Mmmmm...Matrinsville, some of the best short track racing on the circuit! Your man gets a lap down here or gets into someone else's mess, and it is a tough track to battle back up! We are also gonna get to see the COT in action once again. I am just hoping that Ryan Newman survives everyone else's wrecks to finish good this week. He actually did quite well last week at Bristol, just got caught up with Martin Trues Jr and didn't get the finish to reflect how well they got the car to handle!
So on to Martinsville, on April fool's day no less, good luck to all your teams and drivers. If you want to talk about the race, this is the thread to do it in and we will be posting qualifying, final race results and just about anything else we can at about this race,.
WHOO~HOO for short tracks!!!
Oh look Curves and Love, Jeff and Ryan and Tony are dancing together, let's hope they play nice together on the short track! ~LOL~
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Team notes: Tomorrow around the corner at Martinsville
NASCAR team notes as the Nextel Cup Series prepares for its second straight short-track event, the Goody's Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. The race also marks the second straight appearance for the Car of Tomorrow.
Jeff Gordon
No. 24 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
This week: Gordon, who leads the points for the first time since February 2005, has seven victories, five poles, 16 top-fives and 22 top-10s in 28 events at Martinsville. In his last eight races there, Gordon has won four times.
Last week: Gordon was in contention for the win but settled for third after the green-white-checkered flag finish at Bristol in the initial race for the "Car of Tomorrow."
Etc.: Gordon has posted three top-fives and four top-10s in the first five races this season and has an average finish of 5.8. Only one other time has he started the season with a single-digit average finish in the first five races — in 1999 he had a 9.4.
Jeff Burton
No. 31 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing
This week: Burton has one win, nine top-five and 12 top-10 finishes in 25 Cup races at Martinsville. He will drive the same car that he drove to a second-place finish at Bristol (chassis No. 191).
Last week: Burton showed that he could race Kyle Busch cleanly during the final three laps of overtime at Bristol. He could have taken the inside line to nose under Busch's Chevy but realized it would probably cause a crash. So he finished second and took the points.
Etc.: Burton is one of only three drivers who have completed every lap this season. He has completed 87.9% of the total laps in the top-15, the most of any active driver.
Jimmie Johnson
No. 48 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
This week: Johnson has two wins at Martinsville, both coming in the fall race there in 2004 and 2006. Johnson owns three consecutive top-three finishes at Martinsville. His first race at Martinsville in the spring of 2002 is the only race Johnson hasn't registered a top-10 finish in his 10 starts there.
Last week: After starting sixth, Johnson finished 16th at Bristol, breaking his two-race winning streak.
Etc: Johnson's Victory Lanes — a bowling alley at the Victory Junction Gang Camp in Randleman, N.C. — opens Thursday with Jimmie and his wife, Chandra, adding their contribution to the camp for kids in the memory of Adam Petty.
Matt Kenseth
No. 17 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing
This week: Kenseth has completed the third-most laps of any Cup driver at Martinsville in the past 10 Cup races there but has scored only three top-10 finishes at the track, his lowest count of top-10s at any track where he has totaled at least 10 starts. Kenseth's only DNF (Did Not Finish) of 2006 was in April at Martinsville, when brake failure led to a turn-one crash with only seven laps remaining.
Last week: Kenseth started 38th and advanced all the way to 11th at Bristol, proving that he could pass with the COT.
Etc: Kenseth will run the USG Sheetrock paint scheme this weekend for the first of three races this season (Chicago in July and Texas in November).
Kevin Harvick
No. 29 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing
This week: Harvick is a former winner at Martinsville, claiming victory in the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Goody's 250 on his way to capturing the NASCAR Busch Series championship. But he has never won a Cup race at the track, finishing no better than seventh on two occasions (last April and October 2003). He has four top-10 finishes in 11 Cup starts.
Last week: Harvick overcame a 40th-place starting position to finish fourth at Bristol, putting him back into the top five in points.
Etc.: Harvick will also race his team's No. 2 truck at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday in the Kroger 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race.
