Pro Racing Weekly Update
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Oct. 23 - 24, 2010
6th Race of the Chase: Tums Fast Relief 500
Driver’s Bio
Standings
Jamie McMurray
Through Oct. 17, 2010
Martinsville Speedway
2010 Chase for the Cup Driver 1) Jimmie Johnson 2) Denny Hamlin 3) Kevin Harvick 4) Jeff Gordon 5) Kyle Busch 6) Tony Stewart 7) Carl Edwards 8) Greg Biffle 9) Kurt Busch 10) Jeff Burton 11) Matt Kenseth 12) Clint Bowyer
Race Information & Records Last Year’s Winner: Denny Hamlin Qualifying Record: Tony Stewart 95.371 - 2000 Race Record: Jeff Gordon 82.223 - 1996 Race Time: 1 pm ET, Oct. 24th
Track Statistics & History
Points 5843 5802 5766 5658 5666 5666 5643 5618 5606 5604 5587 5543
2010 Nationwide Series
Location: Martinsville, Va. Turns / Straights: 12º / 0º Distance: 0.526 miles Shape: Oval Martinsville Speedway’s 2010 season is the track’s 63rd year of operation and is its 62nd year as a NASCAR-sanctioned facility. The first race was run on September 7, 1947 and Robert “Red” Bryon won $500 out of a $2,000 purse. NASCAR was formed in 1948 and Martinsville Speedway ran its first NASCAR race on July 4th of that year. At slightly more than half a mile, Martinsville Speedway is the shortest track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Circuit but it has 800foot straights, turns banked at only 12 degrees and has been called “two drag strips with a turnaround on each end.” The demanding layout consistently produces some of the wildest fender scrubbing, push and shove racing on the tour. Richard Petty remains the track’s leading winner with 15 victories.
Driver 1) Brad Keselowski 2) Carl Edwards 3) Kyle Busch 4) Justin Allgaier 5) Paul Menard 6) Kevin Harvick 7) Joey Logano 8) Trevor Bayne 9) Jason Leffler 10) Steve Wallace
Points 4954 4504 4439 4103 3929 3902 3557 3503 3433 3427
Born: June 3, 1976 Sponsor: Crown Royal Crew Chief: Donnie Wingo Car: Ford
Biography: In 2001 and 2002, McMurray competed full-time in the Busch Series, driving for Brewco Motorsports. The latter year turned out better for McMurray, as he won two races and finished sixth in the overall points standings. In 2002, in just his second career Cup Series start, McMurray won the UAW-GM Quality 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC, setting the record for the fastest first time winner in NASCAR history. In 2004, McMurray finished 11th in the points standings and missed the Chase for the Cup by 15 points. In 2005, McMurray joined Roush Fenway Racing. His contract with Roush Fenway Racing was one of the richest in NASCAR history with a guaranteed salary of $20 million dollars per year plus bonuses. In 2006, McMurray’s best finish was at Dover where he finished 2nd. In 2007, he won the Pepsi 400, but failed to qualify for the Chase. In 2008, McMurray had three third place finishes and finished the year 16th in the standings. Last year, McMurray won the Amp Energy 500, but failed to qualify for the Chase for the Cup.
Racing News NASCAR will move from unleaded fuel to an ethanol blend in all three of its national series beginning next season. NASCAR is continuing its partnership with Sunoco for the use of “Sunoco Green E15,” a fuel mix comprised of 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline. “With Sunoco Green E15, we are leading by example, showing that this renewable fuel, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions, works in the most demanding racing environment in the world,” said Mike Lynch, managing director of the Green Innovation division for NASCAR. Proponents of ethanol fuel say that it burns cleaner than gasoline, but critics oppose the taxpayer-funded subsidizing of corn production for ethanol and say the fuel is less energy-dense and efficient than gasoline.
Last Week’s Race: Bank of America 500 Finish 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Points/Bonus 190/5 180/10 170/5 165/5 160/5 155/5 151/5 147/5 138/0 134/0
Jamie McMurray won his sixth career race and third this year, when he took the checkered flag in the Bank of America 500 on Saturday night. McMurray finished 1.866 seconds ahead of Kyle Busch, who led 165 of the 334 laps. Chase leader Jimmie Johnson and second-place Denny Hamlin both found trouble but rallied to finish third and fourth, respectively, to set up a showdown on Oct. 24th at Martinsville. After the race Jamie said, “We had a better car than Kyle at the end. He was better at certain stages during the race but at the end of the race, we had the best car.” Looking ahead Jimmie Johnson added, “Martinsville is such a fun race track. Hamlin is good at Martinsville, and we are.”
Race Trivia How many tracks use restrictor plates in the Sprint Cup Series? a) 0 b) 1
c)2 d)3
Answer: c) 2. NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series currently uses restrictor plates at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.
Points 27 6 10 23 22 17 12 24 16 26
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October 24, 2010
Driver Jamie McMurray Kyle Busch Jimmie Johnson Denny Hamlin Greg Biffle Matt Kenseth Joey Logano Kevin Harvick David Reutimann David Ragan