{"id":7146,"date":"2026-03-24T07:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/?p=7146"},"modified":"2026-03-24T07:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:25:35","slug":"nascar-martinsville-sunday-march-22-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/nascar-martinsville-sunday-march-22-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Martinsville Sunday, March 22, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br><strong><br><strong>MARTINSVILLE<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">20 years ago, <strong><em>William Byron<\/em><\/strong> attended his first Cup Series race at Martinsville.&nbsp; Byron won 3 of the last 8 Martinsville races.&nbsp; <strong><em>Ryan Blaney<\/em><\/strong> finished top 2 in 3 of the last 5 races at Martinsville including 2 wins.&nbsp; <strong><em>Joey Logano<\/em><\/strong> finished top 10 an incredible 13 straight Martinsville races.&nbsp; That\u2019s a streak that started 7 years ago in 2019.&nbsp; <strong><em>Chase Elliott<\/em><\/strong> finished 4th or better in the last 4 races at Martinsville.&nbsp; <strong><em>Kyle Larson<\/em><\/strong> finished 6th or better in the last 7 Martinsville races including 6 top 5 finishes.&nbsp; Leading all in the field with 6 Martinsville wins is <strong><em>Denny Hamlin<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; Hamlin\u2019s first of series-leading 6 wins last season came in this race.&nbsp; That ended a Martinsville winless streak of 19 races.&nbsp; He won 5 of the previous 14 Martinsville races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">155th Martinsville NASCAR Cup Series race \u2013 First race: 1949 (77 Years ago)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only track to host a NASCAR Cup Series race every season<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">59 Different winners in 154 NASCAR Cup Series Martinsville races<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">29 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Martinsville races<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">28 of the 36 NASCAR Cup Series champions won at Martinsville (97 Total wins)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chase Elliott &amp; Kyle Larson are only drivers to finish top 5 both Martinsville races last season<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christopher Bell, Ross Chastain, Todd Gilliland, Joey Logano &amp; Ryan Preece<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">finished top 10 both Martinsville races last season<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Driver starting first won only 1 of last 25 Martinsville races \u2013 William Byron 10\/25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William Byron: 3 Wins last 8 Martinsville races<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last to win back-to-back Martinsville races: Martin Truex Jr. 10\/19 &amp; 6\/20 \u2013 William Byron won last Martinsville race<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denny Hamlin led more than 200 laps in 5 Martinsville races<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hendrick Motorsports: 30 Martinsville wins \u2013 Most all-time by a team at a single track<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hendrick Motorsports won 30 Martinsville races with 9 different drivers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hendrick Motorsports: 11,455 Laps led \u2013 Most all-time by a team at a single track<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12 Won first career race at Martinsville \u2013 Last: Ricky Craven (10\/01)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Rookie of the Year candidates won Martinsville \u2013 Earl Ross (9\/74) &amp; Morgan Shepherd (4\/81)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last Rookie of the Year contender to finish top 10 at Martinsville: Juan Pablo Montoya finished 8th 10\/07<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 of 154 Martinsville races settled by last lap pass (9\/87, 10\/17 &amp; 10\/18)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARTINSVILLE 20 years ago, William Byron attended his first Cup Series race at Martinsville.&nbsp; Byron won 3 of the last 8 Martinsville races.&nbsp; Ryan Blaney finished top 2 in 3 of the last 5 races at Martinsville including 2 wins.&nbsp; Joey Logano finished top 10 an incredible 13 straight Martinsville races.&nbsp; That\u2019s a streak that&hellip;<\/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-7146","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\/7146","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=7146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}