NASCAR Information Sunday, October 25, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES MARTINSVILLE STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Since Martin Truex Jr. won last 2 races there, they changed the name of the town to Martinsville
Winner pit stops & Martinsville June: Martin Truex Jr. (7 Stops) 63, 115, 134, 136, 265, 328, 399
Longest green flag run Martinsville June: 121 Laps (141-261)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 Martinsville June: Joey Logano (1st & 3rd) & Jimmie Johnson (3rd & 1st)
Speeding Martinsville June: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., John Hunter Nemechek, Ryan Preece, David Starr, Quin Houff, Reed Sorenson
Rear of field Martinsville June: Joey Gase
Best HMS Martinsville June: 5th Chase Elliott
Best JGR Martinsville June: 1st Martin Truex Jr.
Best SHR Martinsville June: 15th Kevin Harvick
Best TPR Martinsville June: 2nd Ryan Blaney
Martinsville Active Leaders:
Wins: 9 Jimmie Johnson
Top 5 finishes: 19 Jimmie Johnson
Top 10 finishes: 25 Jimmie Johnson
Laps led: 2932 Jimmie Johnson
Average start: 7.9 Ryan Blaney
Average finish: 9.3 Jimmie Johnson
Lead lap finishes: 31 Jimmie Johnson
Poles: 5 Joey Logano
Most short track wins this season: 2 Brad Keselowski
Most short track top 3 finishes this season: 3 Brad Keselowski
Best short track average finish this season: 7.8 Kyle Busch
Most short track laps led this season: 394 Brad Keselowski
Most short track races led this season: All 4 Chase Elliott & Brad Keselowski
1-Kurt Busch: 2 Martinsville wins – 1 in Roush Ford (10/02) & 1 in Stewart-Haas Chevrolet (3/14)
2-Brad Keselowski: 2 Wins last 7 Martinsville races – 9 Straight Martinsville top 10 finishes
4-Kevin Harvick: 7 Short track wins – 1 at Martinsville (4/11)
4-Kevin Harvick: 5 Top 10 finishes last 6 Martinsville races – Finished 15th in June
4-Kevin Harvick: Best Martinsville finish with Stewart-Haas Racing: 5th (10/17 & 3/18)
8-Tyler Reddick finished 16th at Martinsville June – Best Rookie finisher
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 5th at Martinsville June – Finished 8th in Stage 1 & 2, best Hendrick Motorsports finisher
9-Chase Elliott: 193 Martinsville laps led – Winless in 10 Martinsville races
11-Denny Hamlin: 5 Martinsville wins – 2nd to Pocono (6 Wins)
11-Denny Hamlin: 3 Top 5 finishes last 4 Martinsville races – Finished 24th in June
12-Ryan Blaney: 4 Martinsville top 5 finishes – Finished 4th or better last 3 Martinsville races
14-Clint Bowyer: 1 Martinsville win (3/18) – First Martinsville win in 25th try & ended career-long 190-race winless streak
18-Kyle Busch: 8 Top 5 finishes last 10 Martinsville races – Finished 14th & 19th last 2 races
19-Martin Truex Jr. won last 2 Martinsville races – Last to win 3 straight: Denny Hamlin 10/09, 3/10 & 10/10
19-Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 6 Martinsville races (2 Wins) – 4 Others 1 win each
19-Martin Truex Jr. won last 2 Martinsville races with 2 different crew chiefs – Cole Pearn & James Small
19-Martin Truex Jr. pitted from stall 12 last 2 Martinsville races – Won each race
22-Joey Logano: Martinsville 10/18 winner (Ended 22-race winless streak) – Shoved leader Martin Truex Jr. on final turn of final lap
22-Joey Logano led most laps at Martinsville June (234) – Stage 1 winner & finished 4th
24-William Byron: 2 Straight Martinsville top 10 finishes – Finished 20th or worse previous 3 Martinsville races
42-Matt Kenseth: 2003 Champion – Winless in 38 Martinsville races
43-Bubba Wallace: 2 Martinsville NASCAR Truck Series wins – 4 Top 5 finishes & 3 top 2 finishes
48-Jimmie Johnson: 9 Martinsville wins – Tied for 3rd all-time (Jeff Gordon)
48-Jimmie Johnson: Martinsville June Stage 2 winner – Finished 10th
88-Alex Bowman: 1 Top 10 finish last 4 Martinsville races – Finished 6th in June
53 Different winners in 143 NASCAR Cup Series Martinsville races
25 of the 33 NASCAR Cup Series champions won at Martinsville (92 Total wins)