Kyle Busch
No. 5 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
This week: Busch has one top-five finish and two top-10s in four starts at Martinsville. He finished fifth there last year.
Last week: Although Busch won at Bristol in the "Car of Tomorrow," he hated the new ride and was fairly outspoken about it afterward. "I still am not a very big fan of these things," Busch said. "I can't stand to drive them. They (stink)."
Etc: Busch spent this week testing at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway in preparation for the NASCAR Busch Series event May 4. His Cup Series crew will hit the three-quarter-mile oval April 2-3 in preparation for the event May 5.
Mark Martin
No. 01 Chevrolet, Ginn Racing
This week: For the second consecutive week, Martin will not be in a race car on Sunday. He plans on going to Batesville, Ark., where he will have a big cookout during the race with some of his oldest friends. Regan Smith again will drive the No. 01 Chevrolet.
Last week: Martin did not go to Bristol last weekend, breaking a streak of 621 consecutive starts and giving up his Nextel Cup point lead.
Etc.: As promised, Martin spent Sunday's race on his couch with the remote in hand. "I really enjoyed watching the race and I didn't have an anxiety or anything about not being there."
Clint Bowyer
No. 07 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing
This week: This will be Bowyer's third Cup race at Martinsville. He finished 22nd in this race last year and 23rd at Martinsville in the fall. In five Cup races this season, Bowyer has earned three top-10 finishes, including two season-best sixth-place efforts at California and Atlanta.
Last week: Bowyer started 18th and finished eighth at Bristol.
Etc.: In 94 previous Cup starts at Martinsville, RCR has taken three poles and posted six wins between Ricky Rudd and Dale Earnhardt. Additionally, team owner Richard Childress has earned 22 top-five and 36 top-10 finishes at the .526-mile paper clip-shaped track dating to April 10, 1972.
Denny Hamlin
No. 11 Chevrolet, Joe Gibbs Racing
This week: This will be Hamlin's fourth start at Martinsville in a NASCAR Nextel Cup car, but his history there dates to his late model career. Most recently, Hamlin led 28 laps and battled eventual winner Jimmie Johnson down the stretch in one of the 2006 season's most memorable finishes.
Last week: Denny Hamlin led the Food City 500 on two occasions for a total of 177 laps before mechanical trouble late in the race dashed his hopes of challenging for the win. He finished 14th.
Etc.: Martinsville is also home to the only DNF of Hamlin's Nextel Cup career. A lap 307 incident forced him from the spring race of the 2006 season.
Carl Edwards
No. 99 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing
This week: Edwards has two top-20 finishes in five Cup starts at Martinsville with a best finish of 12th last October. Crew chief Bob Osborne has prepared Chassis RK-466, a brand-new Car of Tomorrow. "Martinsville is a difficult track," Osborne said. "I would say it's one of the tracks we've struggled the most with."
Last week: Edwards overcame a 32nd starting position to finish 12th at Bristol. He also won Saturday's Busch race there.
Etc.: Edwards' best finish at Martinsville came in 2003, when he finished second in the Craftsman Truck Series race. He started that race from the pole position.
David Stremme
No. 40 Dodge, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
This week: Stremme finished 15th last fall at Martinsville for his best finish at the track during his rookie season.
Last week: Stremme thought he was headed for his first top-10 finish of the season, but things didn't go as he had envisioned in the final 20 laps as he ended up 13th. "That's probably the best I've ever run in a Cup car at Bristol," he said.
Etc.: Stremme is elated with how the season has started. But he also said, "It's so early. If we're 10 or 12 races in and still right around 10th (in the standings), I'll be really excited and flattered. The main thing is we're real competitive when we unload."
Tony Stewart
No. 20 Chevrolet, Joe Gibbs Racing
This week: Stewart won the spring race a year ago at Martinsville for his second win there. He has finished fourth, first and second in the last three races at the track, giving him nine top-10 finishes in 16 starts. Stewart will be racing a brand-new chassis.
