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.
Notebook
— There have been 18 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway since the first race in 1994.
— Four drivers have competed in all 18 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 15 different pole winners.
— Jeff Gordon leads all pole winners with three.
— 11 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.
— Nine 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 drivers have won from the pole: Kevin Harvick in 2003 and Jimmie Johnson in 2008.
— Dale Jarrett (1996), Jimmie Johnson (2006) and Jamie McMurray (2010) are the only drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same season.
— Tony Stewart (8.0), Jeff Gordon (9.0) and Kevin Harvick (10.0) are the only active drivers to average a top-10 finish.
— Three of the last five Indianapolis races ending under green had a margin of victory under one second.
— 14 of the 18 races have been won by a past, reigning or future NASCAR Sprint Cup champion. The only four that were not: Ricky Rudd in 1997, Kevin Harvick in 2003, Jamie McMurray in 2010 and Paul Menard in 2011.
— The winner of the Indianapolis race has won the championship in the same year seven times in the 18 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
— Youngest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Indianapolis Motor Speedway winner: Jeff Gordon (08/06/1994 – 23 years, 0 months, 2 days).
— Oldest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Indianapolis Motor Speedway winner: Bill Elliott (08/04/2002 – 46 years, 9 months, 27 days).

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Data
Race #: 20 of 36 (07-29-12)
Track Size: 2.5-miles
Race Length: 160 laps / 400 miles
— Banking/Turns: 9 degrees
— Banking/Straights: 0 degree
— Frontstretch: 3,330 feet
— Backstretch: 3,300 feet

Top 12 Driver Rating at Indianapolis
Tony Stewart............................. 105.8
Mark Martin............................... 104.5
Juan Pablo Montoya................. 102.4
Jimmie Johnson........................ 100.0
Jeff Gordon................................ 99.4
Matt Kenseth.............................. 96.4
Greg Biffle.................................. 95.9
Kasey Kahne.............................. 94.3
Kevin Harvick.............................. 93.5
Kyle Busch................................. 92.8
Jeff Burton................................. 90.9
Clint Bowyer............................... 89.4
Note: Driver Rating compiled from 2005-2011 races (seven total) at Indianapolis.

Qualifying/Race Data
2011 pole winner:
David Ragan, Ford (182.994 mph, 49.182 sec., 07-30-11)
2011 race winner:
Paul Menard, Chevrolet (140.762 mph, 2:50:30, 07-31-11)
Track qualifying record:
Casey Mears, Dodge (186.293 mph, 48.311 sec., 08-07-04)
Track race record:
Bobby Labonte, Pontiac (155.912 mph, 2:33:56, 08-05-00)

NASCAR in Indiana
— There have been 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in Indiana.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (18); Funks Speedway, Winchester (1-in 1950); Playland Park Speedway, South Bend (1-in 1952)

— 78 NASCAR national series drivers (all-time) have their home state recorded as Indiana.
— There have been 10 race winners from Indiana in NASCAR’s three national series:
Tony Stewart
Ryan Newman
Darel Dieringer
Charlie Glotzbach
John Andretti
Earl Balmer
Larry Frank
Dick Passwater
Tony Raines
Kenny Irwin Jr

INDIANAPOLIS-SPECIFIC STATISTICS
Greg Biffle (No. 16)
— Two top fives, five top 10s
— Average finish of 13.1
— Average Running Position of 11.0, third-best
— Driver Rating of 95.9, seventh-best
— 52 Fastest Laps Run, sixth-most
— 350 Green Flag Passes, sixth-most
— Average Green Flag Speed of 169.347 mph, ninth-fastest
— 867 Laps in the Top 15 (77.4%), second-most
— 174 Quality Passes (passes of cars in the top 15 under green), seventh-most

Clint Bowyer (No. 15)
— Two top fives, two top 10s
— Average finish of 11.8
— Average Running Position of 12.9, fifth-best
— Driver Rating of 89.4, 12th-best
— 665 Laps in the Top 15 (69.3%), 11th-most

