Martin ready for first Pocono win after close calls

Race No. 21 -- Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway (1 p.m. ET Sunday on ESPN). Green flag at 1:18 p.m. ET.

0 -- Pocono victories for Mark Martin. He has 19 top-five results and 32 top-10s, both the most all time at Pocono. He has finished second six times, a Cup record for most second-place finishes at a track without a victory, tied with Bobby Allison at Martinsville. He was 29th in June.

1 -- Previous race held at Pocono on Aug. 1. On Aug. 1, 1976, Richard Petty won in his Dodge over Buddy Baker, Benny Parsons and David Pearson, the only cars on the lead lap.

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3 -- Drivers who finished in the top 10 in both 2009 Pocono races: Jeff Gordon, Juan Montoya, Sam Hornish Jr.

5 -- Most poles won at Pocono, done by Ken Schrader and Bill Elliott.

6 -- Drivers who have completed the season sweep at Pocono, four of them active. The list: Denny Hamlin (2006), Jimmie Johnson (2004), Bobby Labonte (1999), Tim Richmond (1986), Bill Elliott (1985) and Bobby Allison (1982).

7 -- Races out of the past 10 at Pocono in which Kyle Busch has started in the top 10. Unfortunately for him, he has only two top-10 finishes in those 10 races; he was second in June after winning the pole.

8 -- Times out of the past 12 races at Pocono in which the driver leading with 25 laps to go has failed to win.

11 -- Races out of the past 16 Pocono races which have been won from a top-five start, eight from the front row.

12 -- Consecutive races at Pocono in which the race winner has been under the age of 30. Prior to that, only seven of 51 races were won by drivers under 30.

13 -- Consecutive Pennsylvania 500 races run with different pole winners.

13 -- Races out of 65 started at Pocono that have been won by the pole starter.

16 -- Worst starting position by a Pennsylvania 500 winner, by Dale Earnhardt in 1987. Carl Edwards had the worst starting position by any Pocono winner when he came from 29th to win in June 2005.

28 -- Drivers who have won at Pocono, with Bill Elliott claiming five for the most. Denny Hamlin has won four of the past 10, however.

74 -- Percent of races he's started at Pocono in which Tony Stewart has finished in the top 10 (17 of 23). In the past four, he has three finishes of third or better.

175 -- The most laps led in a Pocono race, done by Kurt Busch in July 2007.

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