Another week, another Kyle Busch victory. When the NASCAR Cup series rolls into Talladega on Sunday, it'll be more than a month since somebody besides Busch won a race.
Three-race winning streaks are impressive and all, but we've already had one this season, by Kevin Harvick. It's the first time there have been multiple three-race winning streaks in a season since 2015 when it was Joey Logano and, yes, Busch doing the honors.
We'll check back on winning streaks when it gets to four races. Until then, here are three other stat storylines from Saturday night's jaunt in Richmond.
Throwing a 'three' party
Forget about winning streaks. Just winning three times this early in a season is rare. Coming into 2018, the last time a driver won three times in the first nine races of the season was Jimmie Johnson in 2010, the last in his run of five consecutive championships.
Busch and Harvick have pulled off that feat this year, and that's even more rare. Only four other times in series history have multiple drivers had at least three wins this early in the season.
In 1992, Bill Elliott and Davey Allison did it in a season that had one of the best championship races in series history. Both went into the season finale with a chance at the title, but it was underdog Alan Kulwicki who won the championship.
In 1989, Rusty Wallace and Darrell Waltrip pulled it off. Both won six races that season and Wallace won his only championship.
And it happened in both 1973 and 1974. In 1973, it was Richard Petty and David Pearson. In 1974, it was Petty and Cale Yarborough. Those drivers are all seventh or better in all-time wins.
'Second place is first loser'
That quote is often credited to Dale Earnhardt. No clue if he actually said it, but he raced against Bill Elliott, and this note applies to Bill's son, Chase Elliott.
Elliott came through the flurry of late-race cautions to finish second for the eighth time in his Cup career. He's still looking for his first career win.
When (or if) he wins, he would become just the fifth driver to have at least eight second-place finishes before his first victory. The record is 12, by James Hylton. Then it's Harry Gant with 10, Sterling Marlin with 9.
Also with eight, the same number that Chase Elliott currently sits at, is his father. Awesome Bill recovered from that series of early-career disappointment to have 44 career wins.
Follow the leader
Three drivers led more than 90 laps in this 402-lap race, led by Martin Truex Jr.'s 121. Despite the finish outside the top 10, Truex again made a statement by leading the most laps.
It was the 17th time since the start of 2016 that Truex has led the most laps in a race, breaking a tie with Busch for the most. Only one other driver (Harvick) is in even in double digits (11).
Before 2016, Truex had been the driver to lead the most laps in a race only seven times in 369 races.