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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

INSIDE the Numbers at Bristol Motor Speedway





THE NUMBERS for the IRWIN Tools Night Race
Bristol Motor Speedway

0 – fewest cautions for a race at Bristol Motor Speedway (7/11/71)

0 – fewest lead changes for a race (3/25/73)

1 – fewest laps led by race winner (7/26/64 – Fred Lorenzen)

4 – number of jet dryers available for track drying during race weekend

7 – number of consecutive wins by Darrell Waltrip at BMS (1981 – 1984)

16 – most wins by a car owner (Junior Johnson)

20 – most cautions for a race at BMS (three times, most recent 8/23/03)

34 – races won from the front row (22 from the pole)

38 – different winners at BMS in 101 Sprint Cup races

40 – most lead changes (4/14/91)

42 – number of cars that started first race at Bristol in 1961

60 – minutes, the minimum amount of time it takes to dry the .533-mile track after a significant rainfall

157,574 – number of fans that established the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest audience wave at BMS (August 23, 2008)

2011 Caution Update

4 – fewest cautions this season (Fontana and Pocono1)

6 – number of races extended beyond scheduled distance in 2011

10 – number of cautions in spring race (March 20) at BMS

16 – most cautions this season (Daytona)

167 – number of cautions in the first 23 races of 2011; includes 77 for accidents, 40 for debris and 24 for spins

774 of 6,251 – number of laps under caution in 2011

1,143.611 of 9,166,258 – miles under caution in the first 23 races

- Darnell Communications for Dodge Motorsports, Press Release

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