Sprint Unlimited Fast Facts

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• The Sprint Unlimited Manufacturer Recap:
  Manufacturer, Victories, Last Victory - Driver
  Chevrolet, 20, 2013 - Kevin Harvick
  Ford, 7, 2004 - Dale Jarrett
  Buick, 2, 1982 - Bobby Allison
  Oldsmobile, 2, 1980 - Dale Earnhardt
  Pontiac, 2, 2002 - Tony Stewart
  Dodge, 1, 2011 - Kurt Busch
  Toyota, 1, 2012 - Kyle Busch 
• The Sprint Unlimited Tidbits:
  · The number of participants has ranged from a low of seven in 1981 to a high of 28 in 2009 (19 are scheduled to compete in this year's event).
  · The drivers with the most Sprint Unlimited appearances:
  o Mark Martin (24)
  o Bill Elliott (23)
  o Rusty Wallace (19)
  o Ken Schrader (19)
  o Jeff Gordon (19)
  · Mark Martin had appeared in the most consecutive Sprint Unlimited races, competing in 20 consecutive events from 1989-2008. With his start in this year's race, Jeff Gordon, who currently has 19 consecutive starts in the event, will tie that mark.
  · There have been eight multiple winners in The Sprint Unlimited:
  o Tony Stewart has won three (2001, 2002 and 2007).
  o Kevin Harvick has won three (2009, 2010 and 2012).
  o Dale Earnhardt won six events, most all-time (1980, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995).
  o Dale Jarrett won in 1996, 2000 and 2004.
  o Other multiple winners: Neil Bonnett (1983-1984), Ken Schrader, (1989-1990), Jeff Gordon (1994 and 1997), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2003 and 2008) and Kevin Harvick (2009-2010).
  o Bonnett, Schrader, Stewart and Harvick are the only drivers to win back-to-back races. No driver has ever won three consecutive Sprint Unlimited races.
  · Buddy Baker (1979), Dale Earnhardt (1980), Jeff Gordon (1994), Dale Jarrett (1996) and Denny Hamlin (2006) all won the first Sprint Unlimited in which they competed.
  · Only five times in the 32-year history of the race has the winner gone on to win the Daytona 500:
  Bobby Allison (1982)
  Bill Elliott (1987)
  Dale Jarrett (1996 and 2000)
  Jeff Gordon (1997) · There have been three winners from the pole: Darrell Waltrip (1981), Bill Elliott (1987) and Ken Schrader (1989).
  · Two drivers have swept The Sprint Unlimited, Daytona 500 pole and Daytona 500 from 1979-2012: Dale Jarrett (2000) and Bill Elliott (1987)
  · One driver has swept The Sprint Unlimited, Daytona 500 and the Coke Zero 400 from 1979-2012: Bobby Allison (1982).
  · Seven drivers have won The Sprint Unlimited (1979-2012) and the same season's championship. Dale Earnhardt is the only one to have accomplished it multiple times - four times.
  Tony Stewart (2002)
  Jeff Gordon (1997)
  Dale Earnhardt (1993)
  Dale Earnhardt (1991)
  Dale Earnhardt (1986)
  Darrell Waltrip (1981)
  Dale Earnhardt (1980)
  · Four drivers have won consecutive Sprint Unlimited races (1979-2012). None went on to win that year's Daytona 500.
  Kevin Harvick (2009-10)
  Tony Stewart (2000-01)
  Ken Schrader (1990-91)
  Neil Bonnett (1983-84)