NASCAR at Martinsville this weekend

NASCAR Cup Series

Next Race: Cook Out 400

The Place: Martinsville Speedway

Track Length: 0.526 Mile Asphalt Oval

The Date: Sunday, March 30

The Time: 3 p.m. ET

The Purse: $11,055,250

TV: FS1, 1:30 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)

Distance: 210.4 miles (400 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 80),

Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 180), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 400)

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Next Race: US Marine Corps 250

The Place: Martinsville Speedway

Track Length: 0.526 Mile Asphalt Oval

The Date: Saturday, March 29

The Time: 5 p.m. ET

The Purse: $1,651,939

TV: CW, 4:30 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)

Distance: 131.5 miles (250 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 60),

Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 120), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 250)

Where To Watch NASCAR This Week:

Friday, March 28

NCTS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (FS2 at 2 p.m. ET)

NXS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (The CW App at 4:30 p.m. ET)

NCTS Race: Boys And Girls Club Of The Blue Ridge 200 (FS1, NRN, SiriusXM at 7:30 p.m. ET)

Saturday, March 29

NCS Practice & Busch Light Pole Qualifying (Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM at 2 p.m. ET)

NXS Race: US Marine Corps 250 (The CW, MRN, SiriusXM at 5 p.m. ET)

Sunday, March 30

NCS Race: Cook Out 400 (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM at 3 p.m. ET)

NASCAR Cup Series

Martinsville Storylines and Insights:

• This weekend marks the 153rd running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway. Martinsville is the only track that hosted a race every season (1949-2025).
• Martinsville Speedway, at 152 NASCAR Cup Series points-paying races, has hosted the second-most points paying events all-time, behind only Daytona International Speedway at 156.
• Martinsville is the first of six short track races in 2025.
• Martinsville has held a Playoff race every year of the postseason (2004-2025), and this is the sixth straight year Martinsville held the race prior to the Championship (2020-2025).
• Hendrick Motorsports drivers won five of the last nine Martinsville races with all four active drivers winning at least once (William Byron is the repeat winner with two).
• The last five Martinsville races were won from starting positions outside the top-10, tied for the longest streak ever at Martinsville.
• Hendrick Motorsports finished 1-2-3 at Martinsville in April, the first 1-2-3 finish by a team ever at the track.
• The last seven races at Martinsville were won by drivers 30 years old or younger, the longest streak ever at the track.
• All but three of the last 76 races at Martinsville dating to 1987 were won by a driver with at least 100 career Cup Series starts
• A total of 59 different drivers have won in the NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville Speedway. This weekend, 10 of the 59 different NASCAR Cup Series Martinsville Speedway winners will be active.

• Christopher Bell’s win at Martinsville in October 2022 to advance to the Championship 4 Round is his only top-five finish at the track in nine starts.
• Alex Bowman’s October 2021 Martinsville win is his only top-five finish at the track in 17 starts.
• Chase Briscoe’s five top-10 finishes at Martinsville are his most at a track, all five came in the last six races.
• Joey Logano’s 11 straight top 10s at Martinsville is the longest active top-10 streak at Martinsville and his longest streak at any track.
• Ryan Blaney’s 10 top-five finishes at Martinsville are his most at a track, he finished top-seven in the last six races there including winning the Martinsville Playoff race the last two years sending him to the Championship 4 Round both times.
• The last 13 Martinsville races were won by three organizations: Hendrick Motorsports (five), Joe Gibbs Racing (four), Team Penske (four).
• Six different pole winners in first six Cup races in 2025 – has only occurred four times in the Modern Era (1998, 2014, 2019, 2025).
• 2025 is the first time since 2016 that five different teams won the pole in the first six races of the season.
• Hendrick Motorsports won the pole for four of the last six races on short-tracks.
• The last driver to win from pit stall 1 at Martinsville was Jimmie Johnson in April 2013.
•  A total of 63 different drivers have won a pole in the NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville Speedway. This weekend, six of the 63 Cup Series Martinsville Speedway pole winners are active.

