Numbers Game: 2010 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta

2
Number of drivers who qualified in the top 10 and finished there.

4
Number of debris cautions during the Kobalt Tools 500.

5
Drivers who were in the top 12 at this point last season who failed to make the Chase later in the year.

6
Position where Brad Keselowski was running when Carl Edwards flipped him on lap 323.

6
Drivers who are in the top 12 in points now who weren’t in the Chase last year.

8
Number of laps spent under caution after Keselowski’s flip.

9
Number of consecutive seasons in which Kurt Busch has won at least one race.

13.2
Average finishing position by Paul Menard in the first four races of 2010, his best start to a season.

15th
Finishing position of polesitter Dale Earnhardt Jr.

24
Average finish by Jimmie Johnson on the east coast so far this season. Johnson won both races on the west coast.

25th
Finishing position of Kyle Busch, the lowest finish by a driver who led multiple laps in the Kobalt Tools 500.

27
Number of cars running on the lead lap at the end of the Kobalt Tools 500.

31
Number of lead changes in the Kobalt Tools 500 among 13 different drivers.

35
Number of cars still running at the end of Sunday’s (March 7) Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

38
Number of fastest laps run by race winner Busch.

42.2
Percentage of laps that Kasey Kahne led in the Kobalt Tools 500, the most of anybody.

124
Green-flag passes made by Tony Stewart, the most of any other driver.

138.1
Driver rating for Kahne, the best of any other driver.

144
Laps led by Kahne, the most of any driver. He finished fourth.

153
Number of laps Edwards had lost to the leader when he wrecked Keselowski.

85,000
Estimated attendance at Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

$4,948,689
The purse for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500.