NASCAR Winston Cup Race Results for 1975–2003

Figures & data

Table 1. Annual payouts (actual and adjusted to 1982–1984) for NASCAR Winston Cup Races ($1,000,000s)

Year	Payout ($1Ms)	% Change	Adjusted Payout ($1Ms)
1975	2.41	—	4.48
1976	3.42	+41.9	6.01
1977	3.59	+5.0	5.92
1978	3.94	+9.7	6.04
1979	4.92	+24.9	6.78
1980	5.41	+10.0	6.57
1981	6.01	+11.1	6.61
1982	7.08	+17.8	7.34
1983	7.40	+4.5	7.43
1984	8.58	+15.9	8.26
1985	9.06	+5.6	8.42
1986	10.40	+14.8	9.49
1987	10.91	+4.9	9.60
1988	11.88	+8.9	10.04
1989	12.83	+8.0	10.35
1990	14.36	+11.9	10.99
1991	15.46	+7.7	11.35
1992	18.21	+17.8	12.98
1993	21.06	+15.7	14.57
1994	26.32	+25.0	17.76
1995	33.34	+26.7	21.88
1996	38.00	+14.0	24.22
1997	48.68	+28.1	30.33
1998	66.50	+36.6	40.80
1999	77.43	+16.4	46.48
2000	85.37	+10.3	49.58
2001	117.86	+38.1	66.55
2002	129.12	+9.6	71.77
2003	143.7	+11.3	78.10

Figure 1: Total Payout by Year (Millions of Dollars adjusted to 1982–1984).

Table 2. Cross-classification table for pairs of drivers' start and finish ordering

	Finish
Start	A ahead	B ahead	Total
A ahead	nAA	nAB	nA+
B ahead	nBA	nBB	nB+
Total	n+A	n+B	n++

Table 3. Observed frequency of start/finish orderings for 10 pairs of drivers and simultaneous 95% Confidence Intervals for ()

Driver A	Driver B	nAA	nAB	nBA	nBB		95% CI for
Earnhardt	Gordon	41	31	82	104	4.80	(0.087, 0.308)
Earnhardt	Waltrip	231	112	152	161	2.46	(−0.008, 0.130)
Earnhardt	Labonte	230	128	155	154	1.60	(−0.030, 0.111)
Earnhardt	Elliott	188	91	171	149	4.94	(0.059, 0.208)
Gordon	Waltrip	171	48	18	7	−3.69	(−0.214, −0.032)
Gordon	Labonte	218	80	30	35	−4.77	(−0.216, −0.059)
Gordon	Elliott	183	69	65	38	−0.35	(−0.103, 0.080)
Waltrip	Labonte	205	143	124	182	−1.16	(−0.099, 0.041)
Waltrip	Elliott	162	104	121	217	1.13	(−0.042, 0.098)
Labonte	Elliott	162	123	181	238	3.33	(0.013, 0.151)

Table 4. Results from tests for positive association between start and finish position

	Kendall
Spearman	Positive Association	No Association
Positive Association	637 (70.9%)	12 (1.3%)
No Association	12 (1.3%)	237 (26.4%)

Figure 2: Plot of (Weighted) Averag Rank Correlations versus Year.

Figure 3: Plot of Spearman's Rho versus Kendall's Tau.

Table

Columns	Variable	Comments
1 – 3	Series Race	1, 2, …, 898
6 – 9	Year	1975, …, 2003
12 – 13	Race/Year	Format F2.0
16 – 17	Finishing Position	Format F2.0 (1=Winner)
20 – 21	Starting Position	Format F2.0
24 – 26	Laps Completed	Format F3.0
29 – 35	Winnings	Format F7.0 (In dollars)
38 – 39	Number of cars in race	Format F2.0
42 – 50	Car Make	String of Length 9
53 – 82	Driver	String of Length 30

Table

Columns	Variable	Comments
1 – 3	Series Race	1, 2, …, 898
6 – 9	Year	1975, …, 2003
12 – 13	Race/Year	Format F2.0
16 – 17	Number of cars in race	Format F2.0
20 – 26	Total race payout	Format F7.0
29 – 33	Monthly CPI-U	Format F5.2
36 – 42	Spearman's	Format F7.4
45 – 51	Kendall's	Format F7.4
54 – 58	Track Length	Format F5.3 (miles)
61 – 63	Laps Completed by winner	Format F3.0
66	Road Indicator	1=Road Course, 0=Loop
69 – 70	Caution Flags	Format F2.0
73 – 74	Lead Changes	Format F2.0
78 – 83	Winning Time	Format F6.2 (minutes)
86 – 90	Track Latitude	Format F5.2
93 – 98	Track Longitude	Format F6.2
101 – 103	Track Code	String of length 3
106 – 141	Track Name	String of length 36

Table

Race	Year	TrkLength	Laps	Cautions	Leadchng	RaceTime
1	1975	2.54	191	5	13	304.433
2	1975	2.50	200	3	19	195.250
3	1975	0.75	500	7	2	217.050

Table

Race	Finish	Start
2	1	32
2	2	3

Table

Race	TrkLength	Start1	Finish1	Car1	Start2	Start2	Finish2
1	2.54	1	1	Matador	2	2	Mercury
2	2.50	1	28	Chevrolet	2	4	Mercury
3	0.75	1	1	Dodge	2	3	Chevrolet

Table

Race	TrkLength	Laps	Start1	Finish1	Car1	Start2	Start2	Finish2
1	2.54	191	1	1	Matador	2	2	Mercury
2	2.50	200	32	1	Chevrolet	3	2	Matador
3	0.75	500	1	1	Dodge	3	2	Chevrolet