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KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY – INDYCAR SERIES RECORDS - 1 INDYCAR SERIES ENGINE PERFORMANCE AT KENTUCKY 2000- Present ENGINE ENTRIES WINS RUNNING % RUNNING AVG. TOTAL PURSE PURSE* WON* Honda 157 8 134 85 $54,967 $3,407,950 Toyota 25 0 22 88 $42,370 $1,059,250 Chevrolet 33 2 26 79 $45,317 $1,495,450 Infiniti 12 0 9 75 $38,425 $461,100 Oldsmobile 45 2 31 69 $44,030 $1,981,350 *Earnings from 2000-2007. Series changed to a team earnings system in 2008. CHASSIS PERFORMANCE AT KENTUCKY 2000 - Present CHASSIS ENTRIES WINS RUNNING % RUNNING AVG. TOTAL PURSE PURSE* WON* Panoz 46 3 38 83 $44,101 $2,028,650 Dallara 212 8 163 77 $49,071 $6,379,200 *Earnings from 2000-2007. Series changed to a team earnings system in 2008. POLE AWARDS DATE EVENT DRIVER TIME SPEED FINISH LAPS CHASSIS/ (MPH) LED ENGINE/TIRE Oct. 2, 2011 Kentucky Indy 300 Will Power 48.5948 219.283 19 48 D/H/F Sept. 3, 2010 Kentucky Indy 300 Ed Carpenter 48.8958 217.933 2 11 D/H/F July 31, 2009 Meijer Indy 300 pres. by Scott Dixon Rain – Set 7 95 D/H/F Red Baron and Edy’s by entrant - points Aug. 8, 2008 Meijer Indy 300 pres. by Scott Dixon 1:37.3293** 219.260** 1 151 D/H/F Pepsi and Edy’s Aug. 10, 2007 Meijer Indy 300 pres. by Tony Kanaan 24.4307 218.086 1 131 D/H/F Coca-Cola and Edy’s Aug. 12, 2006 Meijer Indy 300 pres. by Helio 24.4037 218.328 3 30 D/H/F Coca-Cola and Secret Castroneves Aug. 13, 2005 Amber Alert Indy 300 Danica Patrick 24.4947* 217.516* 16 0 P/H/F Aug. 14, 2004 Belterra Casino Indy 300 Buddy Rice 24.6648 216.016 2 8 G/H/F Aug. 16, 2003 Belterra Casino Indy 300 Sam Hornish Jr. 24.6028 219.614 1 181 D/C/F Aug. 10, 2002 Belterra Casino Indy 300 Sarah Fisher 24.0661 221.390 8 26 G/I/F Aug. 11, 2001 Belterra Casino Indy 300 Scott Sharp 25.1633 214.598 2 105 D/O/F Aug. 26, 2000 Belterra Resort Indy 300 Scott Goodyear 24.636 219.191 2 65 D/O/F *Qualifying rained out. Pole set by fastest practice speed. D = Dallara / G= G-Force / P = Panoz / H=Honda / I = Infiniti / O = Oldsmobile / F = Firestone **Series began using a four-lap average speed to determine pole award winner in 2008. TOP FIVE FINISHERS DATE FIRST (START) SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH Oct. 2, 2011 Ed Carpenter (4) Dario Franchitti Scott Dixon James Hinchcliffe Ryan Hunter-Reay Sept. 4, 2010 Helio Castroneves (8) Ed Carpenter Dan Wheldon Tony Kanaan Dario Franchitti Aug. 1, 2009 Ryan Briscoe (3) Ed Carpenter Tony Kanaan Helio Castroneves Graham Rahal Aug. 9, 2008 Scott Dixon (1) Helio Castroneves Marco Andretti Vitor Meira Dan Wheldon Aug. 11, 2007 Tony Kanaan (1) Scott Dixon A.J. Foyt, IV Marco Andretti Tomas Scheckter Aug. 13, 2006 Sam Hornish, Jr. (2) Scott Dixon Helio Dan Wheldon Tony Kanaan Castroneves Aug. 14, 2005 Scott Sharp (7) Vitor Meira Dan