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STP 500

Track Information
Track Name:	Martinsville Speedway
Location:	Martinsville, Va.
Track Type:	FLAT SHORT TRACK
Track Length:	0.526 miles
Track Layout:	OVAL
Banking:	12 Degrees
Seating Capacity:	77500
Home Page:	http://www.martinsville.com
Track Weather Info:	Martinsville Speedway - Weather

Race Information
Race Name:	STP 500
Date, Time:	3/24/2019, 2:00 PM EST
Race Number:	#6 of 36 races in the 2019 season
Track Name:	Martinsville Speedway
Race Distance:	263 miles, 500 laps

Past Race Averages
Average race finish time:	0:3:00
Average Speed:	73.9 MPH
Average # of cautions:	9 - 66 laps
Average # of lead changes:	14
Average # of drivers leading:	6

STP 500 - Recent Top Finishers
Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
2018	Clint Bowyer	Kyle Busch	Ryan Blaney	Martin Truex	Kevin Harvick
2017	Brad Keselowski	Kyle Busch	Chase Elliott	Joey Logano	Austin Dillon
2016	Kyle Busch	AJ Allmendinger	Kyle Larson	Austin Dillon	Brad Keselowski
2015	Denny Hamlin	Brad Keselowski	Joey Logano	Matt Kenseth	David Ragan
2014	Kurt Busch	Jimmie Johnson	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Joey Logano	Marcos Ambrose
2013	Jimmie Johnson	Clint Bowyer	Jeff Gordon	Kasey Kahne	Kyle Busch
2012	Ryan Newman	AJ Allmendinger	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Matt Kenseth	Martin Truex
2011	Kevin Harvick	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Kyle Busch	Juan Montoya	Jeff Gordon
2010	Denny Hamlin	Joey Logano	Jeff Gordon	Ryan Newman	Martin Truex
2009	Jimmie Johnson	Denny Hamlin	Tony Stewart	Jeff Gordon	Clint Bowyer

The current season leaders in various stat categories are listed below.

Total Points

Kyle Busch - 237

Joey Logano - 212

Kevin Harvick - 203

Denny Hamlin - 198

Brad Keselowski - 176

Aric Almirola - 166

Kyle Larson - 163

Martin Truex - 163

Kurt Busch - 154

Ryan Blaney - 150

Average finish

Kyle Busch - 2.6

Denny Hamlin - 6.8

Brad Keselowski - 7.4

Joey Logano - 8

Kurt Busch - 9.2

Kevin Harvick - 9.4

Kyle Larson - 9.8

Martin Truex - 11

Aric Almirola - 12

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - 12.8

Races won

Kyle Busch - 2

Denny Hamlin - 1

Brad Keselowski - 1

Joey Logano - 1

Top 5 finishes

Kyle Busch - 4

Kevin Harvick - 3

Brad Keselowski - 3

Joey Logano - 3

Martin Truex - 2

Denny Hamlin - 2

Ryan Blaney - 2

Kurt Busch - 2

Aric Almirola - 1

Clint Bowyer - 1

Top 10 finishes

Kyle Busch - 5

Aric Almirola - 4

Denny Hamlin - 4

Kevin Harvick - 4

Joey Logano - 4

Kurt Busch - 4

Martin Truex - 4

Brad Keselowski - 3

Kyle Larson - 2

Jimmie Johnson - 2

Listed below is the projected starting order according to the StatFox race simulator. The simulator factors in recent qualifying performance, past qualifying results at this track and track type, and overall driver strength when projecting the qualifying order. Note: Once the official qualifying results are known, this section will be changed to reflect the official qualifying order. The simulator's projected finish order will also be updated.

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Projected Qualifying Order
Row	Position	Driver	Position	Driver
1	1	Denny Hamlin	2	Kyle Busch
2	3	Ryan Blaney	4	Martin Truex
3	5	Joey Logano	6	Kyle Larson
4	7	Kurt Busch	8	Kevin Harvick
5	9	Erik Jones	10	Chase Elliott
6	11	Bowman Alex	12	Brad Keselowski
7	13	Aric Almirola	14	William Byron
8	15	Daniel Hemric	16	Brendan Gaughan
9	17	Clint Bowyer	18	Jamie McMurray
10	19	Jimmie Johnson	20	Ryan Newman
11	21	Paul Menard	22	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
12	23	Daniel Suarez	24	Parker Kligerman
13	25	Austin Dillon	26	David Ragan
14	27	Casey Mears	28	Chris Buescher
15	29	Michael McDowell	30	Ryan Preece
16	31	Bubba Wallace	32	Ryan Truex
17	33	Ross Chastain	34	Corey Lajoie
18	35	Matt Tifft	36	Cole Custer
19	37	Quin Houff	38	Landon Cassill
20	39	Jeffrey Earnhardt	40	Ty Dillon
21	41	Tyler Reddick	42	Matt DiBenedetto
22	43	Regan Smith