8 Champions with no Martinsville wins
25 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Martinsville races
8 Different winners in 16 Martinsville Playoff races
6 Different winners last 6 Martinsville Playoff races – Earnhardt Jr., Gordon, Johnson, Kyle Busch, Logano & Truex Jr.
Denny Hamlin passed for final lead change 2 of last 4 Martinsville Playoff races
Jimmie Johnson won 3 straight Martinsville Playoff races 2006, ’07 & ‘08
20 or more lead lap finishers 11 of 16 Martinsville Playoff races
15 or more cautions 10 of 16 Martinsville Playoff races
Final green run 7 or fewer laps 11 of 16 Martinsville Playoff races
Martinsville Playoff race winner went on to win championship 6 of last 14 seasons – 4 Times by Jimmie Johnson
Champion finished 6th or better 14 of 16 Martinsville Playoff races –
Kevin Harvick finished 33rd in 2014 & Kyle Busch finished 14th in in 2019
Jeff Gordon (2005) & Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2014) only Martinsville Playoff race winners as non-Playoff drivers
William Byron best non-Playoff finisher 2019 Martinsville Playoff race – Finished 2nd
Driver starting first failed to win last 14 Martinsville races – Last to win from pole: Jimmie Johnson 4/13
Hendrick Motorsports: 24 Martinsville wins – Most all-time by a team at a single track
Last to win from pit stall 1: Jimmie Johnson 10/12 & 4/13
Driver pitted in stall 1 winless last 14 Martinsville races
Fred Lorenzen only driver to win 4 straight Martinsville races
19 Martinsville win streaks – Drivers winning consecutive races
Both Martinsville races swept 12 times – Last: Denny Hamlin in 2010 (Martin Truex Jr. won in June)
3 of 143 Martinsville races settled by last lap pass (9/87, 10/17 & 10/18)
2 of last 3 Martinsville Playoff races settled by last lap pass
Most laps ever led in a Martinsville race: 493 – Fred Lorenzen 9/64
Driver starting 1st won 21 of 143 Martinsville NASCAR Cup Series races
Jimmie Johnson leads all winning 3 Martinsville races from 1st starting position
10/22/06: Denny Hamlin finished 2nd at Martinsville in Rookie season
Last Rookie of the Year contender to finish top 10 at Martinsville: Juan Pablo Montoya finished 8th 10/21/07
2 Rookie of the Year candidates won Martinsville – Earl Ross (9/74) & Morgan Shepherd (4/81)
12 Won first career race at Martinsville – Last: Ricky Craven (10/15/01)
Morgan Shepherd scored first career win in 15th career NASCAR Cup Series race (4/81)
Harry Gant finished 2nd in 10 races before first career win at Martinsville (4/82)
Harry Gant won Martinsville 9/91 at age of 51 years, 8 months, 12 days (The final of 4 straight wins)
Geoff Bodine won first career race & first race for Hendrick Motorsports (4/84)
Earl Ross was 2nd driver to win a race born outside United States – Martinsville 9/29/74
*Mario Andretti 1967 Daytona 500
22 Won first short track race at Martinsville
13 Won first career pole at Martinsville
6 Martinsville Overtime finishes
Leader at scheduled distance lost 3 Martinsville Overtime races
Longest Martinsville race: 515 laps (4/12)
11 Different car makes won Martinsville races
