The two previous road course winners this season are Martin Truex Jr. (Sonoma, Calif.) and Chase Elliott (Watkins Glen, N.Y.). …
Brad Keselowski won the previous race on the Charlotte Motor Speedway oval in May. He has never won a Cup road course race. …
Of the previous road course winners competing this weekend, A.J. Allmendinger (2014, Watkins Glen) is the only former winner not in the Playoff field. …
Jimmie Johnson is ranked 14th – six points behind the 12th place cutoff entering this week’s Playoff elimination race. Twice before Johnson has won the first elimination race (at Kansas, 2008) and at Dover (2013) and both times he went on to win the Cup championship. …
Of the four drivers on the Playoff “bubble” ranked 13th-16th, Erik Jones has the best showing at the season’s two previous road courses. He finished seventh at Sonoma and fifth at Watkins Glen. Clint Bowyer was third at Sonoma and 11th at the Glen. …
Kevin Harvick boasts the current best driver rating for the season (115.2), followed by Kyle Busch (110.8). Harvick has led a series-best 1,274 laps. Busch is next with 1,209.
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