2005 NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
RACE #15 of 35 - Pepsi 300
NASHVILLE SUPERSPEEDWAY – LEBANON, TN
Event #: Ninth Busch Series Race at Nashville.
Date: June 12, 2005
Race Time: 8:00 P.M., E.T.
Television: FX
Radio: MRN
Track Size: 1.333 mile
Race Distance: 300 miles, 225 laps
Track: Banking: Corners - 14 degrees Frontstraight - 9 degrees Backstraight - 6 degrees
(Concrete)
Straights: Frontstretch - 2,494 feet Backstretch - 2,203 feet
April 2005 Nashville Winner: Reed Sorenson (first NASCAR Busch Series win)
June 2004 Nashville Winner: Jason Leffler (first NASCAR Busch Series win)
2005 NASCAR BUSCH SERIES
NASHVILLE TRACK FACTS
Tennessee has the most active NBS tracks (3): Bristol, Memphis, and Nashville. North
Carolina has the most all-time NBS tracks (7): Lowe’s, Rockingham, Asheville
Speedway, Caraway Speedway, Hickory Motor Speedway, North Wilkesboro Speedway
and Orange County Speedway; all but Lowe’s no longer hold NBS races
Miscellaneous Nashville Superspeedway Stats:
1. Most Cars Starting a Race: 43 cars, all races
2. Most DNFs in a Race: 4/01 - 17 cars
3. Fewest DNFs in a Race: 3/05 - 8 cars
4. Most Laps Led by Winner: 197 laps - 3/05 – Reed Sorenson
5. Most Laps Led by a Non-Winner: 4/04 - Clint Bowyer - 104 laps
6. Fewest Laps Led by Winner: 4/04 – Michael Waltrip – two laps
7. Race Top Five All Same Make: 6/04 - Chevy
8. Driver With Most DNFs: Mike Harmon - five
9. Most Starts in Top Five: Bobby Hamilton Jr. - five
10. Average Lead Changes per Race: 11.6
11. Average Leaders Per Race: 7.38
12. Average Cautions Per Race: 7.75
Birthdays:
David Stremme will be 28 on 6/19
Winning Makes at Nashville: (last time)
Chevrolet - 3 (Jason Leffler, 6/04)
Dodge - 1 (Reed Sorenson, 3/05)
Ford - 3 (Scott Riggs, 6/03)
Pontiac - 1 (David Green, 4/03)
Nashville Fast Fact:
In March, Reed Sorenson posted his first NASCAR Busch Series victory, at
Nashville, in his 11th start. It was the first Dodge victory at Nashville.
In his second NASCAR Busch Series start, at Nashville in April, 2004, then
rookie Clint Bowyer led the most laps (104) and had his first top 10 finish
(fourth).
