1Career Truck Series victories for Ricky Craven, in 26 total starts. Running a full season in 2005 in Jack Roush's No. 99 Ford, Craven won his only race in October at Martinsville. He had finished second in the April race at the track that year, accounting for two of his four top-fives in the series.
2Series rank for Rich Bickle in 1997, a career best. Driving the No. 17 Chevrolet for Darrell Waltrip Motorsports, Bickle won the only three races of his career that season, all from the pole. Bickle is one of only three drivers to win Martinsville from the pole: Jack Sprague (2006) and Mike Skinner (2007). Bickle made six career series starts at Martinsville, with four top-10s, both personal highs.
3Series-high number of victories for Mike Skinner, including two in a row. No series driver has won three consecutive races at the same short track. Three have tried, including Skinner in 1997 after winning the first two races at Indianapolis (O'Reilly) Raceway Park in 1995-96. He finished 32nd in '97. Skinner also won two consecutive races at Mesa Marin Raceway, but never competed there again. Dennis Setzer is the only other driver to win two consecutive races at Martinsville (2002-03). He finished third in the fall race of '03, the first year the track had two dates.
4Laps led by Ron Hornaday Jr., in 11 starts. Hornaday has completed 2,356 laps at Martinsville, more than any other track. Hornaday has four top-fives and six top-10s. His best finish is third, which he has done three times including 1998 in the No. 16 Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt Inc., and twice for Kevin Harvick Inc., in April 2005 and October 2007.
5Female drivers to make a start at Martinsville: Erin Crocker, Tina Gordon, Deborah Renshaw, Kelly Sutton and Angie Wilson. Chrissy Wallace will attempt to make her series debut in the No. 03 Toyota of Germain Racing. Mike Wallace, who finished second at Martinsville in 2000, will serve as his daughter's spotter. If Chrissy Wallace qualifies for the race, she'll become the ninth female driver overall to make a start in the Truck Series.
6Races in which there were just two lead changes: 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, October 2006 and October 2007. In '95, Joe Ruttman led only two laps for the victory, the fewest in track history. Only one of those six races was won by the lap leader. In '97, Ernie Irvan was the only driver to keep Rich Bickle from being a start-to-finish leader. Bickle led a race-high 204 laps, second-most by a Martinsville winner.
7Career starts at Martinsville for Darrell Waltrip, who made just 17 in the Truck Series. Waltrip recorded his only top-five in the series at Martinsville, a fifth-place finish in his own No. 5 Chevrolet in 1996. Waltrip also posted a personal-best three top-10s at Martinsville, finishing seventh in both races in 2003 in the No. 17 Chevrolet he co-owned with his brother, Michael. Waltrip finished 13th in his final series race, this time in his No. 12 Toyota, at Martinsville in 2005.
8Times the same manufacturer has finished 1-2 at Martinsville, including Toyota in the past four races: David Starr-Ted Musgrave, April 2006; Jack Sprauge-Starr, October 2006; Mike Skinner-Todd Bodine, March 2007; Skinner-Sprague, October 2007. Jimmy Hensley finished first and Stacy Compton second in Dodges in 1997; Dennis Setzer and Mike Bliss (Chevrolet) finished 1-2 in 2002; Jon Wood-Carl Edwards (Ford) were 1-2 in October 2003 and Ricky Craven-Todd Kluever (Ford) finished 1-2 in October 2005.
9Top-10s for Dennis Setzer, most of any driver. Setzer has made 16 starts at Martinsville, tied with Rick Crawford for the most in the series. Setzer is tied with Jack Sprague for most top-fives with six. They all came in a span of seven races from 2000-04. Setzer finished 10th this past October in the No. 18 Dodge of Bobby Hamilton Racing-Va., one of four top-10s he posted in seven races after joining the team late last season.
10Lead-lap finishes for Terry Cook and Ted Musgrave, most of any drivers without a win at Martinsville. Cook has made 15 starts, the most of any driver without a DNF. He has two top-fives and five top-10s. Musgrave has made 12 starts, his most at any track without a victory. He has five top-fives and eight top-10s.