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Martin Truex Jr. won the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Wednesday evening.

After battling hard inside the top-15 for much of the race, Chris Buescher drove his No. 17 Fastenal Ford to a solid 13th-place finish under the lights Wednesday night at Martinsville Speedway.

In the NASCAR Cup Series’ first-ever race under the lights at Martinsville, Ryan Newman put together a strong showing in the Koch Industries Ford to finish 12th in the 500-lap race.

Front Row Motorsports (FRM) today announces a new initiative as part of the team's season-long cause marketing plan. The "We Care: Thank A Trucker" Program will offer fans the ability to show their appreciation for truck drivers on the frontlines who are working hard to keep our country going during the COVID-19 pandemic.

NASCAR has a busy week with five races across the top three series, while Toledo Speedway hosts the return of the ARCA Menards Series East.

Originally slated for May 9 on the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) schedule, but postponed due to the COVID-10 pandemic, the Blue-Emu Maximum Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway is now set for the mid-week date of Wednesday evening, June 10 at 7:00 p.m. ET. The event marks the 11th of 36 races on the revised calendar.

As NASCAR Weekly Series sanctioned events begin to return at select tracks across North America, NASCAR and Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP), a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider, today announced a multiyear official partnership, designating Advance Auto Parts as the series entitlement sponsor. As part of the agreement, Advance also becomes the “Official Auto Parts Retailer of NASCAR.”

Driver Chase Elliott on his outlook for Martinsville: “I am looking forward to Martinsville Wednesday night. I think we should be able to bring over a few things we learned in Phoenix earlier this year."

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. was made available to media via videoconference prior to the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 this Wednesday:

Martinsville is a really fun and unique track. It's somewhere that I've done really well. I made my debut there in the Truck Series when I was 16 and won there a few years ago.