Jimmie Johnson was really good at Auto Club Speedway.
In fact, he was the best.
It would be easy to just cite his record six wins in 26 starts on the 2-mile track. But here’s another number.
5,906.
That’s the amount of laps Johnson successfully completed in all 26 of his starts on his home rack, from his first Cup win there in 2002 to the seventh-place finish Sunday in his final Auto Club 400.
That’s every lap. Johnson never failed to finish on the lead lap at Auto Club Speedway
It’s far and away a Cup Series record.
According to Racing Insights, the closest a Cup driver has come to that is Tony Stewart.
Like Johnson, he did it at his home track. From 1999-2016, Stewart made 18 starts at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He completed all 2,895 laps he was eligible for.
The next four drivers in this category all earned their numbers at the same track: Watkins Glen International.
Martin Truex Jr: 14 starts/1,262 laps
Darrell Waltrip: 14 starts/1,221 laps
Carl Edwards: 12 starts/1,084 laps
A.J. Allmendinger: 10 starts/902 laps