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Jack Roush and Matt Kenseth haven't celebrated a Cup victory together since last year's February race at Fontana.

Cup Series at Fontana: Fact, figures and more

Kenseth, Johnson have won six of past eight races

By NASCAR.COM
February 18, 2010
12:34 PM EST
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2 -- Times in the 19-race history at Fontana the leader with 10 laps to go did not win: In October 2009, Jeff Gordon was leading with 10 to go, Jimmie Johnson won. In September 2006, Reed Sorenson was leading, Kasey Kahne won. There hasn't been a last-lap pass for victory at ACS.

2 -- Drivers who have followed a victory in the Daytona 500 with a win at Fontana: Jeff Gordon (1997, the first race at ACS) and Matt Kenseth (2009). So how has Jamie McMurray fared at ACS? 13 starts, no wins, three top-fives, five top-10s and an average finish of 16.4.

4 -- Wins at Fontana for Jimmie Johnson, the most of any driver. He's also the only driver to win there from the pole. In the past six races at ACS, Johnson has five top-three results, an average of 2.8, and has led 619 laps.

5 -- Drivers who have led the most laps in multiple races at Fontana: Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth (three each); Mark Martin and Kyle Busch (two each).

5 -- Drivers who scored top-10 finishes in both races at Fontana last year: Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart. Johnson has six consecutive top-10 finishes at ACS, the longest current streak; Edwards, who has a top-10 in all but one of his 11 starts, is next with five.

6 -- Times there have been a caution within the last 10 laps in a race at Fontana, including five of the past nine. Only two races, however, have been extended for a green-white-checkered finish and none since February 2006.

6 -- Times the race winner has led more than 100 laps. Jimmie Johnson led 228 of 250 laps in August 2008, the most of any winner.

8 -- Longest streak of top-10 finishes at any point in Fontana history. Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch each had their strings broken this past October. Kenseth is the track leader with 11 top-10s overall.

7 -- Drivers who have been running at the finish in all their starts at Fontana (minimum of 10 races): Matt Kenseth (16), Kurt Busch (15), Jimmie Johnson (14), Jamie McMurray (13), Brian Vickers (12), Kyle Busch (11) and Carl Edwards (11).

11 -- Times the leader of the most laps has won at Fontana. They have finished in the top three in 16 of 19 races.

15 -- Combined victories for Hendrick Motorsports (eight) and Roush Fenway Racing (seven) in the 19 races at Fontana, including the past six (three each). Roush has won the past five February races. Other teams with ACS wins: Penske Racing (Jeremy Mayfield, 2000, and Rusty Wallace, 2001); Yates Racing (Elliott Sadler, 2004) and Evernham Motorsports (Kasey Kahne, 2006).

20-4-2 -- Age in years, months and days of Kyle Busch when he won his first Cup race, at Fontana in September 2005, at the time the youngest in series history (since surpassed by Joey Logano).

31 -- Worst starting position of any winner at Fontana: Matt Kenseth in February 2006. Kenseth has won three of the past four February races at ACS, with starting positions of 31st, 25th and 24th. In fact, five of the past eight races have won from a top-10 start. The other three were won by Kenseth.

37 -- Percentage of top-two finishes at Fontana for Jeff Gordon. He has three wins and has finished second four times, including a sweep of the runner-up position in 2009. In fact, Gordon has 10 top-10s in 19 starts at ACS, and each is a top-five finish (a track high).

4,731 -- Laps completed at Fontana for Jeff Burton, most of any driver. Burton is one of three drivers, along with Bobby Labonte and Joe Nemechek, who has made all 19 starts at ACS without a victory. Other notable drivers without a win at Fontana include Michael Waltrip (18 starts), Tony Stewart (17 starts), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (16), Kevin Harvick (15) and Ryan Newman (14).

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