Last week: Stewart was hands-down the driver to beat at Bristol as he led 257 of the first 288 laps. But then his fuel pump cable broke, it took 25 laps to fix it and he ended up 35th to drop from sixth to 12th in the standings.
Etc.: Stewart ranks first in five statistical categories in NASCAR's season-to-date loop statistics.
Elliott Sadler
No. 19 Dodge, Evernham Motorsports
This week: Sadler prefers the spring race at Martinsville — he has scored two straight top-10 finishes in the first race of the year at the flat track, and his third top-10 finish came in the spring of 2003. He is still looking for his first top-10 in the fall.
Last week: After starting third at Bristol, Sadler ran near the front of the pack before cutting a tire and having to make an unscheduled pit stop. He was never able to recover and finished 27th.
Etc.: Sadler says the key this weekend will be the fact that "three (Evernham) teams work very closely together and share information. That will be invaluable this weekend at Martinsville."
Bobby Labonte
No. 43 Dodge, Petty Enterprises
This week: Labonte has two top-five finishes in the last three races run at Martinsville. He won the spring race in 2002 for his lone win there. In 28 starts at the speedway, he has 13 top-10 finishes. Labonte spent the first part of the week testing the car he will run this weekend.
Last week: Labonte overcame an early race pit stop penalty for speeding and a late-race spin to finish 22nd as he moved into 14th place in the standings.
Etc.: Labonte believes "this new generation car is going to react differently at Martinsville. The cars will slow down a little more because there is more 'drag' on these (COT) cars."
J.J. Yeley
No. 18 Chevrolet, Joe Gibbs Racing
This week: In his two starts at Martinsville, Yeley's best finish is 20th.
Last week: Yeley led once for nine laps at Bristol, but he was forced to go behind the wall on lap 120 to have the engine header pipe replaced. By the time he returned to the track, he was 29 laps down. He ended up 36th.
Etc.: When asked to describe Martinsville, Yeley replied, "To me, it's like putting cones out in the parking lot and racing around them. It's really hard to pass and there's really not a whole lot of two-wide racing. Qualifying is crucial since track position is key."
Greg Biffle
No. 16 Ford, Roush Racing
This week: When Biffle says, "Martinsville has not historically been a good track for me," he is right on the money — his best finish in eight starts is 17th. But Biffle quickly adds, "We're taking the same car that we finished fifth with at Bristol last week. Obviously, it was a good car for us."
Last week: Biffle was all smiles as he climbed out of his Ford Fusion after finishing fifth. After the post-race inspection, NASCAR announced that the car was "too low," but officials said Wednesday that Biffle will not be penalized.
Etc.: Biffle jumped from 27th to 16th in the standings.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
No. 8 Chevrolet, DEI
This week: Earnhardt finished fourth in last year's spring race at Martinsville for his sixth top-five finish in 14 starts at the track. He scored five consecutive top-five finishes at the speedway between April 2002 and April 2004.
Last week: Earnhardt finished seventh at Bristol for his first top-10 finish of the season. This enabled him to jump nine spots in the standings to 17th.
Etc.: Max Siegel, president of Global Operations for DEI, said before the race at Bristol that he believes Earnhardt and DEI will sign a new contract by May. Negotiations have been put on hold after Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale's sister, underwent surgery Friday to remove tumors from her pancreas.
Jamie McMurray
No. 26 Ford, Roush Racing
This week: McMurray has scored five top-10s in only eight starts at Martinsville, including a second in the 2004 fall race. McMurray tested the car he will run this weekend on Monday at Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, N.C.
Last week: McMurray finished ninth at Bristol for his second top-10 finish in the last three events. This allowed him to jump six spots in the standings to 18th.
Etc.: Both McMurray and crew chief Larry Carter were quick to praise the work of the pit crew at Bristol. "We knocked off some of our fastest pit stops of the season (last Sunday)," Carter said.
Juan Pablo Montoya
No. 42 Dodge, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
This week: Montoya will be making his Martinsville debut this weekend. He knows that the flat, paperclip-shaped track will be a "real test." He plans to run as many laps as possible in all three practice sessions to get ready for the 500 laps on Sunday.
