Overton's Dream Sweep By The Numbers
Overton's Dream Sweep By The Numbers
A by-the-numbers review of Brandon Overton’s four-day sweep of Dream action at Eldora Speedway.
A by-the-numbers review of Brandon Overton’s four-day sweep of Dream action June 9-12 at Eldora Speedway, in Rossburg, Ohio:
0: Irregularities uncovered in postrace impound for technical inspection.
0: Invert for Saturday’s Dream heat races.
1: Driver to beat Overton to a checkered flag (Kyle Larson in Saturday’s opening heat race).
1: Group qualifying position on Friday.
2: Invert for Thursday’s Dream heat races.
2: Six-figure crown jewel victories.
2.106: Seconds in winning margin over Kyle Bronson in Wednesday’s prelim.
2.189: Seconds in winning margin over Tim McCreadie in Thursday’s Dream.
3: New all-time rank in Dream feature purse earnings, trailing only Scott Bloomquist and Billy Moyer.
3: Invert for Friday’s Dream heat races.
3: Total inverts overcome en route to victories.
3.423: Seconds in winning margin over Chris Madden in Saturday’s Dream.
3.811: Seconds in winning margin over Ryan Gustin in Friday’s prelim.
4: Feature victories in as many days.
4: Multitime winner Dream winners, with Overton joining Scott Bloomquist, Freddy Smith Billy Moyer.
4: Feature laps led in Wednesday’s prelim.
4: Invert for Wednesday’s Dream heat races.
4: Starting position for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday features.
5: Career Eldora preliminary feature victories.
6: Group qualifying position on Wednesday.
7: Starting position for Saturday’s finale.
7: Total competitive checkered flags taken over the course of the weekend.
9: Previous Eldora crown jewel starts (four World 100s, three Dreams and two 2020 invitationals).
9: Lap on which Overton completed the winning pass of Ryan Gustin in Friday’s prelim.
15: Former Eldora crown jewel winners bested in weekend competition.
15.120: Seconds for Wednesday’s qualifying lap.
15.154: Seconds for Friday’s qualifying lap, the fastest time overall.
17th: Dream winner.
17: Feature laps led during Wednesday’s prelim.
19: Net positions improved in competition over four days.
21: Finishing position in 2020's Stream Invitational replacement event.
22: Lap on which Overton completed the winning pass of Stormy Scott in Wednesday’s prelim.
24: Feature starters for each prelim.
25: Percent of Overton’s career first-place earnings recorded over the weekend.
28: Feature starters for each Dream finale.
30: Years of age for the winning driver.
34: Percent of Eldora’s $792,400 total weekend prize money claimed by Overton.
37: Drivers to finish behind Overton in a Dream finale.
39: Feature laps led during Saturday’s Dream.
40: Feature laps led during Thursday’s Dream.
44: Eldora crown jewel laps led prior to the weekend.
49: Hours between six-figure victories.
50: Heat race laps completed over the course of the weekend.
61: Lap on which Overton completed the winning pass of Brandon Sheppard in Thursday’s Dream.
73: Hours spanning four victories.
74: Entries for the second Dream program.
76: Entries for the opening Dream program.
76: Winning car number.
86: Lap on which Overton completed the winning pass of Chris Madden in Saturday’s Dream.
100: Total feature laps led over the course of the weekend.
250: Total feature laps completed over the course of the weekend.
270: Degrees in temperature for Overton’s overheating engine for the final 30 laps of Thursday’s feature.
300: Total competitive laps completed over the course of the weekend.
579: Wednesday preliminary points, third behind Jonathan Davenport (600) and Jimmy Owens (585).
600: Friday preliminary points, 15 more than Gregg Satterlee to top all drivers.
646: Miles between Eldora Speedway and Overton’s hometown of Evans, Ga.
1,179: Total preliminary points combining Wednesday and Friday action, two fewer than Jonathan Davenport for the highest total.
10,000: First-place earnings dollars for a pair of preliminary feature victories.
12,500: Purse dollars collected for a third-place finish in the 2017 Dream, Overton’s previous best Eldora paycheck and finish.
39,925: Career purse earnings in Eldora crown jewel events prior to the weekend.
106,575: First-place earnings dollars for Overton’s 2021 season entering the weekend.
126,000: First-place earnings dollars for Saturday’s Dream.
127,000: First-place earnings dollars for Thursday’s Dream, a race-record total.
210,747: First-place earnings dollars for Overton’s 2020 season, previously the richest of his career.
273,000: First-place earnings dollars for the weekend.
379,575: First-place earnings dollars for Overton’s 2021 season to date.
1,111,475: Career first-place earnings dollars for Overton.
Editor’s note: Todd Turner, Kevin Kovac and Joshua Joiner contributed to this story.