Save these stats: Facts to know heading to Martinsville

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads to the first short track of the season in Martinsville, with plenty of story lines and stats worth watching. Scroll through to read some data and trends for drivers such as Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson and more.


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Kyle Busch, having notched 200 NASCAR national series victories, enters Martinsville Speedway having won consecutive Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races and going for three. He's won three consecutive races two times in his career -- 2015 (Kentucky-New Hampshire-Indianapolis) and again last year (Texas-Bristol-Richmond).

Joe Gibbs Racing has placed at least three cars in the top 10 for all five races this season. That's tied for the second-longest streak in NASCAR history (Hugh Babb Racing, 1957, and Roush Fenway Racing, 2005). JGR also boasts the longest such streak in NASCAR history at seven, set in 2015.

Back to Kyle Busch. He has seven consecutive top-five finishes at Martinsville, the longest active streak at the .526-mile track. A top-five finish Sunday would tie him with Rusty Wallace, Richard Petty and Lee Petty for all-time consecutive top fives at the track. The longest such streak is Jeff Gordon with 11.

Joe Gibbs Racing drivers have dominated short tracks in the past 10 years. In 60 such races, JGR has 27 victories. Next on that list is Hendrick Motorsports with 10 ...

... but, current Joe Gibbs Racing drivers have been passed for the win in the last five Martinsville races, including this memorable moment last fall.

Thanks to the efforts of drivers such as Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports has 24 wins at Martinsville Speedway. That's the most by one team at a single track in NASCAR history, above the 21 Junior Johnson and Associates has at Bristol.

Martinsville is statistically the worst track for Kyle Larson, at least when measured by average finish -- which is 24.2 for the Chip Ganassi Racing driver.

In five races this season Kurt Busch has been the top-finishing Chevrolet driver in three of them -- Atlanta, Las Vegas and Auto Club. His third-place finish in Atlanta is the top showing by the bowties this year.

At the last six Martinsville races in which weather didn't force the cancelation of qualifying, Joey Logano has won the Busch Pole Award in four of them.