Busch has found both success, heartache at RIR

Race No. 26: Air Guard 400 from Richmond International Raceway (7:30 p.m. ET Saturday on ABC). Green flag at 7:43 p.m. ET.

2 -- Consecutive races at Richmond in which the lap leader has won: Denny Hamlin (299 laps led in Sept. 2009); Kyle Busch (226 laps led in May 2010). Prior to that, the lap leader hadn't won at RIR since Kurt Busch in Sept. 2005.

3 -- Drivers who have won the past 10 races on short tracks: Kyle Busch (five); Denny Hamlin (three); Jimmie Johnson (two). At Richmond, those three drivers have combined for six victories in the past 10 races: Johnson (three); Busch (two); Hamlin (one).

3 -- Times Kyle Busch has been passed for the final lead change in the past seven races at Richmond: May 2006 (with 45 to go); Sept. 2006 (two to go); May 2007 (20 to go).

4 -- Times in the past six years a driver has fallen out of a Chase position at Richmond: Kasey Kahne (2004); Jamie McMurray (2005); Tony Stewart (2006); Matt Kenseth (2009).

5 -- Drivers who have scored their first career victory at Richmond: James Hylton (March 1970); Neil Bonnett (Sept. 1977); Kyle Petty (Feb. 1986); Tony Stewart (Sept. 1999); Kasey Kahne (May 2005).

8 -- Times in the past 10 Richmond races the margin of victory has been less than 1 second.

14 -- Races in the past 18 at Richmond with double-digit cautions.

15 -- Poles at Richmond for Hendrick Motorsports (with eight drivers), most of any team. The pole winner has won the race only one time -- Jimmie Johnson in Sept. 2007. However, Hendrick has the most wins at three-quarters-mile RIR with 10.

16 -- Consecutive weeks Kevin Harvick has led the standings, beginning with a third-place finish at Richmond in May.

16 -- Consecutive finishes on the leap lap for Mark Martin at Richmond -- before the race earlier this year when he finished 25th, one lap down.

73 -- Percentage of races at Richmond -- on the three-quarters-mile configuration -- won from a top-10 starting spot (32 of 44). Overall, 87 of the 108 Richmond races have been won from the top 10 (80 percent).

381 -- Most laps led in 400-lap race at Richmond, by Denny Hamlin in May 2008. He finished 24th after getting a flat tire.

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