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2011 Finish
Finish	Driver	Start	Finish	Driver	Start
1	Kevin Harvick	9	6	Matt Kenseth	24
2	Dale Earnhardt Jr	26	7	Jamie McMurray	1
3	Kyle Busch	11	8	David Ragan	14
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	27	9	Clint Bowyer	15
5	Jeff Gordon	21	10	Mark Martin	12

2011 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 Facts and Figures
AVERAGE SPEED: 74.195 m.p.h.
TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 32 minutes, 41 seconds
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.727 second
CAUTION FLAGS: 11 for 72 laps
LEAD CHANGES: 31 among 12 drivers
POLE WINNER: Jamie McMurray (96.509 m.p.h.)

Past Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed

2011 -- Kevin Harvick (9th) -- Chevrolet -- 74.195 m.p.h.

2010 -- Denny Hamlin (19th) -- Toyota -- 73.180 m.p.h.

2009 -- Jimmie Johnson (9th) -- Chevrolet -- 75.938 m.p.h.

2008 -- Denny Hamlin (2nd) -- Toyota -- 73.163 m.p.h.

2007 -- Jimmie Johnson (20th) -- Chevrolet -- 70.258 m.p.h.

2006 -- Tony Stewart (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 72.741 m.p.h.

2005 -- Jeff Gordon (16th) -- Chevrolet -- 72.099 m.p.h.

2004 -- Rusty Wallace (17th) -- Dodge -- 68.169 m.p.h.

2003 -- Jeff Gordon (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 75.557 m.p.h.

2002 -- Bobby Labonte (15th) -- Pontiac -- 73.951 m.p.h.

2001 -- Dale Jarrett (13th) -- Ford -- 70.799 m.p.h.

2000 -- Mark Martin (21st) -- Ford -- 71.161 m.p.h.

1999 -- John Andretti (21st) -- Pontiac -- 75.653 m.p.h.

1998 -- Bobby Hamilton (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 70.709 m.p.h.

1997 -- Jeff Gordon (4th) -- Chevrolet -- 70.347 m.p.h.

1996 -- Rusty Wallace (5th) -- Ford -- 81.410 m.p.h.

1995 -- Rusty Wallace (15th) -- Ford -- 72.145 m.p.h.

1994 -- Rusty Wallace (1st) -- Ford -- 76.700 m.p.h.

1993 -- Rusty Wallace (5th) -- Ford -- 79.078 m.p.h.

1992 -- Mark Martin (12th) -- Ford -- 78.086 m.p.h.

1991 -- Dale Earnhardt (10th) -- Chevrolet -- 75.139 m.p.h.

1990 -- Geoffrey Bodine (1st) -- Ford -- 77.423 m.p.h.

1989 -- Darrell Waltrip (10th) -- Chevrolet -- 79.025 m.p.h.

1988 -- Dale Earnhardt (14th) -- Chevrolet -- 74.740 m.p.h.

1987 -- Dale Earnhardt (4th) -- Chevrolet -- 72.808 m.p.h.

1986 -- Ricky Rudd (4th) -- Ford -- 76.882 m.p.h.

1985 -- Harry Gant (13th) -- Chevrolet -- 73.072 m.p.h.

1984 -- Geoff Bodine (6th) -- Chevrolet -- 73.264 m.p.h.

1983 -- Darrell Waltrip (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 66.460 m.p.h.

1982 -- Harry Gant (3rd) -- Buick -- 75.073 m.p.h.

1981 -- Morgan Shepherd (12th) -- Pontiac -- 75.019 m.p.h.

1980 -- Darrell Waltrip (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 69.049 m.p.h.

1979 -- Richard Petty (2nd) -- Chevrolet -- 76.562 m.p.h.

1978 -- Darrell Waltrip (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 77.971 m.p.h.

1977 -- Cale Yarborough (5th) -- Chevrolet -- 77.405 m.p.h.

1976 -- Darrell Waltrip (4th) -- Chevrolet -- 71.759 m.p.h.

1975 -- Richard Petty (6th) -- Dodge -- 69.282 m.p.h.

1974 -- Cale Yarborough (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 69.936 m.p.h.

