THE NUMBERS for the ADVOCARE 500
Atlanta Motor Speedway (all 103 Sprint Cup races)
1 – fewest cautions for a race at Atlanta Motor Speedway (twice, most recent 8/2/70)
1 – fewest laps led by race winner (9/17/61 – David Pearson)
3 – wins by Dodge in last four Sprint Cup races at AMS
6 – fewest lead changes (three times, most recent 6/30/63)
6 – number of jet dryers available for track drying at AMS during race weekend
6 – wins from outside a top-20 starting position
7 – most poles (Buddy Baker, Ryan Newman)
7 – fewest caution laps (11/2/86)
9 – most wins (Dale Earnhardt)
12 – most wins by a car owner (Glen Wood/Wood Brothers)
14 – most cautions (10/28/07)
14 – wins from the pole
17 – most leaders (3/12/00)
22 – drivers with multiple wins at AMS
32 – most cars on lead lap at finish (11/8/98)
41 – most cars running at the finish (three times, most recent 3/9/08)
42 – different race winners in 103 races
45 – different pole winners
45 – most lead changes (11/7/82)
99 – most caution laps (11/6/77)
120 – minutes, the minimum amount of time it takes to dry the 1.54-mile track after a significant rainfall
2011 Caution Update
4 – fewest cautions this season (Fontana and Pocono1)
6 – number of races extended beyond scheduled distance in 2011
16 – most cautions this season (Daytona)
173 – number of cautions in the first 24 races of 2011; includes 80 for accidents, 43 for debris and 24 for spins
816 of 6,751 – number of laps under caution in 2011
1,165,997 of 9,432,758 – miles under caution in the first 24 races
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