DAYTONA 500

THE TRACK

Daytona 500 is a 2.5-mile high-banked trioval, 40 feet wide with a 20-foot apron. The backstretch is 3,000 feet long.

Lake Lloyd: Daytona’s spacious infield includes the 44-acre Lale Lloyd, a man-made lake formed to provide the dirt used to build the famous 31-degree high banks.

THE BANKING

Straights: 6 degrees

Start: 18 degrees

Turns: 31 degrees

RECENT 500 WINNERS

Year: Driver, Car, Speed

1997: Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 148.295

1996: Dale Jarrett, Ford, 154.308

1995: Sterling Marlin, Chevrolet, 141.710

1994: Sterling Marlin, Chevrolet, 156.931

1993: Dale Jarrett, Chevrolet, 154.972

Starting line up

Lineup for Today’s Daytona 500 NASCAR stock race at Daytona International Speedway, with car number in paretheses, driver hometown and make of car (positions 3-30 determined by finishing position in 125-mile qualifying races; rest of lineup set by qualifying speeds in mph or car-owner provisional points). Pos., (No.) Driver, Car make, Qualifying speed

1. (18) Bobby Labonte, Pontiac, 192.415

2. (5) Terry Labonte, Chevrolet, 192.127

3. (4) Sterling Marlin, Chevrolet

4. (3) Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet

5. (88) Dale Jarrett, Ford

6. (21) Michael Waltrip, Ford

7. (23) Jimmy Spencer, Ford

8. (31) Mike Skinner, Chevrolet

9. (22) Ward Burton, Pontiac

10. (36) Ernie Irvan, Pontiac

11. (30) Derrick Cope, Pontiac

12. (2) Rusty Wallace, Ford

13. (12) Jeremy Mayfield, Ford

14. (99) Jeff Burton, Ford

15. (6) Mark Martin, Ford

16. (9) Lake Speed, Ford

17. (43) John Andretti, Pontiac

18. (95) Andy Hillenburg, Chevrolet

19. (94) Bill Elliott, Ford

20. (91) Kevin LePage, Chevrolet

21. (97) Chad Little, Ford

22. (4) Bobby Hamilton, Chevrolet

23. (72) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet

24. (98) Greg Sacks, Ford

25. (7) Geoff Bodine, ford

26. (13) Jerry Nadeau, Ford

27. (75) Rick Mast, Ford

28. (42) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet

29. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet

30. (77) Robert Pressley, Ford

31. (33) Ken Schrader, Chevrolet, 191.787

32. (50) Ricky Craven, Chevrolet, 189.557

33. (1) Steve Park, Chevrolet, 189.498

34. (90) Dick Trickle, Ford, 189.490

35. (71) Dave Marcis, Chevrolet, 189.410

36. (47) Billy Standridge, Ford, 189.290

37. (16) Ted Musgrave, Ford, provisional

38. (28) Kenny Irwin Jr., Ford, provisional

39. (44) Kyle Petty, Pontiac, provisional

40. (10) Ricky Rudd, Ford, provisional

41. (41) Steve Grisson, Chevrolet, provisional

42. (11) Brett Bodine, Ford, provisional

43. (17) Darrell Waltrip, Chevrolet, provisional

Source Daytona International Speedway; NASCAR