1973 -- David Pearson (1st) -- Mercury -- 70.251 m.p.h.

1972 -- Richard Petty (3rd) -- Plymouth -- 72.657 m.p.h.

1971 -- Richard Petty (3rd) -- Plymouth -- 77.707 m.p.h.

1970 -- Bobby Isaac (2nd) -- Dodge -- 68.512 m.p.h.

1969 -- Richard Petty (6th) -- Ford -- 64.405 m.p.h.

1968 -- Cale Yarborough (3rd) -- Mercury -- 66.686 m.p.h.

1967 -- Richard Petty (2nd) -- Plymouth -- 67.446 m.p.h.

1966 -- Jim Paschal (1st) -- Plymouth -- 69.156 m.p.h.

1965 -- Fred Lorenzen (2nd) -- Ford -- 66.765 m.p.h.

1964 -- Fred Lorenzen (1st) -- Ford -- 70.098 m.p.h.

1963 -- Richard Petty (8th) -- Plymouth -- 64.823 m.p.h.

1962 -- Richard Petty (7th) -- Plymouth -- 66.430 m.p.h.

1961 -- Junior Johnson (17th) -- Pontiac -- 66.280 m.p.h.

1960 -- Richard Petty (4th) -- Plymouth -- 63.940 m.p.h.

1959 -- Lee Petty (24th) -- Oldsmobile -- 59.440 m.p.h.

1958 -- Bob Welborn (20th) -- Chevrolet -- 61.160 m.p.h.

1957 -- Buck Baker (14th) -- Chevrolet -- 63.025 m.p.h.

1956 -- Buck Baker (1st) -- Dodge -- 60.950 m.p.h.

NOTE: Formerly called Virginia 500 (1956-1981, 2002-03), Virginia National

Bank 500 (1983), Sovran Bank 500 (1984-1987), Pannill 500 (1988-1989),

Hanes 500 (1990-1995), Goody's 500 (1996-2000), Martinsville 500 (2001),

Virginia 500 (2002-03), Advance Auto Parts 500 (2004-05), DirecTV 500

(2006), Goody's Cool Orange 500 (2007-08).

Past Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 Pole Winners (Finish)

