Race 6

TRACK facts

MARTINSVILLE Speedway

Opened: 1947

Location: Martinsville, Va.

First NASCAR Cup race: September 25, 1949

Distance: .526 miles

Front stretch: 800 feet

Back stretch: 800 feet

Banking in Turns 1-4: 12 degrees

Banking in straights: none

Grandstand seats: 65,000

Tickets: 877-722-3849

Website: martinsvillespeedway.com

DOWN THE ROAD

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Subway 500

* When: 1 p.m. ET Sunday

* TV: NBC

* Length: 263 miles/500 laps

What to expect

Martinsville is the only short track in the Chase, and with Talladega out of the way, it is the track drivers are most worried about. The racing will be tight and apprehensive, and so will the pit stops. Pit lane is very narrow and crowded, so congestion there could decide the winner.

TSN's winner: Tony Stewart

CHASE DRIVERS AT MARTINSVILLE

                   Races    Wins    Top 5s    Top 10s    Poles

Jimmie Johnson       7       1         3         6         0
Rusty Wallace       43       7        17        25         3
Mark Martin         39       2        11        21         3
Tony Stewart        13       1         3         6         2
Ryan Newman          7       0         4         4         2
Matt Kenseth        11       0         1         3         0
Jeremy Mayfield     20       0         1         5         0
Kurt Busch          10       1         2         3         0
Greg Biffle          5       0         0         0         0
Carl Edwards         2       0         0         0         0

                                    Avg.
                       Laps/Led     start    Avg. finish    DNF    LLF

Jimmie Johnson        3,446/171     16.7         9.3         1      6
Rusty Wallace      19,329/3,632      7.5        11.8         7     28
Mark Martin          18,105/318     12.3        12.6         6     16
Tony Stewart          6,006/611     16.4        14.9         1      9
Ryan Newman            3,192/83      4.0        15.9         2      4
Matt Kenseth           5,402/40      5.3        17.1         1      6
Jeremy Mayfield        9,203/68     21.4        21.2         3      5
Kurt Busch            4,744/339     24.9        21.8         1      4
Greg Biffle             2,431/0     18.4        23.6         0      2
Carl Edwards              821/0     29.0        31.0         0      1

LLF: lead lap finishes

BACKTRACKING

Advance Auto Parts 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
April 10, 2005

TOP 10

Finish    Start    Driver             Car, make        Laps led

 1.        16      Jeff Gordon         24 Chevrolet       36
 2.        35      Kasey Kahne          9 Dodge            0
 3.        22      Mark Martin          6 Ford             1
 4.         2      Ryan Newman         12 Dodge           25
 5.         4      Rusty Wallace        2 Dodge           47
 6.        20      Sterling Marlin     40 Dodge            6
 7.        13      Ricky Rudd          21 Ford             0
 8.        37      Jimmie Johnson      48 Chevrolet        0
 9.        25      Elliott Sadler      38 Ford             0
10.        10      Joe Nemechek        01 Chevrolet        0

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