Parade Lap Sat Night
Fireworks go off at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway prior to the 37th Annual Kings Royal, one of the crown jewels of the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season. (Frank Smith Photo)

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.