2011 -- Jamie McMurray -- 7th

2010 -- None -- Weather

2009 -- None -- Weather

2008 -- Jeff Gordon -- 2nd

2007 -- Denny Hamlin -- 3rd

2006 -- Jimmie Johnson -- 3rd

2005 -- Scott Riggs -- 21st

2004 -- Jeff Gordon -- 6th

2003 -- Jeff Gordon -- 1st

2002 -- Jeff Gordon -- 23rd

2001 -- Jeff Gordon -- 12th

2000 -- Rusty Wallace -- 10th

1999 -- Tony Stewart -- 20th

1998 -- Bobby Hamilton -- 1st

1997 -- Kenny Wallace -- 6th

1996 -- Ricky Craven -- 12th

1995 -- Bobby Labonte -- 10th

1994 -- Rusty Wallace -- 1st

1993 -- Geoff Bodine -- 6th

1992 -- Darrell Waltrip -- 3rd

1991 -- Mark Martin -- 29th

1990 -- Geoff Bodine -- 1st

1989 -- Geoff Bodine -- 16th

1988 -- Ricky Rudd -- 18th

1987 -- Morgan Shepherd -- 17th

1986 -- Tom Richmond -- 20th

1985 -- Darrell Waltrip -- 23rd

1984 -- Joe Ruttman -- 6th

1983 -- Ricky Rudd -- 5th

1982 -- Terry Labonte -- 20th

1981 -- Ricky Rudd -- 3rd

1980 -- Darrell Waltrip -- 1st

1979 -- Darrell Waltrip -- 3rd

1978 -- Lennie Ponds -- 18th

1977 -- Neil Bonnett -- 12th

1976 -- Dave Marcis -- 21st

1975 -- Bennie Parsons -- 6th

1974 -- Cale Yarborough -- 1st

1973 -- David Pearson -- 1st

1972 -- Bobby Allison -- 2nd

1971 -- Donnie Allison -- 15th

1970 -- LeeRoy Yarborough -- 26th

1969 -- Bobby Allison -- 3rd

1968 -- David Pearson -- 2nd

1967 -- Darel Dieringer -- 36th

1966 -- Jim Paschal -- 1st

1965 -- Junior Johnson -- 22nd

1964 -- Fred Lorenzen -- 1st

1963 -- Rex White -- 11th

1962 -- Fred Lorenzen -- 4th

1961 -- Rex White -- 2nd

1960 -- Glen Wood -- 3rd

1959 -- Bobby Johns -- 29th

1958 -- Buck Baker -- 35th

1957 -- Paul Goldsmith -- 7th

1956 -- Buck Baker -- 1st

Last Race Results
RACE: Auto Club 400 (March 25th)
SITE: Auto Club Speedway -- Fontana, California
MILES: 258 (rain-shortened)
LAPS: 129
WINNER: Tony Stewart
RUNNER-UP: Kyle Busch
THIRD: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
FOURTH: Kevin Harvick
FIFTH: Carl Edwards
POLE WINNER: Denny Hamlin (Finished 11th)
TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 36 minutes, 39 seconds
AVERAGE SPEED: 160.166 m.p.h.
MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under Caution
CAUTION FLAGS: 1 for 5 laps
LAP LEADERS: D. Hamlin 1; Kyle Busch 2-67; D. Hamlin 68; J. Gordon 69; J.
	Johnson 70; Kyle Busch 71-84; T. Stewart 85-104; J. Johnson 105;
	J. Gordon 106-107; T. Stewart 108-129.

Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 Entry List
Car	Driver, Hometown	Car/Name
1	Jamie McMurray (Joplin, MO)	Chevrolet/Belkin
2	Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hills, MI)	Dodge/Miller Lite
5	Kasey Kahne (Enumclaw, WA)	Chevrolet/Hendrickcars.com
9	Marcos Ambrose (Launceston, Australia)	Ford/DeWalt
10	David Reutimann (Zephyrhills, FL)	Chevrolet/Tommy Baldwin Racing
11	Denny Hamlin (Chesterfield, VA)	Toyota/FedEx Freight
13	Casey Mears (Bakersfield, CA)	Ford/GEICO
14	Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN)	Chevrolet/Office Depot/Mobil 1
15	Clint Bowyer (Emporia, KS)	Toyota/5-Hour Energy
16	Greg Biffle (Vancouver, WA)	Ford/3M
17	Matt Kenseth (Cambridge, WI)	Ford/Stephen Siller Tunnel
18	Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV)	Toyota/M&M's
19	Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR)	Toyota/Humphrey Smith Racing
20	Joey Logano (Middletown, CT)	Toyota/Home Depot
22	A.J. Allmendinger (Los Gatos, CA)	Dodge/ Shell/Pennzoil
23	Scott Riggs (Bahama, NC)	Chevrolet/North Texas Pipe
24	Jeff Gordon (Vallejo, CA)	Chevrolet/Drive to End Hunger
26	Josh Wise (Riverside, CA)	Ford/Morristown Driver's Service
27	Paul Menard (Eau Claire, WI)	Chevrolet/Menards/Libman
29 *	Kevin Harvick (Bakersfield, CA)	Chevrolet/Budweiser
30	David Stremme (South Bend, IN)	Toyota/Food Country USA
31	Jeff Burton (South Boston, VA)	Chevrolet/BB&T
32	Ken Schrader (Fenton, MO)	Ford/Federated Auto Parts
33	Brendan Gaughan (Las Vegas, NV)	Chevrolet/TBA
34	David Ragan (Unadilla, GA)	Ford/TBA
36	Dave Blaney (Hartford, OH)	Chevrolet/Tommy Baldwin Racing
37	Timmy Hill (Port Tobacco, MD)	Ford/poynt.com
38	David Gilliland (Riverside, CA)	Ford/Long John Silver's
39	Ryan Newman (South Bend, IN)	Chevrolet/Outback Steakhouse
42	Juan Pablo Montoya (Bogota, Colombia)	Chevrolet/Target
43	Aric Almirola (Tampa, FL)	Ford/Smithfield Helping Hungry
47	Bobby Labonte (Corpus Christi, TX)	Toyota/Bush's Beans
48	Jimmie Johnson (El Cajon, CA)	Chevrolet/Lowe's
49	J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ)	Toyota/JPO Absorbents
51	Kurt Busch (Las Vegas, NV)	Chevrolet/Phoenix Construction
55	Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC)	Toyota/Aaron's Dream Machine
56	Martin Truex Jr. (Mayetta, NJ)	Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts
74	Reed Sorenson (Peachtree City, GA)	Chevrolet/Turn One Racing
78	Regan Smith (Cato, NY)	Chevrolet/Furniture Row
83	Landon Cassill (Cedar Rapids, IA)	Toyota/Burger King/Dr. Pepper
87	Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL)	Toyota/AM FM Energy Wood Pellet
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Kannapolis, NC)	Chevrolet/Diet Mt. Dew/Nat Guard
93	Travis Kvapil (Janesville, WI)	Toyota/Burger King/Dr. Pepper
98	Michael McDowell (Glendale, AZ)	Ford/Curb Records
99	Carl Edwards (Columbia, MO)	Ford/Fastenal

