YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

2012: Finished fourth in the points while pulling double duty for the final 20 races of the season. Announced he will run full time again in the Nationwide series in 2013 with a part-time Cup schedule. 2011: Ran a partial schedule in the Nationwide series, finishing 23rd in points. 2010-2008: Was a full-time Cup driver, finishing a best 28th in points.

YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

2004: Finished 45th in series points. … Competed in 10 events for John McNelly, Michael Holigan and James Finch. … Posted season-best starting position of 19th and once again tied his previous top finish of 15th at Pikes Peak.

YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

2012: Finished ninth in points and announced his departure from Joe Gibbs Racing to Richard Childress Racing. Won in the Truck series driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, marking his first win in any of the national series since May 2009 at Dover (Trucks). 2010-2009: Raced for Braun Racing until it folded into Turner Motorsports. With lack of seats, he went to JGR beginning in 2011.

YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

2012: Finished sixth in points, with one win, six top fives and 19 top 10s. This is the fourth year he has been sixth or better in points. 2011: Debuted with Turner Motorsports after leaving Penske Racing and finished third in points. Won at Chicagoland, his home track. 2009: Nationwide series Rookie of the Year.

YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

2012: Finished third in points for the Nationwide series title and took the Rookie of the Year honors. Announced he would again run full time in the Nationwide series in 2013 while attempting seven Cup races, including the Daytona 500. 2011: Won the Truck championship by six points over Johnny Sauter.

YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

2011: Finished 11th in series points. … Raised Loop Data Driver Rating nine points from 2010. … Missed five consecutive spring races due to illness. … Scored first career win, in 77th career start, at Texas-2. … Career-best average finish of 13.7. … Best start, second at Nashville-1 and Iowa-2. … Career-best average start of 8.4. … Posted 23 top-10 starts in 29 races. … Completed 97.2 percent of laps attempted. … Led career-best 114 laps. … Top 10 in every Loop Data statistical category. … Career-best Average Driver Rating of 97.1. 2010: Finished career-best seventh in series points. … Split season, running first 28 races for Diamond-Waltrip Racing, then finishing with Roush Fenway Racing. … Won three consecutive poles (Gateway-1, Lucas Oil Raceway, Iowa), tying a mark held by four drivers – Sam Ard (1983), Mark Martin (1987), Michael Waltrip (1989) and Jeff Gordon (1992). … Best finish, third, at Gateway-1 and Richmond-2. … Eight of 11 top-10 finishes came in second half of season, including top 15s in five of his seven starts for RFR. … Added six top fives. … Led 99 laps. … Raised Driver Rating by more than seven points over 2009 to 88.29.

YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

2012: Was let go from Brad Keselowski Racing mid-season and found a home at Red Horse Racing. Finished fifth in points. Ran three Nationwide races for Penske Racing, earning two top 10s. His two Truck wins and one pole all came with RHR. Announced he would be moving up to the Nationwide series full time with Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2013. 2011: Finished 11th in points while running a full season for BKR.

YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

2012: Came in second in points to Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Announced his departure from Richard Childress Racing to Joe Gibbs Racing, taking his sponsor OneMain Financial with him. Had four wins, 15 top fives, 24 top 10s and four poles. 2011: Was second in points to Stenhouse in his first full-time season back in the Nationwide series. 2010-1999: Ran full-time in the Sprint Cup series, winning three races and running for the championship twice for three different teams.