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By the Numbers: Pennsylvania 500

LONG POND, Pa. -- Pocono Raceway, the three-cornered uniquely banked speedway in the Eastern Pennsylvania vacation country, has a 30-year legacy of competition.

In the arduous, two-shifts-per-lap environment of Sunday's Pennsylvania 500 Kevin Harvick seeks to extend the Nextel Cup Series' current best string of 58 consecutive races running at the finish on the line.

Defending race winner Ryan Newman is in prime position to defend his 2003 Pennsylvania 500 title and establish Pocono's latest statistical mark.

2.5 -- The length in miles of a lap of Pocono.

Rusty Wallace

4 -- The number of Pocono wins by Rusty Wallace.

4 -- The number of times a Cup race at Pocono has been shortened by rain, most recently in July 2002.

4 -- The number of times since 1977 that a driver has swept both Pocono races, most recently by Bobby Labonte in 1999.

4 -- The number of drivers who scored top-10 finishes in both Pocono races last season: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Terry Labonte, Ryan Newman and Sterling Marlin

5 -- The number of Pocono pole positions by Bill Elliott and Ken Schrader.

6 -- The degree of banking in Turn 3.

8 -- The degree of banking in Turn 2.

8 -- The number of Pocono wins for car owner Rick Hendrick.

9 -- The number of different winners in consecutive races at Pocono, since Bobby Labonte swept both races in 1999.

9 -- The number of Pocono races won from the pole position.

Elliott Sadler

11 -- The number of consecutive Pocono races in which Elliott Sadler has been running at the finish.

14 -- The number of Pocono races won from starting positions outside the top-10.

14 -- The degree of banking in Turn 1.

15 -- The number of different consecutive Pocono Bud Pole winners in qualifying sessions that have actually been held.

17 -- The number of top-five finishes for Mark Martin at Pocono.

27 -- Terry Labonte's starting position for the 1995 Pocono 500, the furthest back a race winner has started at Pocono.

32 -- The number of Pocono won from the top four starting positions.

50 -- The number of starts made by Ricky Rudd at Pocono.

55 -- The pit road speed limit, in miles per hour, at Pocono. Under caution the pace car will travel 65 mph.

144.892 -- Rusty Wallace's Pocono 500-mile race record average speed in mph, set in 1996.

Kasey Kahne

172.533 -- Kasey Kahne's Pocono track record Bud Pole Qualifying speed in mph, set in June.

830 -- The number of laps led by Jeff Gordon at Pocono.

1,780 -- The length in feet of the backstretch between the Tunnel Turn and Turn 3.

3,055 -- The length in feet of the Long Pond Straightaway between Turns 1 and 2.

3,740 -- The length in feet of the frontstretch.

$4,808,573 -- Posted awards for the Pennsylvania 500.