Listed below is the projected finish order according to the StatFox race simulator. The simulator factors in recent performance, qualifying position, past results at this track and track type, and overall driver strength when simulating the race. The race simulation is run 1000 times. For each driver, the table displays the number of race simulations they won, number of top 5 finishes, number of top 10 finishes, and number of times the driver failed to finish the race. In addition, the table displays the average finishing position for each driver and the projected odds of the driver winning the race.

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Simulator - Projected Order Of Finish
Order	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Qual.	Finish	Wins	Odds	Top 5	Top 10	Trouble
1	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Interstate Batteries	2 *	6.5	191	5.2 to 1	695	908	73
2	Joey Logano	Ford	AAA Southern California	5 *	7.7	111	9 to 1	614	878	89
3	Martin Truex	Toyota	Bass Pro Shops	4 *	9	120	8.3 to 1	521	841	118
4	Aric Almirola	Ford	Farmer John	13 *	9.1	76	13.2 to 1	443	818	95
5	Kevin Harvick	Ford	Jimmy John's	8 *	9.4	108	9.3 to 1	471	820	112
6	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Express	1 *	10.1	49	20.4 to 1	303	696	81
7	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	Credit One Bank	6 *	10.3	75	13.3 to 1	412	775	131
8	Brad Keselowski	Ford	Wurth	12 *	10.8	94	10.6 to 1	442	771	153
9	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	Monster Energy	7 *	11.9	42	23.8 to 1	240	634	123
10	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	NAPA AUTO PARTS	10 *	13.6	21	47.6 to 1	166	467	128
11	Ryan Blaney	Ford	PPG	3 *	14.9	26	38.5 to 1	142	443	162
12	Ryan Newman	Ford	Performance Plus Motor Oi	20 *	16.8	6	166.7 to 1	38	170	89
13	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Ally	19 *	17.5	10	100 to 1	55	183	110
14	Clint Bowyer	Ford	Rush Truck Centers/Haas A	17 *	17.6	8	125 to 1	62	211	131
15	Erik Jones	Toyota	Craftsman	9 *	18.4	9	111.1 to 1	64	184	155
16	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	Fastenal	22 *	18.4	11	90.9 to 1	51	159	145
17	Bowman Alex	Chevrolet	Nationwide Pet Insurance	11 *	19.1	5	200 to 1	38	132	117
18	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	Liberty National	15 *	20.9	5	200 to 1	51	147	239
19	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	Dow Coatings	25 *	21	6	166.7 to 1	20	91	138
20	William Byron	Chevrolet	Axalta	14 *	21.5	4	250 to 1	29	117	224
21	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	McDonald's/Cessna/Bass Pr	18 *	22.2	2	500 to 1	12	66	127
22	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	Kroger Flavor Fill Up	28 *	23	4	250 to 1	12	56	130
23	Daniel Suarez	Ford	Haas Automation	23 *	23.8	2	500 to 1	11	54	129
24	Paul Menard	Ford	Menards/MOEN	21 *	24	1	1000 to 1	19	43	152
25	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	GEICO	40 *	24.2	2	500 to 1	15	51	122
26	David Ragan	Ford	MDS Trucking	26 *	25	2	500 to 1	9	32	92
27	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	Kroger Flavor Fill Up	30 *	26.5	2	500 to 1	5	36	294
28	Brendan Gaughan	Chevrolet	Beard Oil Distributing/So	16 *	26.6	1	1000 to 1	7	34	209
29	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet		41 *	26.7	0	0 chance	7	33	206
30	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	27 *	26.9	1	1000 to 1	10	31	182
31	Michael McDowell	Ford	Loves's Travel Stops	29 *	28.4	2	500 to 1	6	19	146
32	Matt Tifft	Ford	Surface Sunscreen/Tunity	35 *	29.4	2	500 to 1	5	21	265
33	Parker Kligerman	Toyota	Gaunt Brothers Racing	24 *	29.5	2	500 to 1	6	15	76
34	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	FitStrong	33 *	30.5	0	0 chance	3	11	213
35	Matt DiBenedetto	Toyota	Procore	42 *	30.7	0	0 chance	3	7	201
36	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Dumont JETS	43 *	31.1	0	0 chance	2	9	213
37	Bubba Wallace	Chevrolet	PlanBSales.com	31 *	31.3	0	0 chance	2	6	194
38	Corey Lajoie	Ford	Hartford Gold Group	34 *	32.1	0	0 chance	4	7	302
39	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Toyota	Lordco Auto Parts	39 *	33.6	0	0 chance	3	11	442
40	Quin Houff	Chevrolet	Rim Ryderz	37 *	33.9	0	0 chance	0	5	463
41	Cole Custer	Ford	Haas Automation	36 *	34	0	0 chance	1	2	471
42	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	Manscaped	38 *	34.1	0	0 chance	0	3	276
43	Ryan Truex	Chevrolet	Accell Construction Inc.	32 *	34.2	0	0 chance	1	3	482

