SRT Motorsports Presents THE NUMBERS for the TUMS Fast Relief 500

THE NUMBERS for the TUMS FAST RELIEF 500
Martinsville Speedway (All 127 Sprint Cup races)

1 – fewest cautions (three times, most recent 4/25/71)

1 – fewest cars on lead lap at finish (27 times, most recent 4/27/86)

1 – fewest lead changes (three times, most recent 4/9/61)

2 – fewest leaders (11 times, most recent 9/26/76)

3 – fewest caution laps (4/25/71)

4 – fewest laps led by race winner (John Andretti, 4/18/99)

4 – fewest running at the finish (5/6/51); 35 cars started the 200-lap race on .500-mile
dirt track

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

7 – cautions in spring race

14 – most leaders (10/15/01)

15 – most wins by driver (Richard Petty)

19 – races won from the pole

21 – most cautions for a race (10/21/07)

26 – most cars on the lead lap at finish (twice, most recent 10/22/06)

29 – cautions for two races last year: 11 for the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 and 18
for TUMS Fast Relief 500

42 – most running at finish (two times, most recent 4/1/07)

47 – different race winners

57 – different pole winners

90 – minutes, amount of time it takes to dry the .526-mile track after a significant rainfall.

127 – Sprint Cup races at Martinsville Speedway since 1949

127 – most caution laps (10/21/07)

493 – most laps led by race winner (Fred Lorenzen, 9/27/64)

2012 Caution Update

1 – fewest cautions this season (Fontana)

8 – races extended beyond scheduled distance (Daytona, Martinsville, Talladega,
Darlington, Sonoma, Michigan2, Atlanta and Talladega2)

14 – most cautions this season (Kansas2)

185 – number of cautions in the first 32 races of 2012; includes 86 for accidents,
50 for debris and 20 for spins

961 of 9,021 – number of laps under caution in 2012

1,359.288 of 12,234.676 – miles under caution in the first 32 races

-  Darnell Communications for SRT Motorsports Press Release