* - Defending champion

Leading Contenders (Finish the last nine years)
Driver	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Kevin Harvick	7th	8th	32nd	7th	41st	12th	11th	35th	Won
Dale Earnhardt Jr	3rd	3rd	13th	4th	5th	6th	8th	15th	2nd
Kyle Busch	---	---	39th	5th	4th	38th	24th	22nd	3rd
Juan Pablo Montoya	---	---	---	---	16th	13th	12th	36th	4th
Jeff Gordon	Won	6th	Won	2nd	2nd	2nd	4th	3rd	5th
Matt Kenseth	22nd	8th	11th	24th	10th	30th	23rd	18th	6th
Jamie McMurray	39th	7th	25th	9th	9th	8th	10th	30th	7th
Clint Bowyer	---	---	---	22nd	11th	10th	5th	7th	9th
Jimmie Johnson	9th	4th	8th	3rd	Won	4th	Won	9th	11th
Denny Hamlin	---	---	---	37th	3rd	Won	2nd	Won	12th
Joey Logano	---	---	---	---	---	---	32nd	2nd	13th
A.J. Allmendinger	---	---	---	---	38th	---	9th	38th	14th
Kurt Busch	28th	11th	19th	11th	12th	33rd	18th	23rd	16th
Brian Vickers	---	13th	35th	8th	---	23rd	33rd	6th	17th
Carl Edwards	---	---	38th	16th	17th	9th	26th	8th	18th
Brad Keselowski	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	12th	19th
Ryan Newman	38th	5th	4th	18th	14th	19th	6th	4th	20th
Greg Biffle	18th	35th	29th	31st	32nd	20th	28th	10th	21st
Jeff Burton	4th	25th	16th	33rd	6th	3rd	15th	20th	24th
Marcos Ambrose	---	---	---	---	---	---	14th	11th	29th
Tony Stewart	6th	14th	26th	Won	7th	5th	3rd	26th	34th
Paul Menard	---	---	---	---	---	16th	25th	14th	38th
Kasey Kahne	---	21st	2nd	35th	25th	17th	19th	17th	39th
Martin Truex Jr	---	---	---	19th	29th	21st	29th	5th	40th

Mover of the Week

Kurt Busch - Started in the 23rd position and finished 9th

Sports Network Selections

Pick to Win - Kevin Harvick

Darkhorse - Dale Earnhardt Jr

Last Week's Pick to Win (Jimmie Johnson) - Finished 10th

Last Week's Darkhorse (Greg Biffle) - Finished 6th

NOTES:

Kevin Harvick will attempt to become the first back-to-back winner of this race since Rusty Wallace ran off four straight from 1993-96, as he defends his title this week at Martinsville Speedway.

Last season, Harvick posted his second straight Sprint Cup win, first winning at his home track in California and then preventing Dale Earnhardt Jr an opportunity to end his winless streak that dates back to June 2008 at Michigan.

Earnhardt Jr passed Kyle Busch for the lead with 21 laps remaining in the 500- lap affair at the flat, half-mile Virginia track. But Harvick took over the top position with four laps to go when Earnhardt Jr. got loose, allowing Harvick to squeak by him. He crossed the finish line 0.7 seconds ahead of Earnhardt Jr to become the first repeat winner in the series this season. The victory also snapped Denny Hamlin's streak of three consecutive wins at Martinsville, as he placed 12th.