The top past performance trends relevant to this race are listed below. The results are sorted by average finish. To view a complete list of driver trends for the current race, browse to each driver's respective page.

Top performers over the last two seasons at track type= FLAT SHORT TRACK.

1.) Kyle Busch's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 1.8. In 8 races, he has 4 wins and 8 top 10 finishes.

2.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 4.8. In 8 races, he has 2 wins and 8 top 10 finishes.

3.) Martin Truex's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 6.1. In 8 races, he has 0 wins and 6 top 10 finishes.

4.) Aric Almirola's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 8.1. In 8 races, he has 0 wins and 5 top 10 finishes.

5.) Chase Elliott's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 8.4. In 8 races, he has 0 wins and 6 top 10 finishes.

6.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 8.5. In 8 races, he has 0 wins and 4 top 10 finishes.

7.) Jimmie Johnson's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 11.0. In 8 races, he has 0 wins and 4 top 10 finishes.

8.) Brad Keselowski's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 12.5. In 8 races, he has 0 wins and 5 top 10 finishes.

9.) Joey Logano's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 12.5. In 8 races, he has 1 win and 5 top 10 finishes.

10.) Kurt Busch's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 12.9. In 8 races, he has 0 wins and 4 top 10 finishes.

Best career performers at Martinsville Speedway

1.) Jimmie Johnson's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 8.2. In 33 races, he has 9 wins and 23 top 10 finishes.

2.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 10.0. In 25 races, he has 5 wins and 18 top 10 finishes.

3.) Brad Keselowski's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 11.5. In 17 races, he has 1 win and 12 top 10 finishes.

4.) Kyle Busch's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 11.8. In 26 races, he has 2 wins and 16 top 10 finishes.

5.) Joey Logano's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 12.9. In 19 races, he has 1 win and 9 top 10 finishes.

6.) Clint Bowyer's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 13.6. In 25 races, he has 1 win and 15 top 10 finishes.

7.) Ryan Newman's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 14.8. In 33 races, he has 1 win and 15 top 10 finishes.

8.) Ryan Blaney's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 15.7. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

9.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 15.7. In 34 races, he has 1 win and 16 top 10 finishes.

10.) Chase Elliott's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 16.6. In 7 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 3 races.

1.) Kyle Busch's average finish over the past 3 races is 1.7. In 3 races, he has 2 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

2.) Joey Logano's average finish over the past 3 races is 4.3. In 3 races, he has 1 win and 3 top 10 finishes.

3.) Kevin Harvick's average finish over the past 3 races is 5.7. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

4.) Kurt Busch's average finish over the past 3 races is 6.0. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

5.) Martin Truex's average finish over the past 3 races is 6.0. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 10 races.

1.) Kyle Busch's average finish over the past 10 races is 4.1. In 10 races, he has 3 wins and 9 top 10 finishes.

2.) Brad Keselowski's average finish over the past 10 races is 6.7. In 10 races, he has 1 win and 7 top 10 finishes.

3.) Kevin Harvick's average finish over the past 10 races is 7.8. In 10 races, he has 1 win and 8 top 10 finishes.

4.) Martin Truex's average finish over the past 10 races is 8.8. In 10 races, he has 0 wins and 8 top 10 finishes.

5.) Joey Logano's average finish over the past 10 races is 9.0. In 10 races, he has 3 wins and 8 top 10 finishes.