By the Numbers: Auto Club 500

FONTANA, Calif. -- California Speedway has a seven-year history of NASCAR Cup racing, but located as it is in the shadow of the powerful Los Angeles media market, it has become a coveted prize.

Since it opened in 1997, California has been the site of some of NASCAR's most compelling displays of racing, from nail-biting fuel mileage runoffs to high speed, multi-groove chess matches.

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Kevin Harvick, a home-state favorite from nearby Bakersfield, puts the Nextel Cup Series' current best string of 48 consecutive races running at the finish on the line Sunday.

Kurt Busch has already extended his winning streak to three consecutive seasons with his victory at Bristol, but the defending champion of the Auto Club 500 is the one most poised to add to the track's statistical legacy.

0 -- The number of California Speedway's Cup races won from the pole position.

2 -- The length in miles of a lap of California Speedway.

2 -- Jeff Gordon's leading number of career victories at California Speedway.

3 -- Rick Hendrick's leading number of California Speedway victories by a car owner.

3 -- The number of drivers that have competed in all seven California Speedway Cup races without a top-10 finish, including Ken Schrader, Kyle Petty and Joe Nemechek.

3 -- The number of consecutive top-five finishes posted this season by Dale Earnhardt Jr.

	Rusty Wallace

4 -- The number of consecutive California Speedway races in which Rusty Wallace has scored a top-10 finish.

4 -- Jeff Gordon's leading number of top-five finishes at California Speedway.

4 -- The leading number of top-10 finishes at California Speedway: by Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Jeremy Mayfield, Ricky Rudd and Rusty Wallace.

4 -- The number of California Speedway's seven Cup races won by Ford. Chevrolet has the other three victories.

4 -- The number of consecutive top-10 finishes posted this season by Jeff Gordon and Jamie McMurray.

4 -- The number of California Speedway Cup Series events won from starting positions inside the top five.

3 -- The number of drivers still running at the end of all seven California Speedway Cup races: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte.

6 -- The number of different winners of California Speedway's Cup races.

6 -- The number of different Bud Pole winners in the six qualifying sessions that have been held for California Speedway's seven Cup races.

	Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon

6.57 -- Jeff Gordon's average finish at California Speedway, best among drivers that have competed in all seven races here.

10.428 -- Rusty Wallace's average start at California Speedway, best among drivers that have competed in all seven races here.

11 -- The degree of banking in the frontstretch trioval of California Speedway.

14 -- The degree of banking in the four corners of California Speedway.

20 -- The number of drivers who have competed in all seven California Speedway Cup races.

24 -- The furthest back in the starting field that a California Speedway Cup Series winner has started, by Jeremy Mayfield in April 2000.

250 -- The number of laps it takes to cover 500 miles at California Speedway.

155.012 -- Jeff Gordon's California Speedway race record average speed, in miles per hour.

	Ryan Newman

187.432 -- Ryan Newman's California Speedway track record Bud Pole Qualifying speed, in miles per hour.

329 -- The number of laps Jeff Gordon has led at California Speedway.

2,500 -- The length in feet of the backstretch at California Speedway.

3,100 -- The length in feet of the frontstretch at California Speedway.

$70,000 -- The value of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Leader Bonus at California, available to the race winner if he is also the Nextel Cup point leader.

92,000 -- The announced grandstand seating capacity of California Speedway.

$5,780,656 -- Posted awards for the Auto Club 500.