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Roush Racing Fast Facts
•              Mark Martin has two victories at Bristol (8/98 and 9/93), both coming in the fall race.
•              Martin's seven poles at Bristol tie for the most ever.
•              Martin won four consecutive poles at Bristol in 1995-96.
•              Martin has posted 20 top-10 and 15 top-five finishes in 38 races at Bristol .
•              From '95-2000 Martin scored 10 straight top 10's at Bristol . He has not finished top 10 there since.
•              Crew chief Pat Tryson scored his first career Cup win at Bristol in 2001. His pit strategy was vital in the victory by the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford.
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•              Greg Biffle is currently 21st in the point standings, a gain of four positions from the previous week.
•              Biffle and the National Guard team are currently 296 points out of the lead but are only 77 points out of a top-10 position.
•              Biffle has completed all but one lap in six Cup Series starts at Bristol Motor Speedway.
•              This weekend the No. 16 National Guard team will again run the 2006 Subway paint scheme.  This paint scheme will run a total of 11 times this season.
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•              For the first of three times in 2006, Matt Kenseth will pilot the No. 17 USG Sheetrock Ford Fusion.  USG Sheetrock will also be the primary sponsor for the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in July and the November race at Phoenix International Raceway.
•              Kenseth led 415 of 500 laps at Bristol last fall and won from the pole, turning in one of the more dominating performances at the "World's Fastest Half Mile" in recent memory.  The 415 laps led in the event were the most in a race at Bristol since Rusty Wallace in April of 1999.
•              Kenseth's average finish of 12.2 is fifth among active drivers at Bristol .
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•              In Jamie McMurray's six Cup starts at the Bristol Motor Speedway, he has one top-five and three top-ten finishes.
•              McMurray will be running car number 66 this weekend in Bristol .  This car finished 10th last fall at the Bristol Motor Speedway.
•              This weekend at the Bristol Motor Speedway marks the first of five races for McMurray behind the wheel of the black and red No. 26 Sharpie Ford Fusion.
•              McMurray will join the FOX broadcast team in the Hollywood Hotel on Saturday for a portion of the Sharpie Mini 300 Busch Series race.
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•              Carl Edwards' last win at Bristol came in August of 2004 while racing in the Craftsman Truck Series.
•              Edwards currently sits only 144 points out of 10th place in the points standing
•              In Edwards' last 10 Nextel Cup starts, four have resulted in top five's and six have resulted in top 10's.
•              Chassis RK-320 was last run at Homestead-Miami Speedway where Edwards finished fourth in November of 2005.
•              Carl Edwards will be a guest on Speed Channel's "Trackside Live" this Friday, March 24th at
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•              Danny O'Quinn Jr. has run three races at the Bristol Motor Speedway but has had bad luck in each of those races. In two of his three starts there a blown tire would keep him from a solid finish, and in his other start, getting caught up in a 10-car wreck not of his own making ended his day early.
•              O'Quinn Jr. was born in Bristol , Tenn. , and grew up about an hour north in Coeburn , Va. , so the Bristol Motor Speedway is truly his home track.
•              Bristol is one of a few racetracks on the NASCAR Busch Series circuit that O'Quinn Jr. has raced on before, so he has more of an advantage going into this weekend's Sharpie Mini 300 than he's had in previous weeks.
•              The No. 50 Barr-Nunn team is bringing chassis RK-177 as a primary to Bristol this weekend, which is a former No. 60 Carl Edward's Busch car.
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Roush Racing at Bristol Motor Speedway
Current Roush Racing Drivers in the NEXTEL Cup Series at Bristol Motor Speedway
Driver                    Starts         Wins        Top-5's    Top-10's  Poles
Mark Martin             38           2             15           20           7
Greg Biffle                6             0             2             3             0
Matt Kenseth           12           1             5             7             1
Jamie McMurray      6             0             1             3             0
Carl Edwards           3             0             0             0             0
Totals                     65            3             23           33           8
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Current Roush Racing Drivers in the Busch Series at Bristol Motor Speedway
Driver                     Starts        Wins        Top-5's    Top-10's  Poles
Todd Kluever           0             0             0             0              0
Greg Biffle                8             0             3             4             1
Matt Kenseth           10            2              5              5              0
Danny O'Quinn Jr. Â Â 0 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0
Carl Edwards           3              0              0              1              1
Totals                    21             2             8              10            2
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All-time Nextel Cup Series Records for Roush Racing at Bristol Motor Speedway
Starts       Poles       Wins        Top-5's    Top-10's
113 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 8 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 31 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 46
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Roush Racing Current Point Standings
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
Driver                    Points        Behind     Starts       Poles       Wins        Top-5's    Top-10's
3. Matt Kenseth       612          -78           4              0              1              2              2
4 Mark Martin          600          -90           4              0              0              0              3             Â
16. Jamie McMurray422 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â -268 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1
21. Greg Biffle          394          -296         4              1              0              0              1             Â
30. Carl Edwards     327          -363         4              0              0              1              1
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NASCAR Busch Series
Driver                     Points       Behind     Starts       Poles       Wins        Top-5's    Top-10's
7. Carl Edwards       614          -158         5              1              0              2              3
10. Greg Biffle          595          -177         4              0              1              3              3
15. Todd Kluever     549          -223         5              0              0              0              1
19. Matt Kenseth     470          -302         3              1              0              2              3
22. Danny O'Quinn Jr. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 440 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â -332 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 5 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Driver                      Points      Behind     Starts       Poles       Wins        Top-5's    Top-10's
1. Mark Martin         560          -               3              1              2              3              3
8. Erik Darnell          422          -138         3              0              0              0              2
43. David Ragan     0              -560         1              0              0              0              0
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Mark Martin
Team: Â No. 6 AAA Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Pat Tryson
Chassis: Â Â Â RK-274 Â Last used to run to a 16th-place finish at Bristol last fall.
                               Also ran the car at both Martinsville races, including a third-place finish in the spring.
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Martin, NNCS at Bristol Motor Speedway :
                           Races           Wins         Top 5  Top 10     Poles       Money Won
Spring                     19                  0                 6      10          4             $905,785
Fall                         19                  2                 9      10          3              $995,311
Cumulative              38                   2                 15    20          7          $1,903,096
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Martin on racing at Bristol Motor Speedway:
" Bristol can be crazy. I've always said it is like flying a jet fighter around the inside of a basketball arena, and try that with 42 other jets doing it at the same time. It can get really intense and it takes a great deal of patience by everyone. You just have to hope that you run well and that you can stay out of all the trouble, which isn't always easy to do. Over the years Bristol has been the source of some real highs and lows for me.
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"I've had some of the most memorable races I can remember there and some pretty tough times there as well. We've had a lot of trouble staying out of the wrecks lately there. In fact our luck has been so bad there as of late that we are definitely due and hopefully we'll see that there this weekend."
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Crew Chief Pat Tryson on racing at Bristol Motor Speedway:
" Bristol has been a pretty tough place for us the last few years. We've had some good runs, but some really bad luck and we've seemed to get caught up in a lot of wrecks. We know that Mark can get the job done and I think that we'll have a good car, so if we can just stay out of all the wrecks and keep our nose clean then I think that we should be able to get a good finish and maybe even be there at the end again."
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Greg Biffle
Team: Â Â No. 16 National Guard/Subway Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Doug Richert
Chassis: Â Â RK-268 (Car the team won with at Dover and Darlington in 2005)
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Biffle, NNCS at Bristol Motor Speedway :
Totals                    Races        Wins        Top 5s     Top 10s   Poles      Money
Spring                      3              0              1              2              0              $266,650
Fall                           3              ....
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