At Charlotte Motor Speedway:
History
· Construction began on Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1959.
· The track’s first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was held on June 19, 1960.
· The track was repaved midseason in 1994.
· The track name changed from Charlotte Motor Speedway to Lowe’s Motor Speedway in 1999. It changed back to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the 2010 season.
· The track was re-paved again before the 2006 season.
Notebook
· There have been 107 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, two races per year since the track opened in 1960. In 1961, there were two 100-mile qualifying points races held the week before the May race. The first six fall races at Charlotte were 400-mile events (1960-65).
· 40 drivers have posted poles, led by David Pearson with 14.
· Fireball Roberts won the pole for the first race, in 1960.
· David Pearson posted 11 straight poles at Charlotte from the fall of 1973 through 1978.
· Ryan Newman leads all active drivers in poles, with nine. Jeff Gordon has eight.
· Jeff Gordon won five straight poles for the spring races between 1994 and 1998.
· 44 drivers have won races, led by Bobby Allison, Darrell Waltrip and Jimmie Johnson, with six each.
· Joe Lee Johnson won the first race, in 1960.
· There have been 13 back-to-back victories, including three consecutive by Fred Lorenzen (fall 1964 and both 1965) and four straight by Jimmie Johnson (both in 2004 and 2005).
· A sweep has occurred eight times, including each season from 2004-2007.
· 14 races have been won from the pole, the last by Jimmie Johnson (October, 2009).
· Jimmie Johnson won the 2003 Coca-Cola 600 from the 37th starting position, the furthest back a race winner has started.
· A number of active drivers earned their first win at CMS: Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Bobby Labonte, Jamie McMurray, Casey Mears and David Reutimann. Inactive drivers David Pearson, Buddy Baker and Charlie Glotzbach also got their first series win at Charlotte.
· Youngest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Charlotte Motor Speedway winner: Jeff Gordon (10/10/1993 – 22 years, 2 months, 6 days).
· Oldest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Charlotte Motor Speedway winner: Cale Yarborough (10/06/1985 – 46 years, 6 months, 9 days).
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| Kahne won the Coca-Cola 600 in May |
Charlotte Motor Speedway Data
Chase Race #: 5 of 10
Season Race #: 31 of 36 (10-13-12)
Track Size: 1.5-mile
Banking/Turns: 24 degrees
Banking/Straights: 5 degrees
Frontstretch Length: 1,980 feet
Backstretch Length: 1,500 feet
Race Length: 334 laps / 500 miles
Top 12 Driver Rating at Charlotte
Jimmie Johnson........................ 111.0
Kyle Busch............................... 107.5
Kasey Kahne............................. 97.5
Matt Kenseth............................. 95.1
Greg Biffle.................................. 92.3
Denny Hamlin............................ 89.3
Carl Edwards............................. 88.4
Joey Logano.............................. 88.3
Jeff Gordon................................ 87.7
Mark Martin............................... 87.0
Jeff Burton................................. 84.4
Tony Stewart............................. 83.4
Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2012 races (15 total) among active drivers at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Qualifying/Race Data
2011 pole winner:
Tony Stewart, Chevrolet (191.959 mph, 28.131 sec., 10-13-11)
2011 race winner:
Matt Kenseth, Ford (146.194 mph, 3:25:37, 10-15-11)
Track qualifying record:
Elliott Sadler, Ford (193.216 mph, 27.948 sec., 10-13-05)
Track race record:
Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet (160.306 mph, 3:07:31, 10-11-99)
NASCAR in North Carolina
There have been 515 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in North Carolina.| Track Name | City | NSCS |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Motor Speedway | Concord | 107 |
| Rockingham Speedway | Rockingham | 78 |
| Asheville-Weaverville Speedway | Weaverville | 34 |
| Bowman-Gray Stadium | Winston-Salem | 29 |
| Champion Speedway | Fayetteville | 4 |
| Charlotte Speedway | Charlotte | 12 |
| Cleveland County Fairgrounds | Shelby | 6 |
| Concord Speedway | Concord | 12 |
| Dog Track Speedway | Moyock | 7 |
| Forsyth County Fairgrounds | Winston-Salem | 2 |
| Gastonia Fairgrounds | Gastonia | 1 |
| Greensboro Agriculture Fairgrounds | Greensboro | 3 |
| Harnett Speedway | Spring Lake | 1 |
| Harris Speedway | Harris | 2 |
| Hickory Speedway | Hickory | 35 |
| Jacksonville Speedway | Jacksonville | 2 |
| McCormick Field | Asheville | 1 |
| New Asheville Speedway | Asheville | 8 |
| North Carolina State Fairgrounds | Raleigh | 3 |
| North Wilkesboro Speedway | North | 93 |
| Occoneechee Speedway | Hillsboro | 32 |
| Raleigh Speedway | Raleigh | 7 |
| Salisbury Super Speedway | Salisbury | 1 |
| Southern States Fairgrounds | Charlotte | 17 |
| Star Lite Speedway | Monroe | 1 |
| Tar Heel Speedway | Randleman | 3 |
| Tri-City Speedway | High Point | 2 |
| Wilson Speedway | Wilson | 12 |
· 427 drivers in NASCAR’s three national series (all-time) have their home state recorded as North Carolina.
· There have been 46 race winners from North Carolina in NASCAR’s three national series; 28 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
| Driver | NSCS | NNS | NCWTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Petty | 200 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Earnhardt | 76 | 21 | 0 |
| Lee Petty | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| Ned Jarrett | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Johnson | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Thomas | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Baker | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Isaac | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Jarrett | 32 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Paschal | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Parsons | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Speedy Thompson | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Baker | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr | 19 | 23 | 0 |
| Harry Gant | 18 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Welborn | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Petty | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan Shepherd | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Blair | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gwyn Staley | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Myers | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Pardue | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Vickers | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Richard Brickhouse | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Parsons | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Leon Sales | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Shuman | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Donald Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Ingram | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Tommy Houston | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Sam Ard | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Robert Pressley | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Scott Riggs | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Austin Dillon | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Hank Parker Jr | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Rumley | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dennis Setzer | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Ed Berrier | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Labonte | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stephen Leicht | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Timothy Peters | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Andy Houston | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ryan Blaney | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ty Dillon | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ricky Hendrick | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shane Hmiel | 0 | 0 | 1 |
LVH SUPER BOOK ODDS TO WIN
BANK OF AMERICA 500
CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2012
JIMMIE JOHNSON 5
DENNY HAMLIN 5
BRAD KESELOWSKI 8
KYLE BUSCH 7
KASEY KAHNE 8
JEFF GORDON 10
TONY STEWART 15
MARTIN TRUEX JR 20
CLINT BOWYER 20
MATT KENSETH 10
GREG BIFFLE 12
DALE EARNHARDT JR 15
CARL EDWARDS 15
MARK MARTIN 25
KEVIN HARVICK 20
JOEY LOGANO 40
KURT BUSCH 75
RYAN NEWMAN 75
MARCOS AMBROSE 100
SAM HORNISH JR 100
RICKY STENHOUSE JR 100
JEFF BURTON 200
PAUL MENARD 200
JAMIE McMURRAY 300
JUAN MONTOYA 300
TREVOR BAYNE 300
ARIC ALMIROLA 500
REGAN SMITH 500
BOBBY LABONTE 1000
FIELD 300
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