Busch and Denny Hamlin are tied for the lead (5-5) in the overall WIX Filters Lap Leader standings entering the September 5 Emory Healthcare 500 at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway.

Kasey Kahne was the WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race in the 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta, leading eight times for a race-high 144 laps.

Martin Truex Jr. was the WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race in the 2009 Emory Healthcare 500, leading three times for a race-high 68 laps.

The record for most laps led at Atlanta is 308 by Cale Yarborough in the 1969 Kobalt Tools 500 (spring race).

The record for most lead changes in a race at Atlanta is 44 in the 1982 fall race.

The record for most different leaders in a race at Atlanta is 17 in the 2000 Kobalt Tools 500 (spring race).

The record for fewest lead changes in a race at Atlanta is six (three times, most recently in the 1963 fall race).

The driver leading the most laps has won three of the 10 most recent fall races in Atlanta and scored EIGHT top-five finishes (average finish is 7.9).

Drivers that have led the most laps in the 10 most recent fall races at Atlanta:

2000: Jerry Nadeau, 155 laps, FIRST

2001: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 171 laps, seventh

2002: Kurt Busch, 84 laps, FIRST

2003: Tony Stewart, 109 laps, second

2004: Mark Martin, 227 laps, second

2005: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 142 laps, fourth

2006: Tony Stewart, 146 laps, FIRST

2007: Martin Truex Jr., 135 laps, 31st

2008: Matt Kenseth, 128 laps, fourth

2009: Martin Truex Jr., 68 laps, 26th

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS

Denny Hamlin 5

Kyle Busch 5

Kevin Harvick 3

Juan Pablo Montoya 3

Kasey Kahne 2

Jeff Burton 2

Tony Stewart 2

Marcos Ambrose 1

Jamie McMurray 1

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE

EVENT/DRIVER

Daytona 500 Kevin Harvick, 41 laps

Auto Club 500 Jeff Burton, 46 laps

Shelby American Tony Stewart, seven laps

Kobalt Tools 500 Kasey Kahne, 144 laps

Food City 500 Juan Pablo Montoya, 29 laps

Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 Denny Hamlin, 172 laps

Subway Fresh Fit 600 Kyle Busch, 113 laps

Samsung Mobile 500 Tony Stewart, 74 laps

Aaron’s 499 Jeff Burton, 28 laps

Crown Royal 400 Kyle Busch, 226 laps

SHOWTIME Southern 500 Denny Hamlin, 104 laps

Autism Speaks 400 Kyle Busch, 131 laps

Coca-Cola 600 Kyle Busch, 36 laps

Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 Denny Hamlin, 88 laps

Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 Denny Hamlin, 123 laps

Toyota/Save Mart 350 Marcos Ambrose, 35 laps

LENOX Industrial Tools 301 Kasey Kahne, 110 laps

Coke Zero 400 Kevin Harvick, 28 laps

LifeLock.com 400 Jamie McMurray, 72 laps

Brickyard 400 Juan Pablo Montoya, 86 laps

Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Denny Hamlin, 19 laps

Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen Juan Pablo Montoya, 74 laps

CARFAX 400 Kevin Harvick, 60 laps

IRWIN Tools Night Race Kyle Busch, 282 laps

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