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11th June 2010, 19:36
THE RACE: Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400
TRACK: Michigan International Speedway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #15 of 36 for the 2010 season
Track Specs:
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 Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Seating: 137,243
Opened: 1968
Track Record: #12-Ryan Newman, June 2005, 37.069 sec @194.232 mph
Race Record: Dale Jarrett, June 1999, 173.997mph (no cautions)
Most Wins (active): 7 - Bill Elliott
Most poles (active): 6 - Bill Elliott; 5 - Jeff Gordon
Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 162, Rusty Wallace, 8/20/1989
Fewest Laps Led by a Race Winner: 1, Mark Martin, 6/14/2009
Most Lead Changes: 65 - 8/16/1981
Fewest Lead Changes: 7 - 8/12/1984
Most Leaders: 15, 6/20/1982
Fewest Leaders: 5, five times, last on 8/12/1984
Most Cautions: 10 - 8/20/2006
Fewest Cautions: 0 - three times, last on 6/13/1999
Most Caution Laps: 63, 8/24/1975
Few Caution Laps: 0 - three times, last on 6/13/1999
This and more info at http://www.jayski.com/next/2010/15mis2010.htm#records
TRACK: Michigan International Speedway
NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #15 of 36 for the 2010 season
Track Specs:
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 Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Seating: 137,243
Opened: 1968
Track Record: #12-Ryan Newman, June 2005, 37.069 sec @194.232 mph
Race Record: Dale Jarrett, June 1999, 173.997mph (no cautions)
Most Wins (active): 7 - Bill Elliott
Most poles (active): 6 - Bill Elliott; 5 - Jeff Gordon
Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 162, Rusty Wallace, 8/20/1989
Fewest Laps Led by a Race Winner: 1, Mark Martin, 6/14/2009
Most Lead Changes: 65 - 8/16/1981
Fewest Lead Changes: 7 - 8/12/1984
Most Leaders: 15, 6/20/1982
Fewest Leaders: 5, five times, last on 8/12/1984
Most Cautions: 10 - 8/20/2006
Fewest Cautions: 0 - three times, last on 6/13/1999
Most Caution Laps: 63, 8/24/1975
Few Caution Laps: 0 - three times, last on 6/13/1999
This and more info at http://www.jayski.com/next/2010/15mis2010.htm#records