Last week: An early race spin put Montoya in catch-up mode for the rest of the Bristol event as the rookie driver finished 32nd. "We had a pretty decent car," he said.
Etc.: Crew chief Donnie Wingo doesn't think Bristol will help Montoya and the team get ready for this weekend's race. "They are two different animals," Wingo said.
Kurt Busch
No. 2 Dodge, Penske Racing
This week: Busch has posted four top-10 finishes in 13 starts at Martinsville, including a win in the 2002 fall race. He will be driving a new COT car this weekend.
Last week: After finishing a disappointing 29th at one of his favorite race tracks, Busch was hit on the cool-down lap by rookie Regan Smith. The contact sent Busch hard into the outside wall. "Man, that about says it all for the way our day went," said Busch.
Etc.: Crew chief Roy McCauley believes "our days spent testing at Milwaukee, Kenley and Greenville will definitely be much more beneficial to our effort at Martinsville (than Bristol where the team struggled)."
OTHERS
Robby Gordon (No. 7 Ford, Robby Gordon Motorsports) has not done well at Martinsville. In 13 starts there, his best finish is 20th. And nine of his finishes have been 30th or worse. ... David Ragan (No. 6 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing) debuted at Martinsville last year, and it was a memorable for all the wrong reasons as he struggled throughout the long afternoon. After causing many a caution flag that day, Tony Stewart called Ragan "a dart without feathers." ... Ryan Newman (No. 12 Dodge, Penske Racing) has won two poles, finished in the top five four times and been in the top 10 on five occasions in 10 starts at Martinsville. The car he will be racing this weekend has never been on a track. ... Casey Mears (No. 25 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) earned his first top-10 finish, a sixth, last fall at Martinsville. He will be making his 150th Cup start this weekend in a new car he tested last week. ... Jeff Green (No. 66 Chevrolet, Haas Automation Racing) has only two top-10 finishes in 13 starts at Martinsville, but the second one came last October when he finished eighth. It was the first race after Harold Holly had been named crew chief for the 66 car.
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Notes provided by The Sports Xchange
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0 - In 28 races, Jeff Gordon has zero DNFs at Martinsville Speedway.
1 - In 27 races at Martinsville, most recently in this event in 1986, there was only one finisher on the lead lap.
2 - Denny Hamlin has finished in the top 10 two times in three starts at Martinsville.
3 - In the last three races at Martinsville, Tony Stewart has turned top-five starts into top-five finishes.
4 - Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon have won four of the last five races at Martinsville. Tony Stewart's victory in last year's spring event broke the recent Hendrick Motorsports dominance at the track.
5 - Kurt Busch has started inside the top 10 in five of the last six races at Martinsville.
6 - There have been six different pole winners in the last six races at Martinsville.
7 - Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers with seven wins at Martinsville.
8 - Ryan Newman has started in the top five in eight of the last nine Martinsville races.
9 - Jimmie Johnson has nine consecutive top-10 finishes at Martinsville.
10 - Last
spring's race at Martinsville saw Petty Enterprises teammates Bobby Labonte and Kyle Petty finish in the top 10. It was the first time since November 1999 that Petty had multiple top-10 finishes in one race.
15 - Richard Petty won 15 times at Martinsville, the most of any driver.
17 - A Martinsville race has been won from the pole 17 times. More races have been won from the pole than any other starting position.
36 - Kurt Busch's 2002 Fall victory at Martinsville was from the 36th-starting position, the lowest starting position of any race winner at the track.
53 - Ricky Rudd has started 53 races at Martinsville Speedway.
98.083 - The current Martinsville qualifying record is held by Tony Stewart. He posted a speed of 98.083 mph in the Fall 2005 race.
129.4 - Tony Stewart has the best driver rating at Martinsville of 129.4.
200 - If he qualifies, Kevin Lepage will make his 200th career start at Martinsville.
