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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES : GOODY’S COOL ORANGE 500 STATISTICAL PREVIEW

Below is a statistical preview of next Sunday’s Goody’s Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

The bullets include drivers who have earned high Loop Data statistics (2005-2007) at Martinsville Speedway.

Tony Stewart ranks first in Average Running Position with 5.946 and ranks first in Speed in Traffic at 91.019 mph.

Average Running Position
1. Tony Stewart 5.946
2. Jeff Gordon 7.272
3. Jimmie Johnson 7.348
4. Kyle Busch 10.910
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 11.897

Speed in Traffic
1. Tony Stewart 91.019
2. Jimmie Johnson 90.995
3. Jeff Gordon 90.979
4. Kyle Busch 90.761
5. Denny Hamlin 90.701

Jeff Gordon ranks first in Green Flag Speed at 91.531 mph and ranks first in Speed Early in Run at 92.341 mph.

Green Flag Speed
1. Jeff Gordon 91.531
2. Tony Stewart 91.478
3. Jimmie Johnson 91.461
4. Kyle Busch 91.146
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 91.110

Speed Early in Run
1. Jeff Gordon 92.341
2. Tony Stewart 92.189
3. Jimmie Johnson 92.129
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 91.726
5. Denny Hamlin 91.700

Jimmie Johnson ranked first in Green Flag Speed at 90.769 mph at Martinsville on 10/21/2007 and ranks second in Driver Rating with 120.8.

Green Flag Speed
at Martinsville (10/21/2007)
1. Jimmie Johnson 90.769
2. Jeff Gordon 90.728
3. Kyle Busch 90.457
4. Kevin Harvick 90.197
5. Jeff Burton 90.186

Driver Rating
1. Jeff Gordon 124.5
2. Jimmie Johnson 120.8
3. Tony Stewart 119.3
4. Kyle Busch 98.0
5. Denny Hamlin 96.5

Kevin Harvick has 3 consecutive races with a driver rating of 106.2 or greater and has 4 consecutive races without finishing below eighth.

Date Track DRate
03/02/2008 Las Vegas 106.2
03/09/2008 Atlanta 111.4
03/16/2008 Bristol 122.9

Date Track Fin
02/24/2008 Auto Club 8
03/02/2008 Las Vegas 4
03/09/2008 Atlanta 7
03/16/2008 Bristol 2

Dale Earnhardt Jr. ranks second in Green Flag Pass Differential with 85 (304-219) and ranks first in Average Quality Passes with 27.7.

Green Flag Pass Differential
1. Jimmie Johnson 107
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 85
Tony Stewart 85
4. Jeff Gordon 83
5. Jeff Burton 79

Average Quality Passes
1. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 27.7
2. Kyle Busch 26.8
3. Jimmie Johnson 25.2
4. Jeff Gordon 24.5
5. Tony Stewart 21.3

David Reutimann improved 11 spots in the closing laps at Martinsville on 10/21/2007.

Spots Closed
at Martinsville (10/21/2007)
1. David Reutimann 11
2. Michael Waltrip 9
3. Paul Menard 6
4. Scott Riggs 5
5. Clint Bowyer 4
Jeff Green 4
Kasey Kahne 4
Casey Mears 4
Martin Truex Jr. 4

In October 2007, a new track best was set in Total Track Passes at Martinsville since 2005.

Total Track Passes
1. October 2007 2102
2. October 2005 1373
3. April 2005 1148
4. October 2006 980
5. April 2007 959

Recent Performance (since 2005) at Martinsville (Active Drivers)
— Since (2005) — —— Past 5 Finishes ——
Driver Rate St W T5 T10 Led 10/05 04/06 10/06 04/07 10/07
1. Jeff Gordon 124.5 6 2 6 6 612 1 2 5 2 3
2. Jimmie Johnson 120.8 6 3 5 6 700 3 3 1 1 1
3. Tony Stewart 119.3 6 1 3 4 829 2 1 4 7 13
4. Kyle Busch 98.0 6 0 3 4 116 9 5 18 4 4
5. Denny Hamlin 96.5 5 0 2 4 153 8 37 2 3 6
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 95.8 6 0 2 2 161 18 4 22 5 23
7. Ryan Newman 89.1 6 0 2 3 25 10 18 13 14 2
8. Kevin Harvick 89.0 6 0 0 3 0 15 7 9 41 10
9. Kurt Busch 88.5 6 0 0 1 52 6 11 27 12 31
10. Jamie McMurray 83.5 6 0 0 3 6 7 9 19 9 32

