Winners: Ryan Blaney (Cup); Aric Almirola (Xfinity); Christian Eckes (Trucks)
NASCAR Cup
Ryan Blaney Passes Chase Elliott for the Cup Win
Ryan Blaney earned a chance to defend his NASCAR championship with a victory Sunday at Martinsville Speedway that pushed the Team Penske driver into the winner-take-all season finale
Blaney, passed Chase Elliott with 15 laps to go to win at the Virginia track for a second consecutive year and take a spot in the championship race next week at Phoenix Raceway. Blaney will race Penske teammate Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick of 23XI Racing and Byron.
The title goes to the highest-finishing driver next Sunday.
“To have another shot at the championship is really special,” Blaney said. “Try to go back-to-back next week. I’ve got nothing left. Oh my God, I’m tired.”
A memorable @Blaney celebration. #NASCARPlayoffs #Championship4 pic.twitter.com/lPFYio37PI
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) November 3, 2024
Pole: Martin Truex Jr.
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Aric Almirola Sweeps ’24 Xfinity Series Races at Martinsville
Tickets punched and punches thrown – it was Martinsville after all, and in Saturday’s National Debt Relief 250, Aric Almirola made Martinsville Speedway his personal playground.
Leading 150 of 250 laps in a No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota that was the clear class of the field, Almirola won his second race in his second NASCAR Xfinity Series start at the 0.526-mile short track and earned a spot for his car in the series owners’ Championship 4.
For Almirola, who won at Martinsville in April in his first Xfinity attempt, the victory was the third of the season in 13 starts and the seventh of his career.
“We had an amazing car here in the spring, and we made a few tweaks to it,” said Almirola, who also swept the first and second stages. “I wasn’t totally happy with it, honestly, in the spring. And we showed up (Friday) and we were awful. I was like ‘Oh, no, what did we do?’ ”
“They went to work last night and came up with a lot of changes to make to the car, and it was so hooked up today. It would just do everything I wanted it to. This is such a special place. This is by far my favorite race track. I’m just so thankful.”
Stage 1 ✅
— NASCAR Xfinity (@NASCAR_Xfinity) November 2, 2024
Stage 2 ✅
Checkered flag ✅
Have yourself a night, @Aric_Almirola! đ pic.twitter.com/7nxieOfksm
Pole: Parker Retzlaff
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Christian Eckes Survives Late-Race Restarts, Dominates Truck Series Race at Martinsville
It was indeed a special night for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Christian Eckes, who dominated Friday night’s Long John Silver’s 200 at Martinsville Speedway.
Eschewing a trip to pit road between the first and second stages at the 0.526-mile short track, Eckes led the first 104 laps, swept the stages and worked his way back through the field from 19th after pitting at the Stage 2 break.
Undeterred by the chaos that produced 11 cautions for 81 laps, Eckes took the lead for the final time on Lap 172 in a side-by-side battle against pole winner Ty Majeski, who regained the top spot when Eckes came to pit road for the only time during the 200-lap event.
“Something really special,” Eckes said of the effort of his No. 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing team and the quality of his Chevrolet. “We came here last year, and we weren’t really that great… we were maybe a sixth-place truck (started sixth and finished 15th).
“And we worked really hard on it, and here we are in Victory Lane. So just super proud of this entire team.”
NEWS: The No. 19 truck clears post-race inspection at @MartinsvilleSwy. @christianeckes' #NASCARPlayoffs victory is official and he is locked into the #Championship4! pic.twitter.com/gW0LdQ0yRk
— NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks (@NASCAR_Trucks) November 2, 2024
Pole: Christian Eckes
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One more race. pic.twitter.com/52yrol251m
— ARCA Menards Series (@ARCA_Racing) October 27, 2024
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