CAMRY CHASERS: Two Camry drivers have advanced to the 'Eliminator' round of this year's Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) championship playoff.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series travels to the final short track race of the season, Martinsville Speedway. The .533-mile track typically produces plenty of beating and banging with the winner getting one of the most coveted trophies on the circuit– a seven-feet tall grandfather clock.
Eighteen year old driver Camden Murphy of Itasca, Illinois will make his inaugural start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday, October 25th for SS Green Light Racing in the No. 08 Ronald McDonald House Chevy Silverado.
Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Alliance Truck Parts Ford team have a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS)-leading six victories, thus far, this season. The team produced a dramatic win last Sunday at Talladega to keep their championship quest alive and advance to the Eliminator Round of the Chase, which begins this weekend at Martinsville.
Eight drivers enter the Goody’s® Headache Relief Shot® 500 at Martinsville Speedway Sunday afternoon with a shot at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.
The half-mile, concrete track in southern Virginia is one of the places where a young Vickers fell in love with NASCAR. Just 60 miles from his Thomasville, N.C. boyhood home, the Vickers family often made the trip to Martinsville Speedway.
Red Horse Racing at Martinsville Speedway... In 35 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at Martinsville Speedway, Red Horse Racing has earned two wins (David Star, April 2006 and Timothy Peters, October 2009), nine top-five and 19 top-10 finishes, and one pole award (Peters, October 2012).
After a barrage of late race cautions and two attempts at a green-white-checker finish and when the dust settled, Edwards finished 21stand had survived the 194-lap race on the Superspeedway and advanced to the Eliminator round for the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The points reset and all eight drivers are tied traveling to Martinsville.
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) heads from the largest track on the circuit to the smallest as the series makes its way to Martinsville Speedway for the second time in 2014. Kennedy has two previous starts at the 0.526-mile track, which resulted in his two career-best finishes of fourth and third. With an average finish of 3.5 and the same chassis the 22-year-old raced in the spring, Kennedy hopes to leave Martinsville with the illustrious Ridgeway grandfather clock.
Cup Series drivers tested NASCAR’s new 750-horsepower engine package Tuesday at North Wilkesboro Speedway as fans filled the grandstands ahead of the July Window World 450
Chris Buescher, driver of the No. 17 RFK Racing Ford Mustang Dark Horse, also participated in today's NASCAR Cup Series test at North Wilkesboro Speedway. He spoke about a variety of topics on Tuesday afternoon.
