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[/media-credit]THE NUMBERS for the FedEx 400
Dover International Speedway (all 84 Sprint Cup races)
0 – fewest cautions (6/6/71)
1 – fewest cars on lead lap at finish (11 times, most recent 9/15/91)
3 – fewest leaders (five times, most recent 5/16/82)
3 – fewest lead changes (10/17/71)
4 – number of jet dryers available for track drying this weekend
6 – fewest laps led by race winner (Jeff Burton, 9/24/06)
6 – most poles (David Pearson)
7 – most wins (Bobby Allison and Richard Petty)
13 – fewest cars running at finish (5/17/81)
13 – most leaders (three times, most recent 9/24/00)
13 – wins from the pole in 84 races
16 – most cautions (9/19/93)
18 – races won from a starting position outside the top 10
21 – most cars on lead lap at finish (6/4/06)
29 – most lead changes (twice, most recent 5/18/86)
31 – fewest cars to start a Sprint Cup race (5/20/79, 500-mile race)
33 – different race winners
35 – different pole winners
40 – most running at finish (9/21/08)
51 – wins from a top-five starting position
90 minutes – approximate amount of time it takes to dry the one-mile, all-concrete track after a significant rainfall
103 – most caution laps (9/19/93)
491 – most laps led by race winner (Richard Petty, Dodge, 9/15/74)
2012 Caution Update
1 – fewest cautions this season (Fontana)
4 – races extended beyond scheduled distance (Daytona, Martinsville, Talladega and Darlington)
10 – most cautions this season (Daytona)
66 – cautions in the first 12 races of 2012; includes 27 for accidents, 21 for debris and eight for spins
366 of 3,888 – laps under caution in 2012
472.571 of 4,833.118 – miles under caution in the first 12 races
Provided by Darnell Communications for SRT Motorsports and Dodge
