NASCAR Martinsville Sunday, October 24, 2021
MARTINSVILLE NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
| Martinsville Wins | Hamlin | Truex Jr. | Kyle Busch | Keselowski | Elliott | Logano | Blaney | Larson |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pit Window in April: 145-155 Laps
Last 6 Martinsville races won by 4 Playoff drivers: Martin Truex Jr. 3, Chase Elliott 1, Brad Keselowski 1 & Joey Logano 1
Martinsville wins:
Denny Hamlin 5
Martin Truex Jr. 3
Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski 2
Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano, Ryan Newman 1
Chase Elliott:
Martinsville 11/20 winner – Stage 2 winner, career-high 236 laps led, 263 jackman off the wall & back, lap 404 slow stop, restarted 10th, final 44 laps led
Martin Truex Jr. (It’s already called Martinsville):
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
4 Finished top 5 both Martinsville races last season – Blaney, Elliott, Keselowski & Logano
Martinsville April – First 42 laps run Saturday 4/10 & remaining laps run Sunday 4/11
Martin Truex Jr.
Martinsville April 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) 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
15 Cautions at Martinsville April – Most this season
9 Green flag runs of 9 laps or less at Martinsville April
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
3 of 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished top 5 at Martinsville April – Alex Bowman finished 34th
*William Byron only leader – 9 Laps led
All 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished top 10 at Martinsville April – 296 of 500 Laps led
Team Penske: Only 1 top 10 finisher at Martinsville April (Joey Logano 6th) – 163 Laps led
2-Brad Keselowski:
Finished 33rd at Martinsville April – Lap 340, 371 & 386 involved in crash
5-Kyle Larson:
Finished 5th at Martinsville April – Started 19th, finished 5th in Stage 1 & 13th in Stage 2
9-Chase Elliott:
Finished 2nd at Martinsville April – Started 5th, finished 4th in Stage 1 & 2, avg. running pos.: 6th
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
9-Chase Elliott: Won from pit stall 2 at Martinsville 11/20 – Last previous winner from stall 2: Jeff Gordon (10/13)
11-Denny Hamlin:
Finished 3rd at Martinsville April – Started 2nd, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 2, 7 times led for 276 laps (most), passed for final lead change
12-Ryan Blaney:
Finished 11th at Martinsville April – Stage 1 & 2 winner, 157 laps led, lap 454 removing equipment penalty
18-Kyle Busch:
Finished 10th at Martinsville April – Lap 321 spin & lap 386 involved in crash
19-Martin Truex Jr.:
Martinsville April winner – Started 7th, Finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 2, 20 laps led, first lead on lap 455, 20 of final 46 laps led
19-Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 8 Martinsville races (3 Wins) – 5 Others 1 win each
19-Martin Truex Jr. won 3 of last 4 Martinsville races with 2 different crew chiefs – Cole Pearn & James Small
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 3 Wins last 4 Martinsville races – Passed for final lead change 2 of last 6 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 4 Martinsville races – 3 Wins last 4 races
22-Joey Logano:
Finished 6th at Martinsville April – Started 1st, finished 9th in Stage 1 & 18th in Stage 2, 6 laps led, lap 242 pit road speeding penalty
22-Joey Logano: Pit stall 1 in 5 Martinsville races – Winless all 5
54 Different winners in 145 NASCAR Cup Series Martinsville races
26 of the 34 NASCAR Cup Series champions won at Martinsville (94 Total wins)
8 Champions with no Martinsville wins
9 Different winners in 17 Martinsville Playoff races
7 Different winners last 7 Martinsville Playoff races – Earnhardt Jr., Gordon, Johnson, Kyle Busch, Logano, Truex Jr. & Elliott
20 or more lead lap finishers 11 of 17 Martinsville Playoff races
15 or more cautions 10 of 17 Martinsville Playoff races
Final green run 7 or fewer laps 11 of 17 Martinsville Playoff races
Martinsville Playoff race winner went on to win championship 7 of last 15 seasons
12-Ryan Blaney best non-Playoff finisher 2020 Martinsville Playoff race – Finished 2nd
Jeff Gordon (2005) & Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2014) only Martinsville Playoff race winners as non-Playoff drivers
25 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Martinsville races
Last to win back-to-back Martinsville races: Martin Truex Jr. 10/19 & 6/20
Both Martinsville races swept 12 times – Last: Denny Hamlin in 2010 (Martin Truex Jr. won in April)
Drivers swept both Martinsville races and won NCS championship 4 times – Last: 2007 Jimmie Johnson
19 Martinsville win streaks – Drivers winning consecutive races
3 of 145 Martinsville races settled by last lap pass (9/87, 10/17 & 10/18)
2 of last 4 Martinsville Playoff races settled by last lap pass
Hendrick Motorsports: 25 Martinsville wins – Most all-time by a team at a single track
Driver starting 1st won 21 of 145 Martinsville NASCAR Cup Series races
Driver starting first failed to win last 16 Martinsville races – Last to win from pole: Jimmie Johnson 4/13
Last to win from pit stall 1: Jimmie Johnson 10/12 & 4/13
Driver pitted in stall 1 winless last 16 Martinsville races
12 Won first career race at Martinsville – Last: Ricky Craven (10/15/01)
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)
Alan Gustafson: 3 Martinsville wins – Jeff Gordon (10/13 & 11/15) & Chase Elliott (11/20)
Most laps ever led in a Martinsville race: 493 – Fred Lorenzen 9/64
11 Different car makes won Martinsville races
Chevrolet leads all with 57 Martinsville wins – 1 Win last 9 Martinsville races
Ford: 4 Wins last 9 Martinsville races – Winless previous 28 Martinsville races
10 Toyota wins at Martinsville – 5 by Denny Hamlin
#11 Won 16 Martinsville NASCAR Cup Series races
Most tries before first Martinsville win: 30 – Dale Jarrett (4/01) & Dale Earnhardt Jr. (10/14)
MARTINSVILLE XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Pit Window in April: 145-160 Laps
Josh Berry
Martinsville April 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.”
1-Michael Annett:
Finished 10th at Martinsville April – Started 10th, finished 34th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, lap 50 spin
7-Justin Allgaier:
Finished 9th at Martinsville April – Started 2nd, finished 22nd in Stage 1 & 2
9-Noah Gragson
Finished 2nd at Martinsville April – Started 8th, Stage 1 winner & finished 2nd in Stage 2, 12 laps led, Dash 4 Cash winner
11-Justin Haley
Finished 8th at Martinsville April – Started 5th, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 11th in Stage 2
16-AJ Allmendinger
Finished 13th at Martinsville April – Lap 12 front suspension issue, 1-Lap down for 58 laps, free pass 3 times
18-Daniel Hemric
Finished 3rd at Martinsville April – Started 4th, finished 30th in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 28 laps led
19-Brandon Jones
Finished 5th at Martinsville April – Started 24th, finished 23rd in Stage 1 & 17th in Stage 2, 16 laps led
20-Harrison Burton
Finished 7th at Martinsville April – Started 1st, finished 26th in Stage 1 & 20th in Stage 2, led first 52 laps
22-Austin Cindric
Finished 6th at Martinsville April – Started 6th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 16th in Stage 2