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• This is the 32nd race of 36 for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2008 and the sixth race of the "Chase for the Championship."
• This is the sixth of six short-track races of the season.
• This is the 120th time the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has competed at Martinsville since 1949.
• Martinsville is a .526-mile oval with 12-degree banking in the corners and no banking on the straightaways.
• There are 45 drivers on the pre-entry list to compete for one of 43 starting slots in Sunday's 500-lap, 263-mile race. Of those 45 entrants, 10 must get into Sunday's field based on qualifying times: Sterling Marlin, Tony Raines, Chad McCumbee, Bill Elliott, Mike Bliss, Kyle Petty, AJ Allmendinger, Derrike Cope, Sam Hornish Jr. and Ken Schrader.
• Elliott has access to a past champion's provisional if needed.
• These teams are NOT locked in past the next race because the owner's points change after each race:
32. Scott Riggs/Haas CNC Racing: 2,489 points, 165 points ahead of 36th
33. Dave Blaney/Bill Davis Racing: 2,469, +145
34. Robby Gordon/RGM: 2,402, +78
35. Scott Speed/Red Bull Racing: 2,387, +63
These teams/drivers must qualify by speed but are close to the top 35:
36. Mike Bliss/Waltrip Racing: 2,324, 63 points out of 35th
37. Sam Hornish Jr./Penske Racing: 2387 -143
• Rookie Scott Speed is making his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut this weekend. He is guaranteed entry into Sunday's field because his team is inside the top 35 in owner's points.
• Prior to Denny Hamlin's win in a Toyota in the spring, Chevrolet had won nine of the past 10 races here with Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon winning four each. The Bowtie Brigade finished with five cars in the top seven in the most recent race here.
• In the past 10 races here, Gordon and Johnson have scored the most points of any active driver, with Johnson having a narrow lead over teammate Gordon (1,732-1,731). The duo also has the highest average finish of all active drivers, Johnson with a 6.0 in 13 starts and Gordon with 7.0 in 31 starts.
• A driver who tends to be overlooked at short tracks is Dale Earnhardt Jr. He has a career average short-track finish of 12.3, with a 14.2 average finish at Martinsville.
• Of the drivers guaranteed entry into Sunday's race, Robby Gordon has the worst average finish (33.8). The go-or-go-homer with 10 or more starts who has the worst average finish here is Derrike Cope (25.2). The go-or-go-homer with 10 or more starts who has the best average finish is Schrader (17.6).
• A dark horse for this weekend could be Jamie McMurray. In 11 starts here, he has seven top-10s and an average finish of 15.0. In the past five races, he has four top-10s and three top-5s with an eighth-place finish in the spring.
• A driver to possibly shy away from is Greg Biffle. In 11 starts here, he has only one top-10 and an average finish of 23.6, the worst of all the Chasers.

There are seven previous Martinsville winners entered this weekend with 17 victories among them:

Driver	Martinsville wins
Jeff Gordon	7: (9/96, 4/97, 10/99, 4/03, 10/03, 4/05, 10/05)
Jimmie Johnson	4: (10/04, 10/06-10/07)
Tony Stewart	2: (10/00, 4/06)
Jeff Burton	1: (9/97)
Kurt Busch	1: (10/02)
Denny Hamlin	1: (4/08)
Bobby Labonte	1: (4/02)

