Catchfence

THE NUMBERS for the Crown Royal Presents The Matthew & Daniel Hansen 400
Richmond International Raceway

1 – fewest cautions for a Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway (three times, most recent, 3/1/70)

1 – fewest cars on lead lap at finish (22 times, most recent 10/12/75)

2 – fewest leaders (six times, most recent 2/23/75)

2 – fewest lead changes (seven times, most recent 2/23/75)

4 – number of jet dryers available for track drying this weekend

4 – fewest laps led by race winner (2/23/86)

6 – fewest caution laps (6/5/60)

12 – most leaders (four times, most recent 5/6/07)

13 – most wins by driver (Richard Petty)

15 – most cautions (twice, most recent 5/2/09)

22 – wins from the pole; 35 from the front row (109 races)

25 – most lead changes (twice, most recent 3/3/96)

32 – most cars on lead lap at finish (9/7/08)

47 – different pole winners in 109 races

48 – different race winners

43 – most running at finish (9/7/08)

90-120 minutes – amount of time it takes to dry the .75-mile track after a significant rainfall

123 – most caution laps (two times, most recent 9/8/74)

488 – most laps led by race winner (9/13/70 – Richard Petty – 500-lap race)

Key RIR Dates

1946 – Ted Horn won the first race on half-mile dirt track (10/12/46) in open-wheel car
1953 – Lee Petty won the first NASCAR Grand National Division, now Sprint Cup, race on the half-mile dirt track (4/19/53).
1955 – Paul Sawyer and driver Joe Weatherly purchased the track
1964 – race run under temporary lights (3/10/64)
1968 – last race on dirt track won by David Pearson (3/24/68)
1968 – first race on paved track won by Richard Petty (9/8/68)
1969 — track remeasured from .625-mile to .5625-mile; remeasured from .5625-mile to .5-mile; remeasured again from .5-mile to .542-mile prior to the first race of 1970
1988 – track reconfigured to its current .75-mile layout
1991 – permanent lighting added prior to fall event won by Harry Gant (9/7/91)
1999 – International Speedway Corporation (ISC) acquires track

Did You Know?

Richmond Int’l Raceway has had several names since it opened in 1946 as a half-mile dirt track:

• Atlantic Rural Exposition Fairgrounds (1946-1955)
• Virginia State Fairgrounds (1964-1968)
• Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway (1969-1988)
• Richmond International Raceway (1988-present)

2011 Caution Update

4 – fewest cautions this season (Fontana)
16 – most cautions this season (Daytona)
67 – number of cautions in the first eight races of 2011; 37 for accidents
331 of 2,509 – number of laps under caution in 2011
445.593 of 3,163.080 – miles under caution in the first eight races

- Darnell Communications for Dodge Motorsports, Press Release