Wednesday, May 30, 2012

THE NUMBERS for the FedEx 400


Dover International Speedway (all 84 Sprint Cup races)

0 – fewest cautions (6/6/71)

1 – fewest cars on lead lap at finish (11 times, most recent 9/15/91)

3 – fewest leaders (five times, most recent 5/16/82)

3 – fewest lead changes (10/17/71)

4 – number of jet dryers available for track drying this weekend

6 – fewest laps led by race winner (Jeff Burton, 9/24/06)

6 – most poles (David Pearson)

7 – most wins (Bobby Allison and Richard Petty)

13 – fewest cars running at finish (5/17/81)

13 – most leaders (three times, most recent 9/24/00)

13 – wins from the pole in 84 races

16 – most cautions (9/19/93)

18 – races won from a starting position outside the top 10

21 – most cars on lead lap at finish (6/4/06)

29 – most lead changes (twice, most recent 5/18/86)

31 – fewest cars to start a Sprint Cup race (5/20/79, 500-mile race)

33 – different race winners

35 – different pole winners

40 – most running at finish (9/21/08)

51 – wins from a top-five starting position

90 minutes – approximate amount of time it takes to dry the one-mile, all-concrete track after a significant rainfall

103 – most caution laps (9/19/93)

491 – most laps led by race winner (Richard Petty, Dodge, 9/15/74)

2012 Caution Update

1 – fewest cautions this season (Fontana)

4 – races extended beyond scheduled distance (Daytona, Martinsville, Talladega and Darlington)

10 – most cautions this season (Daytona)

66 – cautions in the first 12 races of 2012; includes 27 for accidents, 21 for debris and eight for spins

366 of 3,888 – laps under caution in 2012

472.571 of 4,833.118 – miles under caution in the first 12 races

- Darnell Communications for SRT Motorsports Press Release

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