Chase Elliott on having added pressure as the playoffs continue: “I think that needs to be the mindset, for sure. I think every week has to be pressure-packed. You have to keep the pressure on yourselves. If you were to make it to Homestead, you have to pretty much win Homestead. I think you have to have that mentality every week. The points game is nice, I guess, to play. Really, you just need to care about winning. If you're trying to win, putting yourself in position to win, that's way more important than just barely trying to squeak through. Having the ability to win, do it weekly, putting yourselves in those positions week by week is the most important thing. If we can do that these next three weeks, I think we can give ourselves a chance.”
SMITH BY THE NUMBERS: In 12 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career starts at Martinsville, Regan Smith has an average start of 22.8 and an average finish of 25.6. He’s completed 5,827 of 6,027 (96.7 percent) career laps and has led for a total of two laps at the half-mile track.
Making his debut for GMS Racing in the NCWTS, Creed will climb behind the wheel of chassis no. 101 at Martinsville Speedway. While this chassis has been a staple in the GMS Fabrication fleet, it was most recently raced by Cody Coughlin earlier this season at Gateway Motorsports Park. Coughlin went on to finish ninth at Gateway despite fighting mechanical issues throughout the race.
Stenhouse has 11 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Martinsville with an average starting position of 23.2. Out of his 11 starts, Stenhouse has scored two top-10 finishes, both coming last season.
AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER CLICKLIST CAMARO ZL1 - RACING AT MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY: "I love racing at Martinsville Speedway," Allmendinger said. "It's definitely my favorite short track that we race at on the schedule. Just knowing the history behind racing at Martinsville Speedway is so special to be able to race the Kroger ClickList Camaro ZL1 there."
Martinsville Preview: With only four races remaining in the 2018 season, the Series returns to Martinsville for Sunday’s 500-lap event around the half-mile ‘Paperclip’. Hamlin is no stranger to the short track’s Victory Lane and has captured a career-best five wins at Martinsville in 25 total starts. He also boasts a career-best 12 top-five and18 top-10 finishes with 1,505 laps led around the narrow oval.
Texas Motor Speedway has become the first motorsports venue in the country to install a WeatherSTEM weather station that will benefit its fans and the motorsports industry with comprehensive real-time weather data specific to that exact location.
Honoring the best driver to ever race at Martinsville Speedway, Pioneer Records Management, a division of Pioneer Technology Group, announced today they will primary sponsor a special Petty Blue No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in celebration of the "The King" Richard Petty and his record 15 wins at the track. Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. will race the No. 43 that ruled Martinsville throughout the 1960's and 70's.
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will kick off Round 3 of the Playoffs this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. There are a manufacturer-best five Ford drivers competing in the Round of 8 on the Cup side while ThorSport’s Grant Enfinger and Matt Crafton are in the Truck Series Round of 6. Here’s a look at the Ford picture going into this weekend.
Martin Truex Jr. doesn’t sugarcoat his feelings about what the team needs to accomplish in the upcoming three-race Round of 8 playoffs at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth and ISM Raceway in Phoenix.
The 2023 Daytona 500 champion from Olive Branch, Mississippi, will continue to drive the No. 47 Chevrolet for Hyak Motorsports for the foreseeable future beyond the 2026 Cup Series season.
Travelers reserving Hamptons rental homes for an extended weekend usually save themselves the most time by adjusting departure hours rather than scheme on routes.
Practice for the 110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge starts Tuesday, May 12 with a field consisting of nine past winners of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and five NTT INDYCAR SERIES champions.
Austin Cindric and the No. 2 Snap-on Tools Ford Mustang Dark Horse delivered a steady top-10 performance Sunday afternoon in the Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International, coming home ninth.
