McMurray at Martinsville: During McMurray’s Sprint Cup Series career, he has made 17 starts at the paperclip known as Martinsville Speedway. In those races, he has scored one top-five, 10 top-10s and has started on the front row four times, including his first pole at the track back in April of this season.
Biffle on Martinsville: “We ran well at Martinsville in the spring but just got caught a lap down after a green-flag pit stop. That track has always been the most challenging for me of all the tracks on the circuit.
With four races remaining in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet, is ranked fifth in the driver point standings, 26 points behind the leader.
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: Timothy Peters, a Danville, Virginia native will be traveling home this weekend. Peters lives approximately 15 minutes away from the entrance of Martinsville Speedway.
LEADER OF THE PACK: Six short months ago, Miguel Paludo and the No. 7 team were starting their fourth race together as a team at Martinsville Speedway.
MARTINSVILLE: CHECKERS OR WRECKERS? Returning to the "scene of the best day ever," Sauter's first win in 2011, he arrives in Martinsville, Virginia with nothing but winning on his mind.
The 26-year-old Perkins from Bakersfield, California, will be driving the No. 24 Toyota entry for Sam Hunt Racing for the 2027 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season after spending the previous two seasons driving for Jordan Anderson Racing.
Illuminate this week launched Experience Circuit, an 18-race tour designed to bring fans into the garage, onto the grid and up on the pit box throughout the 2027 season.
Niece Motorsports’ marketing team has earned one Platinum and four Gold honors in the 2026 MarCom Awards, with its Military Tribute at Naval Base Coronado receiving Platinum recognition.
Austin Cindric, driver of the No. 2 Team Penske Ford Mustang Dark Horse, is in eighth place in the NASCAR Cup Series Chase standings, an improvement of seven spots from where he started the 10-race postseason.
