51.   Coulthard won his first race the following year at the Portuguese Grand Prix.

52.   Cruz Pedregon of Camarillo won his first Winternationals race in the funny car category.

53.   Dale Earnhardt died in the very first race.

54.   Dale Sr. was on the headsets Saturday, giving tips to his oldest son Kerry, who won his first ARCA race.

55.   Darrell Waltrip made the most of his first race with a new team.

56.   Del Mar will take bets separately on the Travers before its first race.

57.   Dale won his first race at the same local track where his father had won so many races.

58.   Desert Hero, running his first race for new trainer Richard Mandella, is also likely to travel to Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby.

59.   Drag racing great Shirley Muldowney ran her first NHRA race in six years last weekend at the Chief Autoparts Nationals at Dallas.

60.   Dr. Caton, the Seattle Slew colt D. Wayne Lukas has been talking up for months, will debut in the first race at noon.