NASCAR Cup Series

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Thirty-six races. A few are great venues that produce very entertaining television events. A lot more are not. Some tracks have two events, and you wonder why. Some have two and you wonder...why not three?

As Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team head to Martinsville Speedway for the first race of the Round of Eight in the Monster Energy Cup playoffs, they’re hoping the good times continue to roll.

Roush Fenway Racing gears up for the final short track race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) season at the .526-mile paper-clip shaped oval of Martinsville Speedway, where the organization has earned six victories across the three major touring series.

Martinsville Preview: The third Round of the 2017 NASCAR Playoffs – the Round of 8 – begins this Sunday at Martinsville Speedway with 500 laps around Virginia half-mile. Denny has visited Victory Lane five times in 23 starts at the ‘Paperclip’, leading 1,387 laps along the way. He’s also finished within the top-three in his last five visits to the flat track, including a third-place finish at Martinsville during last year’s Playoffs run.  

Heading into the Round of 8 this weekend at Martinsville Speedway, Chevrolet still has two representatives in championship contention.  Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and nine-time Martinsville winner, Jimmie Johnson is the fifth seed as the 2017 season races toward a close.  Johnson has made the final round of the championship Playoffs only once since the knock-out style format was introduced in 2014.  The only time he made it – 2016 -  when he became a seven-time Cup Series champion.

NASCAR veteran Andy Petree will assist Richard Childress Racing in an advisory role in the competition area. Petree, who has held numerous roles in his 30-year stock car racing career, will be retained as an outside resource. Petree has experience as a championship-winning crew chief, driver, team owner and most recently, as an analyst for Fox Sports.

Erik Jones and the No. 77 SiriusXM Toyota team look to hit the reset button at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series First Data 500.

On Sunday, Nov. 19, Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s storied career as a full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver will come to an end at Homestead-Miami Speedway and The Dale Jr. Foundation and Whisky River are partnering to provide JR Nation the opportunity to watch as part of an exclusive, private event. For just $20, fans can purchase a ticket to the JR Nation Appreci88ion Tour Race Watch Party and view the Homestead-Miami Speedway race from Dale Jr.’s own Whisky River location in the Charlotte Epicentre.

Leavine Family Racing (LFR) and Michael McDowell are looking forward to returning to Martinsville Speedway, the site of McDowell’s first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) start.