Dave Blaney No. 22
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Martinsville Speedway
Goody’s Cool Orange 500
DAVE BLANEY’S NASCAR NEXTEL CUP PERFORMANCE AT Martinsville SPEEDWAY
Martinsville Speedway News and Notes
. Martinsville’s Machine. The No. 22 Caterpillar Toyota Dave Blaney is scheduled to drive this weekend in the Goody’s Cool Orange 500 is COT 08. This is the first time this particular will be utilized.
. Bristol Rewind. Blaney and the team earned their best starting spot of the season (seventh) last weekend during the debut of NASCAR’s Car of Tomorrow. Blaney went on to finish 23rd in the event, also a season high.
. Blaney’s Career Stats. Blaney will make his 241st career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series start when the green flag waves Sunday afternoon. He made his first career Cup Series start in October 1992 at [Rockingham] North Carolina Speedway and finished 41st after qualifying 20th for his first Cup Series start in Martinsville in 2000. Like this weekend, Blaney was aboard a Bill Davis Racing-owned machine.
. Blaney at Martinsville. Blaney has made 12 starts on the. 526-mile oval during his Cup Series career, starting as high as sixth (2006) and finishing as high as 16th (2005). He has scored four top-20 finishes in Cup Series competition at Martinsville Speedway and has qualified in the top 10 twice.
. BDR at Martinsville. Competitors driving Bill Davis Racing-owned cars have been racing at Martinsville Speedway since 1993 and have made 33 starts. Those drivers have posted two top-five finishes and three top-10 finishes and have completed 15,581 of 16,500 possible laps (94.4 percent).
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