CHEVY NSCS AT MARTINSVILLE TWO: Team Chevy Fast Facts

CHEVY FAST FACTS

TUMS FAST RELIEF 500

MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY

October 24, 2010

• A total of 15 Team Chevy drivers will start the Tums Fast Relief 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Martinsville Speedway, race 32 of the 2010 season and the sixth race of Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup

• Chevrolet drivers starting in the top-10:
  • Ryan Newman, No. 39 Tornados Chevrolet, will start 4th in the 43-car field for the 500-lap/263-mile race
  • Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 42 Target Chevrolet starts 5^th 
  • Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet,  starts 6th
  • Jamie McMurray, No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet, starts 9^th

CHEVROLET ON THE TRACK-MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY:

• A Chevrolet driver has won 46 of the 123 NSCS races at Martinsville Speedway (MS)

• Chevy has 48 poles at MS
• Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet, has one (1) win at MS
• Bobby Labonte, No. 09 C & J Energy Chevrolet has won once (1) at MS

• Team Chevy drivers have scored 223 top-five finishes and 414 top-10 finishes at MS
• A Chevrolet has led 23,490 laps (42.3% of 55,587 possible) at MS
• Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont/National Guard Families Appreciation Chevrolet, has seven (7) MS victories, more than any other active driver
• Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, has six (6) victories at the .526-mile oval
•  Mark Martin, No. 5 GoDaddy.com/eBay Motors Chevrolet, has two (2) MS victories
• Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet has won twice (2) at MS

TEAM CHEVY IN 2010 NSCS COMPETITION:

• Race wins – 17 as of race 31 of 36
• Poles – 14 as of race 31 of 36
• Laps led – 4,692 (51.1% of possible 9,177)
• Top-five finishes – 84 (54.2% of possible)
• Top-10 finishes – 154 (49.7% of possible)
• Team Chevy has six (6) drivers in the 2010 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. After five (5) of 10 races, the order is:
  • Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet – points leader
  • Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet – 3^rd in the standings
  • Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont/National Guard Families Appreciation Chevrolet – 4^th in point standings
  • Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice  Chevrolet – 6^th in the standings
  • Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet – 10^th in the points order
  • Clint Bowyer, No. 33 BB&T Chevrolet – 12^th  in points

• Chevrolet has won a record 34 NSCS Manufacturers’ Cups and Team Chevy drivers have collected the coveted NSCS driver’s championship 26 times and won 668 races

• In claiming the 2009 NSCS championship, Johnson became the first driver in the history of the NSCS to win four consecutive titles, ’06, ’07, ’08 and ‘09

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