THE NUMBERS for the COKE ZERO 400
Daytona International Speedway (all Sprint Cup races)
0 – fewest cautions (seven times, most recent 2/18/62)
1 – fewest on lead lap at finish (eight times, most recent 2/15/76)
1 – fewest leaders (four times, most recent 2/22/63)
1 – fewest laps led by race winner (four times, most recent 7/2/94)
4 – drivers sweeping both races (Fireball Roberts, Cale Yarborough, LeeRoy Yarborough, and Bobby Allison
8 – races won from outside a top-20 starting position
10 – most wins (Richard Petty)
10 – number of jet dryers available for track drying
11 – fewest cars running at finish (7/4/63)
12 – most poles (Cale Yarborough)
15 – wins by car owner (Wood Brothers)
16 – most cautions (2/20/11)
20 – drivers with more than one pole
25 – most leaders (7/2/11)
26 – drivers with more than one win
34 – most cars on lead lap at finish (7/1/06)
39 – worst starting position for race winner (Matt Kenseth, 2/15/09)
41 – most cars running at finish (two times, most recent 7/2/94)
44 – wins from the front row; 25 from the pole
56 – different race winners
54 – different pole winners
60 – most caution laps (twice, most recent 2/20/11)
74 – most lead changes (2/20/11)
120 minutes – approximate amount of time it takes to dry the 2.5-mile track
184 – most laps led by race winner (Richard Petty 2/23/64)
2012 Caution Update
1 – fewest cautions this season (Fontana)
5 – races extended beyond scheduled distance (Daytona, Martinsville, Talladega, Darlington and Sonoma)
10 – most cautions this season (Daytona)
94 – cautions in the first 17 races of 2012; includes 38 for accidents, 29 for debris and 11 for spins
503 of 5,027 – laps under caution in 2012
702.501 of 6,656.498 – miles under caution in the first 17 races
Provided by Darnell Communications for SRT Motorsports and Dodge
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