| Jimmie Johnson leads Kyle Busch by two races (11-9) in the overall WIX Filters Lap Leader standings entering the October 26 Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway. Johnson has taken the honor in FIVE OF THE LAST SIX races and has led 1,708 laps in 26 events this season. He has led at last one lap in the last EIGHT CONSECUTIVE NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
Kyle Busch earned WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in the 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway, leading a race-high 173 of 328 laps.
Martin Truex Jr. led a race-high 135 laps to capture WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in the 2007 Pep Boys Auto 500.
Drivers that have led the most laps in the 10 most recent fall races at Atlanta:
1998: Jeff Gordon, 113 laps**
1999: Bobby Labonte, 147 laps
2000: Jerry Nadeau, 155 laps
2001: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 171 laps
2002: Kurt Busch, 84 laps
2003: Tony Stewart, 109 laps
2004: Mark Martin, 227 laps
2005: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 142 laps
2006: Tony Stewart, 146 laps
2007: Martin Truex Jr., 135 laps
** Race distance was shortened to 221 laps due to rain
The average finish of the driver leading the most laps in the 10 most recent Pep Boys Auto 500 races at Atlanta is 5.1.
The driver leading the most laps has won FIVE of the 10 most recent fall races at Atlanta:
2006: Tony Stewart
2002: Kurt Busch
2000: Jerry Nadeau
1999: Bobby Labonte
1998: Jeff Gordon
DID YOU KNOW? In the 10 most recent fall races at Atlanta, Tony Stewart (2006, 2003) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2001, 2005) are the only drivers in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup that have led the most laps.
DID YOU KNOW? A different driver has led the most laps in the four most recent fall races at Atlanta.
The record for most laps led in a 500-lap race at Atlanta is 308 by Cale Yarborough in the 1969 Kobalt Tools 500.
The record for most lead changes in a race at Atlanta is 45 in the 1982 Pep Boys Auto 500.
The record for most different leaders in a race at Atlanta is 17 in the 2000 Kobalt Tools 500.
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