UNB! NETWORK FANTASY REPORT
Track Specifications:
Track Size: 0.526 Mile
Race: 500 laps, 263 miles
Degree of Banking: Turns: 12 degrees
Straightaways: Banking: 0 degrees(flat)
Straights: 800 feet
Backstretch: 800 feet
Grandstand Seating: 55,000
Pit Stalls: 43 pits, 14-feet wide by 28-feet long
Speed Limits: Pit Road: 30 mph; Pace Car: 35 mph
Opened: 1947
Top 10 Driver Ratings at Martinsville:
1.) Jimmie Johnson..............119.4
2.) Jeff Gordon..............119.1
3.) Denny Hamlin..............111.4
4.) Dale Earnhardt Jr..............99.5
5.) Tony Stewart..............96.8
6.) Kyle Busch..............96.2
7.) Clint Bowyer..............94.6
8.) Kevin Harvick..............93.6
9.) Joey Logano..............88.0
10.) Brad Keselowski..............86.3
Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2015 races (21 total) among active drivers at Martinsville Speedway. Formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.
Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings - Eliminator Round:
[after Talladega, race 32 of 36]
1.) Joey Logano [6 wins], 4000
2.) Carl Edwards [2 wins], 4000
3.) Jeff Gordon, 4000
4.) Kurt Busch [2 wins], 4000
5.) Brad Keselowski [1 win], 4000 points
6.) Martin Truex, Jr. [1 win], 4000
7.) Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 4000
8.) Kyle Busch [4 wins], 4000
Goodyear Tire Notes & Facts:
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Short Track Radials
Set limits: Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice/qualifying and 10 sets for the race;
Tire Codes:
Left-side -- D-4588;
Right-side -- D-4468
Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 87.44 in. (2,221 mm);
Right-side -- 88.70 in. (2,253 mm)
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 10 psi; Left Rear -- 10 psi;
Right Front -- 23 psi; Right Rear -- 22 psi
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series will run the same Goodyear tire codes at Martinsville this weekend. This is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that these teams have run at this track since last October. This left-side tire code has been run at this track since April 2013. Martinsville is the only track where NASCAR teams are scheduled to run either of these two tire codes. As on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, teams will not run inner liners in their tires at Martinsville.
Race Records/Info:
March 2015 Race Winner: Denny Hamlin, 68.843mph, started 15th
October 2014 Race Winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr, 70.725mph, started 23rd
Track Race Record: Jeff Gordon, Sept 1996, 82.223mph
Oldest Race Winner: Harry Gant, 51 years, 8 months, 12 days, 9/22/1991
Youngest Race Winner: Richard Petty, 22 years, 9 months, 8 days, 4/10/1960
March 2015 Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 98.461mph, finished 3rd
October 2014 Pole Winner: Jamie McMurray, 99.905mph, finished 16th
Track Qualifying Record: Joey Logano, March 28, 2014, 100.201mph, set in first round of qualifying
Oldest Pole Winner: Morgan Shepherd, 45 years, 6 months, 14 days, 4/26/1987
Youngest Pole Winner: Ricky Rudd, 24 years, 7 months, 14 days, 04/26/1981
Martinsville Track Notes & History:
· Opened in September 1947 by H. Clay Earles, Martinsville, originally a dirt track, is one of the oldest continuously-operating race tracks in the United States.
· The first NASCAR-sanctioned race at Martinsville was on July 4, 1948.
· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was Sept. 25, 1949.
· The track was paved in 1955.
· The first 500-lap event at Martinsville was in 1956.
· Concrete corners were added atop asphalt in 1976.
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Track Specifications:
Track Size: 0.526 Mile
Race: 500 laps, 263 miles
Degree of Banking: Turns: 12 degrees
Straightaways: Banking: 0 degrees(flat)
Straights: 800 feet
Backstretch: 800 feet
Grandstand Seating: 55,000
Pit Stalls: 43 pits, 14-feet wide by 28-feet long
Speed Limits: Pit Road: 30 mph; Pace Car: 35 mph
Opened: 1947
Top 10 Driver Ratings at Martinsville:
1.) Jimmie Johnson..............119.4
2.) Jeff Gordon..............119.1
3.) Denny Hamlin..............111.4
4.) Dale Earnhardt Jr..............99.5
5.) Tony Stewart..............96.8
6.) Kyle Busch..............96.2
7.) Clint Bowyer..............94.6
8.) Kevin Harvick..............93.6
9.) Joey Logano..............88.0
10.) Brad Keselowski..............86.3
Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2015 races (21 total) among active drivers at Martinsville Speedway. Formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.
Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings - Eliminator Round:
[after Talladega, race 32 of 36]
1.) Joey Logano [6 wins], 4000
2.) Carl Edwards [2 wins], 4000
3.) Jeff Gordon, 4000
4.) Kurt Busch [2 wins], 4000
5.) Brad Keselowski [1 win], 4000 points
6.) Martin Truex, Jr. [1 win], 4000
7.) Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 4000
8.) Kyle Busch [4 wins], 4000
Goodyear Tire Notes & Facts:
Tire: Goodyear Eagle Short Track Radials
Set limits: Sprint Cup: 5 sets for practice/qualifying and 10 sets for the race;
Tire Codes:
Left-side -- D-4588;
Right-side -- D-4468
Tire Circumference:
Left-side -- 87.44 in. (2,221 mm);
Right-side -- 88.70 in. (2,253 mm)
Minimum Recommended Inflation:
Left Front -- 10 psi; Left Rear -- 10 psi;
Right Front -- 23 psi; Right Rear -- 22 psi
Notes: Teams in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series will run the same Goodyear tire codes at Martinsville this weekend. This is the same combination of left- and right-side tires that these teams have run at this track since last October. This left-side tire code has been run at this track since April 2013. Martinsville is the only track where NASCAR teams are scheduled to run either of these two tire codes. As on most NASCAR ovals one mile or less in length, teams will not run inner liners in their tires at Martinsville.
Race Records/Info:
March 2015 Race Winner: Denny Hamlin, 68.843mph, started 15th
October 2014 Race Winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr, 70.725mph, started 23rd
Track Race Record: Jeff Gordon, Sept 1996, 82.223mph
Oldest Race Winner: Harry Gant, 51 years, 8 months, 12 days, 9/22/1991
Youngest Race Winner: Richard Petty, 22 years, 9 months, 8 days, 4/10/1960
March 2015 Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 98.461mph, finished 3rd
October 2014 Pole Winner: Jamie McMurray, 99.905mph, finished 16th
Track Qualifying Record: Joey Logano, March 28, 2014, 100.201mph, set in first round of qualifying
Oldest Pole Winner: Morgan Shepherd, 45 years, 6 months, 14 days, 4/26/1987
Youngest Pole Winner: Ricky Rudd, 24 years, 7 months, 14 days, 04/26/1981
Martinsville Track Notes & History:
· Opened in September 1947 by H. Clay Earles, Martinsville, originally a dirt track, is one of the oldest continuously-operating race tracks in the United States.
· The first NASCAR-sanctioned race at Martinsville was on July 4, 1948.
· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was Sept. 25, 1949.
· The track was paved in 1955.
· The first 500-lap event at Martinsville was in 1956.
· Concrete corners were added atop asphalt in 1976.
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