Timothy Peters will tell you in order to finish up front, you must first start there. Over the past three seasons, Peters has an average starting position of 12.26 which has yielded an average finish of 11.77 over the past 70 races.
At a track known for wild finishes, Sunday's Virginia is for Racing Lovers 300 produced one of the wildest ever in the 64-year history of Martinsville Speedway.
It was Jimmie Johnson's race to lose when the final caution of the Hollywood Casino 400 flew on lap 266 sending the race into a green-white-checkered scenario.
A pit-road speeding penalty in Sunday's Hollywood 400 Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway was a momentum stopper for Regan Smith, who took the checkered flag in 24th-place.
Jimmie Johnson, with his win in the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway, clinched the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Manufacturers' Cup for Chevrolet, which now has won the title 35 times.
JIMMIE JOHNSON NO.48 LOWES'S CHEVROLET - RACE WINNER, ON HIS RACE - "This sport is so tough, look at all the second places we have this year, we have been close but just have not got the job done."
BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Finished Third "Another solid day for us. It just makes you kick yourself for last week at Dover for having the trouble that we did. We've had top-five cars each and every week."
Roush Fenway Racing’s Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards finished fourth and fifth respectively in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway to lead three Roush Fenway Fords in the top eight.
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.
RFK Racing drivers Chris Buescher and Ryan Preece stopped by the infield media center this morning at Martinsville Speedway to answer questions from the media. Here is a transcript of that session.
