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Jack Roush knows how to celebrates in Victory Lane at Michigan; so, too, does Carl Edwards.By the Numbers: Michigan
Cup Series: For Roush, there's no place like home
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It's always nice to go home and for Jack Roush, that means a trip to Michigan International Speedway for Sunday's running of the LifeLock 400 (1:30 p.m. ET, TNT).
The owner has 11 wins at the 2-mile oval, tied with the Wood Brothers for most all time at the track and while Roush has three drivers in the top 12 in points, this season has been a tough one through the first 14 races.
Matt Kenseth opened the season with back-to-back wins at Daytona and Fontana, but has six finishes of 15th or worse since. Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle each have just seven top-10s on the season and both are winless; Jamie McMurray and David Ragan haven't lived up to expectations.
But with Michigan up next, this could be a happy homecoming. Roush Fenway drivers have won five of the past nine races at MIS and all five drivers have been successful in the Great Lake State.
Inside the Data
Roush Fenway drivers at Michigan International Speedway
| Driver | Starts | Wins | Top-5s | Top-10s | Laps Led | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Biffle | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 191 | 15.2 | 13.2 |
| Carl Edwards | 9 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 242 | 18.3 | 6.6 |
| Matt Kenseth | 19 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 222 | 20.6 | 9.1 |
| Jamie McMurray | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 29.6 | 18.5 |
| David Ragan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 22.0 | 12.5 |
DID YOU KNOW?
0Michigan is one of six tracks that three-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson has yet to post a victory. Johnson has 14 starts at MIS and has an average finish of 14.4 with two top-fives and six top-10s. He's led 231 laps including leading at least 12 laps in each of the past four races. The other five tracks where Johnson has yet to win -- Bristol, Chicagoland, Homestead, Infineon and Watkins Glen.
NECESSITOUS NUMBERS
1Carl Edwards has finished on the lead lap in every Michigan race he's started. He is the only driver in Cup history to start multiple races at the track and complete every lap.
1Points that separates 13th-place Mark Martin from 12th-place Denny Hamlin in the point standings. This is the second time since the inception of the Chase in 2004 that a single point was all that separated the Chase cutoff after 14 races. In 2005, Kurt Busch trailed Tony Stewart by one point.
1Number of top-fives for Jeff Gordon in the past 11 races at MIS. In that stretch, Gordon has four top-10s and five finishes of 27th or worse.
2Number of drivers entered in Sunday's race with an average finish inside the top 10 at the track: Carl Edwards (6.6) and Matt Kenseth (9.1).
3Times a Michigan race has gone caution-free: (1973, 1984, 1999).
4Times this season a driver has won after being moved to the rear of the field: Matt Kenseth (Daytona), Kyle Busch (Las Vegas), Brad Keselowski (Talladega) and Tony Stewart (Pocono)
8.3Average finish for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the past six races at Michigan. In that span, Junior has a win, three top-fives and four top-10s.
12.5Average starting position of the winner at Michigan in the past 10 series races. Fifteen races have been won from the pole, most recently by Kasey Kahne in 2006. Sixty-two of 79 races have been won from a top-10 starting position.
80Cup races held at Michigan International Speedway. David Pearson is the all-time wins leader with nine victories at the track.
687Number of points Carl Edwards has earned at Michigan in the past four races, tops among all drivers. In those four races, Edwards has two wins and two seventh-place finishes. Tony Stewart has the second-most points (591) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. is third (581).
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| Pos. | +/- | Driver | Points | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | -- | Tony Stewart | 2,043 | -- |
| 2. | -- | Jeff Gordon | 1,972 | -71 |
| 3. | -- | Jimmie Johnson | 1,940 | -103 |
| 4. | +1 | Ryan Newman | 1,840 | -203 |
| 5. | -1 | Kurt Busch | 1,819 | -224 |
| 6. | +5 | Carl Edwards | 1,762 | -281 |
| 7. | +2 | Greg Biffle | 1,753 | -290 |
| 8. | -- | Matt Kenseth | 1,745 | -298 |
| 9. | -3 | Kyle Busch | 1,731 | -312 |
| 10. | -- | Jeff Burton | 1,725 | -318 |
| 11. | +2 | David Reutimann | 1,701 | -342 |
| 12. | -5 | Denny Hamlin | 1,679 | -364 |
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