Chevy Pre-Race Bullets: Brickyard 400

… Chevrolets have won the most Winston Cup races here:  four of the eight
held; Ford is next with three

… Chevrolets have collected three Winston Cup pole positions here, one less
than Ford

… A Chevrolet won the first two Brickyard 400 races: Jeff Gordon (1994) and
Dale Earnhardt (1995)

… Jeff Gordon, driving the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet Monte Carlo, has won the
most Winston Cup races here, three

… Jeff Gordon won the 1994 inaugural Brickyard 400, the first NASCAR Winston
Cup race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

… The furthest back a winner has started in the eight races at Indianapolis
Motor Speedway was 27th by Jeff Gordon in 2001

… Two Chevy drivers qualified in the top four here: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No.
8 Budweiser Chevrolet Monte Carlo) and Robby Gordon (No. 31 Cingular
Wireless Chevrolet Monte Carlo). Four of the eight NASCAR Winston Cup races
at Indianapolis have been won from a top-four starting position, but none
has been won from the front row.

… Jeff Gordon leads all other drivers, posting three Bud Poles at
Indianapolis Motor Speedway

… Jeff Gordon has finished sixth or better, including three victories, in
six of the eight NASCAR Winston Cup races at Indianapolis

… Jeff Gordon has led the most laps in the Winston Cup races at
Indianapolis, 306 of the 1280 laps (24 percent)

… Jeff Gordon has led at least one lap in seven of the eight races at Indy,
the only driver to lead in more than four races since the inaugural race in
1994

… Jeff Gordon has been running at the finish in 51 consecutive races. His
last DNF came at Darlington in March 2001.  Gordon has remained winless in
28 straight races (since Kansas ­ September 2001)

… Mike Skinner, No. 4 Kodak Films Chevrolet Monte Carlo, has an 8.50 average
finish at Indianapolis, the best of drivers with two or more starts

… Mike Skinner has finished ninth or better in three of his four races at
Indianapolis


Stats courtesy of Winston/NASCAR