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The Race: Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dipsat The Glen
The Place: Watkins Glen International (2.45-mile road course)
The Date: Sunday, Aug. 8
The Time: 1 p.m. (ET)
Race Distance: 220.5 miles/90 laps
TV: Noon (ET), ESPN
Radio: Sirius NASCAR Radio Channel 128, 100.9 FM and 1490 AM WRCE
2009 Polesitter: Jimmie Johnson
2009 Winner: Tony Stewart

Qualifying Fast Facts
Watkins Glen International
Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen (25th Running)
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sat, August 07, 2010 @ 12:51 PM Eastern
Coors Light Pole Winner: Carl Edwards
Age: 30
Team : No. 99 – Aflac Ford
Owner: Jack Roush
Crew Chief: Bob Osborne
Carl Edwards won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen (25th Running) with a lap of 70.882 seconds, 124.432 mph.
This is his fifth pole in 215 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and fifth top-10 start in 2010. Edwards’ last pole came in August of 2008 at Bristol, 69 races ago.
This is his first pole in six races at Watkins Glen International. His previous best start was third in 2008.
This race has been won from the pole nine times, most recently by Kyle Busch in 2008.
Jamie McMurray (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2010 and his first in eight races at Watkins Glen International.
Juan Pablo Montoya (third) posted his second top-10 start at Watkins Glen International. It is his 13th in 22 races this season.

Watkins Glen International Quick Facts
Races: 27
Pole Winners: 15
Youngest Pole Winner: Jeff Gordon (08/09/1998 – 27 years, 0 months, 5 days)
Oldest Pole Winner: Morgan Shepherd (08/13/1989 – 47 years, 10 months, 1 days)
Race Winners: 16
Youngest Winner: Kyle Busch (08/10/2008 – 23 years, 3 months, 8 days)
Oldest Winner: Geoff Bodine (08/11/1996 – 47 years, 3 months, 24 days)
Races Won from Pole (or 1st Starting Position): 9
Last Race Won from Pole (or 1st Starting Position): Kyle Busch (08/10/2008)
Race Record: Mark Martin 103.03mph (08/13/1995)
Qualifying Record: Jeff Gordon 124.58mph (08/10/2003)

At Watkins Glen International:
History
· After several events were held on the streets of Watkins Glen, a permanent facility was opened in 1956.
· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was in 1957, won by Buck Baker.
· After a six-year absence, NASCAR returned to The Glen in 1964 and 1965.
· After a 21-year absence, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returned to The Glen, and has run one race a year there since 1986. This weekend’s race will be the 25th running since its return in 1986.

Watkins Glen International Data
Race #: 22 of 36 (8-8-10)
Track Size: 2.45 miles
Race Length: 90 laps/220.5 miles

Notebook
· There have been 27 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Watkins Glen International since the first race there in 1957.
· Buck Baker won the first pole and race.
· Tim Richmond won the first pole and race upon the series’ return in 1986.
· There have been 15 different pole winners.
· The race winner has started first in nine of 27 races. The last race winner to start from the pole was Kyle Busch in 2008.
· Mark Martin leads all drivers with wins from the pole with three in a row between 1993 and 1995.
· 17 of the 27 race winners have started from a top-five starting position.
· 19 of 27 races at Watkins Glen have been won from a top-10 starting position.
· The deepest in the field that a Watkins Glen race winner has started was 18th by Steve Park in 2000.
· 16 different drivers have won races, led by Tony Stewart, with five.
· Jeff Gordon set the all-time NASCAR Sprint Cup record for road-course victories with his victory in 2001, his seventh on a road course. He has since won two more (both at Infineon Raceway), for a career total of nine.
· Three active drivers with more than one start have an average finish in the top 10: Carl Edwards (8.8 in five starts), Denny Hamlin (7.5 in four starts), Mark Martin (7.8 in 20 starts), Tony Stewart (5.3 in 11 starts) and Marcos Ambrose (2.5 in two starts).
· Tony Stewart has a Driver Rating of 135.0 at Watkins Glen, the highest average rating by any driver at any track since the Loop Data statistic’s inception in 2005.

NASCAR in New York
· There have been 65 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in New York:
· 178 drivers in NASCAR’s three national series (all-time) have their home state recorded as New York.
· There have been 13 race winners from New York in NASCAR’s three national series:

WEATHER
Mid 80’s and mostly sunny. LET’S GO RACING!

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ZIPPO 200 at the Glen
The Place: Watkins Glen International (2.45 Mile Paved Road Course)
The Date: Saturday, August 7
The Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
The Distance: 82 laps/200.9 miles
TV: ESPN, 1:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio (Local-WPGI–FM 100.9, WRCE-AM 1490)
2009 Winner: Marcos Ambrose
2009 Pole Winner: Kevin Harvick

Qualifying Notes
Coors Light Pole Winner: Marcos Ambrose
Age: 33
Team: No. 47 Kwik Fill/Red Apple Zippo Toyota
Owner: Jodi Geschickter
Crew Chief: Frank Kerr
–> Marcos Ambrose won the Coors Light Pole for the Zippo 200, his third pole in 73 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts.
–> Ambrose set the track qualifying record with a lap of 122.410 mph. He broke Kevin Harvick’s record of 121.999 mph, set last year.
–> This is Ambrose’s best start in four races at Watkins Glen. His previous best start was second, last season.
–> Ambrose won the last two series races at Watkins Glen, starting 12th in 2008 and second in 2009.
–> Ambrose’s last pole came at Montreal, last season.

