Sammy Smith driving into the final corner at Martinsville from several car lengths back in order to intentionally wreck Taylor Gray for the NASCAR Xfinity Series win didn’t work out for him, Gray or the rest of the field [besides race winner Austin Hill]. It turns out the chaos Smith’sContinue Reading
Kyle Larson hopes to become just the fifth driver to ever complete ‘The Double’ — a coveted achievement where a driver runs both the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s longest race [the Coca-Cola 600] on the very same day.Robby Gordon, Tony Stewart, John Andretti, and Kurt Busch have all successfully doneContinue Reading
NASCAR has a well-earned reputation of being a full-contact sport on the race track with drivers given far more leeway than they are in most other racing series. However, there are still times when a driver crosses some unspoken line, leading to widespread condemnation throughout the garage and even penaltiesContinue Reading
Though Denny Hamlin won Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Martinsville in dominant fashion, leading 274 of 400 laps, with a clean 75-lap run to the finish — the Xfinity race was a very different story. With just 100 laps to go, the drivers managed to earn nine cautions, all culminatingContinue Reading
The term ‘commissioner’ is something fans of most stick-and-ball sports are extremely familiar with. The NFL has Roger Goodell, the NBA has Adam Silver, the MLB has Rob Manfred, but it’s a role that hasn’t really existed in the same form in NASCAR.Now, stock car racing has used the title before, but notContinue Reading
NASCAR completed its triple-header weekend at Martinsville Speedway featuring three very different races and plenty of drama. Most of the conversation centers around the highly controversial finish to Saturday’s Xfinity race, but there was plenty of action beyond that. Denny Hamlin, Austin Hill and Daniel Hemric walked away with checkeredContinue Reading
It’s just short-track racin’, after all. Get your fill of a Cup Series Sunday drive as short tempers shine through at Martinsville. SourceContinue Reading
Denny Hamlin describes his special bond with Martinsville Speedway and why he wants to dominate each trip to the race track. SourceContinue Reading
Erik Jones finished 24th in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Martinsville, one lap down. Thanks to a fifth-place finish in the opening stage, he managed to score a total of 19 points. Unfortunately for Jones, he will now leave Martinsville with just a single point due to problems in post-raceContinue Reading
Joey Logano won the opening stage at Martinsville Speedway and went on to earn his first top-ten finish of the year, but he still leaves the Virginia short track frustrated.The three-time and reigning Cup Series champion was battling hard on a late-race restart when Ross Chastain cut down in frontContinue Reading