Wallace long on numbers at short tracks such as RIR

3Wins, more than any other track at which he has raced. Wallace has nine career wins in the series. He's also won twice at Martinsville, Virginia's other short track. They represent his only multiple wins at one track.

12.6Average finish, second among current tracks to both Bristol and Martinsville (11.6).

262Laps led, second only to Nashville (288).

0Wins last year by Chevrolet. The manufacturer had won 13 of the previous 16 races including 10 of 11 before a Toyota (Denny Hamlin) and Ford (Carl Edwards) won in 2008.

3Times the average speed reached 100 mph: March 1993 (103.766, won by Mark Martin); Sept. 1995 (104.928, won by Dale Jarrett); Sept. 1996 (100.987, won by Kenny Wallace)

11Top-fives for Matt Kenseth, second-most in track history. Kenseth has 14 top-10s in 17 starts, but has never won at RIR. His 6.4 average finish is the best of any active driver. He finished 12th in this race last year, ending a run of five consecutive top-fives.

24Career starts for Mark Martin, all in a Ford. Martin is the all-time series leader at RIR in wins (five), top-fives (14) and top-10s (19). He will make his season debut this week and for the first time will not drive a Ford; his first start at RIR since 2005 will be in Hendrick Motorsports' No. 5 Chevrolet.

1,777Number of Laps in the Top 15 in the past eight races for Carl Edwards, in excess of 100 more than the next driver: Clint Bowyer (1,664). Edwards has an Average Running Position of 7.8 during that span, best of any driver with as many starts.

4Career wins for Jeff Purvis, the first coming in March 1996 in the No. 4 Chevrolet of James Finch, also the owner's first. Purvis started on the pole and led 38 laps. Purvis won two races for Finch in '96, then won single races for Richard Childress in 2001 and Clarence Brewer in '02. Purvis suffered severe head trauma in an accident six races after his last win. He made his last series start in 2004, in the No. 1 Dodge of Finch. In Aug. 2006, Purvis suffered a fractured neck and back in a car accident while driving to a race at Talladega.