Jeff Burton (No. 3t)
— One top five, five top 10s; one pole
— Average finish of 18.4
— Average Running Position of 13.0, eighth-best
— Driver Rating of 90.9, 11th-best
— 37 Fastest Laps Run, ninth-most
— Average Green Flag Speed of 169.393 mph, eighth-fastest
— 695 Laps in the Top 15 (62.1%), 10th-most

Kyle Busch (No. 18)
— One top five, five top 10s
— Average finish of 13.1
— Average Running Position of 14.2, 12th-best
— Driver Rating of 92.8, 10th-best
— 352 Green Flag Passes, fifth-most
— 750 Laps in the Top 15 (67.0%), eighth-most
— 181 Quality Passes, fifth-most

Carl Edwards (No. 99)
— One top five, three top 10s
— Average finish of 11.0
— Average Running Position of 15.7, 13th-best
— Driver Rating of 86.8, 13th-best
— 42 Fastest Laps Run, seventh-most
— Series-high 435 Green Flag Passes
— 198 Quality Passes, third-most

Jeff Gordon (No. 24)
— Four wins, 10 top fives, 14 top 10s; three poles
— Average finish of 9.1
— Average Running Position of 12.9, sixth-best
— Driver Rating of 99.4, fifth-best
— 360 Green Flag Passes, fourth-most
— 803 Laps in the Top 15 (71.7%), sixth-most
— 205 Quality Passes, second-most

Kevin Harvick (No. 29)
— One win, four top fives, seven top 10s; one pole
— Average finish of 10.0
— Average Running Position of 13.8, 11th-best
— Driver Rating of 93.5, ninth-best
— 781 Laps in the Top 15 (69.7%), seventh-most
— 176 Quality Passes, sixth-most

Jimmie Johnson (No. 48)
— Three wins, three top fives, four top 10s; one pole
— Average finish of 18.4
— Average Running Position of 13.2, ninth-best
— Driver Rating of 100.0, fourth-best
— 96 Fastest Laps Run, second-most
— Average Green Flag Speed of 169.879 mph, second-fastest
— 737 Laps in the Top 15 (65.8%), ninth-most
— 151 Quality Passes, 10th-most

Kasey Kahne (No. 5)
— Two top fives, four top 10s
— Average finish of 15.9
— Average Running Position of 13.5, 10th-best
— Driver Rating of 94.3, eighth-best
— 56 Fastest Laps Run, fifth-most
— Average Green Flag Speed of 169.452 mph, seventh-fastest
— 822 Laps in the Top 15 (73.4%), fourth-most
— 171 Quality Passes, eighth-most

Matt Kenseth (No. 17)
— Five top fives, seven top 10s
— Average finish of 14.3
— Average Running Position of 12.9, seventh-best
— Driver Rating of 96.4, sixth-best
— 812 Laps in the Top 15 (72.5%), fifth-most
— 161 Quality Passes, ninth-most

Mark Martin (No. 55)
— Six top fives, 11 top 10s; one pole
— Average finish of 12.9
— Series-best Average Running Position of 8.9
— Driver Rating of 104.5, second-best
— 38 Fastest Laps Run, eighth-most
— Average Green Flag Speed of 169.648 mph, fourth-fastest
— Series-high 945 Laps in the Top 15 (84.4%)
— 187 Quality Passes, fourth-most

Juan Pablo Montoya (No. 42)
— One top five, one top 10; one pole
— Average finish of 22.4
— Average Running Position of 11.5, fourth-best
— Driver Rating of 102.4, third-best
— Series-high 105 Fastest Laps Run
— 610 Laps in the Top 15 (76.3%), 12th-most

Tony Stewart (No. 14)
— Two wins, six top fives, nine top 10s; one pole
— Average finish of 8.1
— Average Running Position of 10.7, second-best
— Series-best Driver Rating of 105.8
— 407 Green Flag Passes, second-most
— Series-best Average Green Flag Speed of 169.959 mph
— 823 Laps in the Top 15 (73.5%), third-most
— Series-high 220 Quality Passes