Motor Racing Statistics – By The Numbers (March 6, 2018)

The latest edition of the all-encompassing Motor Racing Statistics “By The Numbers” blog, which looks at interesting numbers through all forms of motorsports. This blog runs on Tuesdays through the year.

By The Numbers

1 – Daniel Abt earned his first career Formula E victory Saturday at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, the final driver to win a race of those that have competed in every Formula E race to date.

3 – A total of three World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series races have been rained out this season, out of the scheduled eight. The next race is scheduled for Friday at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California. The Golden State is scheduled to host each of the series’ next seven races.

4 – Four drivers have won from the pole position in a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at ISW Raceway, formerly known as Phoenix International Raceway.

6 – Sebastien Loeb leads all drivers in World Rally Championship wins in Rally Mexico with six.

8 – Team Penske has eight IndyCar victories in the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, which is again the season-opener for the IndyCar Series this weekend in Florida.

10 – Ten drivers have now won at least one Formula E race: Sebastien Buemi, Lucas di Grassi, Sam Bird, Nicolas Prost, Felix Rosenqvist, Jerome D’Ambrosio, Nelson Piquet Jr., Jean-Eric Vergne, Antonio Felix da Costa and Daniel Abt.

11 – Number of IndyCar races contested by Janet Guthrie – the first female driver to compete in the Indianapolis 500. Guthrie celebrates her birthday Wednesday, March 7.

14 – This weekend’s Rally Mexico will be the 14th to be part of the World Rally Championship and third of the 2018 WRC season.

15 – This weekend’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg marks the 15th time the race has been held for IndyCar racing. Paul Tracy won the 2003 race as part of the Champ Car World Series, while Dan Wheldon won the race in 2005 as part of the IRL IndyCar Series.

21 – Defending Grand Prix of St. Petersburg race winner Sebastien Bourdais won the race from the 21st starting position last year, the only driver to win the race after starting outside the top nine.

24 – This weekend's first World of Outlaws race at Thunderbowl Raceway will be the 24th for the series on the one-third mile clay oval.

44 – This weekend’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race, the Ticket Guardian 500, will be the 44th Cup race to be held at ISW Raceway.

100 – NASCAR victories for Kevin Harvick, who won his second consecutive Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race last weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Nevada. Harvick leads all drivers in victories at ISW Raceway, host of this weekend’s race.

151 – This will be first time since the 2009 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg that Helio Castroneves is not competing in an IndyCar Series race. Castroneves has competed in each of the last 151 races and 263 of the last 265, missing only the 2009 St. Petersburg race (personal reasons) and 2008 Long Beach Grand Prix (which was run with Champ Car World Series cars the day after the IndyCar Series race in Motegi, Japan).

322 – This weekend’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg marks the 322nd race since the IndyCar Series was formed in 1996, as the Indy Racing League.

395 – Kevin Harvick has led 395 laps in the past two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races – at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

420 – Number of World Rally Championship stage victories for two-time WRC champion Walter Rohrl, who celebrates his 71st birthday Wednesday, March 7.