Mark Martin (No. 5 Kellogg’s/CARQUEST Chevrolet)
• Eight top fives, 13 top 10s; two poles
• Average finish of 11.0
• Average Running Position of 12.6, ninth-best
• Driver Rating of 92.1, 10th-best
• Average Green Flag Speed of 123.786 mph, ninth-fastest
Tony Stewart (No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet)
• Two wins, 10 top fives, 12 top 10s; one pole
• Average finish of 12.6
• Average Running Position of 9.9, third-best
• Series-best Driver Rating of 115.6
• Series-high 235 Fastest Laps Run
• Series-best Average Green Flag Speed of 124.308 mph
• 1,883 Laps in the Top 15 (78.7%), fourth-most
• 229 Quality Passes, fourth-most
Martin Truex Jr. (No. 1 GE Reveal Chevrolet)
• Three top fives, four top 10s
• Average finish of 9.8
• Average Running Position of 12.6, eighth-best
• Driver Rating of 93.6, eighth-best
• Average Green Flag Speed of 123.764 mph, 10th-fastest
• 164 Quality Passes, 13th-most
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At New Hampshire Motor Speedway:
History
• Groundbreaking for New Hampshire International Speedway, as New Hampshire Motor Speedway was originally named, was Aug. 13, 1989.
• The official opening was June 5, 1990 with the first race being a NASCAR Nationwide Series race on July 15, 1990.
• The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was held on July 11, 1993.
• The first NASCAR Camping World Truck series race was on Sept. 9, 1996.
• The track was renamed New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2008.
Notebook
• There have been 28 NASCAR Sprint Cup races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway; one per year from 1993 through 1996 and two per year since.
• Four drivers have competed in all 27 races: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte and Joe Nemechek.
• Mark Martin won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole.
• Rusty Wallace won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
• There have been 15 different pole winners, led by Ryan Newman (four). Qualifying has been canceled four times.
• 18 different drivers have posted victories, led by Jeff Burton (four).
• Jimmie Johnson (2003) and Kurt Busch (2004) are the only drivers that have posted season sweeps. Those are also the only back-to-back winners.
• Roush Fenway Racing has won seven races, more than any other organization.
• 15 of 28 races have been won from the top-10 starting positions, including four from the pole.
• The deepest in the field that a New Hampshire race winner started was 38th, by Jeff Burton in 1999.
• There has been one postponed/rescheduled race at New Hampshire. The 2001 fall race was run as the season finale in November, after being rescheduled following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
• There have been eight different pole winners in the past nine New Hampshire races (qualifying was canceled once in the nine-race period).
• There have been seven different race winners in the past seven New Hampshire races.
• There have been three shortened races at New Hampshire: July 2002 (273 laps), September 2002 (207) and June 2008 (284).
• Jeff Burton led all 300 laps raced in the 2000 fall race.
• Clint Bowyer led 222 laps and scored a perfect Driver Rating of 150.0 in the 2007 fall New Hampshire race.
NASCAR in New Hampshire
• There have been 28 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in New Hampshire, all at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
• 13 drivers in NASCAR’s three national series (all-time) have their home state recorded as New Hampshire.
• There has been one race winner from New Hampshire in NASCAR’s three national series: Jamie Aube. Aube, from Manchester, won a NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Oxford Plains Speedway in 1987.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Data
Race #: 17 of 36 (6-28-09)
Track Size: 1.058 miles
Race Length: 317.4 miles (300 laps)
Banking/Corners: Variable at 2 & 7 degrees
Banking/Straights: 1 degree
Driver Rating at New Hampshire
Tony Stewart 115.6 Jeff Gordon 106.7 Denny Hamlin 103.6 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 103.1 Jimmie Johnson 102.8 Kevin Harvick 102.2 Jeff Burton 96.4 Martin Truex Jr. 93.6 Ryan Newman 92.7 Mark Martin 92.1
Note: Driver Rating compiled from 2005-2008 races (8 total) at New Hampshire.
Qualifying/Race Data
2008 pole winner: Patrick Carpentier (129.776 mph, 29.349 seconds)
2008 race winner: Kurt Busch, 106.719 mph, 6-29-08)
Track qualifying record: Ryan Newman (133.357 mph, 28.561 secs., 9-12-03)
Track race record: Jeff Burton (117.134 mph, 7-13-97)
Estimated Pit Window: 70-78 laps, based on fuel mileage
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