Mark Martin Race Preview
Posted on April 24th, 2012 by Fantasy NASCAR Cheat Sheet
Richmond 400 at Richmond International Raceway
Mark Martin is driving the #55 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota in the Richmond 400 at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday Apr 28, 2012. Martin enters the race ranked 24th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points standings with 181 points for the 2012 season. He is 4 points behind AJ Allmendinger for 23rd. Mark lost 4 positions in the standings after the last race.
Mark is coming off a passable 33rd place finish in the STP 400 at Kansas Speedway.
Fantasy NASCAR Driver Points to Expect from Mark Martin
For your fantasy NASCAR team you can expect around 30 driver points to be earned by Mark Martin this race at Richmond as that is his average points earned (under the new 2011 NASCAR points system) over the last five races here.
Mark Martin Career at Richmond International Raceway
Mark Martin has raced at Richmond International Raceway 52 times in his career. Martin has led a total of 420 laps at Richmond in his career. That total coming from 18 races.
Mark Martin's best start at Richmond International Raceway is 1st and his best finish here is 1st
Martin has a career average start position of 10th and a career average finish position of 12th at Richmond. His career race result numbers at Richmond are:
| Poles | Wins | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-15 | Top-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 (8%) | 1 (2%) | 17 (33%) | 28 (54%) | 37 (71%) | 41 (79%) |
Mark Martin on Short Track's
Richmond International Raceway is a 0.75-mile d-shaped oval and considered a short track by NASCAR.
Martin has started 255 short track races in the NASCAR Cup Series over his career. Here is the breakdown on his short track races.
| Poles | Wins | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-15 | Top-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 (9%) | 13 (5%) | 88 (35%) | 138 (54%) | 173 (68%) | 197 (77%) |
His best start on a short track is 1st and his best finish is 1st.
Mark Martin NASCAR Loop Data Last Five Races at Richmond
Mark has a respectable average loop data driver rating over the last five races at Richmond International Raceway of 87.76. His highest Loop Data Driver Rating during this time is 120.20 and his lowest is 57.90
During the last five Richmond International Raceway races Martin has an average Average Running Position of 13.2. He has spent 53.0% of the races running in the top-15.
Mark Martin Traditional Statistics Last Five Races at Richmond
Martin has an average start position of 8.6 over the last five races at Richmond International Raceway. His average finish position is 14.6.
| Poles | Wins | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-15 | Top-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (20%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (20%) | 2 (40%) | 3 (60%) | 4 (80%) |
More Drivers This Race
- AJ Allmendinger
- Aric Almirola
- Bobby Labonte
- Brad Keselowski
- Carl Edwards
- Casey Mears
- Clint Bowyer
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Dave Blaney
- David Gilliland
- David Ragan
- David Reutimann
- David Stremme
- Denny Hamlin
- Greg Biffle
- J.J. Yeley
- Jamie McMurray
- Jeff Burton
- Jeff Gordon
- Jimmie Johnson
- Joe Nemechek
- Joey Logano
- Juan Montoya
- Kasey Kahne
- Kevin Harvick
- Kurt Busch
- Kyle Busch
- Marcos Ambrose
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Matt Kenseth
- Michael McDowell
- Mike Bliss
- Paul Menard
- Reed Sorenson
- Regan Smith
- Ryan Newman
- Scott Riggs
- Scott Speed
- Stephen Leicht
- Tony Stewart
- Travis Kvapil
- Landon Cassill
- Stacy Compton
- Josh Wise