493 - Fred Lorenzen led 493 laps en route to his September 27, 1964 Martinsville victory.
500 - Martinsville has been featuring 500-lap races since 1956.
609 - The number of drivers who have competed at Martinsville in its 116 race history. Only 382 drivers have competed in more than one race.
750 - When Martinsville Speedway first opened in 1947, it offered 750 seats.
800 - Martinsville's front and back stretches are both 800 feet in length.
2,206 - Jeff Gordon has led 2,206 laps at Martinsville, the most of any active driver.
4,929,787 - The posted awards for Sunday's Goody's Cool Orange 500.
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Answers to pressing questions heading into Sunday's Goody's Cool Orange 500 Nextel Cup race at Martinsville Speedway:
Q: Which teams seem to have a handle on the Car of Tomorrow?
A: Based on Bristol Motor Speedway, the top three seem to be Hendrick Motorsports, Richard Childress Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing. Hendrick and RCR swept the top four spots, and JGR probably would have enjoyed a 1-2 finish if faulty fuel pumps hadn't struck Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin, who combined to lead 434 of the 500 laps.
But results can be deceiving, and the top tier still is struggling to solve the next-generation model. Some crewmembers from top-10 teams were heard saying their "COT was a POS" (think of unprintable acronyms) before things turned A-OK by Sunday.
Crew chief Steve Letarte said third-place finisher Jeff Gordon had "a 15th-place chassis," and he was one of many whose fortunes swung wildly.
Even though RCR put all three of its cars in the top 10 (Clint Bowyer took eighth), runner-up Jeff Burton wasn't ready to proclaim his team ahead of the game.
"I honestly don't know where we are on the COT program," Burton said. "There were times during the weekend at Bristol that (Jimmie Johnson) looked unbeatable. There were times during the race that he looked horrible. (Gordon) sat on the pole, and if you looked at the times in practice, you'd have thought he was junk.
"We weren't even in the picture until the second half of (final practice) when we finally got it. That's how quickly the target is going to move."
Q: Why will the second COT race be a greater unknown than the first?
A: Because teams weren't allowed to test at Martinsville as at Bristol, where they had a 12-hour head-start on practice three weeks earlier.
The track rental business has been brisk at flat-oval clones such as Greenville (S.C.) Pickens Speedway, South Boston (Va.) Speedway and Lakeland (Fla.) Speedway. But simulating the stress of jamming 43 cars into Nextel Cup's tightest bullring simply can't be done, particularly brake wear over 500 laps in traffic.
"It's going to be a bigger challenge because we don't have any information," Burton said. "It will be easier to get lost, that's for sure."
Letarte believes Sunday's race might be a runaway akin to JGR's Bristol performance.
"I think you'll see that everywhere you take this car," he said. "It'll be interesting to see who did their homework. Someone is going to get it figured out and just dominate."
Q: Is Matt Kenseth really "the rough driver" that Dale Jarrett claims he is?
A: Kenseth's favorite band might be Metallica, but his smooth and steady style has more in common with Muzak. The 2003 champion rarely bumps to the front and often avoids contact even when the stakes are high (witness the side-by-side battle between Kenseth and Jeff Burton for first at Dover International Speedway in September).
But after slamming into the wall at Bristol, Jarrett said Kenseth's clean reputation was undeserved and vowed to have "a discussion." During Busch Series testing Tuesday at Richmond International Raceway, Kenseth said he wasn't interested.
"I wasn't really planning on talking to him," Kenseth said. "I got under him, he came down and spun out. I didn't run into him and take him out. I felt it was my piece of real estate. I tried to give him plenty of time. I got under him two or three times in the 10 laps before, and I backed off."
Jarrett's anger apparently was rooted in similar collisions with Kenseth that caused wrecks at Martinsville and Infineon Raceway the last few seasons.
"He's really the only guy I've had it with," Kenseth said. "Some things you have to let go. I honestly try to race everybody as fair as I can and like they race me. Early in my career, he was faster than me every week, and I can't think of one time he drove under me and I didn't give him the room and respect him. When I was having off years, I can't think of one time I ever held him up."