• The eventual Martinsville winner didn’t lead for the first time until at least lap 186 in each of the last eight races.
• The pass for the win came in the final 30 laps in each of the last five Martinsville races.
• Three full-time teams have not had a DNF yet in 2025:  Hendrick Motorsports, Hyak Motorsports and Legacy Motor Club.
• Chase Elliott is the only driver to finish top-10 in all seven short-track races in 2024, his seven straight top 10s on short tracks is the longest of his Cup career.
• Ryan Blaney will make his 261st Cup start for Team Penske this weekend, passing Ryan Newman for 4th most all-time in team history.
• The 201 lead changes in 2025 are the most ever through six races.
• 153 lead lap finishers in 2025 are the most ever through the first six races of a season.
• 20 drivers have scored a top-five finishes through the first six races, tied for the fifth most in series history and most since 2010.
• William Byron is the only driver to lead in each of the first six races of 2025.
• Christopher Bell can become only the third driver in history to win 4 of the first 7 races in a season (Bill Elliott – 1992, Dale Earnhardt – 1987, Richard Petty – 1975)
• A stage winner went on to win once this season (Christopher Bell – stage 2 at Phoenix), the fewest ever through six races.
• Ford has only five top-five finishes through the first six races of 2025, the fewest since 2016. Josh Berry accounts for two of Ford’s five top-five finishes in 2025 including the only win.
• 2024 NASCAR Cup Champion Joey Logano’s 247 laps led in 2025 is the most ever through six races by a driver without a top 10 finish (in those six races).
• Joey Logano is the first defending champion without a top-10 finish in the first six races of the following season.
• Ty Gibbs earned 40 fewer stage points in 2025 through six races compared to six races in 2024, the biggest decline among all drivers.
• Bubba Wallace’s 61 stage points through six races in 2025 are his most ever at this point in a season by 40 points.
• John Hunter Nemechek finished on the lead lap in the last six races, his longest streak ever in Cup.
• Kyle Larson’s average finish in the last five Martinsville races is 2.8, compared to 20.5 in the 15 prior races.
• Ryan Blaney ranks second in 2025 in stage points earned, 43% of his total points this season came from stages.

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Martinsville Storylines and Insights:

• This weekend will be the 44th running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway (1982-2025).
• Martinsville is the second of four Dash 4 Cash races: Miami, Martinsville, Bristol, Rockingham.
• The four Dash 4 Cash drivers for Martinsville are: #00 Sheldon Creed, #7 Justin Allgaier, #21 Austin Hill and #41 Sam Mayer.
• Justin Allgaier won his sixth Dash 4 Cash bonus at Homestead-Miami, most all-time.
• Justin Allgaier won back-to-back races for the second-time in his career, the last driver to win three in a row was Noah Gragson in 2022 when he won four straight.
• Justin Allgaier’s 27th NXS win tied him with Jeff Burton for ninth all-time.
• Martinsville is the first of five short track races in 2025.
• The last nine Xfinity Series races at Martinsville were won by eight different drivers.
• Richard Childress Racing’s next win will be their 100th in NASCAR Xfinity Series; only two other teams won at least 100 NXS races (Joe Gibbs Racing-215, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing-138)
• Corey Day is making his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Martinsville driving the Hendrick Motorsports’ #17, which has finished in top-five in all three starts this season.
• Three drivers are making their Xfinity Series debut: #17 Corey Day, #24 Patrick Staropoli, #66 Tyler Tomassi.
• Four drivers in the field are past Xfinity Series Martinsville winners: Aric Almirola (2 wins), Justin Allgaier (1), Brandon Jones (1) and Harrison Burton (1).
• Christian Eckes won both CRAFTSMAN Truck races at Martinsville last year, Carson Kvapil won the late model race there last September.
• Three drivers finished runner-up at Martinsville in NASCAR Xfinity Series but are still winless there: Creed-2, S. Smith-2 and Mayer-1.
• Three races this year ended with a last lap pass, the most ever through six races in a season.
• Three of the last six Martinsville races featured last-lap passes.
• The driver starting first failed to win the last 27 races at Martinsville.
• The Stage 1 winner won the last four Martinsville races.
• Five of the last seven Martinsville races finished in overtime.
• Joe Gibbs Racing (6) and JR Motorsports (3) combined to win the last nine Martinsville races (all nine since the series returned to the track).
• Three of the six races this season went to overtime.
• Three drivers have a series leading four top-five finishes in 2025 (Mayer, Hill, Allgaier), Mayer is the only one without a win this season.
• Aric Almirola finished in top three in his last six starts and swept both Martinsville races in 2024.
• Brandon Jones’ average finish in last three races is 21 positions better than his average finish in first three races of season.
• Justin Allgaier and Jesse Love are the only drivers to finish on the lead lap in all six Xfinity races of 2025.
• Jesse Love is the only driver to score top-20 finishes in all six races of 2025.
• Chevrolet has led 809 of 963 laps this season (84%).
• Sheldon Creed scored 28 more stage points through six races than he did last year, the biggest improvement of any full-time driver.

Xfinity Dash 4 Cash Rundown:

• Martinsville is the second of four Dash 4 Cash races: Miami, Martinsville, Bristol and Rockingham.
• Justin Allgaier won Dash 4 Cash at Miami, his record sixth win.
• Martinsville Dash 4 Cash drivers: #00 Sheldon Creed, #7 Justin Allgaier, #21 Austin Hill, #41 Sam Mayer.
• The best finishing of the four Dash 4 Cash drivers will win a $100,000 bonus.
• 2025 is the 17th season of Dash 4 Cash in the NXS.
• $6,025,000 awarded since the start of the program in 2009.