Some interesting numbers for trivial talk and NASCAR fantasy race games relating to this Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Atlanta Motor Speedway
1: Start (and finish) position for Kasey Kahne in the Spring race last year.
1: Driver (Tony Stewart) to score bonus points during the last 3 races at Atlanta.
1.54: Miles around Atlanta Motor Speedway.
5: Seasons since Atlanta hasn’t been the home of the last race on the schedule.
5.5: Average starting position of race winner over the last 6 races here.
6: Number of consecutive Atlanta Motor Speedway Budweiser Pole Awards for Ryan Newman.
7: Paul Menard’s finish position in his one Nextel Cup race here.
10.4: Dale Jarrett’s average finish position over the last 20 races here.
15: Average number of cars finishing on the lead lap over the last 4 races at Atlanta.
23: Years ago that Benny Parsons raced his #55 Copenhagen car to his final NASCAR Series win at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
2,332: Length (in feet) of frontstretch.”