Chevrolet leads all with 56 Martinsville wins – Winless last 7 Martinsville races
Ford: 4 Wins last 7 Martinsville races – Winless previous 28 races
9 Toyota wins at Martinsville – 5 by Denny Hamlin
4/26/81: First Pontiac to win a race since 10/27/63
#11 Won 16 Martinsville NASCAR Cup Series races
Most tries before first Martinsville win: 30 – Dale Jarrett (4/01) & Dale Earnhardt Jr. (10/14)
Martin Truex Jr. won Martinsville for first time in 28th try (10/19)
4 Won Martinsville in first try – Red Byron (9/49), Dick Rathmann (4/52), Earl Ross (9/74) & Morgan Shepherd (4/81)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES MARTINSVILLE STATS HIGHLIGHTS
1-Michael Annett: 6 Top 10 finishes last 8 short track races
7-Justin Allgaier: 2 Wins last 3 short track races – 3 Straight short track top 5 finishes
7-Justin Allgaier: 4 Martinsville NCS races – Best finish: 13th (11/15)
8-Jeb Burton: 2 Top 10 finishes in 10 short track races – Best finish: 2nd (Richmond Sept. 12)
9-Noah Gragson: Only driver to finish top 10 all 4 short track races this season
9-Noah Gragson:
4 Martinsville NTS races – 1 Win (10/17)
First career NASCAR Truck Series win: Martinsville 10/17 – Only led final 10 laps
Finished 7th or better all 4 Martinsville NTS races – 3 Top 5 finishes
10-Ross Chastain: 6 Short track top 5 finishes – 3 Straight short track top 5 finishes
10-Ross Chastain:
4 Martinsville NCS races – Best finish: 29th (3/18, 10/18 & 10/19)
8 Martinsville NTS races – Best finish: 2nd (10/19)
Finished 7th or better last 3 Martinsville NTS races – 2 Straight top 5 finishes (121 Total laps led last 2 races)
11-Justin Haley: 5 Top 10 finishes in 11 short track races – Best finish: 2nd (Richmond Sept. 11)
11-Justin Haley:
6 Martinsville NTS races – Best finish: 6th (10/18)
Finished 11th or better last 3 Martinsville NTS races – 2 Straight top 10 finishes
16-AJ Allmendinger best Martinsville NCS finish: 2nd (4/12 & 4/16)
18-Riley Herbst: 4 Top 10 finishes in 7 short track races – Best finish: 6th (Iowa 6/18)
19-Brandon Jones: 10 Top 10 finishes in 31 short track races – Best finish: 3rd (Bristol June)
19-Brandon Jones: 5 Martinsville NTS races – Best finish: 7th (10/15)
20-Harrison Burton: 6 Top 10 finishes in 7 short track races – Best finish: 4th (Iowa 6/19, Bristol June, Richmond Sept. 12 & Bristol Sept.)
21-Anthony Alfredo: 1 Short track race (Bristol Sept.) – Started 19th & Finished 6th
22-Austin Cindric: 3 Straight short track top 10 finishes – 2 Top 5 finishes last 3 short track races
22-Austin Cindric: 3 Martinsville NTS races – Best finish: 10th (10/17)
39-Ryan Sieg: 2 Short track top 5 finishes – Finished 2nd at Iowa 6/17 & 5th at Richmond 4/19
39-Ryan Sieg: 9 Martinsville NTS races – Best finish: 8th (4/13)
68-Brandon Brown: Finished 12th or better 3 of 4 short track races this season – 1 Top 10 finish (Finished 7th at Bristol June)
93-Myatt Snider: 1 Top 5 finish in 4 short track races – Finished 5th at Bristol June
98-Chase Briscoe: 1 Short track win this season – Bristol Sept.
98-Chase Briscoe:
2 Martinsville NTS races – Best finish: 11th (4/17)
1 Martinsville NTS pole (10/17) – 39 Laps led & finished 19th