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1	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford
2	28	Ricky Rudd	Ford
3	99	Jeff Burton	Ford
4	55	Bobby Hamilton	Chevrolet
5	40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge
6	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford
7	20	Tony Stewart	Pontiac
8	18	Bobby Labonte	Pontiac
9	26	Jimmy Spencer	Ford
10	25	Jerry Nadeau	Chevrolet
11	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr	Chevrolet
12	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet
13	2	Rusty Wallace	Ford
14	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge
15	92	Stacy Compton	Dodge
16	33	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet
17	96	Andy Houston	Ford
18	4	Kevin Lepage	Chevrolet
19	1	Steve Park	Chevrolet
20	10	Johnny Benson	Pontiac
21	21	Elliott Sadler	Ford
22	22	Ward Burton	Dodge
23	5	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet
24	15	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet
25	36	Ken Schrader	Pontiac
26	19	Casey Atwood	Dodge
27	14	Ron Hornaday	Pontiac
28	32	Ricky Craven	Ford
29	93	Dave Blaney	Dodge
30	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Ford
31	7	Mike Wallace	Ford
32	31	Mike Skinner	Chevrolet
33	97	Kurt Busch	Ford
34	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet
35	43	John Andretti	Dodge
36	11	Brett Bodine	Ford
37	27	Kenny Wallace	Pontiac
38	44	Buckshot Jones	Dodge
39	6	Mark Martin	Ford
40	77	Robert Pressley	Ford
41	50	Rick Mast	Chevrolet
42	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge
43	66	Todd Bodine	Ford

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Winston Cup Series -- The Virginia 500, Martinsville Speedway Race #8 of 36
Race Length: 263 miles Distance: 500 laps
TV: Sun. April 8th on FOX (Live) at 12:30PM ET
Pre Race Analyst: Jeff Hammond
Pit Reporters: Dick Berggren, Matt Yocum & Steve Byrnes
Analysts: Darrell Waltrip & Larry McReynolds
Race Announcer: Mike Joy
Radio: Sunday  MRN Radio (Live) at 12:30 PM ET
Defending (2000) Champion: Mark Martin 
2000 Pole Sitter: Rusty Wallace
Track Qualifying Record: Tony Stewart, Pont., 9/29/00, 95.371 mph
Track Race Record: Rusty Wallace, 4/21/96, 81.410 mph (3 hrs., 13 mins., 50 seconds)
Total Purse: $ $3,078,736
Race Preview and Fact Sheet *

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Tid Bits From The Virginia 500, Martinsville (Unofficial)
- Corporal Andrea Alexander on keyboards for the National Anthem, with 4 F18's doing a fly over.
- Happy 77th Birthday Junie Donlavey, Junie was today's the Grand Marshal
- Sunny and high 80's. 100+ with the heat index. IT IS HOT HERE!
- Dick Berggren still wears his #3 Tribute hat! (much better than those berets!)
Get your DALE #3 tribute hat here ..... http://www.musiccitymotorsports.com/cgi-bin/af/b.cgi/100311

-FOX Sports raises autism awareness
http://foxsports.com/auto/home/auto_news.cfm?cont_id=55253
April is National Autism Awareness Month. For more information on autism, PLEASE contact the Autism Society of America at 1-800-328-8476 or www.autism-society.org.
http://foxsports.com/auto/home/auto_news.cfm?cont_id=55253
(Note from Sue: I know a young subscriber who has autism, the stories of the prejudice this young man faces DAILY, from peers and even worse the parents of follow classmates is horrible. I commend FOX for bring more awareness to such a sad illness. Awareness is KEY. Love ya Josh and Mom 2! Your very Special Angels :)
Josh and Mom Cheryl can be seen here!  What great looking boy!

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Recap of The Virginia 500, Martinsville (Unofficial)
GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, GO, GO, GO!!!!

-- Lap 3 - Silence ~~ in memory of Dale Earnhardt, as all the fans held up 3 fingers.

-- Lap 11 - Todd Bodine is WAY off the pace ... lost a gear?
-- Lap 23 - Dave Blaney is off the pace and has been lapped, overheating, he pits on Lap 26, Rusty Wallace continues to lead.
-- Lap 31 - Jeremy Mayfield is in the pits, flat left front tire. He came back out 2 laps down in 41st position.

CAUTION 1 Lap #39 Andy Houston spins

RESTART Lap #47 (after 8 caution laps) Rusty Wallace continues to lead!

-- Lap 48 Ward Burton is All over Andy Houston

CAUTION 2 Lap #58 Kevin Harvick got loose and hit Brett Bodine. Kenny Wallace, Sterling Marlin, Jimmy Spencer, Steve Park and John Andretti all were involved due to checking up for Harvick.

- John Andretti seemed to think Ron Hornaday had something to do with this wreck?
- Steve Park was held for speeding in the pits.
- Dale Jarrett and Casey Atwood took on 2 tires
- Ricky Rudd has a broken brake line. He came back out 2 laps down.

RESTART Lap #63 (after 5 caution laps) Matt Kenseth leads, he did not pit. Kenny Schrader is in 2nd in his 500th WINSTON Cup start!!!!!!! Ricky Craven in 3rd!

-- Lap 69 - Ricky Craven takes the lead!
-- Lap 78 - Kurt Busch is off the pace.
-- Lap 80 - Rusty Wallace spins coming out of turn 2, lost 6 positions now in 18th. NO CAUTION
-- Lap 82 - Mark Martin is in 4th, he started 36th!
-- Lap 92 - Jeremy Mayfield looses another tire, this time right front.

CAUTION 3 Lap #95 Michael Waltrip got into Jimmy Spencer in turn 2.

