Brian Scott, driver of the No. 44 American Red Cross Ford Fusion, is coming off his best finish of the season after finishing second to race-winner Joey Logano last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway.
In 156 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Martinsville Speedway, Richard Childress Racing has earned four pole awards and posted seven victories with drivers Dale Earnhardt (five times), Ricky Rudd (1983) and Kevin Harvick (2011).
“Martinsville is another great short track,” McDowell stated. “Our short track program has been really good this season and we will look to build off what we learned at New Hampshire and Richmond at this race. I think we will go to Martinsville and have another solid run. It’s one of my favorite racetracks – I love Martinsville.”
CHASE CRUNCH TIME: Following Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Talladega Superspeedway, the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field was reduced to eight drivers and all four Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) Camry drivers – Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin and Matt Kenseth – advanced to the ‘Round of 8.’
Brian Scott and the No. 44 Ford team are partnering with the American Red Cross this weekend at Martinsville Speedway, raising awareness for the victims of Hurricane Matthew, which struck the East Coast of Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia two weeks ago.
Martinsville Speedway: “It is a place where you can do everything right and on the last restart get crashed,” Allmendinger said. “It’s a tough place to get around for 500 laps. Even if you do everything right, it’s a challenging track to have everything go right.”
Heading into Sunday's 500-mile event at the "Paper Clip", the No.32 Keen Parts/Rain-X team will travel to the "The Old Dominion State" with Mooresville, NC native Jeffrey Earnhardt for the 68th annual Goody's Fast Relief 500 at the Martinsville Speedway, in Ridgeway, VA.
Starting next season, premier series drivers with more than five years of full-time experience will be eligible to compete in a maximum of 10 races in the XFINITY Series and seven races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Talladega Recap: Denny Hamlin edged Kurt Busch for third place by 0.006 seconds in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway to advance to the Round of 8 in the Chase via a tiebreaker with Austin Dillon in a thrilling final lap in the 500-mile event won by Joey Logano.
Brady Golan dominated Race 1 to win the 2026 Formula Regional Americas Championship (FR Americas) season opener at NOLA Motorsports Park on Saturday morning.
Cole Denton started from the Sioux Chief PowerPEX Pole and dominated Saturday’s ARCA Menards West Tucson 150, scoring his first career series victory in just his third career ARCA Menards West start.
Motorsport has always been associated with speed, precision, and instinct. From the outside, it can look like a sport driven by raw talent and bold decision-making.
