,01043.1%
Jeff Burton 1,6874,01042.1%
Matt Kenseth 1,5744,01039.3%
Jeremy Mayfield 1,1022,00055.1%
Clint Bowyer1,0942,41045.4%
Martin Truex Jr9382,41038.9%
Carl Edwards 7153,61019.8%
Jamie McMurray 5774,01014.4%
Bobby Labonte 5734,01014.3%
Brian Vickers 5223,61014.5%
Dave Blaney 5183,61014.3%
Elliott Sadler 4734,01011.8%
Casey Mears 3824,0109.5%
Michael Waltrip 3192,81011.4%
Joe Nemechek 2044,0105.1%
David Ragan1811,61011.2%
David Reutimann1711,61010.6%
Reed Sorenson1602,4106.6%
Scott Riggs1234,0103.1%
Juan Montoya951,6105.9%
Tony Raines 912,4003.8%
David Stremme232,0001.2%
David Gilliland172,0100.8%
Robby Gordon 144,0100.3%
Paul Menard11,6100.1%
A J Allmendinger11,6100.1%
Sam Hornish Jr18100.1%
Todd Bodine 08000.0%
John Andretti04000.0%

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