Wheldon Alex Barron Helio Castroneves Aug. 15, 2004 Adrian Fernandez (4) Buddy Rice Dan Wheldon Kosuke Matsuura Tony Kanaan Aug. 17, 2003 Sam Hornish Jr. (1) Scott Dixon Bryan Herta Al Unser Jr. Helio Castroneves Aug. 11, 2002 Felipe Giaffone (3) Sam Hornish, Jr. Buddy Lazier Scott Sharp Helio Castroneves Aug. 12, 2001 Buddy Lazier (11) Scott Sharp Sam Hornish, Al Unser , Jr. Donnie Beechler Jr. Aug. 27, 2000 Buddy Lazier (7) Scott Goodyear Sarah Fisher Eddie Cheever, Jr. Stephan Gregoire KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY – INDYCAR SERIES RECORDS - 2 TOTAL POLES RANK DRIVER POLES 1 Scott Dixon 2 2 Tony Kanaan 1 Helio Castroneves 1 Ed Carpenter 1 Sarah Fisher 1 Scott Goodyear 1 Sam Hornish, Jr. 1 Danica Patrick 1 Will Power 1 Buddy Rice 1 Scott Sharp 1 TOTAL POLES BY ENGINE RANK DRIVER POLES 1 Honda 8 2 Oldsmobile 2 3 Chevrolet 1 Infiniti 1 TOTAL WINS RANK DRIVER WINS 1 Sam Hornish, Jr. 2 Buddy Lazier 2 3 Ryan Briscoe 1 Helio Castroneves 1 Scott Dixon 1 Adrian Fernandez 1 Felipe Giaffone 1 Tony Kanaan 1 Will Power 1 Scott Sharp 1 TOTAL WINS BY ENGINE RANK DRIVER WINS 1 Honda 8 2 Chevrolet 2 Oldsmobile 2 TOTAL WINS BY CHASSIS RANK DRIVER WINS 1 Dallara 9 2 Panoz 3 KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY – INDYCAR SERIES RECORDS - 3 OVERALL INDYCAR SERIES TRACK RECORDS Qualifying Record Sarah Fisher, 24.0661 seconds, 221.390 mph – 8/11/02 Race Record (300 miles) 200.893 mph by Ryan Briscoe – 8/1/09 Slowest Race (300 miles) 149.024 mph by Felipe Giaffone – 8/11/02 Fastest Race Lap Tomas Scheckter, 24.0967 seconds, 221.109 mph – 8/11/02 Fastest Leading Lap Sam Hornish, Jr., 24.2461 seconds, 219.747 mph – 8/11/02 Longest Green Flag Run 146 laps – (Laps 1-146, Aug. 17, 2003) Shortest Green Flag Run 1 lap (twice) (Lap 1, Aug. 9, 2008 ; Lap 122, Aug. 11, 2002) Most Caution Periods 7, “Belterra Casino Indy 300” – 8/11/02 Fewest Caution Periods 1 (twice), “Meijer Indy 300” – 8/1/09; “Belterra Casino Indy 300” – 8/17/03 Most Caution Laps 51, “Belterra Casino Indy 300” – 8/11/02 Fewest Caution Laps 6, “Meijer Indy 300” – 8/1/09 Most Victories, Driver 2 by Sam Hornish, Jr., Buddy Lazier Most Victories, Chassis 9 by Dallara Most Victories, Engine 8 by Honda Race Winner (Greatest Improvement from Start) Buddy Lazier, started 11th - 8/12/01 Most Lead Changes 23 – “Meijer Indy 300 Pres. by Coca-Cola and Secret” – 8/13/06 Fewest Lead Changes 7, “Belterra Casino Indy 300” – 8/12/01 Most Lead Drivers 9, “The Belterra Resort Indy 300” – 8/27/00 Fewest Lead Drivers 4 – “Meijer Indy 300 Pres. by Coca-Cola and Edy’s” 8/11/07 and “Amber Alert Indy 300” – 8/14/05 Most Lead Laps – Single Race 181 – Sam Hornish, Jr. “The Belterra Casino Indy 300 – 8/17/03 Most Lead Laps – Kentucky Starts (1) 288 – Sam Hornish, Jr. , - Eight Starts, (2) 286 – Tony Kanaan - Eight Starts, (3) 273 – Scott Dixon – Eight Starts (4) 269 – Dan Wheldon – Eight Starts Most Pole Positions 2 by Scott Dixon – 8/1/09 (by points) ; 8/9/08 (on time) Most Top 5 7 by Helio Castroneves (Nine Starts) Most Top 10 8 by Helio Castroneves (Nine Starts) Fewest Cars to Finish on Lead Lap 3, “The Belterra Resort Indy 300” – 8/17/03 Most Cars to Finish on Lead Lap 19, “Kentucky Indy 300” – 10/2/11; 13 (Four times), “Meijer Indy 300” – 8/1/09; “Amber Alert Indy 300” – 8/14/05, “Belterra Casino Indy 300” – 8/15/04, 8/11/02 Fewest Cars Running at the Finish 15- “Meijer Indy 300 Pres. by Coca-Cola and Edy’s” – 8/11/07 Most Cars Running at the Finish 20 (Three times), “Kentucky Indy 300 – 9/4/10;” “Meijer Indy 300” – 8/1/09; “The Belterra Casino Indy 300” – 8/15/04; 8/11/02 Fewest Cars Not Running at the Finish 1, “Meijer Indy 300 Pres. by Coca-Cola and Secret” – 8/13/06 Most Cars Not Running at the Finish 23, “Kentucky Indy 300” – 10/2/11; 11, “Belterra Resort Indy 300” – 8/27/00 Widest Margin of Victory 13.1597 seconds by Helio Castroneves – 9/4/10 Closest Margin of Victory 0.0098 of a second by Ed Carpenter – 10/2/11 Youngest Pole Award Winner Sarah Fisher – 21 years, 10 months, 7 days – 8/11/02 Oldest Pole Award Winner Scott Goodyear – 40 years, 8 months, 6 days – 8/26/00 Youngest Race Winner Sam Hornish, Jr. – 24 years, 1 month, 15 days – 8/17/03 Oldest Race Winner Adrian Fernandez – 39 years, 3 months, 26 days – 8/15/04 Youngest Race Competitor Sarah Fisher – 19 years, 10 months, 23 days – 8/27/00 Oldest Race Competitor Marty Roth – 49 years, 7 months, 25 days - 8/9/08 Shortest 300-Mile Race Time 1:28:24.3246 – 8/1/09 Longest 300-Mile Race Time 1:59:10.5244 – 8/11/02 KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY – INDYCAR SERIES RECORDS - 4 SUMMARY OF CAUTION PERIODS AND LEAD CHANGES YEAR RACE PERIODS CAUTION LEAD LEAD LAPS CHANGES DRIVERS 2011 Kentucky Indy 300 3 32 8 4 2010 Kentucky Indy 300 2 23 11 7 2009 Meijer Indy 300 Pres by Red Baron and 1 6 20 7 Edy’s 2008 Meijer Indy 300 Pres. by Pepsi and 3 21 10 5 Edy’s 2007 Meijer Indy 300 Pres. by Coca-Cola and 3 23 10 4 Edy’s 2006 Meijer Indy 300 Pres. by Coca-Cola and 4 35 23 8 Secret 2005 Amber Alert Indy 300 4 28 16 4 2004 Belterra Casino Indy 300 3 22 9 5 2003 Belterra Casino Indy 300 1 10 9 5 2002 Belterra Casino Indy 300 7 51 11 6 2001 Belterra Casino Indy 300 4 25 7 5 2000 Belterra Resort Indy 300 4 28 15 9 FINISHES BY MARGIN OF VICTORY MOV RACE DATE WINNER SECOND PLACE (Seconds) 0.0098 Kentucky Indy 300 October 2, 2011 Ed Carpenter Dario Franchitti 0.0162 Meijer Indy 300 August 1, 2009 Ryan Briscoe Ed Carpenter 0.0581 Belterra Casino Indy 300 August 15, 2004 Adrian Fernandez Buddy Rice 0.0779 Amber Alert Indy 300 August 14, 2005 Scott Sharp Vitor Meira 0.0932 Belterra Casino Indy 300 August 11, 2002 Felipe Giaffone Sam Hornish, Jr.