NASCAR Fast Stats Track Of The Week Fontana
These are the numbers prior to the 2008 late summer race at Fontana, California to give you some insight and
interesting info on the upcoming race. Most wins, fewest starts with a win, most laps led with no wins and a bunch
more interesting statistics. Some you might have guessed and others might surprise you.
Thanks to our friends at Racing-Reference.info for stats. You can click on their banner below to check out their site.
First Cup race held on June 22, 1997 and was won by Jeff Gordon.
Active drivers with wins at California:
Jeff Gordon 3
Jimmie Johnson 2
Matt Kenseth 2
Mark Martin 1
Jeremy Mayfield 1
Kurt Busch 1
Elliot Sadler 1
Greg Biffle 1
Kyle Busch 1
Kasey Kahne 1
Carl Edwards 1 [This year’s spring race winner]
The only past winner who has retired from the sport is Rusty Wallace with one victory in 2001.
The first season that Fontana held two races in the season was 2004.
Five active drivers have competed in all 16 event held at Fontana, Jeff Gordon, Joe Nemechek, Kyle Petty, Jeff
Burton & Bobby Labonte. Among the 5, Jeff Gordon is the only driver with a victory there.
Jeff Burton is the only driver who has competed at all 16 events that was running at the finish.
Active driver with the most polls, Kurt Busch with 3.
Active driver with the least amount of starts before a victory is Kyle Busch with a win on his 3rd attempt there.
The driver who has earned the most money at California is Jeff Gordon with $2,447,081.00.
Of all drivers, Jeff Gordon has led the most laps at California with 525 led of 3958 run.
Driver who has led the most laps at California without scoring a victory is Tony Stewart who has led 225 laps
without a win in 14 attempts.
Driver with a win at California who has led the least amount of laps is Jeremy Mayfield with one victory and 60 laps
led.
Active driver with the most top 5’s is Jeff Gordon with 8 in 16 races.
Best finishing average of active drivers to compete in the last 5 events at Fontana is Jimmie Johnson with a 3.8
average finish. He has also finished on the lead lap in all of the past 5 events.
Worst finishing average of active drivers to compete in the last 5 events at Fontana is Dave Blaney with a 33.0
average finish.
Of active drivers to compete in the last 5 events at Fontana who earned the most prize money there is Matt
Kenseth with $1,142,730.00
Of active drivers to compete in the last 5 events at Fontana who led the most laps is Jimmie Johnson leading 191
laps of 1251 run.
The best finish for a driver who only raced at California once is A.J. Allmendinger with an 18th place finish last
September after failing to qualify for the February event in ’07.
Commentary
The consensus across the board from past poll questions on this site seem to be that the races at California are
very uneventful and the fans are not happy about the track having two races.
When the track gained the second event on Labor Day weekend there was a big uproar by the fans that NASCAR
messing with the tradition of the sport by taking away the famed Southern 500 Labor Day weekend event from
Darlington.
It was announced earlier this month that Atlanta would be getting the Labor Day event in 2009 and California
gained an event in the Chase.
These are the numbers prior to the 2008 late summer race at Fontana, California to give you some insight and
interesting info on the upcoming race. Most wins, fewest starts with a win, most laps led with no wins and a bunch
more interesting statistics. Some you might have guessed and others might surprise you.
Thanks to our friends at Racing-Reference.info for stats. You can click on their banner below to check out their site.
First Cup race held on June 22, 1997 and was won by Jeff Gordon.
Active drivers with wins at California:
Jeff Gordon 3
Jimmie Johnson 2
Matt Kenseth 2
Mark Martin 1
Jeremy Mayfield 1
Kurt Busch 1
Elliot Sadler 1
Greg Biffle 1
Kyle Busch 1
Kasey Kahne 1
Carl Edwards 1 [This year’s spring race winner]
The only past winner who has retired from the sport is Rusty Wallace with one victory in 2001.
The first season that Fontana held two races in the season was 2004.
Five active drivers have competed in all 16 event held at Fontana, Jeff Gordon, Joe Nemechek, Kyle Petty, Jeff
Burton & Bobby Labonte. Among the 5, Jeff Gordon is the only driver with a victory there.
Jeff Burton is the only driver who has competed at all 16 events that was running at the finish.
Active driver with the most polls, Kurt Busch with 3.
Active driver with the least amount of starts before a victory is Kyle Busch with a win on his 3rd attempt there.
The driver who has earned the most money at California is Jeff Gordon with $2,447,081.00.
Of all drivers, Jeff Gordon has led the most laps at California with 525 led of 3958 run.
Driver who has led the most laps at California without scoring a victory is Tony Stewart who has led 225 laps
without a win in 14 attempts.
Driver with a win at California who has led the least amount of laps is Jeremy Mayfield with one victory and 60 laps
led.
Active driver with the most top 5’s is Jeff Gordon with 8 in 16 races.
Best finishing average of active drivers to compete in the last 5 events at Fontana is Jimmie Johnson with a 3.8
average finish. He has also finished on the lead lap in all of the past 5 events.
Worst finishing average of active drivers to compete in the last 5 events at Fontana is Dave Blaney with a 33.0
average finish.
Of active drivers to compete in the last 5 events at Fontana who earned the most prize money there is Matt
Kenseth with $1,142,730.00
Of active drivers to compete in the last 5 events at Fontana who led the most laps is Jimmie Johnson leading 191
laps of 1251 run.
The best finish for a driver who only raced at California once is A.J. Allmendinger with an 18th place finish last
September after failing to qualify for the February event in ’07.
Commentary
The consensus across the board from past poll questions on this site seem to be that the races at California are
very uneventful and the fans are not happy about the track having two races.
When the track gained the second event on Labor Day weekend there was a big uproar by the fans that NASCAR
messing with the tradition of the sport by taking away the famed Southern 500 Labor Day weekend event from
Darlington.
It was announced earlier this month that Atlanta would be getting the Labor Day event in 2009 and California
gained an event in the Chase.
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