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Bill Elliott has two wins, 11 top-fives and 22 top-10s at Lowe's Motor Speedway.By the Numbers: Charlotte
Elliott looks to become seventh driver to reach '800 club'
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Six drivers have made 800 Cup Series starts, and if qualifying for Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway (5 p.m. ET, FOX) goes according to Bill Elliott's plan, he will become the seventh.
If Elliott can make the field in NASCAR's longest race of the season, he will join Richard Petty (1,184), Ricky Rudd (906), Dave Marcis (883), Terry Labonte (862), Kyle Petty (829) and Darrell Waltrip (809) in the 800 club.
The 1988 Cup champion from Dawsonville, Ga., has had a tremendous 34-year career. In his prime throughout the '80s and early '90s, Elliott finished no worse than sixth in points from 1983 to 1992. Elliott is a two-time Daytona 500 champion and was voted NASCAR's most popular driver 16 times.
Elliott has qualified for every race he attempted this season (Daytona, Atlanta and Texas) meaning an already stellar career should reach a new milestone this Memorial Day weekend.
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Bill Elliott's career Cup stats
44Number of wins in Bill Elliott's career, 14th on the all-time list.
55Number of poles in Bill Elliott's career, seventh on the all-time list.
175Number of top-fives in Bill Elliott's career, 17th on the all-time list.
310Number of lead-lap finishes in Bill Elliott's career, ninth on the all-time list.
320Number of top-10s in Bill Elliott's career, 13th on the all-time list.
11,417Number of laps led in Bill Elliott's career, 12th on the all-time list.
231,762Number of laps completed in Bill Elliott's career, sixth on the all time list.
Did you know?
1The Coca-Cola 600 was created to be a Memorial Day weekend tradition, but the inaugural Coca-Cola 600 wasn't run until June 19, 1960. The construction at the track wasn't finished in time and the race was pushed back a few weeks. Every race since then has been held on Memorial Day weekend.
Necessitous Numbers
0Bobby Labonte has not finished outside of the top 20 in any of his last 20 Lowe's Motor Speedway starts. In 32 Lowe's starts, Labonte has two wins, 12 top-fives and 17 top-10s.
0Since his win in 2003, Tony Stewart hasn't finished in the top five since. In that stretch, Stewart has just three top-10s and three finishes outside the top 20.
0The Coca-Cola 600 has never gone to a green-white-checkered finish.
1Number of drivers entered in Sunday's race with an average finish inside the top 10 at the track: Jimmie Johnson (8.9).
4.3Average finish for points leader Jeff Gordon in the last three races at Lowe's Motor Speedway. In the five races before that, Gordon had an average finish of 33.8 with four finishes of 30th or worse.
5Five drivers claim the Coca-Cola 600 as their first Cup Series victory (David Pearson, 1961; Jeff Gordon, 1994; Bobby Labonte, 1995; Matt Kenseth, 2000; and Casey Mears, 2007).
5.5Average starting position of the winner at Lowe's in the last 10 Cup races. Nine of the 10 races have been won from a starting position inside the top 10 and seven of those have been inside the top five.
50Sunday is the 50th running of the Coca-Cola 600. Thirteen drivers have won multiple Coca-Cola 600's led by Darrell Waltrip who has five victories.
312Number of laps Dale Earnhardt Jr. has led at Lowe's, tops among drivers entered in Sunday's race without a win. In 19 starts, Earnhardt has five top-fives and nine top-10s, but he also has three DNFs.
596Number of points Kasey Kahne and Jeff Burton have earned at Lowe's in the last four races, tops among all drivers. In those four races, Kahne has finished first, second, eighth and 23rd. Burton finished first, fourth, sixth and 24th. Kyle Busch is third on the list (583).
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Lowe's Motor Speedway
Drivers with multiple wins at the track
| Driver | Starts | Wins | Top-fives | Top-10s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Waltrip | 55 | 6 | 19 | 29 |
| Bobby Allison | 43 | 6 | 23 | 26 |
| Dale Earnhardt | 48 | 5 | 16 | 22 |
| Jeff Gordon | 32 | 5 | 15 | 18 |
| Richard Petty | 64 | 5 | 23 | 31 |
| Jimmie Johnson | 15 | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| David Pearson | 46 | 4 | 18 | 26 |
| Buddy Baker | 57 | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| Mark Martin | 48 | 4 | 17 | 22 |
| Fred Lorenzen | 18 | 4 | 11 | 11 |
| Cale Yarborough | 50 | 3 | 17 | 19 |
| LeeRoy Yarbrough | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| Jeff Burton | 30 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| Kasey Kahne | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Dale Jarrett | 41 | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| Donnie Allison | 30 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| Joe Weatherly | 9 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Junior Johnson | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Benny Parsons | 38 | 2 | 15 | 19 |
| Bill Elliott | 58 | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| Rusty Wallace | 48 | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| Davey Allison | 14 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Bobby Labonte | 32 | 2 | 12 | 17 |
| Neil Bonnett | 26 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Jim Paschal | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Sprint Cup Series
Standings
| Pos. | +/- | Driver | Points | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | -- | Jeff Gordon | 1,601 | -- |
| 2. | +1 | Tony Stewart | 1,572 | -29 |
| 3. | -1 | Kurt Busch | 1,546 | -55 |
| 4. | +2 | Jimmie Johnson | 1,465 | -136 |
| 5. | -1 | Denny Hamlin | 1,445 | -156 |
| 6. | +1 | Jeff Burton | 1,384 | -217 |
| 7. | -2 | Kyle Busch | 1,380 | -221 |
| 8. | +2 | Ryan Newman | 1,363 | -238 |
| 9. | +2 | Greg Biffle | 1,345 | -256 |
| 10. | +2 | Matt Kenseth | 1,326 | -275 |
| 11. | +4 | Mark Martin | 1,316 | -285 |
| 12. | -3 | Carl Edwards | 1,271 | -330 |
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