THE NUMBERS for the AAA Texas 500
Texas Motor Speedway (all 23 Sprint Cup races included)
1 – number of wins from the pole (Kasey Kahne, No. 9 Dodge, 4/9/06)
1 – fewest laps led by race winner (Jeff Burton, 4/15/07)
2 – fewest cautions (4/14/12)
4 – fewest leaders (11/8/09)
6 – number of jet dryers available for track drying this weekend
6 – fewest cars on lead lap at finish (11/8/09)
10 – fewest caution laps (4/14/12)
12 – most cautions (three times, most recent 11/4/07)
13 – fewest lead changes (twice, most recent 11/8/09)
16 – different race winners
17 – most leaders (4/2/00)
17 – wins from a top-10 starting position
25 – most on lead lap at finish (11/6/05)
29 – fewest running at finish (three times, most recent 4/19/10)
33 – most lead changes (11/7/10)
40 – most cars running at finish (twice, most recent 11/2/08)
73 – most caution laps (4/6/97)
120 minutes – amount of time it takes to dry the 1.5-mile track after a significant rainfall.
278 – most laps led by race winner (11/5/06)
Key TMS Dates
1995 – construction began
1997 – first Sprint Cup race
2005 – first year track hosted two Sprint Cup events
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)
196 – number of cautions in the first 33 races of 2012; includes 91 for accidents, 50 for debris and 24 for spins
1,025 of 9,521 – number of laps under caution in 2012
1,392.952 of 12, 497.676 – miles under caution in the first 33 races
BONUS: Three Texas tracks have hosted 32 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races with Texas Motor Speedway the site of 23 races since 1997. Meyer Speedway in Houston hosted one race in 1971 and Texas World Speedway in College Station hosted eight from 1969 to 1981.
Provided by Darnell Communications for SRT Motorsports and Dodge
