Qualifying at Las Vegas:
Driver Date Speed Time
Track Record: Mike Bliss (C) 3/04 171.238 mph 31.535 sec.
2005 Race: Carl Edwards (F) 170.951 mph 31.588 sec.
*First NASCAR Busch Series Pole

Las Vegas Race Speeds:
Driver Date Speed Time
Track Record: Jeff Burton (F) 3/00 135.118 mph 2hrs.13min.13sec.
2005 Race: Mark Martin (F) 3/05 122.158 mph 2hrs.27min.21sec.

Starting Position of Las Vegas Race Winners: Last Year’s Winner started 25th.
Start Races
Pole - 3
2nd - 1
Front Row - 4
3rd - 5th - 0
Top Five - 4
6th - 10th - 2
Top Ten - 6
11th - 20th - 1
21st + - 2 - lowest 29th by Joe Nemechek in 2003
Total 9

Wins From the Pole at Las Vegas:
Driver Date
Jeff Green 03/97
Mark Martin 03/99
Jeff Burton 03/02

A Good Bet in Las Vegas:
Kevin Harvick has one win and two second place finishes in the last three Las Vegas Busch Series races.

Leader of the Most Laps in Las Vegas Races
The leader of the most laps has won five of the nine Las Vegas races

Year Driver Laps Led
1997 - Jeff Green - 71, finished 1st
1998 - Joe Nemechek - 87, finished 3rd
1999 - Mark Martin - 150, finished 1st
2000 - Jeff Burton - 81, finished 1st
2001 - Todd Bodine - 104, finished 1st
2002 - Jeff Burton - 148, finished 1st
2003 - Kevin Harvick - 93, finished 2nd
2004 - Matt Kenseth - 68, finished 6th
2005 - Carl Edwards - 125, finished 7th

Busch and Nextel Weekend Sweeps at Las Vegas:
Jeff Burton - 2000 - Sam's Town 300 /Cars Direct.Com 400

Car Owner Wins at Las Vegas:
Owner Wins
Jack Roush 4*
Gary Bechtel 1
Richard Childress 1
Billy Jones 1
Andrea Nemechek 1
Pat Spencer 1

*Jack Roush has five NEXTEL Cup and one Craftsman Truck win at Las Vegas for a total of 11 wins.

Manufacturer Wins at Las Vegas: (Last-time)
Chevrolet - 5 (03/04, Kevin Harvick)
Ford - 4 (03/05, Mark Martin)

Miscellaneous Las Vegas Stats:
1. Most Cars Starting a Race: 1998 - 2001; 2004 - 43 cars
2. Most DNFs in a Race: 2/98 - 14 cars
3. Fewest DNFs in a Race: 3/00 - five cars
4. Most Laps Led by Winner: 3/99 - Mark Martin - 150 laps
5. Most Laps Led by a Non-Winner: 3/05 - Carl Edwards - 125 laps
6. Fewest Laps Led by Winner: 3/04 - Kevin Harvick - 14 laps
7. Races Top Five All Same Make: none
8. Driver With Most DNFs: seven drivers with two each
9. Most Starts in Top Five: Mark Martin and Jeff Green - three times
10. Average Lead Changes per Race: 15.3
11. Average Leaders Per Race: 8.0
12. Average Caution Per Race: 5.89

Birthdays:
Tina Gordon - 47 on 3/10.
Matt Kenseth - 34 on 3/10.
Casey Mears - 28 on 3/12
Kirk Shelmerdine - 48 on 3/8.
Jeff Spraker - 48 on 3/13.
Clint Vahsholtz - 35 on 3/14.
Mike Wallace - 47 on 3/10.

The Inaugural Las Vegas Busch Series Race in 1997:
Was the first NASCAR Busch Series race west of the Mississippi river. This season nine of the 35 races, at six different tracks, will be west of the Mississippi (plus Gateway).

Las Vegas Fast Fact:
Mark Martin has two wins and a second place finish in his last three Las Vegas NBS races.

Busch Series Milestones:
Mexico winner Denny Hamlin’s next start will be the 40th of his NASCAR Busch Series career.
Carl Edwards’s next start will be the 40th of his NASCAR Busch Series career.
David Green’s next start will be the 360th of his NASCAR Busch Series career. He is fourth all-time in number of career starts behind Tommy Houston (417); Jason Keller (394); and Elton Sawyer (392).
At Mexico, Kenny Wallace made his 350th NASCAR Busch Series Start, since 9/14/88 at Martinsville. Wallace, the 1989 Raybestos Rookie of the Year, is fifth place in all-time series starts.

Current Busch Series Consecutives:
Category Driver Streak
Races Competed In Jason Keller 274 (started 9/97 at Richmond)
Top Five Finish five drivers one (started at Mexico)
Top 10 Finish Kevin Harvick six (started at Texas 2 ’05)
Running at Finish Kenny Wallace 28 (started at Darlington 1 ’05)
Finish in Lead Lap Jason Keller nine (started at Kansas ‘05)

2006 Busch Series Rookie Watch: 15th place Mark McFarland was the best finisher among the seven Raybestos Rookies competing at Mexico.

Best Rookie Finish of 2006: Burney Lamar’s second place finish at Daytona was the best rookie finish of 2006. It was Lamar’s third NASCAR Busch Series start. Lamar, at sixth place, is the highest ranked driver that is not also a NEXTEL Cup regular.

2006 Bonus Points:
Driver Points
Greg Biffle 15
Jeff Burton 10
Denny Hamlin 10
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10