Gordon has laid the foundation at the Brickyard

Race No. 20: Brickyard 400 from Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1 p.m. ET on ESPN). Green at 1:19 p.m. ET.

0 -- Times a last-lap pass has been made for the win at Indy. The winning pass has been made with less than 20 laps to go 10 times, with the fewest laps remaining being five in 1994 (Jeff Gordon passed Ernie Irvan).

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1 -- Green-white-checkered finishes at Indy. The 2004 race needed an extra lap (161, 403 miles). It was the first green-white-checkered finish in the Cup Series.

3 -- Most DNFs for active drivers at Indy, shared by three drivers: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Elliott Sadler. Earnhardt has had a DNF (two crashes, one engine) in three of the past five races at the Brickyard; he's finished sixth and 12th in the other two. Johnson has had a DNF (two crashes, one engine) in three of the past six races; he's won the other three times.

4 -- Times the leader in points going into Indy has won the race: Dale Jarrett (1999), Bobby Labonte (2000), Jeff Gordon ('01), Gordon ('04). This year's points leader, Kevin Harvick, has one Brickyard victory, in 2003.

4 -- Times in the past six races at Indy the leader of the most laps has won. The exceptions were 2006 (Jeff Burton led 87 laps, finished 15th) and '09 (Juan Montoya led 116 laps, finished 11th). Overall, the lap-leader has won eight times.

4 -- Drivers in the top 12 in points who have won at Indy. However, they have combined to win 10 of the 16 races at the Brickyard: No. 1 Kevin Harvick (one), No. 2 Jeff Gordon (four), No. 3 Jimmie Johnson (three), No. 9 Tony Stewart (two). Only two other active drivers have won at Indy: Bill Elliott and Bobby Labonte.

5 -- Times in the past seven races at Indy the winner has started outside the top 10. Overall, however, nine races have been won from a top-10 starting spot, including seven from the top two rows (two from the pole).

8 -- Times the Brickyard winner has gone on to win the Cup championship that same year: Jeff Gordon (1998), Dale Jarrett ('99), Bobby Labonte (2000), Gordon ('01), Tony Stewart ('05), Jimmie Johnson ('06), Johnson ('08), Johnson ('09).

8 -- Times at Indy the winner did not lead until after the halfway mark of the race, including Jimmie Johnson last year when he took his first lead on Lap 137, the latest of any winner. Among those winners, seven did not take their first lead until Lap 100 or later.

9 -- Categories in which Jeff Gordon leads at Indy: poles (three), victories (four), top-fives (nine), top-10s (13), lead-lap finishes (14), races lead (10), times led (30), laps led (440) and money won ($5.9 million). He's also tied with Tony Stewart for races leading the most laps (three).

15.2 -- Negative difference in average starting and finishing positions for Ryan Newman at Indy, worst of any active driver. Newman has a 6.2 average starting position, with only one start outside the top eight (17th last year); however, his average finish is 21.4 with only one top-10 in nine races (fourth in 2002).

132.150 -- Average speed, in mph, in the 16 races at Indy. The record is 155.912 mph in 2000. Last year's average of 145.882 mph is the fourth-fastest.

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