* The spring race at Darlington became a 400-mile event in 1994.
* The track configuration was reversed prior to the second race in 1997
* There have been seven different race winners in the last seven races at Darlington
* There have been seven different Bud Pole winners in the nine races at Darlington since September 1999. Qualifying was rained out in the spring of 2001 and fall of 2002.
* 2002 Rookie-of-the-Year contenders Ryan Newman and Jimmie Johnson finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in their career-first NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race at Darlington’s the 2002 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400. Only four other active drivers posted top-10 finishes in their Darlington debut: Bill Elliott (10th – September 1977), Terry Labonte (fourth – September 1978), Tony Stewart (sixth – March 1999) and Mark Martin (seventh – April 1982)
* Ricky Rudd has 54 starts at Darlington Raceway, leading all other active drivers
* Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett and Ken Schrader lead all full-time, active drivers, each with three Bud Poles at Darlington
* Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers each with six victories at Darlington Raceway
* Mark Martin has posted 14 top-five finishes at Darlington, more than any other full-time, active driver
* Ricky Rudd has posted 25 top-10 finishes at Darlington, more than any other full-time, active driver
* Jeff Gordon has a 6.3 average start in 22 starts at Darlington, the best of all full-time, active drivers with more than 10 starts there
* Ryan Newman has a 4.50 average start in four starts at Darlington, the best of all active drivers
* Jeff Burton has an average finish of 11.20 in 20 races at Darlington, the best of all active drivers with more than five starts there
* Ryan Newman has a 11.0 average finish in four starts at Darlington, the best of all active drivers
* Jeff Gordon has a led 1,378 laps at Darlington, the most of all active drivers and almost 500 more than his closest active competitor, Jeff Burton (786)
* Elliott Sadler (10) is the only active driver that has competed in more than five Darlington races without posting a DNF there
* Only 12 races at Darlington have been won from a starting position outside the top 10. Three of the past seven Darlington races have been won from outside the top 30 starting positions, including the 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, which Ricky Craven won from the 31st starting position
* Matt Kenseth moved into the point lead at Las Vegas. He has been ranked in the top 10 in points for 39 consecutive races – since Rockingham (February 2003), the longest active streak in the top 10
* In spite of having four to the five fastest qualifying runs for the Daytona 500, a Ford led only two laps in the season-opening Daytona 500 (both by Matt Kenseth)
* Dodge posted five of the top-10 finishes at Rockingham, yet trailed both Chevrolet and Ford by a point in the manufacturers’ championship race
* Las Vegas was the first race this season that had all three manufacturers’ finish in the top- three
* Ford has led 391 laps in 2004 – 384 by Matt Kenseth and all by Jack Roush Racing. Kyle Busch (four), Greg Biffle (two) and Jeff Burton (one) are the other Ford drivers to lead this season
* Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart have all led a lap in three of the first four races this season.(3-16-2004)