Back in 2010, Hamlin won for the third straight time at Martinsville and fourth time in the past six races at the Virginia track, as he captured the rain- delayed race. Hamlin led a race-high 172 laps, but gave up the top position to Jeff Gordon when he opted to pit for new tires during a caution with less than 10 laps remaining. The pit strategy paid off at the end.

An accident involving Kyle Busch and Paul Menard set up a green-white- checkered finish. After the final restart, second-place runner-up Matt Kenseth dove underneath Gordon to take the lead, but Gordon shoved Kenseth up the track and into the wall. Hamlin moved past Ryan Newman and then darted ahead of Gordon and Kenseth to take the lead for good with one and a half laps remaining.

In 19 career NASCAR starts at Martinsville, Hamlin has five wins and 15 top-10 finishes. His average Sprint Cup finish is 6.462, having finished out of the top-10 just twice in 13 starts.

With 16 laps remaining in 2009, Jimmie Johnson overtook Hamlin and held on for his 41st career Sprint Cup title, defeating Hamlin by 0.774 of a second. Johnson grabbed the lead for the first time on lap 430, when he beat Hamlin off of pit road during a caution for an incident involving Jeremy Mayfield. He held the top spot until a restart on lap 456, when Hamlin passed him after the green flag waved. Hamlin held off Johnson for two more restarts, but the four- time Sprint Cup Series champion drove underneath Hamlin and moved him up the track while making the winning pass. Johnson's win total now stands at 55.

Johnson has fared well at Martinsville Speedway, winning five of the last 10e races and had posted a top-10 finish in 17 straight at the track, until last spring's 11th-place result. Overall, Johnson has six wins, three runner-up finishes, two thirds and two fourth-place finishes at the Virginia oval. His average finish in 20 trips is 5.450.

Back in 2008, Hamlin reclaimed the lead on lap 427 of the 500-lap race and took the checkered flag in front of Jeff Gordon for his then fourth career Sprint Cup title. Starting on the front row next to pole-sitter Gordon, Hamlin led on three separate occasions for 82 laps, while Gordon led for 90 laps. Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr dominated most of the race, each leading five times, Johnson for 135 laps and Earnhardt Jr for 146 laps. The two drivers finished fourth and sixth respectively. Hamlin's win over Gordon was by .398 of a second.

In 2006, Tony Stewart outraced Gordon to the finish line, clipping "Speed Racer" by just over a second for his 25th career Sprint Cup title. Gordon, who is a seven-time winner on this track, had dominated at Martinsville this past decade, posting four wins, three seconds and three thirds since 2003. Stewart reclaimed the lead on lap 474 of the 500-lap event to clip Gordon by 1.083 seconds. Stewart led the race on five separate occasions for a race-high 288 laps, while pole sitter Jimmie Johnson, who placed third, led four times for 195 laps.

Darrell Waltrip, an 11-time winner at Martinsville, is the all-time pole- winner with eight poles at the Virginia track. Richard Petty had registered 15 of his 200 career wins at this track. In fact, nine of those wins were at this race. Lee Petty holds the record for the driver that started the farthest back and won this race, when he captured the 1959 Virginia 500 from the 24th position.

The pole sitter has won at Martinsville 19 times in 126 races, the most recent in this race in 2003 when Jeff Gordon took the checkered flag. Hamlin won the fall race in 2010 from the pole. The top-10 positions have accounted for 91 wins. Opened in September 1947 by H. Clay Earles, Martinsville Speedway, originally a dirt track, is one of the oldest continuously-operating racing facilities in the United States. The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was held on Sept. 25, 1949.

Actor Gary Sinise, who stars in CSI: NY, will serve as the Grand Marshal of the race and will command the drivers to start their engines.

The Sprint Cup Series takes its first week off during the season before resuming its schedule on April 14 at Texas Motor Speedway. Matt Kenseth is the defending race winner.

03/27 14:49:52 ET

As of March 27, 2012, at 02:50 PM ET

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