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J.J. Yeley finished second in last year's Kentucky race.By the Numbers: Kentucky
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It's only natural for J.J. Yeley to expect something good to come from this weekend's travels.
Yeley is one of the Cup drivers who has been competing in the Busch Series full time this season. Daytona was the only race that he missed, and since then he has put together clean runs that have him 15th in the standings. The one thing that has been missing this season is a shining star, and Kentucky, home of Saturday's Meijer 300 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN2) is known for drivers shining brightly.
In his three starts at Kentucky, Yeley has progressively gotten better. He was 11th in his 2004 debut at the track, then led a lap in 2005 before finishing seventh. Then there was last year's historical race.
David Gilliland placed his mark on NASCAR when he shocked the racing world and became the first Busch Series regular to win a race in more than a year. The guy he passed with 11 laps to go: Yeley.
Interesting Fact
6.380Average running position of J.J. Yeley in the past two Kentucky races, the best among drivers entered in Saturday's race.
Fun Fact
$6 billionAmount of gold held in underground vaults of Fort Knox in Kentucky, the largest amount of gold stored anywhere in the world. With a race purse of $1,441,056, it would take 4,164 races to make up the worth of gold stored underground.
All the Facts
0Drivers who have multiple victories or multiple poles at Kentucky. Only Carl Edwards has won from the pole (2005).
2Kentucky Busch Series winners who were not considered full-time Cup drivers: Bobby Hamilton Jr. (2003) and David Gilliland (2006).
2Drivers who have started all six Kentucky races: David Green and Ashton Lewis Jr. Only Green is on the entry list for Saturday’s race.
3Times Greg Biffle has finishes second at Kentucky (2001, 2002, 2004). He has only finished outside the top 10 once in his five races at the track (30th in 2005).
4Drivers who have notched top-10 finishes in every Kentucky start they have made: Kevin Harvick (2), Jamie McMurray (2), David Gilliland (1) and Stephen Leicht (1).
4.33Average starting position for Kentucky winners. Four of the six races have been won from inside the top five, with the worst starting position by a winner being 11th.
7Drivers who will be attempting to compete in both the Kentucky Busch race and the Michigan Cup race: Greg Biffle, Dave Blaney, Carl Edwards, David Ragan, David Reutimann, David Stremme and J.J. Yeley.
7.833Average number of cautions at Kentucky. Races there see an average of 10 lead changes among an average of 6.2 different leaders.
11Laps led by David Gilliland in last year's victory at Kentucky, one of just two races won by Busch Series regulars.
37.5Percent of laps led by Carl Edwards during the last two Kentucky races. He won the 2005 race from the pole and started second last year, finishing 36th.
57.76Percent of passes made in Turn 4 and on the frontstretch in the last two races at Kentucky Speedway.
96.41Percent of laps this season in which Carl Edwards ran on the lead lap (2,713 of 2,814). The next highest among drivers who have competed in every race is David Reutimann at 81.81 percent (2,302 of 2,814), ranking third overall behind Kevin Harvick.
117.6Driver Rating for J.J. Yeley at Kentucky, the highest among drivers entered in Saturday's race.
121Green-flag passes made by Greg Biffle in the last two Kentucky races, more than any other driver. Biffle finished 30th in 2005 and seventh last year.
187Laps led by Greg Biffle at Kentucky in his five races, the most by a driver who has not won there. Bobby Hamilton Jr. has led 195 laps, the most by an active driver.
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Former winners
| Year | Winner | Make | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 11 |
| 2002 | Todd Bodine | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 2003 | Bobby Hamilton Jr. | Ford | 2 |
| 2004 | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 2005 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 1 |
| 2006 | David Gilliland | Chevrolet | 4 |
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