0 – fewest cautions for a Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway (6/6/71)
1 – fewest cars on lead lap at finish (11 times, most recent 9/15/91)
3 – fewest leaders (five times, most recent 5/16/82)
3 -fewest lead changes (10/17/71)
4 -number of jet dryers available for track drying this weekend
6 – fewest laps led by race winner (Jeff Burton, 9/24/06)
6 – most poles (David Pearson)
7 – most wins by driver (Bobby Allison and David Pearson)
13 – fewest cars running at finish (5/17/81)
13 – most leaders (twice, most recent 9/24/00)
13 – wins from each of the first three starting positions in 82 races
16 – most cautions (9/19/93)
21 – most cars on lead lap at finish (6/4/06)
29 -most lead changes (twice, most recent 5/18/86)
31 – fewest cars to start a Sprint Cup race (5/20/79, 500-mile race)
32 – different race winners
35 -different pole winners
40 -most running at finish (9/21/08)
90 minutes – approximate amount of time it takes to dry the one-mile, all-concrete track after a significant rainfall
103 – most caution laps (9/19/93)
491 – most laps led by race winner (Richard Petty, 9/15/74)
1967 – Ground broken for dual-purpose facility – horse racing and motorsports events.
1969 – Dover Downs opened with the first Sprint Cup race, the Mason-Dixon 300, run on July 6 and won by Richard Petty.
1982 – First Nationwide race at the “Monster Mile”.
1997 -Races shortened from 500 to 400 miles beginning with second race of the 1997 season.
2006 -Dover announces plans for the “Monster Makeover”, a multi-year capital improvement project.
4 – fewest cautions this season (Fontana)
16 – most cautions this season (Daytona)
86 — number of cautions in the first 10 races of 2011; includes 44 for accidents, 15 for debris and 14 for spins
437 of 3,279 — number of laps under caution in 2011
553.429 of 3,968.500 — miles under caution in the first 10 races
(Darnell Communications / Dodge Motorsports)(5-12-2011)
