Martinsville By The #...
Oct 25, 2012
The Numbers for the Tums Fast Relief 500: at Martinsville Speedway:
1 - fewest cautions (three times, most recent 4/25/71)
1 - fewest cars on lead lap at finish (27 times, most recent 4/27/86)
1 - fewest lead changes (three times, most recent 4/9/61)
2 - fewest leaders (11 times, most recent 9/26/76)
3 - fewest caution laps (4/25/71)
4 - fewest laps led by race winner (John Andretti, 4/18/99)
4 - fewest running at the finish (5/6/51); 35 cars started the 200-lap race on .500-mile dirt track
4 - number of jet dryers available for track drying this weekend
7 - cautions in spring race
14 - most leaders (10/15/01)
15 - most wins by driver (Richard Petty)
19 - races won from the pole
21 - most cautions for a race (10/21/07)
26 - most cars on the lead lap at finish (twice, most recent 10/22/06)
29 - cautions for two races last year: 11 for the Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 and 18 for TUMS Fast Relief 500
42 - most running at finish (two times, most recent 4/1/07)
47 - different race winners
57 - different pole winners
90 - minutes, amount of time it takes to dry the .526-mile track after a significant rainfall.
127 - Sprint Cup races at Martinsville Speedway since 1949
127 - most caution laps (10/21/07)
493 - most laps led by race winner (Fred Lorenzen, 9/27/64)
2012 Caution Update:
1 - fewest cautions this season (Fontana)
8 - races extended beyond scheduled distance (Daytona, Martinsville, Talladega, Darlington, Sonoma, Michigan2, Atlanta and Talladega2)
14 - most cautions this season (Kansas2)
185 - number of cautions in the first 32 races of 2012; includes 86 for accidents, 50 for debris and 20 for spins
961 of 9,021 - number of laps under caution in 2012
1,359.288 of 12,234.676 - miles under caution in the first 32 races
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