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It’s hard to believe that this year is the 15th running of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. It seems like yesterday that Jeff Gordon won the very first race at the famed Brickyard and went on to become a big star in this sport. So to celebrate the 15th anniversary I came up with 15 interesting tidbits about NASCAR’s yearly trip to Indy!

1.Dale Earnhardt (1995) is the only 400 winner to not kiss the bricks.

2.From 1998-2001 and again from 2005-2006 the winner of the 400 has gone on to win the Cup Championship.

3.Rick Hendrick is the all time winning car owner with five wins (4 with Jeff Gordon and 1 with Jimmie Johnson).

4.Ray Evernham has two wins as a crew chief (1994 and 1998) and one win as an owner with Bill Elliot (2002).

5.Ricky Rudd (1997) is the only driver/owner to win the 400.

6.The #10 Tide Car (1997) is the only car from a single car team to win the 400.

7.Tony Stewart is the only Indiana born and raised driver to win the 400.

8.GM Goodwrench has sponsored two different winning drivers (Dale Earnhardt in 1995 and Kevin Harvick in 2003).

9.Teammates have finished 1st and 2nd only once (Dale Jarrett and Ernie Irvin in 1996).

10.Jeff Gordon and Dale Jarrett have won in two different car models (Gordon in a Lumina and a Monte Carlo and Dale Jarrett in a Thunderbird and a Taurus).

11.The very first green/white/checker happened in the 2004 Allstate 400.

12.The 1995 race is the only Allstate 400 to be showed on tape-delay because of a rain delay.

13.The ESPN/ABC broadcasting team is made up of a former winner (Dale Jarrett), two former winning crew chiefs (Andy Petree and Ray Evernham), a former winning car owner (Ray Evernham), and the driver that has finished runner up three times (Rusty Wallace).

14.Jeff Gordon (1998 and 2001) and Tony Stewart (2005) are the only 400 winners to win the following race at Watkins Glen.

15.Johnny Benson is the only rookie (1996) to lead the most laps in the 400.

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