It was a dominant showing for Denny Hamlin at Martinsville, leading over half the race (274 of 400 laps) in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. This is Hamlin’s first win of the 2025 season and the 55th of his career — tying Rusty Wallace for 11th on theContinue Reading
The NASCAR Xfinity race at Martinsville featured 14 cautions and one red flag, with 104 of 256 laps run under yellow flag conditions. It was a rough short track race with contact all around the half-mile, culminating in a controversial finish where Sammy Smith came from several car lengths backContinue Reading
Taylor Gray was attempting to win for the first time in his NASCAR Xfinity Series career, while Sammy Smith was aiming to deny him on Saturday night. Through a series of restarts and a red flag, as the race became a crash fest, tensions mounted between the two leaders.With onlyContinue Reading
Sammy Smith shares his point of view of the last-lap contact with Taylor Gray that took both competitors out of contention for the Martinsville win. SourceContinue Reading
Taylor Gray and Sammy Smith share a heated discussion at the infield care center after last-lap contact. SourceContinue Reading
Taylor Gray voices his frustration after contact with Sammy Smith spun the driver of the No. 54 around, ending his chance at the win. SourceContinue Reading
Austin Hill wasn’t even in the conversation on the final restart, but the chaos that followed presented him with the opportunity to earn Richard Childress Racing its 100th win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. In the end, Hill only led across the line on lap 250 — the last lap.TaylorContinue Reading
Christopher Bell earned his 14th career pole and his first of the 2025 NASCAR Cup season at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday, lapping the historic short track in 19.754s. Bell will be joined on the front row by Chase Elliott, who missed out on pole by 0.017s.Bell, who already has threeContinue Reading
In the middle of Group B practice at Martinsville Speedway, Justin Haley took his No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet out onto the track for his 20th lap.Unfortunately for Haley, the hood pins were not secured. While throttling up on the frontstretch, the hood shot up and wrapped around the windshield,Continue Reading
Daniel Hemric’s NASCAR career has taken him in several different directions across all three National divisions. He originally made it to the Cup Series in 2019 before moving back down to the Xfinity Series where he became a champion in 2021. In 2024, he was back full time in theContinue Reading