MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY (0.526-MILE OVAL)
LOCATION: RIDGEWAY, VIRGINIA
EVENT: NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES (RACE 6 OF 36)
TUNE IN: 1 P.M. ET, SUNDAY, APRIL 3 (FS1/MRN/SIRIUSXM)
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After having a week off, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returns to action for the first of two races this season at Martinsville Speedway. This marks the beginning of a stretch that will see two of the next three events take place on half-mile tracks. Here’s a look at Ford’s history at Martinsville.
Biffle has 26 Sprint Cup Series starts at Martinsville. In those starts he has earned five top-10 finishes, two of which came in 2013 with back-to-back top-10 finishes.
Calling Martinsville (Va.) Speedway a puzzle over the years took a positive turn last season for Martin Truex Jr. The Furniture Row Racing driver scored a pair of sixth-place finishes in 2015 at the .526-mile oval, and had qualifying efforts of third and second respectively.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. restarted eighth on the final green-white-checkered attempt and gained three positions in the final two laps to score his first top-five finish of the 2016 NSCS season.
Officials from the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) announced today that they have entered into a multi-year agreement with American Sports Network (ASN) to broadcast the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards events, beginning in 2016. ASN's coverage of the ARCA Racing Series will kick off with the April 9 race from Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville. In all, ASN will broadcast nine ARCA events in 2016, including five live broadcasts.
Natalie Decker will make her NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) this weekend at Martinsville Speedway in the alpha Energy Solutions 250. Natalie Decker will be piloting the No. 14 VP’s Madditive NTS Motorsports Chevrolet Entry. Natalie will join her cousins Paige and Claire Decker for a family affair at the Virginia based short track.
Fontana Recap: Denny Hamlin rallied from a pair of pit road penalties to finish third in NASCAR’s most recent Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club (Calif.) Speedway on March 20. The first violation came when Hamlin felt a tire going down on Lap 26, and headed to pit road.
RCR in the NSCS ... In 2,643 Sprint Cup Series starts dating back to 1969, RCR has amassed 46 pole awards,105 wins, 469 top-five finishes and 1007 top-10 finishes, with an average starting position of 17.8 and an average finishing position of 16th. RCR has earned 15 total championships (six Sprint Cup Series championships with Earnhardt in 1986, '87, '90, '91, '93 and '94, six NASCAR XFINITY Series titles, two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series titles and one ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards title and was the first organization to win titles in NASCAR's three national series.
Enzo Fittipaldi felt right at home at Milwaukee Mile after his first visit to the fabled track Tuesday, leading a busy INDY NXT by Firestone Open Test.
Alex Labbé announced today that he is partnering with entertainment icons Nikki and Brie Garcia in the Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Sonoma Raceway
Elite Motorsports hits the halfway mark of the Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series season with this weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park (SMP).
