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Credit: AP
By Dave Rodman, Turner Sports Interactive
March 19, 2004
11:11 AM EST (1611 GMT)
DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Darlington Raceway is NASCAR's oldest superspeedway, with its 55-year history of NASCAR Cup racing stretching back to its inaugural event in 1950.
Terry Labonte is the driver who most recently won at Darlington -- in the 2003 Mountain Dew Southern 500. Here are more facts about the South Carolina track.
.002 -- Ricky Craven's margin of victory over Kurt Busch in the 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, the closest margin since the implementation of electronic scoring in 1993.
1 -- The number of times in the last 20 Darlington races that the pole winner has won the race, by Dale Jarrett in spring 1997.
3 -- The leading number of Darlington Bud Pole Awards by a driver entered in the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, by Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett and Ken Schrader.
6 -- The leading number of career victories at Darlington by an active driver, by Jeff Gordon.
6.3 -- Jeff Gordon's average start in 22 races at Darlington, the best of all full-time, active drivers with more than 10 starts here.
7 -- The number of different race winners in the last seven races at Darlington.
11.2 -- Jeff Burton's average finish in 20 races at Darlington, the best of all active drivers with more than five starts here.
14 -- Mark Martin's leading number of top-five finishes at Darlington by an active driver.
19 -- The number of Darlington's 99 Cup races won from the pole position, or 19 percent.
25 -- Ricky Rudd's leading number of top-10 finishes at Darlington by an active driver.
43 -- The farthest back in the field that a winning driver has started at Darlington, by Johnny Mantz in the inaugural 1950 Southern 500.
88 -- The percentage of Darlington's 99 Cup races won from starting positions inside the top-10, or 87 of 99 events.
132.711 -- The 400-mile race record average speed at Darlington, by David Pearson in three hours, 54 seconds in May 1968.
173.797 -- The Darlington Raceway Bud Pole Qualifying record, set by Ward Burton in March 1996 in 28.295 seconds.
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