The Numbers for SUBWAY 500 at Phoenix

THE NUMBERS for the SUBWAY Fresh Fit 500 presented by DODGE  

0 – number of Sprint Cup races won from a starting spot outside the top 30 at Phoenix International Raceway

1 – fewest lead changes for a race at PIR (1990 – Rusty Wallace led first 50 laps; Dale Earnhardt led final 262)

2 – fewest number of cautions for a race at PIR (1990)

3 – fewest cars on the lead lap for a Sprint Cup race at PIR (1994)

4 –number of races that have been won from the pole in the 29 Cup events at PIR (most recent:  Carl Edwards — 2010)

5 –number of jet dryers available for track drying at PIR this weekend

7 –consecutive years PIR will host two Sprint Cup events (2005 – 2011)

9 –number of cautions for last year’s spring event at PIR (nine for 59 laps)

11– most cautions for a Sprint Cup race at PIR (11/07/04)

16 –number of cautions in 2011 season opener at Daytona (track record): 11 for accidents, two for oil, one for debris and one for car on track 

20 –number of lead changes at the 2010 spring event at PIR

23 –most lead changes for all Cup races at PIR (2000)

120– minutes, the amount of time it takes to dry the 1.0-mile track after a significant rainfall

265 – total number of cautions in the 36 Sprint Cup races in 2010; 305 in 2009

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