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Christian Lundgaard (IndyCar photo)

STAT ATTACK: IndyCar Finale, NASCAR Playoffs & More

1:06.4610 — Christian Lundgaard broke the track record at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca during IndyCar Series qualifying last Saturday. Helio Castroneves held the previous record, which was set in 2000. 

2 — Laps led by Tyler Reddick in winning Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway.

3 — Scott Dixon won three of the last four NTT IndyCar Series races this season.

3 — Sam Mayer will contest his third full season with JR Motorsports in the NASCAR Xfinity Series next year, after signing a contract extension with the team on Tuesday.

5 — Wins on the season for Indy NXT champion Christian Rasmussen, who secured the title with a victory at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. 

7 — Points Martin Truex Jr. is below the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs cutline with one race remaining in the Round of 16, Saturday at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Truex won the regular season championship.

8 — Drivers who have won 10 or more 410 winged sprint car races this season. They are Freddie Rahmer (16), A.J. Flick (15), Brent Marks (10), Cap Henry (10), David Gravel (10), Kyle Larson (10), Mark Dobmeier (10) and Rico Abreu (10).

11 — With his win in Saturday’s SuperMotocross World Championship opener at zMAX Dragway in Concord, N.C., Chase Sexton became the first rider in 11 rounds to beat Jett Lawrence.

12 — Points separating last year’s NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano from the cutline heading into the final race of the Round of 16 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.

17 — Age of Corey Day when he won his first World of Outlaws race.

17 — Years between USAC sprint car triumphs for Matt Westfall, who snapped the streak with a victory Saturday at Texarkana 67 Speedway.

19 — Races it took Corey Day to win his first World of Outlaws race. The victory came in the 69th running of the Curb Records Gold Cup Race of Champions at California’s Silver Dollar Speedway.

31 — As the No. 1 seed in the Top Fuel standings, Justin Ashley has a 31-point advantage over Steve Torrence heading into the six-race Countdown to the Championship playoff stretch that begins this weekend at Pennsylvania’s Maple Grove Raceway.

38 — Jett Lawrence and Aaron Plessinger are tied for second in the 450SMX standings heading into round two of three, with each rider owning 38 points. 

65 — Cars are pre-entered for the Driven2SaveLives BC39 on Sept. 27-30 at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 

69k — Justin Henderson will wheel the familiar Kreitz Racing No. 69k for three races this season.

154 — Laps John Hunter Nemechek led en route to his NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Kansas Speedway. 

200 — Laps modifieds will race in Saturday’s $53,000-to-win Fonda 200 at New York’s Fonda Speedway.

390 — Laps completed by Austin Tunny in winning the 47th annual World Figure-8 Championship 3-Hour Endurance Race at the Indianapolis Speedrome.

1,017 — Cars that competed in the 41st IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals at Iowa’s Boone Speedway.

$53,000 — Money Hudson O’Neal banked for winning Eldora Speedway’s World 100.

$1 million — Money available to the winner of the Million Dollar All-Star Race that will be run for the NTT IndyCar Series March 24 at California’s Thermal Club road course.

2.1 million — Viewers tuned into the original airings of the 69th annual Dodge Power Brokers U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.