⢠The track opened as a 2.52-mile road course and drag strip in 1968.
⢠The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was held in 1989.
⢠The first nine races were 300 kilometers and switched to a 350k format in 1998.
⢠The track was reconfigured to 1.949 miles in 1998 with the installation of an 890-foot chute between the original Turns 4 and 7.
⢠The track was reconfigured to 2.0 miles in 2001 and re-measured at 1.99 miles in 2002.
⢠There have been 22 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Infineon Raceway since the first race there in 1989.
⢠Rusty Wallace won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole.
⢠Ricky Rudd won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
⢠13 different drivers have won poles; only four have won more than one.
⢠Jeff Gordon (five) leads all pole winners. Ricky Rudd has four, including three consecutive (1990-92), Rusty Wallace and Kasey Kahne have two apiece.
⢠There have been consecutive pole winners three times: Ricky Rudd (1990-92) and Jeff Gordon (1998-99 and 2004-05).
⢠14 different drivers have won races; five have multiple victories there – led by Jeff Gordon with five. Ernie Irvan, Ricky Rudd, Tony Stewart and Rusty Wallace (all with two) are the other multiple-race winners.
⢠Jeff Gordon is also the only driver with consecutive wins, winning in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
⢠Five of 22 races have been won by the pole winner, including three times by Jeff Gordon. His victory from the pole in 2004 is the most recent.
⢠The lowest starting position by a race winner was 32nd, by Juan Pablo Montoya; it also was his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win.
⢠Boris Said posted his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole.
⢠Jeff Gordon is the all-time leader in road-course victories, with nine. Tony Stewart is second, with seven.
(NASCAR)(6-20-2011)
