Wednesday, April 27, 2011

RICHMOND DATA

TRACK RECORDS

Most Wins: 13 – Richard Petty
Most Poles: 8 – Bobby Allison, Richard Petty
Most Top Fives: 34 – Richard Petty
Most Top 10s: 41 – Richard Petty
Most Lead Changes: 25 – 2 times,
most recently 3/3/96
Fewest Lead Changes: 2 – 7 times,
most recently 2/23/75
Most Leaders: 12 – 4 times, most recently 5/6/07
Fewest Leaders: 2 – 6 times, most recently 2/23/75
Most Cautions: 15 – 2 times, most recently 5/2/09
Fewest Cautions: 1 – 3 times, most recently 3/1/70
Most Caution Laps: 123 – 2 times, most recently 9/8/74
Fewest Caution Laps: 6 – 6/5/60
Most on the Lead Lap: 32 – 9/7/08
Fewest on the Lead Lap: 1 – 22 times,
most recently 10/12/75
Most Running at the Finish: 43 – 9/7/08
Fewest Running at the Finish: 1 – 4/19/53
Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 488 – 9/13/70
Fewest Laps Led by a Race Winner: 4 – 2/23/86
Most Wins by a Manufacturer: 34 – Chevrolet
Closest Margin of Victory: 0.051 Seconds – 9/12/98
Greatest Margin of Victory: 6.184 Seconds – 9/7/02
Margins of Victory under electronic timing since 1993.

STARTING POSITIONS OF RACE WINNERS

Races won from Pos. No. 1...............22
Races won from Pos. No. 2...............13
Races won from Pos. No. 3...............16
Races won from Pos. No. 4.................8
Races won from Pos. No. 5.................4
Races won from Pos. No. 6.................7
Races won from Pos. No. 7...............10
Races won from Pos. No. 8.................2
Races won from Pos. No. 9.................2
Races won from Pos. No. 10...............3
Races won from Pos. No. 11...............1
Races won from Pos. No. 12...............2
Races won from Pos. No. 13...............2
Races won from Pos. No. 14...............3
Races won from Pos. No. 16...............3
Races won from Pos. No. 19...............1
Races won from Pos. No. 20...............1
Races won from Pos. No. 21...............1
Races won from Pos. No. 22...............2
Races won from Pos. No. 23...............1
Races won from Pos. No. 24...............1
Races won from Pos. No. 25...............2
Races won from Pos. No. 28...............1
Races won from Pos. No. 31...............1

RACES WON FROM POLE (22 of 109)
Buddy Baker.................................1956
Speedy Thompson ........................1958
Cotton Owens...............................1959
Richard Petty ...........1961, 1967, 1968,
.................................1970, 1974, 1975
Junior Johnson.............................1965
David Pearson ....................1966, 1969
Bobby Allison ......................1974, 1982
Darrell Waltrip...........1978, 1980, 1984
Donnie Allison...............................1988
Bill Elliott ......................................1992
Kasey Kahne.................................2005
Jimmie Johnson ...........................2007
Kyle Busch ...................................2010

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