YOU’RE NOT GOING TO RETIRE NOW? “No way, man. (Teasing, again). This is the sweetest, most amazing feeling. I am so proud of this team. You want to talk about holding back emotions; right now man, wow, we’re going to Homestead! I can’t believe it. What an incredible battle that was. We just stuck with it all day long and I was just trying to protect those rear tires and then that incident with the No. 22 (Joey Logano) and those other guys…."
In a race that saw many twists, turns, crashes and spins, Martin Truex Jr. rallied to finish sixth in the drama-filled Chase event at Martinsville Speedway.
Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) drivers Denny Hamlin (third) and Kyle Busch (fifth) earned top-five finishes for Toyota in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Martinsville Speedway that was won by Jeff Gordon.
JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – ARE YOU SURPRISED? “Yeah. I think what happened at Kansas is a completely different deal. We were racing for the win and he blocks you a few times and then we raced hard and he blocked me the last time and we spun out."
MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What is your reaction to what happened? “Well it’s a really disappointing day. I thought we were going to have a shot at the win there and they were jacking up the restart real bad to let each other in as teammates which is fine and I probably went in there and I got on the other side of Joey (Logano) and I was going to try to race him for the win and Brad (Keselowski) wiped me out for some reason."
Goody’s® and spokesperson Dale Earnhardt Jr. launched “Ride with Dale Jr.” today, a new contest that offers fans the chance to win a special ride along with Dale in the Goody’s No. 88 car along with VIP tickets to watch him drive the Goody’s car in 2016. The contest was announced at the Goody's® Headache Relief Shot® 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
Matt Crafton survived three late-race restarts in the last fifteen laps to win the Kroger 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway.
The 2021 CARS Super Late Model Tour champion from Mooresville, North Carolina, led a race-high 121 of 250 laps and reduced his points deficit from 59 to 31 with his third O'Reilly victory of 2026 in Ridgeway, Virginia.
Brandon Jones rallied from deep in the field yet again to lead Toyota with a fourth-place finish in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Martinsville Saturday evening.
AUSTIN CINDRIC, No. 2 Menards/Delta Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “I think this is a track where you definitely need a good qualifying run because of pit selection."
The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, notched a pole-winning lap at 98.492 mph in 19.226 seconds for his sixth Cup pole of 2026, sixth at Martinsville and the 54th of his career.
