Only track to host a NASCAR Cup Series race every season<\/p>\n\n\n\n
59 Different winners in 152 NASCAR Cup Series Martinsville races<\/p>\n\n\n\n
27 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Martinsville races<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Driver starting first failed to win last 23 Martinsville races \u2013 Last to win from pole: Jimmie Johnson 4\/13<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Driver pitted in stall 1 winless last 23 Martinsville races<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ryan Blaney won Martinsville 11\/24 from pit stall 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ryan Blaney<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2 Wins last 3 Martinsville races<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3 Wins last 8 short track races \u2013 5 Top 10 finishes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
William Byron: 2 Wins last 6 Martinsville races<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Denny Hamlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5 Martinsville wins \u2013 Winless last 19 Martinsville races<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3 Wins last season \u2013 2 Short track wins (Bristol March & Richmond March)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chase Elliott passed for final lead change both Martinsville races last season<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 Short track win (Martinsville 11\/20) \u2013 Finished 2nd in 6 short track races<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only driver to finish top 10 all 7 short track races last season \u2013 5 Top 5 finishes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kyle Larson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finished 7th or better 8 of last 9 short track races \u2013 6 Top 5 finishes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finished 7th or better last 3 short track races \u2013 2 Straight top 3 finishes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
879 Short track laps led last season \u2013 Most (509 More than 2nd-most Denny Hamlin with 370)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finished 2nd at Martinsville 4\/24 \u2013 Pole, Stage 1 winner & finished 3rd in Stage 2, first 86 laps led, 53 points scored (most)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finished 3rd at Martinsville 11\/24 \u2013 Lap 373 near crash at pit it, lap 406 took lead for only time, 24 to go lost lead to Elliott<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6 Martinsville top 5 finishes \u2013 4 Top 3 finishes last 5 races<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6 Martinsville top 5 finishes \u2013 5 Top 5 finishes last 8 races<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8 Martinsville top 10 finishes \u2013 Finished 6th or better last 5 races<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joey Logano<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11 Straight Martinsville top 10 finishes \u2013 5 Top 5 finishes last 10 Martinsville races<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hendrick Motorsports: 29 Martinsville wins \u2013 Most all-time by a team at a single track<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hendrick Motorsports won 29 Martinsville races with 9 different drivers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hendrick Motorsports: 11,103 Laps led \u2013 Most all-time by a team at a single track<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2 Rookie of the Year candidates won Martinsville \u2013 Earl Ross (9\/74) & Morgan Shepherd (4\/81)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last Rookie of the Year contender to finish top 10 at Martinsville: Juan Pablo Montoya finished 8th 10\/21\/07<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Martinsville pit road speeding penalties:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4\/17: 9; 10\/17: 5; 3\/18: 8; 10\/18: 4; 3\/19: 6; 10\/19: 7; 6\/20: 6; 11\/20: 10;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4\/21 8; 10\/21 11; 4\/22 8; 10\/22 2; 4\/23 5; 10\/23 8; 4\/24 5; 11\/24 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Martinsville 4\/24<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n William Byron<\/p>\n\n\n\n Martinsville 4\/24 winner \u2013 Started 18th, finished 8th in Stage 1 & 2, first lead on lap 327, 88 laps led (most)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner pit stops: William Byron \u2013 3 Stops 86, 185, 297 (G)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stage 1 winner: Kyle Larson 2nd<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stage 2 winner: Denny Hamlin 11th<\/p>\n\n\n\n Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Larson 1st & 3rd, Bubba Wallace 2nd & 2nd, Chase Elliott 3rd & 4th<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most points scored: 53 Kyle Larson 2nd<\/p>\n\n\n\n Passed for final lead change: Chase Elliott 3rd<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner final laps led: William Byron 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lead changes: 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cautions: 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n Failed to finish: 2 John Hunter Nemechek & David Starr<\/p>\n\n\n\n Longest green run: 189 Laps (Lap 210-398)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best free pass finisher: Ross Chastain 14th<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Daniel Su\u00e1rez 22nd<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best starting rear of field finisher: None<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Hendrick: William Byron 1st<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 11th<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Stewart-Haas: Ryan Preece 9th<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 5th<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hendrick Motorsports swept top 3 \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n First time a team swept top 3 positions at Martinsville (238 of 415 laps led \u2013 57%)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished top 10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Martinsville 11\/24<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ryan Blaney<\/p>\n\n\n\n Martinsville 11\/24 winner \u2013 Started 14th, finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2, 32 laps led, final 15 laps led<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner pit stops: Ryan Blaney \u2013 5 Stops 80, 134, 264, 373 (G), 401<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stage 1 winner: Chase Elliott 2nd<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stage 2 winner: Brad Keselowski 9th<\/p>\n\n\n\n Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron 2nd & 5th, Ryan Blaney 5th, 2nd<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most points scored: Ryan Blaney 55<\/p>\n\n\n\n Passed for final lead change: Chase Elliott 2nd<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner final laps led: Ryan Blaney 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lead changes: 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cautions: 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n Failed to finish: 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best free pass finisher: Shane van Gisbergen 12th<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Austin Dillon 7th<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best starting rear of field finisher: Austin Cindric 4th<\/p>\n\n\n\n Longest green flag run: 128 Laps (271-398)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 2nd<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 5th<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Stewart-Haas: Noah Gragson 11th<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 1st<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Only track to host a NASCAR Cup Series race every season 59 Different winners in 152 NASCAR Cup Series Martinsville races 27 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Martinsville races Driver starting first failed to win last 23 Martinsville races \u2013 Last to win from pole: Jimmie Johnson 4\/13 Driver pitted in stall 1 winless…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17,18,6,7,8,9,19],"class_list":["post-6694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","tag-17","tag-broadcasting","tag-chris-myers","tag-chris-myers-sports","tag-fox-sports","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}