| By leading the most laps in the November 10 Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway, Jimmie Johnson clinched the overall WIX Filters Lap Leader award ($75,000) in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Johnson will earn at least $139,800 from WIX Filters this season.
DID YOU KNOW? The driver leading the most laps in nine previous races at Homestead has scored three wins and has an average finish of 4.66. Only once in nine previous races at Homestead has the driver leading the most laps finished outside the top-10.
Drivers that have led the most laps in the nine Sprint Cup races at Homestead:
1999: Bobby Labonte, 174 laps
2000: Tony Stewart, 166 laps
2001: Tony Stewart, 72 laps
2002: Joe Nemechek, 111 laps
2003: Bill Elliott, 189 laps
2004: Greg Biffle, 117 laps
2005: Carl Edwards, 94 laps
2006: Kasey Kahne, 90 laps
2007: Matt Kenseth, 214 laps
DID YOU KNOW? A different driver has led the most laps in the last SEVEN consecutive races at Homestead.
DID YOU KNOW? Four of the 12 drivers competing in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup have led the most laps in the nine races at Homestead:
--Matt Kenseth (2007)
--Carl Edwards (2005)
--Greg Biffle (2004)
--Tony Stewart (2000, 2001)
The record for most laps led in a race at Homestead is 214 by Matt Kenseth in the 2007 Ford 400.
The record for most lead changes in a race at Homestead is 21 (twice, most recently in 2005).
The record for most different leaders in a race at Homestead is 12 (twice, most recently in the 2005).
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