Crashes & Spins - What don't they keep track of in this sport?

[dpkimmel2001]

There's still time left for Sam to take the lead.....

Sprint Cup Crash and Spin Roundup (after 28 races)

2 - Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick

3 - Matt Kenseth

4 - Clint Bowyer

5 - Robby Gordon, AJ Allmendinger, Scott Speed, Carl Edwards

6 - Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton, Martin Truex, Jr., David Reutimann

7 - Jamie McMurray, David Ragan, Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle, Paul Menard

8 - Mark Martin, Ryan Newman, Regan Smith

9 - Bobby Labonte

10 - Kurt Busch, Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch, Juan Pablo Montoya, Jimmie Johnson

11 - Brad Keselowski

12 - Marcos Ambrose, the five drivers of the No. 83 Toyota

13 - Sam Hornish Jr., Joey Logano

14 - Elliott Sadler

It's a sad irony that the driver who has had the hardest crash of the year, Elliott Sadler at Pocono in July, is also the driver who has been involved in the most incidents

After getting involved in a four-car crash in turn 2 late in the race two weeks ago at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sadler chalked up incident number 14 for the year.

That put him in the lead, ahead of Sam Hornish Jr. and Joey Logano, who each have been involved in 13 spins or crashes that prompted yellow flags.

Full article here.

 

[MRM]

They don't keep up with near as much as MLB does. They'll send the media some stat about a hitter batting percentage with runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs and when the temperature is over 80 degrees.

 

[ted@economy]

The sad part of this is... that the guys who race up near the front are more likely to be ahead of a wreck.The guys in the poorly funded teams ,who are racing in the back half of the field ...are more likely to be swept up in someone elses mess. So being high on the list may not reflect on your ability.

 

[kkfan91]

I don't know Sam can try but Elliott has been wrecking for years more then Sam

 

[MoMike]

The sad part of this is... that the guys who race up near the front are more likely to be ahead of a wreck.The guys in the poorly funded teams ,who are racing in the back half of the field ...are more likely to be swept up in someone elses mess. So being high on the list may not reflect on your ability.

So whats Jr's excuse? He's been nowheres near the front all year? And only 2 wrecks.

 

[PettyBlue]

The sad part of this is... that the guys who race up near the front are more likely to be ahead of a wreck.The guys in the poorly funded teams ,who are racing in the back half of the field ...are more likely to be swept up in someone elses mess. So being high on the list may not reflect on your ability.

Not neccasarily- the field doesn't stay frozen at front runners/mid packers/tail enders for the entire race.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Sam Hornish is one of the drivers Ms. I'm Hot Chit shouldve watched before coming to NASCAR.

 

[carsntunes]

Where's Dave Blaney & Joe Nemecheck? Oh, that's right, they were in the garage watching it all happen.......