(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.—With Brad Keselowski beating a tattoo into his rear bumper, and with his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota sliding sideways as it approached the checkered flag, Denny Hamlin held on to his car and held off Keselowski to win Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup […]
Denny Hamlin Holds Off Brad Keselowski For STP 500 Victory At Martinsville Speedway
March 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Martinsville Notebook: Jeff Gordon Rallies From Penalty, But Disappointment Lingers
March 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.—Exiting pit road after his final stop on Lap 462 of Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway, Jeff Gordon got the bad news. Gordon had entered the pits as the leader under the 16th and final caution of the race […]
Kyle Larson To Miss Sprint Cup Series Event At Martinsville Speedway; Regan Smith To Fill In
March 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.—On doctors’ advice, Kyle Larson will not race in Sunday’s STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway (1 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1), after fainting during an autograph session on Saturday afternoon. Regan Smith will take Larson’s place in the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing […]
Andy Seuss Tops Whelen Southern Modified Tour Field At Caraway Speedway
March 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(Press Release from NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications) What a difference one race can make. After finishing last in the season opener two weeks ago at Caraway Speedway, Seuss held off Eric Goodale on a green-white-checkered finish to win the Charles Kepley Memorial 150 Saturday in a return to Caraway. When Andy Seuss looks back on […]
Joey Logano Pulls Out Wild Overtime Truck Series Win At Martinsville Speedway
March 29, 2015 by 5 Comments
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILE, Va.—Race runner-up Matt Crafton said Joey Logano barreled into Turn 1 on the final restart “like he was shot out of a cannon.” Ducking to the inside with the accelerator mashed was the move Logano, the Coors Light Pole Award winner, had to make […]
Martinsville NASCAR Notebook: Chase Elliott To Start First Sprint Cup Series Race On “Weird Weekend”
March 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.—There’s nothing unusual about Chase Elliott being at a race track. The reigning NASCAR XFINITY Series champion is a full-time racer at age 19. But coming to the track to start a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday-now that’s another matter. For Elliott, […]
Joey Logano Wins Sprint Cup Pole At Martinsville; Chase Elliott Set For Series Debut
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(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.—For last year’s spring race at Martinsville Speedway, Joey Logano set a track record during qualifying but didn’t win the pole. On Friday at the paper-clip-shaped track, Logano reversed the outcome. Though he failed to match his record of 100.201 mph, he saved his […]
Martinsville Weekend Notebook: NASCAR Reminds Teams Altering Tires Is Off Limits
March 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.—Alan Gustafson, Jeff Gordon’s crew chief, termed it a “reminder.” But those who may have engaged in alleged unapproved “bleeding” of air pressure from their racing tires—the source of prevalent rumors in the garage—would be well-advised to interpret it as a stern warning. When […]
National Weekend Preview: Hendrick Motorsports Primed For Paperclip Win At Martinsville
March 26, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) Staff Report ~ NASCAR Wire Service Heading into the eighth race of its debut 1984 season at Martinsville Speedway, Rick Hendrick was ready to shut down his fledgling All Star Racing team the next Monday. Plans changed following the race, however. Geoffrey Bodine piloted Hendrick’s No. 5 Chevrolet to Victory Lane, earning […]
Promising Starts End Badly For Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth Sunday At Auto Club Speedway
March 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(NASCAR Wire Service) By Reid Spencer ~ NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif.—At the track closest to Toyota Racing Development’s headquarters in Costa Mesa, Toyota drivers Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin had their most promising runs of the season—until the promises were broken, that is. In Kenseth’s case, it was a broken axle. After NASCAR called […]
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