NASCAR Martinsville Sunday, April 3, 2022
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
147th NASCAR Cup Series Martinsville Speedway race – First race: 1949 (Red Byron winner)
8th of 36 races this season – 19 Races before Playoffs – 29 Races remaining this season
Martinsville wins:
Denny Hamlin 5
Martin Truex Jr. 3
Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski 2
Alex Bowman, Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano 1
Champion winless at Martinsville:
Kyle Larson: 14 Races – Best finish: 3rd (4/16)
Finished top 5 both Martinsville races last season: William Byron & Martin Truex Jr.
Finished top 10 both Martinsville races last season: Kyle Busch, William Byron, Joey Logano & Martin Truex Jr.
Chase Elliott finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 last 3 Martinsville races
Ryan Blaney won Stage 1 & 2 Martinsville 4/21 (157 Laps led) – Finished 11th
Chase Elliott won Stage 1 & 2 Martinsville 10/21 (289 Laps led) – Finished 16th
Martin Truex Jr.
Martinsville 4/21 winner – Started 7th, Finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 2, 20 laps led, first lead on lap 455, 20 of final 46 laps led
Winner pit stops: Martin Truex Jr. (8 Stops) Lap 39, 134, 242, 264, 291, 323, 373, 454
Longest green flag run: 101 Laps (141-241)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ryan Blaney (1st & 1st), Denny Hamlin (2nd & 2nd), Martin Truex Jr. (3rd & 3rd), Chase Elliott (4th & 4th)
Rear of field: Tyler Reddick 8th, James Davison 22nd, Daniel Suarez 32nd, Justin Haley 35th, Corey LaJoie 37th
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 2nd
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 9th
Best Team Penske: Joey Logano 6th
Race time: 3:54:25
9 Green flag runs of 9 laps or less
Most caution laps in a race last season: 102 – Martinsville April
Alex Bowman
Martinsville 10/21 winner – Started 13th, finished 8th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, only 9 laps led including final 8
Winner pit stops: Alex Bowman (8 Stops) 62, 135, 199, 264, 312, 341, 380, 438
Longest green flag run: 61 Laps (1-61)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Elliott (1st & 1st), Truex Jr. (3rd & 4th), Byron (4th & 3rd)
Speeding: 11 Penalties
Rear of field: Hamlin (24th)
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman (1st)
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch (2nd)
Best Stewart-Haas: Aric Almirola (6th)
Best Penske: Brad Keselowski (3rd)
Most cautions in a race last season: 15 – Martinsville April & Martinsville Oct.
9-Chase Elliott: 1 of 3 24-year-olds to win Martinsville (Kurt Busch & Richard Petty) – Richard Petty youngest Martinsville winner (22)
9-Chase Elliott first short track win: Martinsville 11/20 – 10th career win
11-Denny Hamlin: Passed for final lead change last 2 Martinsville races
19-Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 9 Martinsville races (3 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
19-Martin Truex Jr. won 3 of last 5 Martinsville races with 2 different crew chiefs – Cole Pearn & James Small
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 3 Wins last 5 Martinsville races – Passed for final lead change 2 of last 7 Martinsville races
19-Martin Truex Jr. won Martinsville for first time in 28th try (10/19)
19-Martin Truex Jr. pitted from stall 12 last 5 Martinsville races – 3 Wins last 5 races
22-Joey Logano: Pit stall 1 in 5 Martinsville races – Winless all 5
55 Different winners in 146 NASCAR Cup Series Martinsville races
25 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Martinsville races
26 of the 35 NASCAR Cup Series champions won at Martinsville (94 Total wins)
9 Champions with no Martinsville wins
Hendrick Motorsports: 26 Martinsville wins – Most all-time by a team at a single track
Driver starting first failed to win last 17 Martinsville races – Last to win from pole: Jimmie Johnson 4/13
Driver starting 1st won 21 of 146 Martinsville NASCAR Cup Series races
13 Won first career pole at Martinsville
Last to win from pit stall 1: Jimmie Johnson 10/12 & 4/13
Driver pitted in stall 1 winless last 17 Martinsville races
Martinsville pit road speeding penalties:
4/17: 9; 10/17: 5; 3/18: 8; 10/18: 4; 3/19: 6; 10/19: 7; 6/20: 6; 11/20: 10; 4/21 8; 10/21 11
