answers: Richard Petty
context: 2012 season, only two (J. Gordon, D. Waltrip) have started a Brickyard 400. As a result of that, official "major" status has never been granted to this race. Current drivers must have started their first race after November 14, 2004 (the final Southern 500) in order to be eligible for a Career Triple Crown (the three remaining majors). Of current drivers who have won majors, only David Reutimann, Brad Keselowski, Trevor Bayne, Denny Hamlin, and Joey Logano are eligible to be deemed "Career Triple Crown" drivers. When Kevin Harvick won the 2011 Coca-Cola 600, he completed his run of winning </s> the old points system was still around, Jeff Gordon would have been the 3rd driver in NASCAR history to win 7 Cup Series championships, joining Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt. Championships 5 and 6 would have occurred in 2004 and 2007. He would have won his 7th title by 149 points over Joey Logano. Gordon, along with Austin Dillon, were the only drivers in 2014 to finish every race. On January 22, 2015, Gordon announced that 2015 would be his last season as a full-time driver, but did not rule out retirement entirely. On January 29, Gordon stated he does </s> fastest race laps. German driver Michael Schumacher has achieved the highest number of fastest laps with 77. He is followed by Finnish driver Kimi Räikkönen with . Since , an award is given to the driver with the most fastest laps in a season. Fastest laps are often set during the final laps of a race. Lap times often decrease as tracks get "rubbered in" and fuel weights go down as a race progresses. Setting the fastest lap is often considered an unofficial consolation prize for a driver that has had an incident that precluded a podium finish. In Grand
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