| Kasey Kahne led twice for 41 laps to earn WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in today’s Pennsylvania 500. Kahne took the honor for the second time this season. The Pennsylvania 500 was the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Kahne has led since Infineon (Sonoma, Calif.) Raceway (race No. 16) where he led four laps. Kahne has led at least one lap in nine of the 21 races this season for a total of 185 laps.
Kahne was also the WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race in the Pocono 500 here this past June, leading a race-high 69 laps.
Kahne scored a seventh-place finish in the race, his 11th top-10 of the 2008 season.
UNOFFICIALLY Kahne is seventh in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship standings, 86 points behind sixth-place Jeff Gordon and three ahead of eighth-place Greg Biffle.
Kyle Busch leads Jimmie Johnson by one race (7-5) in the overall WIX Filters Lap Leader standings entering the Pennsylvania 500.
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS
Kyle Busch 7
Jimmie Johnson 5
Tony Stewart 3
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3
Kasey Kahne 2
Denny Hamlin 1
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE
EVENT/ DRIVER
Daytona 500 Kyle Busch, 86 laps
Auto Club 500 Jimmie Johnson, 76 laps
UAW-Dodge 400 Kyle Busch, 56 laps
Kobalt Tools 500 Kyle Busch, 173 laps
Food City 500 Tony Stewart, 267 laps
Goody’s Cool Orange 500 Dale Earnhardt Jr., 148 laps
Samsung 500 Jimmie Johnson, 65 laps
Subway Fresh Fit 500 Jimmie Johnson, 120 laps
Aaron’s 499 Tony Stewart, 61 laps
Crown Royal 400 Denny Hamlin, 381 laps
Dodge Challenger 500 Kyle Busch, 169 laps
Coca-Cola 600 Dale Earnhardt Jr., 76 laps
Best Buy 400 Kyle Busch, 158 laps
Pocono 500 Kasey Kahne, 69 laps
LifeLock 400 Jimmie Johnson, 65 laps
Toyota/Save Mart 350 Kyle Busch, 78 laps
LENOX Industrial Tools 301 Tony Stewart, 132 laps
Coke Zero 400 Dale Earnhardt Jr., 51 laps
LifeLock.com 400 Kyle Busch, 165 laps
Allstate 400 at The Brickyard Jimmie Johnson, 71 laps
Pennsylvania 500 Kasey Kahne, 41 laps
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