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Mark Martin has more top-fives and top-10s at Phoenix than any other driver. Credit: Autostock
By Dave Rodman, Turner Sports Interactive
October 31, 2003
11:14 AM EST (1614 GMT)
Alan Kulwicki won Phoenix International Raceway's inaugural Winston Cup race, the Checker 500 in 1988. Sunday's Checker Auto Parts 500 is the latest chapter in the history of the uniquely shaped desert track.
Here are some facts about PIR:
0 -- The number of times the Bud Pole winner has won the race at Phoenix.
1 -- The length in miles of a lap of Phoenix International Raceway.
1 -- The number of the 15 Winston Cup races at Phoenix that have been won from front row starting positions, or seven percent.
2 -- The leading number of the career victories at PIR, by Jeff Burton and Davey Allison.
2 -- The number of times a driver has swept two consecutive races at Phoenix, most recently by Jeff Burton in 2000-2001.
3 -- The leading number of pole positions at Phoenix, by Rusty Wallace.
3 -- The number of consecutive wins at Phoenix by owner Jack Roush.
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4 -- Jack Roush's leading number of career owner victories at Phoenix. Robert Yates is second with three, the only other owner with more than one win.
6.53 -- Rusty Wallace's starting average at Phoenix in 15 races, best of all active drivers.
7 -- Tony Stewart's finishing average at Phoenix, best among all active drivers.
7 -- The number of drivers who have competed in all 15 races at Phoenix, including Mark Martin, Dale Jarrett, Rusty Wallace, Ricky Rudd, Terry Labonte, Ken Schrader and Bill Elliott.
8 -- Mark Martin's leading career total of top-five finishes at Phoenix International Raceway.
9 -- The number of different Bud Pole winners in the last nine races at Phoenix.
9 -- The degree of banking in Turns 3 and 4 at Phoenix International Raceway.
11 -- The degree of banking in Turns 1 and 2 at Phoenix International Raceway.
11 -- The leading number of victories at Phoenix by Ford. Pontiac and Chevrolet have two victories apiece.
12 -- Mark Martin's leading career total of top-10 finishes at Phoenix.
12.6 -- The average starting position of the 15 Winston Cup races winners at Phoenix.
15 -- The number of starts at Phoenix without a DNF by Terry Labonte, the only driver to accomplish the feat.
21 -- The worst position Matt Kenseth must finish in, in each of the last three Winston Cup races, to clinch the championship no matter what anyone else does.
29 -- The furthest back in the field a Winston Cup race winner has come at Phoenix, by Ricky Rudd in the 1995 Dura-Lube 500.
45 -- The pit road speed limit, in miles per hour, at Phoenix International Raceway. Under caution, the pace car runs 50 mph.
118.132 -- Phoenix International Raceway's 500-kilometer race record set by Tony Stewart in November 1999 in two hours, 38 minutes and 28 seconds.
134.178 -- Phoenix International Raceway's Bud Pole Qualifying record set by Rusty Wallace in 26.830 seconds on Nov. 3, 2000.
312 -- The number of laps it takes to cover 500 kilometers, or 312 miles at Phoenix International Raceway.
868 --- Rusty Wallace's leading total of laps led at Phoenix.
1,179 -- The length in feet of the frontstretch at Phoenix International Raceway.
1,551 -- The length in feet of the backstretch at Phoenix International Raceway.
4,436,424 -- The posted awards for the Checker Auto Parts 500.
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