Short Track Driver Rating (2008) Avg
Driver Rate St W T5 T10 Led Pct Fast Pct Run Pos
1. Tony Stewart 130.2 1 0 0 0 267 52.8 58 13.6 2.206
2. Kevin Harvick 122.9 1 0 1 1 32 6.3 46 10.7 3.360
3. Clint Bowyer 121.0 1 0 1 1 81 16.0 46 10.7 4.334
4. Jeff Burton 118.6 1 1 1 1 2 .4 18 4.2 4.866
5. Denny Hamlin 115.8 1 0 0 1 98 19.4 57 13.3 5.310
6. Greg Biffle 105.7 1 0 1 1 0 .0 9 2.1 7.706
7. Jimmie Johnson 102.6 1 0 0 0 14 2.8 23 5.4 4.958
8. Matt Kenseth 94.5 1 0 0 1 0 .0 6 1.4 10.490
9. Kyle Busch 94.4 1 0 0 0 7 1.4 30 7.0 13.192
10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 92.3 1 0 1 1 0 .0 11 2.6 13.279

Top 5’s at Martinsville

Average Running Position
1. Tony Stewart 5.946
2. Jeff Gordon 7.272
3. Jimmie Johnson 7.348
4. Kyle Busch 10.910
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 11.897

Laps in Top 15
1. Tony Stewart 89.8% 2700
2. Jeff Gordon 86.7% 2606
3. Jimmie Johnson 86.2% 2592
4. Kyle Busch 80.7% 2427
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 70.9% 2131

Green Flag Speed
1. Jeff Gordon 91.531
2. Tony Stewart 91.478
3. Jimmie Johnson 91.461
4. Kyle Busch 91.146
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 91.110

Speed in Traffic
1. Tony Stewart 91.019
2. Jimmie Johnson 90.995
3. Jeff Gordon 90.979
4. Kyle Busch 90.761
5. Denny Hamlin 90.701

Speed Early in Run
1. Jeff Gordon 92.341
2. Tony Stewart 92.189
3. Jimmie Johnson 92.129
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 91.726
5. Denny Hamlin 91.700

Speed Late in Run
1. Jeff Gordon 90.928
2. Jimmie Johnson 90.889
3. Tony Stewart 90.794
4. Kyle Busch 90.508
5. Denny Hamlin 90.460

Laps Led
1. Tony Stewart 27.6% 829
2. Jimmie Johnson 23.3% 700
3. Jeff Gordon 20.4% 612
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5.4% 161
5. Denny Hamlin 6.1% 153

Fastest Laps Run
1. Jeff Gordon 14.9% 342
2. Jimmie Johnson 12.9% 296
3. Tony Stewart 12.5% 287
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 8.9% 205
5. Jeremy Mayfield 7.7% 119

Track Bests (since 2005) at Martinsville

Driver Rating
1. Tony Stewart 04/06 147.5
2. Jimmie Johnson 10/06 143.5
3. Tony Stewart 10/05 142.6
4. Jimmie Johnson 10/07 139.0
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 04/07 133.1

Average Running Position
1. Tony Stewart 04/06 1.582
2. Tony Stewart 10/05 1.872
3. Jimmie Johnson 04/06 1.978
4. Jimmie Johnson 10/06 3.532
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 04/07 3.614

Green Flag Passes
1. David Ragan 10/07 107
2. Scott Riggs 10/07 104
3. Carl Edwards 10/07 103
4. Tony Stewart 10/07 91
5. Denny Hamlin 10/07 85

Quality Passes
1. Carl Edwards 10/07 54
2. Kyle Busch 10/07 44
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10/07 43
4. Jimmie Johnson 10/07 40
Bobby Labonte 10/07 40

Fastest Laps Run
1. Tony Stewart 04/06 105
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 04/07 97
3. Tony Stewart 10/05 96
4. Jimmie Johnson 10/06 95
5. Jeff Gordon 04/07 82

Total Track Passes
1. October 2007 2102
2. October 2005 1373
3. April 2005 1148
4. October 2006 980
5. April 2007 959