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PHOTOS: 2019 First Data 500 At Martinsville Speedway
RIDGEWAY, Va. – Martin Truex Jr. dominated Sunday’s First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway to lock a spot in the Championship 4. Truex led a race high of 464 of the 500 laps en route to winning his seventh victory
Read MoreMartin Truex Jr. Advances To Championship 4 With Martinsville Playoff Victory
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. punched his ticket to the Championship 4 of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with a dominant victory in Sunday’s First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway. The driver of the Joe Gibbs Racing
Read MoreHamlin, Logano Have Altercation On Pit Road At Martinsville Following Playoff Race
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Tempers boiled over between Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano following the intense NASCAR Playoff race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday. Late in the First Data 500, Hamlin and Logano made contact while exiting Turn 4. Hamlin who
Read MoreEmotions, Action Run High During Martinsville Playoff Races
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – They say good things come in small packages. Great things do, too. Martinsville Speedway, the only track to host NASCAR premier series races for 71 consecutive seasons, is proof enough of that. At .526 mile, the legendary layout
Read MoreDenny Hamlin: Martinsville Is Going To Be Very Pivotal
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Anyone who has followed Denny Hamlin’s career knows one thing is certain, he loves racing at Martinsville Speedway. Hamlin has scored 36 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series wins in his storied career and has five victories at Martinsville
Read MoreMatt McCall Uses Driving Background To Setup Car For Kurt Busch
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – It’s an illusion, according to Matt McCall and he’s not talking about Martinsville Speedway’s super flat, super short straightaways that end nearly as soon as they begin. It’s the ends, McCall says, those turns that connect the short
Read MoreNASCAR Playoff Field Chock Full Of Martinsville Winners
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – There is a common thread that runs through this year’s 16-team playoff field in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series – many of the teams and drivers have tasted victory at Martinsville Speedway, site of the Oct.
Read MoreMartinsville Speedway, Wood Brothers Racing Have Time-Honored Relationship
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – The ties that bind Martinsville Speedway and the Wood Brothers Racing organization are numerous, which should be expected. Seven decades of stock car competition have intertwined the half-mile oval and the famous family based in nearby Stuart, Virginia.
Read MorePHOTOS: 2018 First Data 500 At Martinsville Speedway
RIDGEWAY, Va. – Joey Logano moved Martin Truex Jr. out of the way to win the First Data 500 on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. As the leaders entered Turn 3 for the final time, Logano put the bumper to Truex
Read MoreSolid Martinsville Finishes For JTG Daugherty Racing Led By Darlington Crew Chiefs
RIDGEWAY, Va. – JTG Daugherty Racing’s teams captured solid finishes in the First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday thanks to an organizational effort led by two crew chiefs who are from Darlington, South Carolina. Both, the No. 37
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