RESTART Lap #100 (after 5 caution laps)

-- Lap 100 -John Andretti lost all the belts off his oil pump in that last wreck in CAUTION 2.
-- Lap 101 - Ron Hornaday takes the lead, from 43rd (last) to the front, first time he has lead since Phoenix 1994!!
-- Lap 102 - Kurt Busch goes into the garage leak right front caliper.

CAUTION 4 Lap #112 Matt Kenseth got into Michael Waltrip and Waltrip, Kyle Petty, Kevin Harvick, Buck Shot Jones and (BIG SIGH) Kenny Schrader all wreck.

- Rusty Wallace only took on 2 tires.
- Kevin Harvick is in the garage, lost radiator and much more during this incident.
- Buckshot Jones lost a lot of fluid in the pits, and they brought the field through to clean it off.

RESTART Lap #128 (after 16 caution laps) Mark Martin leads!

CAUTION 5 Lap #150 Casey Atwood spun, Atwood was checking up and got contact from Dale Jarrett

- Ricky Rudd is back on the lead lap!
- Jerry Nadeau is running very hat :(

RESTART Lap #160 (after 10 caution laps) Bobby Hamilton leads! (Bobby Hamilton has made a deal to let 2nd place Sterling Marlin lead a lap)

-- Lap 180 - Mark Martin is having motor problems :(
-- Lap 181 - Bobby Hamilton lets Sterling Marlin, who started 32nd, get around him for his lead lap(S)

CAUTION 6 Lap #202 Jerry Nadeau spins (Darn)

- Tony Stewart went in to the pits in 12th came out 23rd.

RESTART Lap #209 (after 6 caution laps) Ron Hornaday leads!

CAUTION 7 Lap #213 Bobby Labonte, Mike Skinner and Brett Bodine wreck.

Ron Hornaday had a bad pit, went 1st came out in 21st.
Many Drivers are very hot. It is 150 degrees inside the cars today.

RESTART Lap #219 (after 6 caution laps) Jeff Gordon, today's pole sitter, leads!

-- Lap 220 - Bobby Hamilton retakes the lead.
-- Lap 234 - Joe Nemechek spins and Rick Mast gets caught up and has to go to the garage due to damage.
-- Lap 250 - Bobby Hamilton leads at half way, with Jeff Gordon, Sterling Marlin, Dale Jarrett and Jeff Burton round out the top 5.
-- Lap 250 - Robert Pressley is off the pace and goes into the garage.

CAUTION 8 Lap #271 Mark Martin wrecks hard in turn 3. Mark is okay, he walked into the infield care center on his own.

- Every one on the lead lap pit except the leader Bobby Hamilton.

RESTART Lap #284 (after 13 caution laps) Bobby Hamilton holds the lead, with Jeff Burton, Sterling Marlin, Dale Jarrett and Matt Kenseth in close pursuit.

-- Lap 284 - Dale Jarrett and Sterling Marlin scrambled for position and JUST missed having a big wreck.

CAUTION 9 Lap #288 Ricky Rudd and Rusty Wallace get together leaving a lot of Debris in turn one, Kenny Schrader ran over it as the yellow flag came out.

- Elliott Sadler and Jerry Nadeau get their laps back to get back on the lead lap.

RESTART Lap #297 (after 9 caution laps) Bobby Hamilton holds the lead,

-- Lap 301 Joe Nemechek had a stuck throttle
-- Lap 306 Kenny Schrader is off the pace after cutting down a tire (DW called his car a bag of CRUNCHY M&M'S) :(
-- Lap 316 Jeff Burton takes the lead. First laps lead this season!
-- Lap 351 Joe Nemechek might be removed from his car and Robert Pressley will take over, the heat has gotten to Joe.

CAUTION 10 Lap #365 DEBRIS (and Ice break for the drivers!)

- Robert Pressley gets into Joe Nemechek's car.
- Mike Wallace had to be pushed to the pit.

RESTART Lap #375 (After 10 caution laps) Jeff Burton leads Ricky Rudd is in 2nd, both Virginia Natives, 20 cars still on the lead lap.

CAUTION 11 Lap #412 Mike Wallace spins in turn 3.

- Dale Jarrett and Jerry Nadeau pit.
- Jeremy Mayfield is in the pits, he lost his brakes.

RESTART Lap #419 (after 6 caution laps)

-- Lap 419 Rusty Wallace lost his patience and control and got loose twice, once making contact with Sterling Marlin. This helps Jeff Burton get a bigger lead.
-- Lap 437 Johnny Benson, trying to get his lap back, got into the leader Jeff Burton. Ricky Rudd tried to take the lead and they were 3 wide down the back stretch!
-- Lap 445 Ricky Rudd takes the lead!

CAUTION 12 Lap #453 Ricky Craven comes to rest along the wall in turn 2.

- Jeff Burton, Rusty Wallace , Tony Stewart and a few others pit.

RESTART Lap #458 (after 5 caution laps) Ricky Rudd leads! Remember his last win, it was Here at Martinsville, Oct. 99 and it was HOT!!!!!!

-- Lap 475 - Teammates Ricky Rudd and Dale Jarrett are 1st and 2nd respectively
-- Lap 491 - Dale Jarrett is racing hard for the lead!
-- Lap 492 - Dale Jarrett takes the lead.
-- Lap 493 - Ron Hornaday hits the wall

Yates gets a 1 - 2 win ....
Current points leader Dale Jarrett MASTERS Martinsville AGAIN! (golf pun intended :) 3rd win this season, 2nd in a row,

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VERY UNOFFICIAL Stats From The Virginia 500, Martinsville (Unofficial) (VERY, VERY Unofficial) (this is just a guide ONLY)

Leaders: 10
# of Cautions: 12
Laps Under Caution: 98
Lead Changes: 14
Laps Completed: 500
Margin of Victory: .970
Time of Race:4:42:55