Dale Earnhardt Jr. entered the sixth race of the season with a 12 point lead in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings. After the race at Martinsville Speedway it will be teammate Jimmie Johnson who is the series point leader by six over last years champion Brad Keselowski.
Earnhardt Jr. fell to third in the standings eleven behind Johnson.
Unofficial NASCAR Sprint Cup Standings after Martinsville
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | MONEY | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 231 | — | $2,235,174 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | 225 | -6 | $1,436,959 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 220 | -11 | $1,747,304 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Kyle Busch | 203 | -28 | $1,267,467 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Greg Biffle | 200 | -31 | $1,018,819 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Kasey Kahne | 199 | -32 | $1,061,308 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Carl Edwards | 193 | -38 | $1,167,504 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Clint Bowyer | 179 | -52 | $920,598 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Paul Menard | 179 | -52 | $866,033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Matt Kenseth | 172 | -59 | $1,404,345 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Joey Logano | 167 | -64 | $962,034 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Jeff Gordon | 164 | -67 | $950,863 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Jamie McMurray | 162 | -69 | $818,108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Kevin Harvick | 161 | -70 | $1,124,217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 158 | -73 | $934,863 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Aric Almirola | 149 | -82 | $930,356 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Casey Mears | 146 | -85 | $779,341 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Denny Hamlin | 145 | -86 | $890,184 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Kurt Busch | 144 | -87 | $890,794 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Marcos Ambrose | 144 | -87 | $851,363 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Mark Martin | 136 | -95 | $1,154,427 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Tony Stewart | 135 | -96 | $935,074 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Ryan Newman | 134 | -97 | $1,069,688 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | Jeff Burton | 131 | -100 | $717,458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Martin Truex Jr. | 126 | -105 | $900,239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Danica Patrick | 119 | -112 | $689,159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | J.J. Yeley | 109 | -122 | $694,108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Bobby Labonte | 105 | -126 | $736,059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Dave Blaney | 104 | -127 | $707,246 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 101 | -130 | $831,899 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | AJ Allmendinger | 92 | -139 | $357,714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | David Ragan | 88 | -143 | $712,199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | David Reutimann | 80 | -151 | $669,540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | David Gilliland | 80 | -151 | $657,574 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | David Stremme | 71 | -160 | $366,853 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Travis Kvapil | 63 | -168 | $684,025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Landon Cassill | 50 | -181 | $322,775 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Michael McDowell | 41 | -190 | $561,616 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Terry Labonte | 37 | -194 | $433,597 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Scott Speed | 35 | -196 | $508,599 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Ken Schrader | 29 | -202 | $161,627 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Michael Waltrip | 23 | -208 | $309,564 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Scott Riggs | 6 | -225 | $115,210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Timmy Hill | 5 | -226 | $75,310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