Pos	Spring 2008	Fall 2007	Spring 2007	Fall 2006
1	Denny Hamlin	Jimmie Johnson	Jimmie Johnson	Jimmie Johnson
2	Jeff Gordon	Ryan Newman	Jeff Gordon	Denny Hamlin
3	Jeff Burton	Jeff Gordon	Denny Hamlin	Bobby Labonte
4	Jimmie Johnson	Kyle Busch	Kyle Busch	Tony Stewart
5	Tony Stewart	Matt Kenseth	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Jeff Gordon
6	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Denny Hamlin	Jeff Burton	Casey Mears
7	Casey Mears	Greg Biffle	Tony Stewart	Kasey Kahne
8	Jamie McMurray	Juan Pablo Montoya	Scott Riggs	Jeff Green
9	Carl Edwards	Clint Bowyer	Jamie McMurray	Kevin Harvick
10	Clint Bowyer	Kevin Harvick	Matt Kenseth	Kyle Petty
11	David Ragan	Carl Edwards	Clint Bowyer	Matt Kenseth
12	Kevin Harvick	Jeff Burton	Kurt Busch	Carl Edwards
13	Juan Pablo Montoya	Tony Stewart	Ricky Rudd	Ryan Newman
14	Regan Smith	Tony Raines	Ryan Newman	Tony Raines
15	Elliott Sadler	Kasey Kahne	David Ragan	David Stremme
16	Paul Menard	Scott Riggs	Juan Pablo Montoya	Dale Jarrett
17	Kasey Kahne	David Reutimann	Carl Edwards	Brian Vickers
18	Travis Kvapil	Michael Waltrip	Reed Sorenson	Kyle Busch
19	Ryan Newman	Martin Truex Jr.	Ken Schrader	Jamie McMurray
20	Greg Biffle	Casey Mears	Tony Raines	Joe Nemechek
21	Martin Truex Jr.	Kyle Petty	Sterling Marlin	Sterling Marlin
22	Dario Franchitti	Bobby Labonte	Kyle Petty	Dale Earnhardt Jr.
23	Brian Vickers	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	J.J. Yeley	Clint Bowyer
24	David Gilliland	Paul Menard	Elliott Sadler	Mark Martin
25	Bobby Labonte	David Gilliland	Kasey Kahne	David Ragan

Rank	Driver	Points
1	Denny Hamlin	781
2	Clint Bowyer	767
3	Tony Stewart	763
4	Kevin Harvick	755
5	Jeff Gordon	750
6	Carl Edwards	713
7	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	712
8	Jeff Burton	677
9	Kyle Busch	639
10	Greg Biffle	635
11	Jimmie Johnson	606
12	Martin Truex Jr.	557
13	David Ragan	543
14	Kasey Kahne	541
15	Ryan Newman	534
16	Regan Smith	521
17	Travis Kvapil	509
18	Juan Pablo Montoya	488
19	David Reutimann	487
20	Kurt Busch	480
21	David Gilliland	475
22	Bobby Labonte	460
23	Elliott Sadler	446
24	Matt Kenseth	445
25	Jamie McMurray	437

1. Jimmie Johnson (5,878 points) was sixth at Lowe's on Saturday to remain first in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings. In 13 starts here, Johnson has 12 top-10s, nine top-5s, four wins and an average finish of 6.0.
2. Jeff Burton (-69) won Saturday's race to move up two places in the Sprint Cup Series standings to second. Burton has 28 starts here with 14 top-10s, 10 top-5s, a win and an average finish of 14.5.
3. Greg Biffle (-86) finished seventh at Charlotte and remains third in the Sprint Cup Series standings. In 11 starts here, Biffle has one top-10 and an average finish of 23.6.
4. Carl Edwards (-168) was 33rd Saturday to fall two places in the Cup Series standings to fourth. Edwards has eight starts here with one top-10 and an average finish of 19.1.
5. Clint Bowyer (-185) finished 12th at Lowe's and remains fifth in the Cup Series standings. Bowyer has five starts here with two top-10s and an average finish of 15.0.
6. Kevin Harvick (-207) was 13th at Charlotte and maintains his hold on sixth in the Cup Series standings. Harvick has 15 starts here with four top-10s and an average finish of 18.8.
7. Tony Stewart (-228) was 11th at Lowe's and holds on to seventh in the Cup Series standings. In 19 starts here, Stewart has 11 top-10s, seven top-5s, two wins and an average finish of 11.9.
8. Jeff Gordon (-245) finished eighth Saturday to remain eighth in the Cup Series standings. Gordon has 31 starts here with 25 top-10s, 19 top-5s, seven wins and an average finish of 7.0.
9. Kyle Busch (-326) finished fourth at LMS to move up two places in the Cup Series standings to ninth. Busch has seven starts here with four top-10s, three top-5s and an average finish of 16.7.
10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (-354) was 36th at Lowe's but is still 10th in the Cup Series standings. In 17 starts here, Earnhardt has eight top-10s, seven top-5s and an average finish of 14.2.

Mark Garrow covers fantasy racing for ESPN.com.