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Mark Martin has four wins at Dover, but the last time he visited Victory Lane there was 2004.By the Numbers: Dover
Martin knows how to tame Monster as active wins leader
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We should nickname Mark Martin the "monster" because he is one at the Monster Mile.
Dover International Speedway, site of Sunday's Autism Speaks 400 (1:30 p.m. ET, FOX) is Martin's best track of the 22 currently on the Cup Series schedule. Martin is eighth on the all-time starts list at Dover with 45. In those 45 starts he has four wins (tied for fourth all-time and tied for first among active drivers), 21 top-fives (all-time leader), 28 top-10s (all-time leader) and four poles (tied for third all-time and tied for first among active drivers).
Martin has led 1,722 laps, has an average starting position of 11.0 and an average finish of 12.8. In the last 10 races at the one-mile oval, Martin has finished outside the top 10 twice and inside the top five six times.
While Martin has nine other current tracks where he has a better average finish, only four tracks have seen him visit Victory Lane at least three times.
INSIDE THE DATA
Mark Martin's winningest tracks in the Cup Series
MichiganIn 46 starts, Martin has four wins, 16 top-fives, 28 top-10s and an average finish of 13.1.
DoverIn 45 starts, Martin has four wins, 21 top-fives, 28 top-10s and an average finish of 12.8.
Lowe'sIn 49 starts, Martin has four wins, 17 top-fives, 22 top-10s and an average finish of 15.9.
Watkins GlenIn 19 starts, Martin has three wins, 12 top-fives, 16 top-10s and an average finish of 6.9.
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2Of the current top 12 in the Cup Series, only two of them have yet to post a victory at Dover: Kurt Busch and Denny Hamlin. Busch has just two top-fives and four top-10s in 17 starts at the Monster Mile with his last four finishes at the track 20th or worse. Hamlin has a top-five and two top-10s in six starts and in his last three races at the track he has finished 38th or worse.
NECESSITOUS NUMBERS
0There has never been a rain-shortened race at Dover and only once has there been a green-white-checkered finish (2005).
1Number of drivers entered in Sunday's race with an average finish inside the top 10 at the track: Carl Edwards (7.7).
1Jeff Gordon is the only driver to win the spring Dover race and the championship in the same season (2001).
4Ryan Newman has posted four consecutive top-fives in the '09 season. He finished third at Talladega, fourth at Richmond, fourth at Darlington and second at Charlotte. Newman has been very strong at Dover with three wins, six top-fives and eight top-10s in 14 races, but in five of the last six races there he has failed to finish in the top 10.
5Roush Fenway Racing has won five of the last 10 races at Dover (Mark Martin,'04; Greg Biffle, '05; Matt Kenseth, '06; Carl Edwards, '07; Greg Biffle, '08).
5Carl Edwards has five consecutive top-threes at Dover. In that stretch he has a win, two seconds and two thirds.
8There have been eight different winners so far in 2009. The last time there was this much parity in the Cup Series was in 2006, when eight drivers won the first 12 races. That season, a total of 13 drivers found Victory Lane.
9Nine drivers have swept both races in a season at Dover: David Pearson (1973), Bobby Allison (1983), Bill Elliott (1988), Dale Earnhardt (1989), Rusty Wallace (1994), Jeff Gordon (1996), Tony Stewart (2000), Jimmie Johnson (2002) and Ryan Newman (2003).
10.3Average starting position of the winner at Dover in the last 10 Cup races. Five of the last 10 races have been won from a starting position inside the top five while four have been won from a starting position of 15th or worse.
12The last 12 Dover spring races have produced 12 different winners.
225Number of laps Kurt Busch has led at Dover, tops among drivers entered in Sunday's race without a win. In 17 starts, Busch has five DNFs.
690Number of points Greg Biffle has earned at Dover in the last four races, tops among all drivers. In those four races, Biffle has finished first, second, third and sixth. Carl Edwards scored the second-most points (680) and Jeff Gordon has the third-most (579).
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Drivers with multiple wins at the track
| Driver | Starts | Wins | Top-fives | Top-10s |
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| Richard Petty | 46 | 7 | 16 | 26 |
| Bobby Allison | 35 | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| David Pearson | 16 | 5 | 12 | 12 |
| Ricky Rudd | 56 | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| Jeff Gordon | 32 | 4 | 14 | 20 |
| Harry Gant | 31 | 4 | 10 | 13 |
| Bill Elliott | 43 | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| Mark Martin | 45 | 4 | 21 | 28 |
| Jimmie Johnson | 14 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Rusty Wallace | 44 | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| Dale Earnhardt | 44 | 3 | 19 | 25 |
| Ryan Newman | 14 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Cale Yarborough | 20 | 3 | 11 | 12 |
| Greg Biffle | 13 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Neil Bonnett | 25 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| Benny Parsons | 30 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 53 | 2 | 14 | 21 |
| Tony Stewart | 20 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
• Bold: Active drivers
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