By The Numbers: New England 300

LOUDON, N.H. -- New Hampshire International Speedway staged its first NASCAR Winston Cup race in July 1993, the inaugural Slick 50 300, which was won by Rusty Wallace.

Since then, NHIS has expanded its Winston Cup schedule to two races a season. Here are more facts about NHIS:

0 -- The number of top-five finishes in 18 races this season by Sterling Marlin, who at 10th in the standings is the only driver in the top-20 without a top-five.

	Jeff Gordon has led the most laps at NHIS. Credit: Autostock

1 -- The number of times a driver has swept both Bud Pole Awards in a season at NHIS, by Ken Schrader in 1997.

1.058 -- The length of a lap, in miles, of New Hampshire International Speedway.

2 -- The number of drivers that have won races at NHIS from the pole position, by Jeff Gordon (1998 CMT 300) and Ryan Newman (2002 New Hampshire 300).

3 -- The leading number of Bud Pole Awards at NHIS, by Jeff Gordon.

4 -- The leading number of career Winston Cup victories at NHIS, by Jeff Burton.

4 -- The leading number of victories by an owner at NHIS, by Jack Roush. Rick Hendrick has three NHIS victories and Robert Yates and Roger Penske are tied with two apiece.

4 -- The number of drivers that have started all 16 Winston Cup races at NHIS without a DNF: Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Sterling Marlin and Mark Martin.

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7 -- The number of different winners in the last seven Winston Cup races at NHIS.

8 -- The leading number of Winston Cup victories at NHIS by Ford. Chevrolet is second with five wins.

8 -- The leading number of top-five finishes at New Hampshire, by Jeff Gordon.

9 -- The number of different drivers that have scored Bud Poles in the 16 Winston Cup races at New Hampshire.

9.06 -- Ken Schrader's average starting position at NHIS, the best of all drivers with at least two starts here.

9.56 -- Mark Martin's average finishing position at NHIS, the best of all drivers with at least five starts here.

10 -- The number of times this season the Bud Pole Award winner has finished in the top-10, in 18 races.

11 -- The number of different race winners in the 16 Winston Cup races at New

Hampshire.

12 -- The leading number of top-10 finishes at New Hampshire, by Dale Jarrett.

12 -- The degree of banking in the four corners of New Hampshire International Speedway.

14 -- The number of top-10 finishes by Matt Kenseth in 18 races this season.

14.125 -- The average starting position of all race winners in 16 events at NHIS.

	Jimmie Johnson sits sixth in points after Chicago. Credit: Autostock

15 -- The record number of leading drivers in a single race at NHIS, during the 1996 Jiffy Lube 300.

15 -- The number of drivers that have competed in all 16 Winston Cup races at New Hampshire.

18 -- The number of times the driver that led the Winston Cup standings at the midpoint of the season went on to win the title.

18 -- The number of races this season in which a Chevrolet has led at least one lap, the only manufacturer in the sport to accomplish the feat.

28 -- The consecutive number of races in which Michael Waltrip has been running at the finish, Winston Cup's longest active streak.

30.5 -- Jack Sprague's finishing average in 18 races this season, the worst of any driver that has competed in every race.

38 -- The deepest in the field a NHIS Winston Cup race winner has started, by Jeff Burton in the 1999 Jiffy Lube 300.

46 -- The number of races since Kyle Petty last scored a top-10 finish, since Talladega in April 2002.

50 -- The percentage of the 16 Winston Cup races at NHIS that have been won from starting positions inside the top 10.

51 -- The number of races in which Jimmie Johnson has remained in the top 10 in the Winston Cup standings, the longest such streak among active drivers.

55 -- The speed, in miles per hour, that the pace car will travel under caution at NHIS. Pit road speed at NHIS is 45 mph.

80 -- The number of races since Rusty Wallace last won, on April 29, 2001 at California Speedway. Wallace won the inaugural Winston Cup race at New Hampshire.

	Ward Burton is the defending winner of the New England 300. Credit: Autostock

92.342 -- Defending New England 300 race winner Ward Burton's winning average speed, in miles per hour, in three hours, 26 minutes and 14 seconds.

117.134 -- The NHIS race record average speed, set on July 13, 1997 by Jeff Burton, in two hours, 42 minutes and 35 seconds.

131.469 -- Bill Elliott's 2002 Bud Pole Award winning lap for the New England 300, in 28.971 seconds.

132.241 -- The New Hampshire International Speedway Bud Pole Qualifying record, in miles per hour, set by Ryan Newman on Sept. 13, 2002, in 28.802 seconds.

165 -- Matt Kenseth's lead over Jeff Gordon in the Winston Cup standings, the eighth largest point lead at the midpoint of the season since the point system was established in 1975.

300 -- The number of laps led by Jeff Burton in the 2000 Dura-Lube 300, only the third time in the modern era that a driver has led all of the laps in a Winston Cup race.

315 -- The number of laps led in eight races at NHIS by Tony Stewart.

317.40 -- The number of miles covered in 300 laps at New Hampshire International Speedway.

399 -- The number of Winston Cup victories by Chevrolet in the Modern Era, since 1972, heading into Sunday's New England 300.

595 -- The second best number of laps led in 16 Winston Cup races at NHIS, by Jeff Burton.

912 -- The number of laps led in 16 Winston Cup races at NHIS by Jeff Gordon, tops by all drivers.

1,500 -- The length, in feet, of the front and backstretches at New Hampshire International Speedway.

1997 -- The first year for twice-a-year Winston Cup races at New Hampshire.

190,000 -- The value of the NASCAR Winston Cup Leader bonus at New Hampshire, available to the New England 300 winner if he is also the Winston Cup point leader.

4,589,644 -- Posted awards for the New England 300.