Q: Will there be more postrace inspection issues at Martinsville?
A: NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton and Nextel Cup director John Darby will hold a media briefing Friday, and they might announce relaxed tolerances for minimum height requirements for Car of Tomorrow races. NASCAR also is monitoring problems several teams had with exhaust systems and melted protective foam that has been added to the right-side door for absorbing crash energy.
Despite penalizing a slew of teams before the Daytona 500 for inspection violations, NASCAR didn't punish Greg Biffle after his fifth-place Ford measured a quarter-inch low at Bristol. No unapproved adjustments were found Monday in an inspection of the car, which apparently settled over 500 laps.
Seven others passed inspection, but many in the 43-car field might not have. Biffle said the cars of Roush Fenway Racing teammates Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards were too low when examined upon return to the shop.
"I bet you that there were a tremendous amount of cars that were low," Biffle told Sirius Satellite Radio on Wednesday.
Though NASCAR is being flexible, expect more controversy and confusion. There are too many unknowns that will outweigh the admirable efforts by the sanctioning body and its teams to make a seamless transition to the COT.
"We're measuring the top of wing farther back behind the rear axle then we've ever measured it, so every car we ever ran at Bristol might have been coming in close to low, we just didn't know it," Letarte said. "We're in a different world."
Q: Who is good at Martinsville?
A: Jamie McMurray. He has five top-10s in eight starts, including a second in 2004.
Q: Who hasn't been so good?
A: McMurray's Roush Racing teammates. Kenseth, Biffle and Edwards have combined for three top-10s in 27 starts. Rookie David Ragan finished 25th in October in between running into everything but the track's famous hot dog stand.
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ORDER CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR
1 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont
2 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot
3 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet National Guard / GMAC
4 10 Scott Riggs Dodge Valvoline / Stanley Tools
5 4 Ward Burton Chevrolet State Water Heaters
6 14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Panasonic Plasma HDTV
7 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet FedEx Express
8 21 Ken Schrader Ford Little Debbie
9 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL
10 16 Greg Biffle Ford Jackson Hewitt
11 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil
12 26 Jamie McMurray Ford IRWIN Industrial Tools
13 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil
14 37 Kevin Lepage Dodge Front Row Motorsports
15 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's
16 7 Robby Gordon Ford Robby Gordon Motorsports
17 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull
18 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Yellow Trans.
19 96 Tony Raines Chevrolet DLP HDTV
20 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota UPS
21 15 Paul Menard* Chevrolet Moen / Menards
22 66 Jeff Green Chevrolet Best Buy
23 36 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota Wrestlemania / 360 OTC
24 38 David Gilliland Ford M&M's
25 40 David Stremme Dodge Coors Light
26 88 Ricky Rudd Ford M&M's
27 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot
28 01 Regan Smith Chevrolet U.S. Army
29 42 Juan Montoya* Dodge Texaco / Havoline
30 18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Interstate Batteries
31 17 Matt Kenseth Ford USG Sheetrock
32 13 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Ginn Resorts
33 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW
34 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser
35 00 David Reutimann* Toyota Domino's Pizza
36 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite
37 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Cingular Wireless
38 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar
39 49 Mike Bliss Dodge OBOVO.com
40 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker
41 84 A.J. Allmendinger* Toyota Red Bull
42 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target
43 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW
44 78 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing
45 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Kellogg's / CARQUEST
46 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker
47 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel's
48 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts
49 6 David Ragan* Ford AAA
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Mmmmm...Matrinsville, some of the best short track racing on the circuit! Your man gets a lap down here or gets into someone else's mess, and it is a tough track to battle back up! We are also gonna get to see the COT in action once again. I am just hoping that Ryan Newman survives everyone else's wrecks to finish good this week. He actually did quite well last week at Bristol, just got caught up with Martin Trues Jr and didn't get the finish to reflect how well they got the car to handle!
