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Population in Brooklyn is about 1,200 and they have seven churches, five banks, three golf courses, two laundromats, and just one Home Party Consultant.

There are 24 restaurants, only four of which are fast-food. There are three Wal-Marts within twenty miles of Brooklyn.

The village was founded by Calvin Swain in June of 1832, and he called his settlement Swainsville. The town voted to change the name just four years later to Brooklyn. Ingrates.

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Bill Elliott (at 46) is the oldest race winner for the Brickyard 400, so if you watch NASCAR Smarts on SPEED next week, don't be fooled into guessing "Harry Gant" when they ask the question.

Oh, and Jeff Gordon (at 23, half the age of Bill Elliott!) was the youngest, so don't guess Kyle Busch when they ask that other winning-age question.

Rick Mast won the very first pole at Indy.

The track restricts bringing in weapons OR ammunition, though one would wonder why you'd need ammo without an instrument for distribution.

Mark Martin has the most starts at Daytona without a win among all current drivers. However, not to worry, he still has 18 more Daytona losses until he will pass Dave Marcis for the record.

Goodyear has added a special patriotic message to the tires for this week's race, and in red, white, and blue the message "Support Our Troops" will appear opposite the Goodyear logo. Unfortunately at speed, nobody will see them, so we're hoping TNT and SPEED gives airtime to this promotion. 

The restrictor plates will be changed again, and this time they're increasing the openings by 3/64 of an inch so they'll be at 1 1/32" for this weekend only.

Saturday night's race may be the last race at Daytona as we know it, since the repaving is scheduled to begin after this race, and how that may change racing at the famed track is still a mystery.

Driver of the #36 car this Saturday night in the Coke Zero 400: Steve Park!