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Texas Notes & Facts – Saturday – drivers:

' 138 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas; 111 in more than one. ' Jeff Gordon is the only drive to have made all 27 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Texas Motor Speedway. ' Jimmie Johnson leads the series in runner-up ...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers will start at Texas:

[listed by current driver chase points position] 1) #24-Jeff Gordon, 2nd 2) #31-Ryan Newman, 7th 3) #22-Joey Logano, 10th 4) #20-Matt Kenseth, 1st 5) #11-Denny Hamlin, 20th 6) #99-Carl Edwards, 11th 7) #4-Kevin Harvick, 5th 8) #2-Brad Keselowski, 26th...

New crew chief starts with Danica Patrick at Texas:

After two good years with crew chief Tony Gibson, Danica Patrick welcomes Daniel Knost as the head of the #10 GoDaddy Chevy. Knost is the interim crew chief and brings along his road crew from the #41 Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) entry of Kurt Busch. Gibson and his road...

New crew chief starts with Kurt Busch:

Beginning this weekend, the mechanics, engineers and entire road crew for the #41 team of Kurt Busch will be led by crew chief Tony Gibson, who will take the seat atop the Haas Automation pit box. For Gibson, leading a race team isn't just about making the right calls...

NASCAR Numbers:

33: Kevin Harvick's point deficit to Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup leader Jeff Gordon after contact from Matt Kenseth rocketed Harvick into the outside wall on Lap 228 at Martinsville. Last in the Chase standings, Harvick likely faces a must-win scenario at Texas...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers finished at Martinsville:

[listed by driver chase points position before the race](started) 1) #22-Joey Logano, 5th (2) 2) #4-Kevin Harvick, 33rd (33) 3) #31-Ryan Newman, 3rd (9) 4) #11-Denny Hamlin, 8th (5) 5) #20-Matt Kenseth, 6th (3) 6) #99-Carl Edwards, 20th (11) 7) #24-Jeff Gordon, 2nd...

Race Fast Facts – Martinsville:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the 66th Annual Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500, his 23rd victory in 538 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his fourth victory and 18th top-10 finish in 2014. Only in 2004 has Earnhardt won more races (six). This is his first victory and...

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings:

[after Martinsville, race 33 of 36] drivers who win in round 3 automatically advance to the Championship race at Homestead 1) #24-Jeff Gordon [4 wins] 4044 [+7] 2) #31-Ryan Newman, 4041, -3 [+4] 3) #22-Joey Logano [5 wins] 4040, -4 [+3] 4) #20-Matt Kenseth, 4039, -...

Unofficial Top 25 in 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Points Standings (not the Chase):

[after Martinsville, race 33 of 36] (using current points system, but not the Chase rules, unofficial) 1) #24-Jeff Gordon(C1), 1159 2) #22-Joey Logano(C3), 1117, -42 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1070, -89 4) #2-Brad Keselowski(C7), 1056, -103 5) #4-Kevin Harvick(C8), ...

Martinsville Notes & Facts – Sunday – race:

' There have been 131 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Martinsville Speedway, one in the inaugural year and two races per year since 1950. ' The deepest in the field that a race winner has started was 36th, by Kurt Busch in the fall of 2002. ' There have been five...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers will start at Martinsville:

[listed by current driver chase points position] 1) #22-Joey Logano, 2nd 2) #4-Kevin Harvick, 33rd 3) #31-Ryan Newman, 9th 4) #11-Denny Hamlin, 5th 5) #20-Matt Kenseth, 3rd 6) #99-Carl Edwards, 11th 7) #24-Jeff Gordon, 13th 8) #2-Brad Keselowski, 6th...

Gibson will return to Stewart-Haas UPDATES:

Danica Patrick's crew chief is not going anywhere. Tony Gibson tweeted on Saturday afternoon that he has a contract extension with Stewart-Haas Racing. Gibson came on board as crew chief for Patrick for the last two races during her 10-race partial Sprint Cup schedule...

Newman’s car fails post-race inspection UPDATE:

#31-Ryan Newman's great Sunday has apparently hit a bit of a snag. Newman picked up a fifth-place finish in the Contender Round elimination race at Talladega Superspeedway to make the Eliminator Round of the Chase with a 27-point cushion over the ninth-place cutoff...

Gibson will return to Stewart-Haas UPDATE:

Danica Patrick's crew chief is not going anywhere. Tony Gibson tweeted on Saturday afternoon that he has a contract extension with Stewart-Haas Racing. Gibson came on board as crew chief for Patrick for the last two races during her 10-race partial Sprint Cup schedule...

NASCAR Numbers:

12: The number of laps led by Brad Keselowski in Sunday's GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, a race he had to win to advance to the Eliminator Round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Keselowski led laps 187 through 192, and after surrendering the top spot...

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Martinsville:

#48-Jimmie Johnson 124.8 #24-Jeff Gordon 119.0 #11-Denny Hamlin 109.6 #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 99.9 #14-Tony Stewart 97.0 #18-Kyle Busch 96.1 #15-Clint Bowyer 94.6 #4-Kevin Harvick 93.2 Jeff Burton 87.4 #31-Ryan Newman 86.9 Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2014...

Newman’s car fails post-race inspection:

#31-Ryan Newman's great Sunday has apparently hit a bit of a snag. Newman picked up a fifth-place finish in the Contender Round elimination race at Talladega Superspeedway to make the Eliminator Round of the Chase with a 27-point cushion over the ninth-place cutoff...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers finished at Talladega:

[listed by driver chase points position before the race](started) 1) #22-Joey Logano, 11th (40) 2) #18-Kyle Busch, 40th (41) 3) #4-Kevin Harvick, 9th (39) 4) #31-Ryan Newman, 5th (11) 5) #99-Carl Edwards, 21st (15) 6) #24-Jeff Gordon, 26th (43) 7) #11-Denny Hamlin, ...

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings:

[after Talladega, race 32 of 36] drivers who won in round 2, automatically advanced to the Eliminator round 1) #22-Joey Logano [5 wins, 1 win in round 2] 3121 2) #4-Kevin Harvick [3 wins, 1 win in round 2] 3117, -4 3) #31-Ryan Newman, 3117, -4 4) #11-Denny Hamlin [...

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings – Eliminator Round Reset:

1) #22-Joey Logano [5 wins], 4000 points 2) #4-Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 4000 3) #31-Ryan Newman, 4000 4) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 4000 5) #20-Matt Kenseth, 4000 6) #99-Carl Edwards [2 wins], 4000 7) #24-Jeff Gordon [4 wins], 4000 8) #2-Brad Keselowski [6 wins], 4000...