This is stuff I found while digging through the stats. This is NASCAR’s oldest track still on the circuit. It’s been around since 1953. The first race here was won by Lee Petty with an average speed of 45 MPH. There was only one race in 53, no race in 54, one race in 55-58, and 2 races every year since then. 461 different drivers have raced in the top NASCAR division here, for a total of 640,213.9 miles of official racing laps. Names range from Marv Alton to Emanuel Zervakis. Names include Fireball Roberts, Benny Parsons, Bobby, Donnie, and Davey Allison, Buddy and Buck Baker, Ralf and both Dale Earnhardt’s, 4 Petty’s, and 6 different Johnson’s. To view the whole list, go here. For a track that is very old, you’d never know it sitting in the stands and watching a race. Not a bad seat in the house, and always great racing. If you can’t see the action, put down the beer. You’d think it was a recent and redesigned track to enhance racing and fan experience. Only been there once, but I’m going back one day for sure. Richard Petty has 63 starts, 13 wins, 34 top 5’s, 41 top 10’s and has earned $326,760 at this track. No one comes close, and even his averages here rival the best drivers of today. Jeff Gordon has earned $2,029,225 (6.2 times as much) in less than half that many starts (27). If you’ve ever read my stats, you know this is the site where all of my base numbers come from. From there I crunch a few of them in a spreadsheet to come up with the fact that Tony’s the greatest, and Robby Gordon sucks. I’ll post the stats for current drivers soon. If you’re in one of those fantasy NASCAR leagues, check back.