NASCAR Stats Tracker: Lowe's
Which Chase drivers fare well at Lowe's Motor Speedway and which Chase drivers tend to struggle? Our driver chart breaks down all the key statistics.
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| Chase drivers at Charlotte Motor Speedway | ||||||||
| Driver | Races | Poles | Wins | Top Fives | Top 10s | DNFs | Avg. Finish | Best Finish |
| Jimmie Johnson | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 10.2 | 1 |
| Denny Hamlin | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18.5 | 8 |
| Kevin Harvick | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20.7 | 2 |
| Jeff Gordon | 35 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 15.4 | 1 |
| Tony Stewart | 23 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 13.4 | 1 |
| Kurt Busch | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20.0 | 1 |
| Carl Edwards | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 13.2 | 3 |
| Jeff Burton | 33 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 15.1 | 1 |
| Kyle Busch | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17.8 | 3 |
| Greg Biffle | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 19.1 | 2 |
| Matt Kenseth | 22 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 15.4 | 1 |
| Clint Bowyer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17.7 | 2 |
Odds and ends
There have been 101 Cup Series points races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, two races per year since the track opened in 1960. The first six fall races at Charlotte were 400-mile events (1960-65).
There have been 37 drivers who have posted poles at Lowe's. Fireball Roberts won the pole for the track's first race.
David Pearson won the pole at Lowe's a record 14 times. He posted 11 straight poles at the track from the fall of 1973 through 1978.
Ryan Newman leads all active drivers with eight poles at Lowe's. Jeff Gordon won five straight poles for the spring races between 1994 and 1998.
There have been 42 drivers who have posted victories at Lowe's, led by Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip with six each. Joe Lee Johnson won the first race held at the track.
Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson are tied for the most victories at Lowe's among active drivers with five each.
There have been 13 back-to-back victories at Lowe's, including three in-a-row by Fred Lorenzen (fall 1964 and both 1965) and four straight by Jimmie Johnson (sweeps in 2004 and 2005).
A sweep of Lowe's two events has occurred eight times, including each season from 2004-2007.
13 races at Lowe's have been won from the pole, the last by Jimmie Johnson in the 2004 Coca-Cola 600.
Jimmie Johnson won the 2003 Coca-Cola 600 from the 37th starting position, the furthest back a race winner has started at Lowe's.
A number of active drivers earned their first win at Lowe's: Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Bobby Labonte, Jamie McMurray, Casey Mears and David Reutimann.
