Nextel Cup today

BY THE NUMBERS

809 - Career starts by Kyle Petty, fifth all-time, when today's race begins.

15 - Juan Pablo Montoya's lead over David Ragan in rookie-of-the-year points.

7 - Martinsville victories by Jeff Gordon, the most among active drivers.

GREEN FLAG

1:30 p.m.

TV - WTVD, WCTI (1 p.m.)

RADIO - WQDR-94.7

RACE - No. 32 of 36

DISTANCE - 263 miles (500 laps)

POLE-SITTER - Jeff Gordon

QUALIFYING RECORD - Tony Stewart, 98.083 mph, Oct. 21, 2005

FORECAST - Sunny, high of 84 degrees

2006 WINNER - Jimmie Johnson

RACE RECORD - Jeff Gordon, 82.223 mph, Sept. 22, 1996

TODAY'S LINEUP

With car number in parentheses, driver, make of car and qualifying speed in mph

1. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 94.974

2. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 94.737

3. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 94.685

4. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 94.619

5. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 94.585

6. (5) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 94.562

7. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 94.557

8. (18) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 94.496

9. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 94.444

10. (96) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 94.369

11. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 94.359

12. (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 94.340

13. (70) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 94.284

14. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 94.223

15. (49) John Andretti, Dodge, 94.204

16. (43) Bobby Labonte, Dodge, 94.148

17. (22) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 94.115

18. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 94.087

19. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 94.083

20. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 94.069

21. (07) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 94.031

22. (25) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 93.975

23. (88) Ricky Rudd, Ford, 93.975

24. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 93.882

25. (84) A.J. Allmendinger, Toyota, 93.859

26. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dodge, 93.826

27. (01) Aric Almirola, Chevrolet, 93.817

28. (41) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 93.817

29. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 93.817

30. (11) Denny Hamlin, Chevrolet, 93.812

31. (66) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 93.719

32. (10) Scott Riggs, Dodge, 93.715

33. (44) Dale Jarrett, Toyota, 93.627

34. (20) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 93.553

35. (15) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 93.451

36. (4) Ward Burton, Chevrolet, 93.414

37. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 93.354

38. (40) David Stremme, Dodge, 92.988

39. (7) Robby Gordon, Ford, 92.869

40. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 92.801

41. (6) David Ragan, Ford, owner points

42. (45) Kyle Petty, Dodge, owner points

43. (21) Bill Elliott, Ford, past champion

Failed to qualify

44. (06) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 93.065

45. (78) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 92.933

46. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 92.601

47. (36) Jeremy Mayfield, Toyota, 91.744

48. (37) Kevin Lepage, Dodge, 91.152

Blaney making headway for Toyota

It has been a difficult first season for Toyota in NASCAR's top series, but Dave Blaney has shown the rest of the Camry teams that success is possible. Blaney drove the top-qualifying Toyota for today's Subway 500 at Martinsville Speedway, and his No. 17 starting spot comes during the high point of his Nextel Cup season. Two weeks ago at Talladega Superspeedway, he finished third, the best finish for Toyota this season. Last week, he was sixth at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, his fourth top-10 run of the season. That finish left him 32nd in points, well inside the critical top 35. "We've had a lot of good runs this year and, some of them, we just didn't get a good finish out of," Blaney said Saturday. "But when you have a good run and don't get a good finish, the team can learn from it, build from it, so it's not a total loss. You like to finish it off and get the points and get the finish."