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Stewart now the hunted as TNT Summer Series begins

By Official Release
June 2, 2009
09:37 AM EDT
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A look at the Sprint Cup Series top 12 heading to Pocono on June 7:

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1 -- Tony Stewart
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 99.5
2009 Rundown
• Six top-five finishes, nine top-10s
• Average finish of 9.6
• Led six races for 60 laps
Pocono Outlook
• One win, six top-fives, 14 top-10s
• Average finish of 13.0
• Finished second in August
• Led eight of 20 races for 114 laps
Season-To-Date Loop Data Highlight
• Average Running Position of 10.7, third-best

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2 -- Jeff Gordon
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 103.7
2009 Rundown
• One win, six top-fives, eight top-10s
• Average finish of 11.3
• Led eight races for a total of 496 laps
Pocono Outlook
• Four wins, 15 top-fives, 22 top-10s
• Average finish of 10.3
• Finished 10th in August
• Led 19 of 32 races for 870 laps
Season-To-Date Loop Data Highlight
• 305 Fastest Laps Run, second-most

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3 -- Jimmie Johnson
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 105.5
2009 Rundown
• Two wins, six top-fives, eight top-10s
• Average finish of 12.7
• Led 11 races for 617 laps
Pocono Outlook
• Two wins, five top-fives, nine top-10s
• Average finish of 9.8
• Finished third in August
• Led six of 14 races for 368 laps
Season-To-Date Loop Data Highlight
• Series-best Average Running Position of 9.4

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4 -- Kurt Busch
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 100.4
2009 Rundown
• One win, four top-fives, seven top-10s
• Average finish of 11.7
• Led seven races for 322 laps
Pocono Outlook
• Two wins, seven top-fives, eight top-10s
• Average finish of 15.7
• Finished 38th in August
• Led eight of 16 races for 352 laps
Season-To-Date Loop Data Highlight
• Average Running Position of 9.9, second-best

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5 -- Ryan Newman
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 83.7
2009 Rundown
• Four top-fives, seven top-10s
• Average finish of 13.5
• Led seven races for 137 laps
Pocono Outlook
• One win, five top-fives, six top-10s
• Average finish of 13.9
• Finished 14th in August
• Led nine of 14 races for 161 laps
Season-To-Date Loop Data Highlight
• Has run 80.6 percent of the laps on the lead lap, 11th-best

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6 -- Kyle Busch
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 105.3
2009 Rundown
• Three wins, four top-fives, five top-10s
• Average finish of 16.3
• Led eight races for 789 laps
Pocono Outlook
• One top-five, two top-10s
• Average finish of 22.0
• Finished 36th in August
• Led one of eight races for two laps
Season-To-Date Loop Data Highlight
• 236 Fastest Laps Run, fifth-most

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7 -- Denny Hamlin
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 98.3
2009 Rundown
• Two top-fives, four top-10s
• Average finish of 14.2
• Led four races for 479 laps
Pocono Outlook
• Two wins, four top-fives, five top-10s
• Average finish of 6.2
• Finished 23rd in August
• Led four of six races for 300 laps
Season-To-Date Loop Data Highlight
• Average Running Position of 11.0, fourth-most

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8 -- Matt Kenseth
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 83.9
2009 Rundown
• Two wins, four top-fives, six top-10s
• Average finish of 15.3
• Led six races for 178 laps
Pocono Outlook
• Three top-fives, eight top-10s
• Average finish of 14.2
• Finished 11th in August
• Led nine of 18 races for 32 laps
Season-To-Date Loop Data Highlight
• 1,160 Green Flag Passes, sixth-most

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9 -- Greg Biffle
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 91.9
2009 Rundown
• Four top-fives, seven top-10s
• Average finish of 15.0
• Led six races for 308 laps
Pocono Outlook
• One top-five, two top-10s
• Average finish of 18.3
• Finished 13th in August
• Led five of 12 races for 59 laps
Season-To-Date Loop Data Highlight
• 295 Fastest Laps Run, third-most

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10 -- Jeff Burton
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 81.9
2009 Rundown
• Two top-fives, five top-10s
• Average finish of 14.6
• Led two races for 67 laps
Pocono Outlook
• Seven top-fives, 14 top-10s
• Average finish of 16.5
• Finished 21st in August
• Led 15 of 30 races for 104 laps
Season-To-Date Loop Data Highlight
• Laps in the Top 15 percentage of 66.3 percent, ninth-best

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11 -- Carl Edwards
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 91.6
2009 Rundown
• Two top-fives, six top-10s
• Average finish of 15.3
• Led six races for 54 laps
Pocono Outlook
• Two wins, three top-fives, four top-10s
• Average finish of 14.3
• Won August's Pocono race
• Led five of eight races for 106 laps
Season-To-Date Loop Data Highlight
• Average Running Position of 12.8, seventh-best

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12 -- Mark Martin
• Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 96.7
2009 Rundown
• Two wins, three top-fives, seven top-10s
• Average finish of 17.2
• Led six races for 216 laps
Pocono Outlook
• 19 top-fives, 31 top-10s
• Average finish of 10.7
• Finished eighth in August
• Led 26 of 44 races for 430 laps
Season-To-Date Loop Data Highlight
• Has been passed 491 times, fewest in the series

TNT picks up the Cup Series broadcast schedule for the next six weeks. Keep up with on-track action and off-track analysis with NASCAR on TNT.

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