Track Facts

• Website: www.californiaspeedway.com
• Track Length: 2 Mile (250 laps = 500 miles)
• Grandstand Seating Capacity: 92,000
• First Race: June 22, 1997 – California 500
• Banking: 14 degrees in turns, 11 degrees on frontstretch, 3 degrees on backstretch
• Frontstretch: 3,100 feet
• Backstretch: 2,500 feet

Qualifying & Race Records

• Qualifying: Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 188.425 mph (38.248 sec.); Feb. 25, 2005
• Race: Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 155.012 mph (3:13:32); June 22, 1997

Track Records

• Most Wins: 3 - Jeff Gordon
• Most Top 5s: 5 - Jeff Gordon
• Most Top 10s: 6 - Rusty Wallace
• Oldest Winner: Rusty Wallace, 44 Years, 4 Months, 15 Days, 4/29/2001
• Youngest Winner: Kyle Busch, 20 Years, 4 Months, 2 Days, 9/4/05
• Most Lead Changes: 30 - Once, 9/4/05
• Fewest Lead Changes: 18 - Once, 5/3/98
• Most Leaders: 15 - Twice, most recently, 5/2/04
• Fewest Leaders: 8 - Twice, most recently, 4/28/02
• Most Cautions: 11 - Twice, most recently, 9/4/05
• Fewest Cautions: 4 - Once, 6/22/97
• Most Caution Laps: 51 - Once, 9/5/04
• Fewest Caution Laps: 22 - Twice, most recently, 4/30/00
• Most on the Lead Lap: 28 - Twice, most recently, 9/4/05
• Fewest on the Lead Lap: 9 - Twice, most recently, 5/2/99
• Most Running at the Finish: 40 - Once, 4/29/01
• Fewest Running at the Finish: 32 - Twice, most recently, 2/27/05
• Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 165 - Once, Mark Martin, 5/3/98
• Fewest Laps Led by a Race Winner: 26 - Once, Jeremy Mayfield, 4/30/00
• Most Wins by a Manufacturer: 6 - Ford
• Track Race Record: Jeff Gordon, 6/22/97, Time - 3:13:32, Speed - 155.012 mph

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