Most laps ever led in a Martinsville race: 493 – Fred Lorenzen 9/64
10 To go leader failed to win 12 Martinsville races
3 of 146 Martinsville races settled by last lap pass (9/87, 10/17 & 10/18)
7 Martinsville Overtime finishes
Leader at scheduled distance lost 3 Martinsville Overtime races
Longest Martinsville race: 515 laps (4/12)
Last to win back-to-back Martinsville races: Martin Truex Jr. 10/19 & 6/20
19 Martinsville win streaks – Drivers winning consecutive races
12 Won first career race at Martinsville – Last: Ricky Craven (10/15/01)
2 Rookie of the Year candidates won Martinsville – Earl Ross (9/74) & Morgan Shepherd (4/81)
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
4 Won Martinsville in first try – Red Byron (9/49), Dick Rathmann (4/52), Earl Ross (9/74) & Morgan Shepherd (4/81)
Alan Gustafson: 3 Martinsville wins – Jeff Gordon (10/13 & 11/15) & Chase Elliott (11/20)
11 Different car makes won Martinsville races
Chevrolet leads all with 58 Martinsville wins
Ford: 4 Wins last 10 Martinsville races – Winless previous 28 Martinsville races
10 Toyota wins at Martinsville – 5 by Denny Hamlin
4/26/81 Martinsville: First Pontiac to win a race since 10/27/63
#11 Won 16 Martinsville NASCAR Cup Series races
Martinsville History
Buck Baker won Martinsville, but did not lead final lap (5/57)
Darrell Waltrip came from 4 laps down to win Martinsville (4/80)
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 (Canada) – Martinsville (9/74)
*Mario Andretti 1967 Daytona 500
Jeff Gordon 93rd & final career win came at Martinsville (11/15)
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY NASCAR XFINITY SERIES
38th NASCAR Xfinity Series Martinsville Speedway race – First race: 1982 (Sam Ard winner)
8th of 33 races this season – 19 Races before Playoffs – 26 Races remaining this season
Justin Allgaier
Finished 9th at Martinsville 4/21 – Started 2nd, finished 22nd in Stage 1 & 2
Finished 5th at Martinsville 10/21 (4th of Playoff drivers) – Started 5th, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 13th in Stage 2
AJ Allmendinger
Finished 13th at Martinsville 4/21 – Lap 12 front suspension issue, 1-Lap down for 58 laps, free pass 3 times
Finished 7th at Martinsville 10/21 (6th of Playoff drivers) – Started 3rd, finished 4th in Stage 1 & 7th in Stage 2, no laps led
Josh Berry
Martinsville 4/21 winner – Started 29th, finished 24th in Stage 1 & 10th in Stage 2, 85 of final 120 laps led
“Oh my gosh. I have so many people I could thank I could be here ’til tomorrow morning.
This is for all those (short track) guys. There’s a ton of them out there that are like me, that have won here and at all these great short tracks around here. We can do it. We just need the opportunities. Today proved it. Yeah, it’s a short track. But it’s still damn hard to win here and we did it.”
Jeremy Clements
Finished 9th at Martinsville 10/21 – Started 18th, finished 15th in Stage 1 & 9th in Stage 2
Ty Gibbs
Finished 4th at Martinsville 4/21 – Started 16th, finished 4th in Stage 1 & 18th in Stage 2, 28 laps led
Noah Gragson
Finished 2nd at Martinsville 4/21 – Started 8th, Stage 1 winner & finished 2nd in Stage 2, 12 laps led, Dash 4 Cash winner
Martinsville 10/21 winner – Started 9th, finished 7th in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 6 times led for 153 laps, 6th into race -24
Daniel Hemric
Finished 3rd at Martinsville 4/21 – Started 4th, finished 30th in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 28 laps led
Finished 3rd at Martinsville 10/21 – Started 7th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 6th in Stage 2, 18 laps led, passed for final lead change
Riley Herbst
Finished 29th at Martinsville 4/21 – Started 7th, finished 12th in Stage 1 & 14th in Stage 2, lap 59 spin, lap 165 tire down
Finished 10th at Martinsville 10/21 – Started 16th, finished 21st in Stage 1 & 8th in Stage 2
Brandon Jones
Finished 5th at Martinsville 4/21 – Started 24th, finished 23rd in Stage 1 & 17th in Stage 2, 16 laps led
Finished 6th at Martinsville 10/21 (5th of Playoff drivers) – Started 8th, finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 & 2
Sam Mayer
Finished 4th at Martinsville 10/21 – Avg. running pos.: 22.4, lap 48 damage, first top 5 finish, best non-Playoff finisher