Martinsville man: One person who has more experience than most drivers at Martinsville won't be in the starting line-up, but will be in the pits for Bill Davis Racing. Jeff Hensley, who hung up his driver's suit and is in his third season as crew chief for Mike Skinner's No. 5 Tundra, knows Martinsville as well as anyone. Growing up in Ridgeway, Va., just six miles from Martinsville Speedway, Hensley spent considerable time at the track and is very familiar with the circuit. He competed in 10 Busch Series races at Martinsville between 1982 and 1985, recording five top-10 finishes.

Martinsville memory: "The first time I raced at Martinsville was in 1982," says Hensley. "I think it was the first year of the Busch Series. I had run a race at Caraway (N.C.) Speedway and decided to try and make the Martinsville race. There were 50 or 60 cars there and I had to run a qualifying race just to get into the 250-lap feature. I managed to finish second in the heat to make the race. Then we ran the big race, running against guys like Jack Ingram, Tommy Ellis and Tommy Houston, and we finished ninth. It was a big deal just to make the race, let alone finish in the top-10."

COT continued: The Car of Tomorrow (COT) made its debut at Bristol Motor Speedway last Sunday and will return for a second straight week at Martinsville Speedway. While Camry crew chiefs and drivers admit there are several set-up differences between the COT and the current car, they also admit that short tracks are not going to show the biggest difference with COT, it will be the one-mile and larger tracks where the differences will likely come into play.

COT comments: "For the short tracks I don't think the new car is going to make that big of a difference," says Dave Blaney. "When you come to these places like Martinsville, we always work on mechanical balance and grip, and that's not changing much with this car."

More COT comments: "They're just race cars," says Dale Jarrett, driver of the No. 44 UPS Camry. "There's a lot being said about the COT, but the only thing you need to do is find out how to make it faster."

Tundras on top: Several Tundra drivers hold onto the top spots in the NCTS championship point standings. Mike Skinner currently tops the NCTS point standings. Trailing Skinner in the standings are Todd Bodine (second), Jack Sprague (fourth) and Ted Musgrave (fifth). Aaron Fike, driver of the No. 1 Red Horse Racing Tundra, leads the Rookie-of-the-Year standings heading into Martinsville, where he will make his first career start at the track.

Skinner streaking: Mike Skinner, driver of the No. 5 Bill Davis Racing Tundra, has won the two most recent Craftsman Truck Series races at California (February 23) and Atlanta (March 16). Skinner sits atop the current point standings, 69 points in front of fellow Tundra driver and 2006 NCTS champion, Todd Bodine. Skinner made his way to victory lane at Martinsville Speedway once in his career (1996) and has never earned a pole position at the track, but did sit on the outside of the front row last fall.

Mike on Martinsville: "I love Martinsville," says Skinner. "I absolutely love it. It's a very hard track to run because you use a lot of brakes, but I think it's a very cool place to race. I've had a lot of success in Martinsville. I won back in 1996 in the truck series and won another race there in a late model. I have run pretty well there in a Cup car, as well. Our goal this week is simple, it's just like every other week; we want to come out of the race with all our fenders on the No. 5 Toyota Tundra. We're simply looking for a top-10 finish again this week. Our goal this year has been consistency and so far that seems to be working, so we will just keep going from there."

Century mark: Mike Skinner made his 100th career NCTS start at Martinsville in the 2005 fall race at the track. Skinner, the inaugural NCTS champion in 1995, has 21 career NCTS wins including 5 career wins in the No. 5 Tundra.

Jack was back: Jack Sprague made his way to victory lane last fall at Martinsville in the No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota Tundra, after starting from the pole position. The win and pole were both firsts for Sprague at the tricky half-mile short track known as 'the paperclip.' "To win at Martinsville was huge for me because I never seem to run good there," explains Sprague. "Up until last fall, I had a couple of third-place finishes, but I always struggled every time I went there. It's is a really difficult race track, but it's kind of hard to say what makes it so tough. I've always qualified pretty well at Martinsville, but I never could finish on top until last fall.

Power of the 'Paperclip': What is the key to having success at Martinsville Speedway? "I wish I could put my finger on what makes it so hard to race there," says Jack Sprague. "One of the big things is that Martinsville is a short track and there's always a risk when you have so many racers in such a tight place. The most important thing is that you have to have good luck go your way."

Todd talks Martinsville: "It will definitely be different running at Martinsville than at the speedways we've raced on the first few weeks," says Todd Bodine, driver of the No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Tundra. "I'm looking forward to racing at Martinsville. I grew up around the track, graduated high school about 45 minutes from the track (Rocky Mount, NC.), and remember watching my brothers (Geoffrey and Brett) race Modifieds at Martinsville. I also won a Cup pole (2001) at the track and have a few top-10s there."

Heading to Hollywood: Todd Bodine and Mike Skinner will participate in this year's Toyota Pro/Celebrity race on Saturday, April 14, as part of the 33rd Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Bodine and Skinner will compete against more than 10 celebrities in a field of 18, including director George Lucas, actress Aisha Tyler, and tennis player Martina Navratilova. Toyota will donate $5,000 to 'Racing for Kids' in the name of each celebrity racer and another $5,000 to the winning racer's charity of choice. 'Racing for Kids' is a non-profit program benefiting children's hospitals in Long Beach and Orange County, California.