By the Numbers: If history holds, looks for Bodine in Victory Lane (NASCAR.com)
September 2, 2010
Camping World Truck SeriesTop-five at Kentucky Pos. Driver Starts Wins T-5 T-10 1 Todd Bodine 5 0 1 2 2 Aric Almirola 2 0 1 1 3 Johnny Sauter 1 0 0 0 4 Timothy Peters 4 0 1 1 5 Ron Hornaday 5 2 2 4 • Complete Standings
2 — The past two Truck races—Bristol and Chicago—have ended with green-white-checkered finishes.
2 — Points leader Todd Bodine has posted a DNF is his past two Kentucky starts. Bodine has yet to win at the 1.5-mile track.
4 — Ron Hornaday has four consecutive top-10s at Kentucky, the longest active streak.
4 — Kyle Busch has won his past four NASCAR starts. The record for consecutive wins is six by Harry Gant in 1991.
5 — The driver to lead the most laps has gone on to win just five of the 10 Truck races at Kentucky.
5 — Five of the 10 Kentucky races have been won by the eventual series champion that season: Greg Biffle (2000), Mike Bliss (2002), Bobby Hamilton (2004), Johnny Benson (2008) and Ron Hornaday (2009).
6.4 — Average starting position of the race winners at Kentucky. Ron Hornaday (2009) is the only driver to win a race from the pole. In all, eight of the 10 races run at Kentucky have been won from a top-five starting position.
8 — Johnny Sauter has finished fifth or better in eight of the past 13 Truck Series races. That streak includes a victory at Kansas and second-place finishes at Texas and Iowa.
8 — The driver leading with 10 to go has won eight of the 10 Truck races at Kentucky.
8 — Matt Crafton has finished in the top 10 in the past eight Truck Series races this season, the longest current streak. Four of those finishes are top-fives at Iowa, Gateway, ORP and Pocono.
11 — Todd Bodine is the all-time series leader with 11 victories on 1.5-mile tracks. Four of the final eight races, including this week at Kentucky, are on 1.5-mile tracks.
18.197 — Margin of victory, in seconds, Mike Bliss won the 2002 Truck race at Kentucky, the largest margin of victory in series history. Interestingly, the past six Truck events at Kentucky have had MOV’s of less than one second.
30 — Nine of the 10 Truck races at Kentucky have been won by a driver over the age of 30. Carl Edwards, in 2003, is the exception. The past six races have been won by drivers over the age of 45.
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