FANTASY NASCAR: Texas Sprint Cup Info/Stats/Records

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Track Specifications:
Track/Race Length: 1.5-mile quad oval, 334 laps, 501 miles
Track Size: 1.5 miles
Race: 334 laps, 501 miles
Width: 58 feet (minimum)
Turns: 750-foot radius
Degree of Banking: Turns: 24 degrees
Straightaways/dogleg: Banking: 5 degrees;
Straights: Front Straight - 2250 feet; Back Stretch - 1330 feet
Front Straightaway Grandstand: 66 rows, 112,522. Includes: PSL seats (36,000 w/armrests); and Handicapped Seating (1,595 - Row 28 at portal entrances)
Back Straightaway Grandstand: 12 rows, 9,855
Luxury Suites: 144 with seating for 9,992
Victory Lane Club Suites: 50 with seating for 3,152
Condominium Seating: 2,571
Infield Capacity: Approx. 53,000
Grandstand Seating: 122,377
Total Permanent Seating: 138,122
Total Estimated Capacity: 191,122 Pit Road: 45 pit stalls for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Pit Road Speed: 45 MPH
Pace Car Speed: 55 MPH
Opened: 1997

Records:
April 2015 Race Winner: Jimmie Johnson, 140.500mph, started 5th
November 2014 Race Winner: Jimmie Johnson, 132.239mph, started 3rd
Track Race Record: Greg Biffle, April 2012, 160.577mph
Slowest Race Record: Jeff Burton, 1997, 125.102mph
Oldest Race Winner: Dale Jarrett, 44 years, 4 months, 6 days, 4/1/2001
Youngest Race Winner: Joey Logano, 23 years, 10 months, and 13 days, 4/7/2014
April 2015 Pole Winner: Kurt Busch, 193.847mph, finished 14th
November 2014 Pole Winner: Matt Kenseth, 199.299mph, finished 25th
Track Qualifying Record: Tony Stewart, 200.111, 10/31/2014 (2nd round qualifying)
Oldest Pole Winner: Bill Elliott, 46 years, 6 months, 0 days, 4/08/2002
Youngest Pole Winner: Brian Vickers, 23 years, 0 months, 12 days, 11/05/2006
Most Wins: 5 - Jimmie Johnson; 3 - Carl Edwards
Most Poles: 2 - Ryan Newman, Bobby Labonte, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon
Most Top 5's: 13 - Matt Kenseth
Most Top 10's: 18 - Jimmie Johnson; 17 - Matt Kenseth
Most Cautions: 13 - 11/2/2014
Fewest Cautions: 2 - 4/14/2012
Most Caution Laps: 73, 4/6/1997
Fewest Caution Laps: 10, 4/14/2012
Most Running at the Finish: 40 - 11/6/2005 & 11/2/2008
Fewest Running at the Finish: 29 - twice, most recently 4/5/1998
Most Lead Changes: 33 - 11/7/2010
Most Leaders: 17 - 4/2/2000
Fewest Lead Changes: 13 - 11/8/2009 & 11/7/2010
Fewest Leaders: 4 - 11/8/2009
Most Wins by Manufacturer: 12 - Ford; 10 - Chevy; 4 - Dodge; 3 - Toyota
Fewest Laps Led by a Race Winner: 1 [of 334] - Jeff Burton 4/15/2007
Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 278 [of 334] - Tony Stewart, 11/5/2006
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Matt Kenseth, 2002, started 31st
Races won from starting pos 1: 3
Races won from starting pos 2: 3
Races won from starting pos 3: 6
Races won from starting pos 4: 3
Races won from starting pos 5: 4
Races won from starting pos 7: 1
Races won from starting pos 8: 2
Races won from starting pos 10: 1
Races won from starting pos 16: 1
Races won from starting pos 19: 1
Races won from starting pos 29: 1
Races won from starting pos 30: 2
Races won from starting pos 31: 1
Races won from the top 5: 19 of 29

Races won from the top 10: 23 of 29

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Texas:
1.) Jimmie Johnson...............107.2
2.) Matt Kenseth...............104.7
3.) Kyle Busch...............101.3
4.) Greg Biffle...............99.4
5.) Tony Stewart...............97.0
6.) Carl Edwards...............95.8
7.) Jeff Gordon...............93.3
8.) Denny Hamlin...............93.0
9.) Dale Earnhardt, Jr...............91.9
10.) Clint Bowyer...............89.6
Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2015 races (21 total) among active drivers at Texas Motor Speedway. Formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.

Tire Notes & Facts:
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Speedway Radials

Set limits:
Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice/qualifying and 12 sets for the race;
Xfinity: 8 sets for the event;
Camping World Truck: 6 sets for the event

Tire Codes:
Left-side -- D-4392; Right-side -- D-4618

Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 87.32 in. (2,218 mm);
Right-side -- 88.58 in. (2,250 mm)

Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 23 psi; Left Rear -- 21 psi;
Right Front -- 53 psi; Right Rear -- 49 psi


Notes: Teams in all three NASCAR series in action at Texas this week will run the same tire set-up. This is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that these teams have run at Texas since the beginning of 2014. Sprint Cup, Xfinity and Camping World Truck teams have also run this tire combination at Chicagoland earlier this season, and will do so again at Homestead in two weeks. This right-side tire code (D-4618) employs Goodyear's multi-zone tread technology, which combines two distinct tread compounds on the same tire -- the outside 10 inches of the tread features a compound that is designed for grip, while the inside two inches of the tread is toughened to enhance durability on the part of the tire sees the most heat and takes the most abuse. As on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, teams are required to run inner liners in all four tire positions at Texas. Air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.


Texas Track Notes & History:
· Construction on Texas Motor Speedway began in 1995.
· The first NASCAR national series race at TMS was a NASCAR Nationwide Series event on April 5, 1997 - won by Mark Martin.
· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was on April 6, 1997 - won by Jeff Burton.
· The track underwent a repave between the 2001 and 2002 seasons.
· In 2011, the spring NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was moved from Sunday to Saturday night under the lights at Texas Motor Speedway.
· Texas Motor Speedway hosted its first Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on November 6, 2005 - won by Carl Edwards.