Past 10 races at Talladega

[The General]

Inside the Numbers

Past 10 races at Talladega

Rank	Driver	W	T5	T10	Avg. Finish	Points
1	J. Gordon	4	5	5	13.5	1,387
2	K. Harvick	0	2	6	11.3	1,365
3	Ku. Busch	0	3	8	12.1	1,356
4	T. Stewart	0	4	6	13.3	1,344
5	R. Newman	0	3	5	14.2	1,264
6	J. Johnson	1	4	4	16.8	1,231
7	D. Earnhardt Jr.	1	3	5	17.1	1,203
8	J. McMurray	0	3	4	16.0	1,203
9	M. Kenseth	0	2	3	19.4	1,098
10	C. Mears	0	0	4	20.7	1,054

Moving on to Talladega

• Jeff Gordon moved up two spots, to sixth, in the standings and now trails Jimmie Johnson by 143 points. And as good as JJ has been at Talladega in the past 10 races, Jeff has been better:

• From Oct. 21, 2001, through Oct. 3, 2004, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won five of seven races at Talladega -- and finished second in the other two. In the seven races since then, his average finish is 23.7 with more DNFs (3) than top-10s (2).

• Hmm, will history prevail? Juan Montoya has gotten progressively better in each of his starts at Talladega since he finished 31st in his debut on April 29, 2007. JPM was 15th in this race last year and finished runner-up to Kyle Busch in April.

• Who woulda thunk it?! Here's some bar trivia: Travis Kvapil's most successful track? Talladega -- 14.8 average finish (next best -- Richmond: 20.2; worst -- Chicago: 40.3).

• Jeff Burton is 0-for-29 at Talladega. He's 0-for-30 at Pocono and Michigan, and 0-for-28 at Atlanta.

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