Fantasy Preview: Infineon
June 19, 2008 by Tim Zaegel
Filed under Racing
Recent Winners:
2007 - Juan Pablo Montoya
2006 - Jeff Gordon
2005 - Tony Stewart
Recent Pole Winners:
2007 - Jamie McMurray
2006 - Kurt Busch
2005 - Jeff Gordon
Best Driver Ratings (from racingone.com):
1. Juan Pablo Montoya - 115.3
2. Tony Stewart - 113.9
3. Kurt Busch - 109.3
4. Ryan Newman - 104.3
5. Boris Said - 103.9
Best Average Finishes (from racingone.com):
1. Juan Pablo Montoya - 1.0
2. Jeff Gordon - 8.7
3. Mark Martin - 9.2
4. Ryan Newman - 9.8
5. Tony Stewart / Clint Bowyer - 10.0
Most Wins - Jeff Gordon (5)
Most Wins (Active) - Jeff Gordon (5)
Most Poles - Jeff Gordon (5)
Most Poles (Active) - Jeff Gordon (5)
Most Top 5’s - Ricky Rudd (10)
Most Top 10’s - Mark Martin (13)
Most Manufacturer Wins - Chevrolet (9)
Track Qualifying Record - Jeff Gordon (75.950 seconds / 2005)
Odd Facts:
- A Sprint Cup race at Infineon has never seen more than 9 different leaders in any one race, and has never had more than 10 lead changes. Compare that to Talladega, which sometimes sees more than 50 lead changes in a single race.
- Michael Waltrip holds the record for the most laps run at Infineon and the most starts at the track without a DNF (18 races). His best finish at the track, however, is 4th, which came in 2004.
Six-Pack Challenge:
Winner - Tony Stewart
2nd Place - Juan Pablo Montoya
3rd Place - Jeff Gordon
4th Place - Boris Said
5th Place - Jeff Burton
6th Place - Scott Pruett
Lock of the Week - Juan Pablo Montoya
Sleeper Pick - Marcos Ambrose
Steer Clear of - Kasey Kahne
Ryan needs to get a good finish. He’s been struggling with this new car, and the team isn’t doing much help.
1.24
2.42
3.07
4.60
5.20
6.88
lock=24
sleeper=21
stear clear=9
Well, he’s definitely got a decent starting position. With Infineon being one of the hardest places on the schedule to come up through the field, Newman should definitely be excited about the lackluster starting positions from most of the guys in the top-12 in points. This could be a good weekend for both he & Kurt Busch to pickup some of those much-needed points.
Bowyer and Earnhardt against Burton and Pruett … that’s just weird no matter how you look at it.