Date Posted — February 25, 2007
This is a fun little statistic that NASCAR puts out that I thought might be enjoyed by a few of the RW readers before the start of the California race.
Speed In Traffic
Speed when there is another vehicle within one car length (green conditions only).
"Relative Speed Percentage" averages how much faster or slower a driver raced versus the average speed of all drivers during each of the past visits to the track
California Speedway
Rk. Car Number Driver Average Finish Relative Speed Percentage
1 9 Kasey Kahne 12.8 .5355 2 11 Denny Hamlin 9.0 .5351 3 16 Greg Biffle 17.3 .3724 4 20 Tony Stewart 18.5 .3058 5 99 Carl Edwards 4.0 .3001 6 48 Jimmie Johnson 7.8 .2886 7 5 Kyle Busch 10.5 .2486 8 6 Mark Martin 9.8 .1911 9 17 Matt Kenseth 10.3 .0414 10 07 Clint Bowyer 8.5 -.0161 11 41 Reed Sorenson 21.0 -.0361 12 26 Jamie McMurray 9.5 -.1137 13 2 Rusty Wallace 12.5 -.1334 14 2 Kurt Busch 14.5 -.1755 15 24 Jeff Gordon 17.3 -.1767 16 1 Martin Truex Jr. 16.5 -.1780 17 31 Jeff Burton 18.8 -.2667 18 18 J.J. Yeley 22.0 -.2897 19 42 Casey Mears 18.8 -.3123 20 01 Joe Nemechek 25.3 -.3648 21 29 Kevin Harvick 16.0 -.3979 22 25 Brian Vickers 20.8 -.4143 23 12 Ryan Newman 20.0 -.4409 24 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 20.8 -.4909 25 88 Dale Jarrett 15.5 -.5338 26 10 Scott Riggs 26.3 -.5735 27 19 Elliott Sadler 15.3 -.6503 28 7 Robby Gordon 34.5 -.6602 29 43 Bobby Labonte 22.5 -.7687 30 14 Sterling Marlin 23.8 -.8209 31 0 Mike Bliss 19.5 -.8283 32 55 Michael Waltrip 29.5 -.8774 33 21 Ken Schrader 23.5 -.8954 34 19 Jeremy Mayfield 25.3 -.9258 35 4 Scott Wimmer 29.0 -1.0028 36 66 Jeff Green 24.5 -1.0114 37 22 Dave Blaney 28.5 -1.1067 38 40 David Stremme 34.5 -1.1104 39 45 Kyle Petty 29.8 -1.1324 40 38 David Gilliland 32.0 -1.1431 41 21 Ricky Rudd 25.0 -1.4338 42 44 Terry Labonte 36.7 -1.5196 43 32 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 21.5 -1.5207 44 96 Tony Raines 32.5 -1.5434 45 49 Kevin Lepage 34.7 -1.5665 46 32 Travis Kvapil 30.3 -1.7839 47 14 John Andretti 29.0 -1.8013 48 4 Mike Wallace 25.0 -1.8784 49 11 Jason Leffler 37.0 -1.9585 50 51 Mike Garvey 37.5 -1.9779 51 00 Bill Elliott 41.7 -2.0163 52 36 Boris Said 30.0 -2.0594 53 49 Brent Sherman 37.0 -2.6386 54 78 Kenny Wallace 40.0 -2.7395 55 51 Stuart Kirby 43.0 -2.7788 56 95 Stanton Barrett Jr. 40.0 -3.2462 57 34 Randy LaJoie 42.0 -5.3110 58 92 Hermie Sadler 42.0 -7.9777
