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Single Season/Driver – Most Pontiac Laps Led, All-Time

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03/27/2017 – How dominant was Rusty Wallace from a pure performance perspective in 1993 behind the wheel of the Penske Miller Genuine Draft Grand Prix?  Consider these statistics (despite 5 DNF’s out of the then-30 race schedule) –

  • Series Leader in Wins – 10 (almost double his closest competitor, Dale Earnhardt/6)
  • Series Leader in Top-5’s – 19
  • Tied for Series Lead in Top-10’s – 21
  • Series Leader in Laps Led – 2,860 (almost double that of his closest competitor, Dale Earnhardt/1,475)

The difference between Wallace finishing 2nd to Earnhardt in the final Cup Championship standings was Earnhardt’s better finishing  average (8.2 to 9.4) thanks to only 2 DNF’s despite being significantly behind Wallace in the aforementioned performance categories.

1993 was a banner year for Pontiac, they would suffer through a miserable 1994, followed by a mediocre span of 1995-1998 before the Labonte and Stewart tandem at Joe Gibbs Racing led them out in a blaze of glory from 1999-2002.

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A common sight in 1993, Wallace in his Pontiac leading all other competitors.