Infineon Raceway is the first road course that Winston Cup drivers will see this year. Credit: Autostock
By Dave Rodman, Turner Sports Interactive
June 20, 2003
10:03 AM EDT (1403 GMT)
SONOMA, Calif. -- NASCAR Winston Cup racing is all about statistics, and numerology.
Sears Point Raceway staged its first NASCAR Winston Cup race in 1989, the inaugural Banquet 300, which was won by Ricky Rudd.
Since then the 1.99-mile Napa Valley Wine Country road course has been re-branded Infineon Raceway, but its early summer Dodge/Save Mart 350 has continued to create a sizeable log of statistical nuggets.
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| Ricky Rudd is the defending champion at Sonoma. Credit: Autostock |
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0 -- The number of top-five finishes at Infineon Raceway by Dodge drivers.
1 -- The number of teams that have no provisional starting positions available at Infineon, namely A.J. Foyt Racing.
1.99 -- The distance, in miles, of a lap of Infineon Raceway.
2 -- The number of Winston Cup events at Infineon Raceway that have been won from starting positions outside the top 10.
2.52 -- The distance in miles of a lap at Infineon Raceway in its original configuration, which included the "Carousel" section of the racetrack.
3 -- The number of Bud Pole Awards this season by Bobby Labonte, who won the most recent pole, at Michigan International Speedway.
3 -- The number of victories at Infineon Raceway by Jeff Gordon, the most of all drivers.
3 -- The number of victories at Infineon Raceway apiece by car owners Rick Hendrick and Robert Yates, the most among owners.
4 -- The number of career Bud Pole Awards at Infineon Raceway by Ricky Rudd, the most among drivers.
4.7 -- Jeff Gordon's average starting position in 10 races at Infineon Raceway; tops among drivers with five or more starts here.
5 -- The number of Winston Cup drivers that have competed in every race this season without a DNF: Robby Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Terry Labonte and Michael Waltrip.
6 -- The number of Winston Cup events at Infineon Raceway that have been won by Ford.
6.67 -- Season Bud Pole leader Ryan Newman's average starting position through 15 races.
7 -- The number of top-10 finishes by Jeff Gordon in 10 career starts at Infineon.
8 -- The number of Bud Pole Awards in 2003 by Chevrolet.
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9 -- The number of drivers that have competed in all 14 Winston Cup races at Infineon Raceway: Brett Bodine, Dale Jarrett, Terry Labonte, Sterling Marlin, Mark Martin, Ricky Rudd, Ken Schrader, Rusty Wallace and Michael Waltrip.
9 -- Mark Martin's average finish in 14 career starts at Infineon Raceway; tops among drivers with five or more starts here.
9 -- The number of different winners in the 14 Winston Cup races held at Infineon Raceway.
10 -- The number of corners -- both left- and right-hand turns -- in a lap of Infineon Raceway.
12 -- The number of weeks that Matt Kenseth has led the Winston Cup standings.
12 -- The number of top-10 finishes at Infineon Raceway by Mark Martin. That leads all drivers.
13 -- The furthest back a winner has started at Infineon Raceway, by Davey Allison in the 1991 Banquet 300.
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| There have been 14 Winston Cup Races at Infineon Raceway. |
13 -- The number of top-10 finishes in 15 races this season by Winston Cup point leader Matt Kenseth, the most of all drivers.
14 -- The number of Infineon Raceway Winston Cup races in which Michael Waltrip has competed, without a DNF.
19 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s best finish in three career starts at Infineon Raceway.
21 -- Winston Cup point leader Matt Kenseth's best finish in three career starts at Infineon Raceway.
25 -- The consecutive number of races in which Michael Waltrip has been running at the finish, Winston Cup's longest active streak.
29 -- The percentage of the 14 Winston Cup events at Infineon Raceway that have been won from the pole position, or four races.
33 -- The number of road course races that Mark Martin has raced in his career, with 28 top-10 finishes.
35 -- The number of different drivers that have led a lap this season, after Hermie Sadler led a Winston Cup race for the first time in his career, at Michigan.
47 -- The number of Winston Cup entries at Sonoma. P.J. Jones must qualify A.J. Foyt's car on speed since the team is out of provisionals. Jim Inglebright, Brandon Ash and Paul Menard are most susceptible to not qualifying since their teams are lowest in owner points.
48 -- The number of races in which sophomore driver Jimmie Johnson has remained in the top 10 in the Winston Cup standings, the longest such streak among active drivers.
77 -- The number of races since Rusty Wallace last won, on April 29, 2001 at California Speedway. Wallace has two victories and nine top-10 finishes in 14 career starts at Infineon.
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81.007 -- The average speed of 2002 race winner Ricky Rudd, who took two hours, 42 minutes and eight seconds to win on the course that was reconfigured prior to the 2002 event.
93 -- The number of career Winston Cup starts for Kurt Busch, the series' most recent winner, at Michigan International Speedway.
93.476 -- Tony Stewart's 2002 Bud Pole Award winning speed, in 76.640 seconds, the event record on the course that was reconfigured prior to the 2002 event.
110 -- The number of laps it takes to cover the 218.9-mile race distance at Infineon Raceway.
185 -- Matt Kenseth's Winston Cup point lead over Dale Earnhardt Jr. coming into Infineon Raceway, the largest margin of the season and the largest point lead after 15 races since Dale Earnhardt led Dale Jarrett by 251 points in 1993.
229 -- Defending Winston Cup champion Tony Stewart's deficit in the points after 15 races last season. Stewart won the title by 38 points over Mark Martin.
160,000 -- The value of the NASCAR Winston Cup Leader bonus at Infineon, available to the Dodge/Save Mart 350 winner if he is also the Winston Cup point leader.
2,280,000 -- The amount of money series sponsor R.J. Reynolds has paid since 1996 to winners of the NASCAR Winston Cup Leader Bonus.
4,768,247 -- Posted awards for the Dodge/Save Mart 350.
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