WEATHER

Looks good. Partly sunny and 77 degrees.

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The Race: Brickyard 400
The Place: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.5-mile rectangle)
The Date: Sunday, July 25
The Time: 1 p.m. (ET)
Race Distance: 160 laps/400 miles
TV: ESPN, Noon (ET)
Radio: IMS & Sirius NASCAR Radio Channel 128.

Qualifying Fast Facts
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Brickyard 400 (17th Running)
Coors Light Pole Winner: Juan Pablo Montoya
Age: 34
Team : No. 42 – Target Chevrolet
Owner: Chip Ganassi
Crew Chief: Brian Pattie
Juan Pablo Montoya won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Brickyard 400 (17th Running) with a lap of 49.375 seconds, 182.278 mph.
This is his fourth pole in 129 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his second pole and 11th top-10 start in 2010.
This is his first pole in four races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Jimmie Johnson (second) posted his 15th top-10 start of 2010 and his fifth in nine races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Mark Martin (third) posted his ninth top-10 start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is his ninth in 20 races this season.
Kevin Conway (42nd) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Quick Facts
Races: 16
Pole Winners: 13
Youngest Pole Winner: Reed Sorenson (07/29/2007 – 21 years, 5 months, 24 days)
Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin (07/26/2009 – 50 years, 6 months, 17 days)
Race Winners: 9
Youngest Winner: Jeff Gordon (08/06/1994 – 23 years, 0 months, 2 days)
Oldest Winner: Bill Elliott (08/04/2002 – 46 years, 9 months, 27 days)
Races Won from Pole (or 1st Starting Position): 2
Last Race Won from Pole (or 1st Starting Position): Jimmie Johnson (07/27/2008)
Race Record: Bobby Labonte 155.912mph (08/05/2000)
Qualifying Record: Casey Mears 186.293mph (08/08/2004)

At Indianapolis Motor Speedway:
History
· Indianapolis Motor Speedway has existed since 1909, and is the original “Speedway,” the first racing facility to incorporate the word into its name.
· With a permanent seating capacity for more than 250,000-plus people and infield seating that raises capacity to an approximate 400,000, it is the largest and highest-capacity sporting facility in history.

Notebook
· There have been 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway since the first race in 1994.
· Four drivers have competed in all 16 races: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte and Mark Martin.
· Rick Mast won the first pole in 1994.
· Jeff Gordon won the 1994 inaugural race.
· There have been 13 different pole winners.
· Jeff Gordon leads all pole winners with three.
· Nine drivers have won, led by Jeff Gordon with four victories.
· Jimmie Johnson (three), Dale Jarrett and Tony Stewart (two each) are the other multiple winners.
· Hendrick Motorsports has won seven races, more than any other organization.
· Eight races have been won from a top-five starting position.
· The furthest back a race winner has started at Indianapolis was 27th, by Jeff Gordon in 2001.
· Two of the past three races have been won from a starting position outside the top 10.
· Two drivers have won from the pole: Kevin Harvick in 2003 and Jimmie Johnson in 2008.
· Dale Jarrett (1996) and Jimmie Johnson (2006) are the only drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard in the same season.
· Tony Stewart (8.5) and Jeff Gordon (8.6)are the only active drivers to average a top-10 finish.
· Three of the last four Indianapolis races ending under green had a margin of victory under one second.
· 14 of the 16 races have been won by a past, reigning or future NASCAR Sprint Cup champion. The only two that were not: Ricky Rudd in 1997 and current points leader Kevin Harvick in 2003.
· The winner of the Indianapolis race has won the championship in the same year eight times in the 16 years the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has raced there:
2009: Jimmie Johnson
2008: Jimmie Johnson
2006: Jimmie Johnson
2005: Tony Stewart
2001: Jeff Gordon
2000: Bobby Labonte
1999: Dale Jarrett
1998: Jeff Gordon

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Data
Race # 20 of 36 (7-25-10)
Track Size: 2.5 miles
Race Length: 400 miles (160 laps)
Banking/Corners: 9 degrees
Banking/Straights: 0 degrees

Driver Rating at Indianapolis
Tony Stewart 111.8
Jimmie Johnson 104.9
Mark Martin 104.8
Juan Pablo Montoya 102
Jeff Gordon 96.2
Matt Kenseth 93.6
Denny Hamlin 93.3
Jeff Burton 93.1
Kyle Busch 92.8
Kevin Harvick 91.9
Note: Driver Rating compiled from 2005-2009 races (5 total) at Indianapolis.

WEATHER
Mid 80’s and mostly sunny.

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