Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender, Jeb Burton, captured his first career pole Friday at Martinsville Speedway. Burton set a track qualifying record after turning a lap of 19.589 seconds.
It has been a couple weeks since you have heard from me, and I am excited for my opportunity to spout off my thoughts before tomorrow's STP Gas Booster 500. Martinsville Speedway is one of my favorite stops on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series each year due to its storied history and true short-track persona.
After suffering through some bad luck last year, Johnny Sauter is off to a strong start in 2013, having now won the first two races of the season. Sauter would take the lead from young Jeb Burton on a late race restart with 17 laps to go and never look back to take the victory.
After coming close to victory last year, Clint Bowyer would lead the final practice at Martinsville Speedway with a lap of 19.518 seconds, 97.018 mph. Bowyer restarted last year's spring race late in the third position, though spun out after going three-wide underneath Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson.
Defending Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski knows that things could be worse. He really can’t complain about how his 2013 campaign has started:...
At the end of Camping World Truck Series qualifying, it'd be Jeb Burton scoring his first career pole in his seventh career truck start. The 20-year-old lapped the track in 19.589 seconds, 96.666 mph.
It is not strange to see Jimmie Johnson at the front of the field at Martinsville Speedway so it should be no surprise that the driver of the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet won the pole, breaking the track record. Johnson clocked in a lap of 19.244 seconds, 98.400 mph, for the 30th pole of his career, first of 2013.
Wild is just one word to describe the start to the 2013 Sprint Cup Series season. After five races last season, we sure didn’t have any rivalries and we were just complaining about the lack of action in the races.
2013 has not been a good year so far for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR). Tony Stewart has one top 10 finish through five races, Danica Patrick looks like she's somehow regressed and its been feast or famine for Ryan Newman who has either scored a top 10 or a DNF.
The 2024 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Riverton, Illinois, was awarded the pole position for Saturday's event at Martinsville due to rain canceling Friday's qualifying session.
As NHRA continues to celebrate its 75th anniversary season in 2026, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns to zMAX Dragway for one of the most thrilling spectacles in all of motorsports with the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals on April 24-26.
Birmingham Stallions head coach A.J. McCarron will ride in the Fastest Seat in Sports at the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix powered by AmFirst on Sunday, March 29
RAFA Racing Team heads into Sonoma Raceway facing one of its most demanding weekends of the season, fielding entries across multiple championships as its expanded 2026 program comes into full effect.
