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By the Numbers at Martinsville:

October 21, 2010 at 12:00 AM


  • 1 ‘“ fewest ServiceMaster Clean cautions for a race at Martinsville Speedway (three times, most recently 4/25/71)
    4 ‘“ number of ServiceMaster Clean jet dryers scheduled for service at Martinsville this weekend ; two are expected to be released early following the favorable weather forecast for the weekend
    4 ‘“ fewest cars running at the finish of a Sprint Cup race at Martinsville (5/6/51 ‘“ a 200-lap race on what was then a .500-mile dirt track’¦35 cars started the race)
    4 of the 12 drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup have yet to win in 2010 (Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Jeff Burton and Matt Kenseth)
    7 of the 30 Sprint Cup races this season have been extended beyond the scheduled distance following a late ServiceMaster Clean caution
    12 different Sprint Cup race winners in 2010
    13 ‘“ most ServiceMaster Clean cautions for a Sprint Cup race this season (Martinsville, 3/29/10)
    18 of the 123 races at Martinsville have been won from the pole; 33 of 123 have been won from the front row
    21 ‘“ most ServiceMaster Clean cautions for a Sprint Cup race at Martinsville (10/21/07)
    75 minutes ‘“ approximate time it takes for the ServiceMaster Clean jets to dry the .526-mile track
    4,500 ServiceMaster Clean franchise locations around the world
    1947 ‘“ Martinsville Speedway built by E. Clay Earles, a .500-mile dirt track
    1948 ‘“ First NASCAR-sanctioned event held on July 4, 1948; first NASCAR Strictly Stock event was run on Sept. 25, 1949 and won by Red Byron; 15 cars started the race, the sixth of eight Strictly Stock events that year
    1955 ‘“ Martinsville Speedway was paved; Billy Myers won the first race on the new pavement, a 100-lap sportsman event
    1955 ‘“ Speedy Thompson drove a Chrysler to victory in a 200-lap, 100-mile event, the first Grand National (now Sprint Cup) event on the newly paved track (10/16/55)
    113 of the 220 ServiceMaster Clean cautions in the first 31 Sprint Cup races this season were for accidents, 42 for debris and 32 for spins
    220 ServiceMaster Clean cautions in the first 31 Sprint Cup events this season; 268 after 31 races last year
    1,110 of 9,177 laps completed in the first 31 Sprint Cup races this year have been under a ServiceMaster Clean caution; 1,267 of 8,887 after 31 races last year.(ServiceMaster Clean)(10-21-2010