So on to Martinsville, on April fool's day no less, good luck to all your teams and drivers. If you want to talk about the race, this is the thread to do it in and we will be posting qualifying, final race results and just about anything else we can at about this race,.
WHOO~HOO for short tracks!!!
Oh look Curves and Love, Jeff and Ryan and Tony are dancing together, let's hope they play nice together on the short track! ~LOL~
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RACE LINEUP
Goody's Cool Orange 500 | Martinsville Speedway
April 1, 2007 | Race 6 of 36
POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet FedEx Express 95.103 19.911 Leader
2 26 Jamie McMurray Ford IRWIN Industrial Tools 94.955 19.942 -0.031
3 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 94.851 19.964 -0.053
4 21 Ken Schrader Ford Little Debbie 94.623 20.012 -0.101
5 18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 94.562 20.025 -0.114
6 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 94.548 20.028 -0.117
7 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot 94.515 20.035 -0.124
8 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser 94.482 20.042 -0.131
9 99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 94.406 20.058 -0.147
10 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Yellow Trans. 94.378 20.064 -0.153
11 96 Tony Raines Chevrolet DLP HDTV 94.336 20.073 -0.162
12 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 94.317 20.077 -0.166
13 36 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota Wrestlemania / 360 OTC 94.223 20.097 -0.186
14 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Kellogg's / CARQUEST 94.190 20.104 -0.193
15 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 94.176 20.107 -0.196
16 38 David Gilliland Ford M&M's 94.064 20.131 -0.220
17 88 Ricky Rudd Ford M&M's 94.031 20.138 -0.227
18 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW 94.026 20.139 -0.228
19 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Cingular Wireless 93.998 20.145 -0.234
20 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 93.956 20.154 -0.243
21 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 93.956 20.154 -0.243
22 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 93.887 20.169 -0.258
23 42 Juan Montoya* Dodge Texaco / Havoline 93.859 20.175 -0.264
24 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 93.826 20.182 -0.271
25 7 Robby Gordon Ford Robby Gordon Motorsports 93.784 20.191 -0.280
26 10 Scott Riggs Dodge Valvoline / Stanley Tools 93.780 20.192 -0.281
27 6 David Ragan* Ford AAA 93.752 20.198 -0.287
28 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 93.645 20.221 -0.310
29 40 David Stremme Dodge Coors Light 93.604 20.230 -0.319
30 13 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Ginn Resorts 93.571 20.237 -0.326
31 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 93.543 20.243 -0.332
32 66 Jeff Green Chevrolet Best Buy 93.497 20.253 -0.342
33 17 Matt Kenseth Ford USG Sheetrock 93.483 20.256 -0.345
34 16 Greg Biffle Ford Jackson Hewitt 93.419 20.270 -0.359
35 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet National Guard / GMAC 93.414 20.271 -0.360
36 01 Regan Smith Chevrolet U.S. Army 93.345 20.286 -0.375
37 14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Panasonic Plasma HDTV 93.267 20.303 -0.392
38 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota UPS 93.235 20.310 -0.399
39 49 Mike Bliss Dodge OBOVO.com 93.221 20.313 -0.402
40 84 A.J. Allmendinger* Toyota Red Bull 93.184 20.321 -0.410
41 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW 93.043 20.352 -0.441
42 00 David Reutimann* Toyota Domino's Pizza 92.979 20.366 -0.455
43 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil 92.974 20.367 -0.456
44 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 92.801 20.405 -0.494
45 15 Paul Menard* Chevrolet Moen / Menards 92.674 20.433 -0.522
46 78 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 92.493 20.473 -0.562
47 37 Kevin Lepage Dodge Front Row Motorsports 92.470 20.478 -0.567
48 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 92.321 20.511 -0.600
49 4 Ward Burton Chevrolet State Water Heaters 91.855 20.615 -0.704
+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie
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Martinsville (4/01/07) Goody's Cool Orange 500
Team notes: Tomorrow around the corner at Martinsville
Facts & Figures: Martinsville
