Statistics, event schedule and race information for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series TicketGaurdian 500 at ISM Raceway.
TicketGuardian 500
Track Length: 1 Mile
Race Length: 500 Kilometers
First Race: Nov. 6, 1988 – Checker 500
Banking in Turns 1 and 2: 8-9 degrees
Banking in Turns 3 and 4: 10-11 degrees
Banking/Frontstretch Dogleg: 10-11 degrees
Banking/Frontstretch: 9 degrees
Banking/Backstretch: 3 degrees
Frontstretch: 1,551 feet
Backstretch: 1,179 feet
Qualifying Record: Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 143.158 mph (25.147 sec.); Nov. 13, 2015
Race Record: Tony Stewart, Pontiac, 118.132 mph (2:38:28); Nov. 7, 1999
Stage Lengths: Stage 1 ends at Lap 75; Stage 2 ends at Lap 150; Final stage ends at Lap 312
Starting Positions of Race Winners
Starting Pos. | Races Won |
1 | 5 |
2 | 3 |
3 | 6 |
4 | 1 |
6 | 3 |
7 | 2 |
9 | 2 |
10 | 2 |
11 | 2 |
12 | 1 |
13 | 4 |
14 | 2 |
15 | 3 |
17 | 1 |
18 | 1 |
19 | 2 |
20 | 1 |
21 | 1 |
22 | 1 |
28 | 1 |
Races won from Pole (5 of 45)
Driver | Year |
Jeff Gordon | 2007 |
Jimmie Johnson | 2008 |
Mark Martin | 2009 |
Carl Edwards | 2010 |
Kevin Harvick | 2015 |