Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup: Race 6, Martinsville Speedway

THE RACE: Tums Fast Relief 500

WHEN: Sunday, October 25

TV: ABC (1 p.m. ET)

THE CHASE STANDINGS: Jimmie Johnson 5,923; Mark Martin 5,833; Jeff Gordon 5,788; Tony Stewart 5,768; Kurt Busch 5,746; Juan Pablo Montoya 5,728; Greg Biffle 5,655; Ryan Newman 5,635; Kasey Kahne 5,592; Carl Edwards 5,582; Denny Hamlin 5,551; Brian Vickers 5,438.

DEFENDING NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES CHAMPION: Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet)

DEFENDING NASCAR Banking 500 Only from Bank of America RACE CHAMPION: Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet)

CHASE FACTS:
•The Chase consists of the season’s last 10 races.
•The top 12 drivers in the series standings after the season’s 26th race (Richmond on Sept. 12) qualified for the Chase.
•All Chase drivers had their point totals reset to 5,000. They then received 10 bonus points for each race victory prior to the Chase, creating seedings. The top seed at the outset of the Chase was Mark Martin, who has retained the point lead after the first two Chase races.

THE CHASE SCHEDULE (track sizes in parentheses)
Sept. 20—New Hampshire (1.058 miles); Sept. 27—Dover (1 mile); Oct. 4—Kansas (1.5 miles); Oct. 11—Auto Club Speedway (2 miles); Oct. 17—Lowe’s Motor Speedway (1.5 miles); Oct. 25—Martinsville (.526 mile); Nov. 1—Talladega (2.66 miles); Nov. 8—Texas (1.5 miles); Nov. 15—Phoenix (1 mile); Nov. 22—Homestead (1.5 miles).