STAT ATTACK: $2,000,023 Awaits At Eldora

1 — Christopher Thram earned his first 410 winged sprint car victory Sunday at Huset’s Speedway in South Dakota.

3 — Hendrick Motorsports has won three of the last four races at the reconfigured Atlanta Motor Speedway. 

4 — William Byron collected his fourth win of the NASCAR Cup Series season during the Quaker State 400 on Sunday, which is the most by any driver this year. 

5 — Five of the 12 drivers in Thursday’s SRX opener at Stafford Motor (Conn.) Speedway have competed in the Indianapolis 500 (Tony Stewart, Marco Andretti, Tony Kanaan, Paul Tracy, Ryan Hunter-Reay).

5.0 — Average feature finish of David Gravel, who leads the National Sprint Car Rankings and is second in points in the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series. 

6 — Consecutive Formula 1 races won by two-time world champion Max Verstappen.

12 — Jett Lawrence has won all 12 Pro Motocross Championship motos this summer.

14 — Tyler Courtney was the 14th different driver to win the Lou Blaney Memorial at Sharon Speedway in 15 runnings of the event.

15 — Dirt late model wins for Bobby Pierce this season, including Saturday’s $50,000 victory at Minnesota’s Deer Creek Speedway. 

34 — Number of races it took for Mitchel Moles to get back to USAC National Sprint Car victory lane after winning at Macon (Ill.) Speedway last Friday. 

43 — The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series will conclude its 43-year history of racing at Colorado’s Bandimere Speedway during the Mile-High Nationals July 14-16.

64 — Brian Brown captured his 64th Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway victory on Saturday night.

82 — Cars and drivers pre-entered for Thursday’s Eldora Million at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway.

$2,000,023 — Including preliminary features for the Eldora Million, the $1 million-to-win race itself, the Knight Before the Kings Royal and the 40th annual Kings Royal, there is a total purse of $2,000,023 up for grabs this week at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway.

2008 — J.J. Yeley’s seventh-place finish in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway was his best since the 2008 season.

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