Race Weekend Central

Numbers Game: 2011 NASCAR All-Star Race at Charlotte

2
Full-time Sprint Cup drivers entered in Sunday’s Nationwide race (May 22).

2nd
Kyle Busch’s position on the all-time Camping World Truck wins list after a win Friday. He is tied with Jack Sprague and Mike Skinner at 28 wins apiece.

3
Women ran in Sunday’s Nationwide race; the most in a single race in series history.

5
Drivers have won the All-Star race and Sprint Cup championship in the same season: Darrell Waltrip (1985), Dale Earnhardt (1987, 1990, 1993), Rusty Wallace (1989), Jeff Gordon (1995, 1997, 2001) and Jimmie Johnson (2006).

6th
Finishing position of Kenny Wallace in his 500th career Nationwide start on Sunday.

7
laps led by Kyle Busch in Friday’s Camping World Truck race. He took the lead from Clint Bowyer with seven laps remaining.

7
Drivers have won the All-Star Race and Coca-Cola 600 in the same season. Kurt Busch was the most recent driver to accomplish the feat in 2010.

8
Cars pulled off the track in the first 15 laps of Sunday’s race in Iowa.

10
Caution flags thrown in Friday’s Camping World Truck Series race. It tied a series record at the track.

17
The record number of lead changes in Sunday’s Nationwide race at Iowa. The race also set a record for lap leaders (seven).

19
Different winners in All-Star Race history. Carl Edwards became the 19th on Saturday.

19
The age of Camping World Truck points leader Cole Whitt. He is the first rookie and youngest driver to lead the standings in series history.

22
All-Star races Mark Martin has competed in, the most of any driver. Martin finished 19th in Saturday’s race.

43
Races since the last full-time Nationwide driver won a series race, prior to Sunday’s victory by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Justin Allgaier did it on March 20, 2010 at Bristol.

51
Career Nationwide starts for Stenhouse.

97
Victories for Kyle Busch in NASCAR’s top-three series after his Camping World Truck win on Friday. He moved into a tie with Earnhardt and Waltrip for third on the all-time list.

$1,151,825
The difference in prize money for Edwards between his first-place finish ($1,203,300) on Saturday in the Sprint Cup All-Star race and his second-place finish ($51,675) on Sunday in the Nationwide race.

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