11.   Franchiti, in his fifth season of CART competition and his fourth with Team Green, has seven career victories.

12.   Franchitti finished third in the series last year, recording five poles and his first three career victories, at Road America, Vancouver, and Houston.

13.   Gibson got his second career victory by nine seconds over Bill Baird, who finished second for the third consecutive race.

14.   He got his first career victory last October at Martinsville.

15.   He has been on the job for exactly a month and has one career victory.

16.   He has eight career victories on the half-mile concrete bowl.

17.   He was also an assistant for Lenny Wilkens, the coach with the most career victories, in Cleveland and Atlanta.

18.   Hershiser, by the way, has two more career victories than Gooden.

19.   His new length helped him win The Players Championship at Sawgrass two weeks ago, his fourth career victory.

20.   Hogan, the only player to win three Grand Slam events in a single season, was surpassed only by Sam Snead and Jack Nicklaus in career victories.