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Credit: Autostock
By Dave Rodman, Turner Sports Interactive
March 12, 2004
11:06 AM EST (1606 GMT)
HAMPTON, Ga. -- Atlanta Motor Speedway has a 45-year history of NASCAR Nextel Cup racing stretching back to its inaugural event in 1960.
Sunday's Golden Corral 500 should do nothing to diminish the track's statistical legacy.
3 -- The leading number of Bud Pole Awards at Atlanta by a driver entered in the Golden Corral 500 -- Rusty Wallace.
5 -- The number of times a driver has won both poles in a season at Atlanta Motor Speedway, most recently by Ryan Newman in 2003.
5 -- The number of times a driver has swept both races at Atlanta Motor Speedway, by Marvin Panch (1965), Bobby Allison (1972), David Pearson (1973) and Bill Elliott (1985 and 1992).
6 -- The leading number of victories by an active driver at Atlanta Motor Speedway, by Bobby Labonte.
12 -- The leading number of victories by a car owner at Atlanta Motor Speedway, by Wood Brothers Racing.
13 -- The number of the 89 Atlanta Motor Speedway Nextel Cup races won from the pole position, or 15 percent.
28 -- The number of victories in the modern era (since 1972) at Atlanta Motor Speedway by Chevrolet. Ford is second with 16 victories.
45 -- Pit road speed, in miles per hour, at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
48 -- The number of laps led in eight career starts at Atlanta Motor Speedway by Nextel Cup point leader Matt Kenseth.
65 -- The leading number of career starts at Atlanta Motor Speedway by Richard Petty.
69 -- The number of the 89 Atlanta Motor Speedway Cup races won from starting positions inside the top 10, or 78 percent.
159.904 -- The record average speed in a 500-miler at Atlanta, set by Bobby Labonte in three hours, seven minutes and 48 seconds in November 1997.
197.478 -- The Atlanta Motor Speedway Bud Pole Qualifying lap record, set by Geoffrey Bodine in November 1997 in 28.074 seconds.
384 -- The number of laps led this season by Matt Kenseth coming into the Golden Corral 500, 30 more than he led in his 2003 Cup championship season.
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