MIS By The Number
Aug 17, 2012
· Track Specifications:
Superspeedway: 2.0-mile D-shaped oval
Banking: turns: 18 degrees; straights: frontstretch 12 degrees, backstretch 5 degrees
Frontstretch Length: 3,600 feet
Backstretch Length: 2,242 feet
73 feet wide with 10-foot apron in turns, 45 feet wide with 12-foot apron on straightaways
Pit lane is 50 feet wide and contains space for 44 individual pit areas
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Seating: 108,000 was 137,243
Opened: 1968
· June 2012 Race Winner: #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr, 139.144, started 17th
· August 2011 Race Winner: #18-Kyle Busch, 150.898 mph, started 17th
· Track Race Record: Dale Jarrett, June 1999, 173.997mph (no cautions)
· Slowest Track Race Record: Richard Petty, 107.583mph, 8/24/1975
· Oldest Race Winner: Harry Gant, 52 years, 7 months, 6 days, 8/16/1992
· Youngest Race Winner: Kurt Busch, 24 years, 10 months, 11 days, 6/15/2003
· June 2012 Pole Sitter: #9-Marcos Ambrose, 203.241mph, finished 9th
· August 2011 Pole Sitter: #16-Greg Biffle, 190.345mph, finished 20th
· New Track Qualifying Record: #9-Marcos Ambrose, June 20125, 203.241mph (after repave 2012)
· Old Track Qualifying Record: #12-Ryan Newman, June 2005, 194.232mph (before repave 2012)
· Oldest Pole Winner: Dale Jarrett, 45 years, 6 months, 21 days, 6/16/2002
· Young Pole Winner: Jeff Gordon, 23 years, 10 months, 14 days, 6/18/1995
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