The Numbers — Atlanta Motor Speedway

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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