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By the Numbers: Kansas

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Kansas Speedway has only a three-year history in NASCAR Cup racing, but the facility has become racier with each passing season, according to NASCAR's competitors.

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Kansas' Sunday afternoon Banquet 400 presented by ConAgra Foods is the 30th event of the 36-race Nextel Cup season, making it the fourth race in the 10-event "playoff" series that will determine the first Nextel Cup champion.

While the 10 Chase for the Cup drivers have a lot more at stake than winning the Banquet 400, 47 entries were scheduled to try to make the latest statistical mark at Kansas.

Ryan Newman, the most recent Kansas Cup winner and Hendrick Motorsports' Jeff Gordon, who swept the two previous Cup races here -- are the ones most likely to add to Kansas' statistical legacy.

The following numbers refer to Kansas, unless otherwise noted.

Jeff Gordon

.413 -- Jeff Gordon's narrowest margin of victory, over Ryan Newman in 2001.

.863 -- Ryan Newman's greatest margin of victory, over Bill Elliott in 2003.

0 -- The number of Cup races won from the pole.

1 -- The number of times Dodge has swept the top three positions in a Cup race since it returned in 2001, which occurred in 2003.

2 -- Rick Hendrick's leading number of car owner victories.

3 -- The number of different pole winners in as many races: Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jason Leffler.

3 -- Dale Jarrett and Johnny Benson's leading number of DNFs.

3 -- Jeff Gordon's number of consecutive top-10 starts, the only driver to do so.

3 -- The leading number of top-five finishes, by Jeff Gordon and Ryan Newman.

3 -- The number of top-10 finishes by Tony Stewart and Rusty Wallace.

9 -- The fewest caution periods, in 2003.

9 -- The fewest drivers to finish on the lead lap, in 2002.

10 -- Drivers who have been running at the finish of all three races: Rusty Wallace, Tony Stewart, Ken Schrader, Ricky Rudd, Ryan Newman, Joe Nemechek, Jamie McMurray Kevin Harvick, Robby Gordon and Jeff Gordon.

10 -- The fewest drivers who led the race, in 2002.

11 -- Ryan Newman's starting position for the 2003 Banquet 400, the furthest back a winner has started.

12 -- The most drivers who led the race, in 2001.

13 -- The fewest lead changes, in 2002.

Dale Jarrett

13 -- The most caution periods, in 2001.

15 -- The degree of banking in the corners.

23 -- The most lead changes, in 2003.

24 -- The most drivers to finish on the lead lap, in 2003.

27 -- The fewest cars running at the finish, in 2002.

30 -- Dale Jarrett's best finish.

31 -- The number of drivers who have competed in all three Cup races.

34 -- The most cars running at the finish, in 2003.

36 -- Eleventh place Jamie McMurray's margin in the Nextel Cup standings over 12th place Kevin Harvick.

45 -- The pit road speed limit, in miles per hour. Under caution, the pace vehicle will travel 55 mph.

47 -- The fewest caution laps, in 2003.

70 -- The most caution laps, in 2001.

Ryan Newman

121.630 -- Ryan Newman's 400-mile race record average speed in miles per hour, set in three hours, 17 minutes and 34 seconds in October 2003.

169 -- Jeff Gordon's leading number of laps led.

180.373 -- Jimmie Johnson's Bud Pole Qualifying record lap, in miles per hour, set in 29.938 seconds in October 2003.

267 -- The number of laps it takes to cover 400 miles.

600 -- Michael Waltrip's number of career Cup starts if he starts the Banquet 400.

80,187 -- The announced grandstand seating capacity.

$ 5,696,382 -- Posted awards.