Monday, October 30, 2023

NASCAR Race Weekend Recap (Martinsville)

NASCAR Race Weekend Recap (Martinsville)

Winners: Ryan Blaney (Cup); with Justin Allgaier (Xfinity);

View from above - Martinsville Speedway for the Xfinity 500.

 

NASCAR Cup

Ryan Blaney Wins at Martinsville; Joins Bell, Larson, Byron in Championship 4

Ryan Blaney Wins at Martinsville - #NASCAR

 

Ryan Blaney did what Denny Hamlin couldn’t do in Sunday‘s Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

 

As a result, Blaney will race for the NASCAR Cup Series championship next Sunday at Phoenix Raceway (3:30 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, Peacock, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), and Hamlin exits the playoffs after a hard-luck Round of 8.

 

During a 168-lap green-flag run to the finish, Blaney tracked down Aric Almirola and passed him for the lead on Lap 478 of 500. Twenty-two laps later, Blaney took the checkered flag 0.899 seconds ahead of Almirola to earn advancement to the Championship 4 race.

 





“Well, I mean, felt like we put together really strong playoffs—especially the Round of 8… we had a good run in the whole Round of 8,” Blaney said. “Yeah, just overall really proud of the whole effort. RP (Team Penske owner Roger Penske) couldn’t be here, unfortunately, but I know he’s watching. This is awesome. Can’t wait to get to Phoenix next week.”

 

“I grew up in High Point, not too far from here,” Blaney said. “Really cool. Wanting to win here for a long time. Been super close for many years. Awesome to close it out.”

 

Pole: Martin Truex Jr

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Next Race: The Cup Series will return on Sunday, Nov. 5 3:00 PM ET for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway.

 

 

NASCAR Xfinity

Justin Allgaier Clinches Xfinity Series Championship 4 Spot in Dramatic Finish

Justin Allgaier Clinches Xfinity Series Championship 4 Spot in Dramatic Finish

 

At the end of Saturday‘s chaotic Dead on Tools 250, Justin Allgaier rescued his season with an improbable victory that earned the driver of the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet a berth in the Nov. 4 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship 4 event at Phoenix Raceway.

 

Allgaier‘s Camaro crossed the finish line glued to the side of Sheldon Creed‘s No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, scoring his first win at Martinsville, his fourth of the season and the 23rd of his career by 0.032 seconds over Creed, who needed a victory to advance to the title race.

 

“We‘ve got a shot at going for a championship at Phoenix. This is an emotional one. I‘ve wanted to win at Martinsville for a long time, and I‘ve been on the other end of that (pointing at the crashed cars on the frontstretch) too many times.”

 





Pole: Sammy Smith

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Next Race: The Xfinity Series will return on Saturday, Nov. 4 - 6:00 PM ET for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway.

 

Martinsville Speedway Crowd - #NASCAR

 

NASCAR Trucks

The #NASCAR Craftman Truck Series enjoyed a weekend off.





Next Race: The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series concludes the season with the Craftsman 150 at the 1-mile Phoenix Raceway on Friday, Nov. 3 (10 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

 

ARCA

The ARCA West was off this Weekend





Next Race: The ARCA Series will return on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023 1:30 p.m. ET for the Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 at Phoenix Raceway.

 

 

source: NASCAR Media
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Sunday, October 29, 2023

Allgaier Goes Hail Hellmann's

Allgaier Goes Hail Hellmann's

Earns Trip to Championship 4

Allgaier Goes Hail Hellmann's - #Wins #NASCAR Xfinity Series at Martinsville

 

Justin Allgaier entered yesterday's #NASCAR Xfinity Event just under the 2023 Playoff Cutline with a -three. Nevertheless, many believed him to be a favorite to win his way into the final four at Martinsville. Remember, in 2019, the thirty-seven-year-old won the final race in the Round of Eight when it was held at Phoenix Raceway.

 





On the final restart of Saturday's Dead On Tools 250 at Martinsville Speedway,  Justin Allgaier went for broke. As chaos erupted around him, the Illinois native outdragged Sheldon Creed to the finish line by a scant 0.003 seconds to gain a spot in the Championship 4 for the sixth time in his career.

 

Allgaier, locked in a battle with Austin Hill and Cole Custer for the final points position into the final race, was in the right place at the right time as Hill and Creed tangled off Turn 4 coming to the checkered flag. Allgaier put his foot to the floor and nipped Creed at the line.

 

That gives JR Motorsports half the field for the Championship 4 with Allgaier and Sam Mayer. The other participants are John Hunter Nemechek and Custer, who was involved in the last-lap crash but advanced on points.

 





The victory was Allgaier's 23rd in NASCAR Xfinity Series competition, his first at Martinsville and his second in this year's playoffs. It also puts him in sole possession of 11th place on the all-time NXS wins list.

 

“We’ve got a shot at going for a championship at Phoenix,” Allgaier told NBC Sports’ Dave Burns after the race. “My wife drove in today, my daughter’s last softball game was this afternoon. She said, ‘I got to watch the first win,’ and she decided to come here to be by my side. There’s nothing like it.

 

“This is an emotional one. I’ve wanted to win at Martinsville for a long time and, man, I’ve been on the other end of that too many times.”

 

JRM has now won four of the six NXS Playoff races this season.

 





Teammate Josh Berry's fifth-place finish gives JRM 500 top-five finishes in NXS competition. The first of those came in 2006, when Robby Gordon finished third at Michigan International Speedway.

 

Berry rallied to fifth despite extensive damage to his Chevrolet, while Brandon Jones came home 16th and Mayer was posted 25th after retiring late in the race with crash damage.

 

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Allgaier Goes Hail Hellmann's - #Wins #NASCAR Xfinity Series at Martinsville
Allgaier Goes Hail Hellmann's - #Wins #NASCAR Xfinity Series at Martinsville
Allgaier Goes Hail Hellmann's - #Wins #NASCAR Xfinity Series at Martinsville
Allgaier Goes Hail Hellmann's - #Wins #NASCAR Xfinity Series at Martinsville
Allgaier Goes Hail Hellmann's - #Wins #NASCAR Xfinity Series at Martinsville

 

 

source: JR Motorsports Media
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Saturday, October 28, 2023

The NASCAR Xfinity Series Heads Back to the ‘Paperclip’

The NASCAR Xfinity Series Heads Back to the ‘Paperclip’

Sammy Smith Starts on Pole

The #NASCAR Xfinity Series Heads Back to the ‘Paperclip’

 

  • Next Race: Dead On Tools 250
  • The Place: Martinsville Speedway
  • The Date: Saturday, October 28
  • The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
  • The Purse: $1,380,935
  • TV: USA, 3 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)

As the series winds down the 2023 season, the NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers will now be heading to Martinsville Speedway for the penultimate race – the Dead On Tools 250 today at 3:30 p.m. ET (USA Network, NBC Sports App, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR radio).

 

This will be the 41st NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway. The previous 40 races have produced 26 different race winners and 21 different pole winners. Only six races have been won from the pole or first starting position, but it’s been over 35 years since a driver was able to accomplish the feat – most recently by Jimmy Hensley in 1987.

 

This season will be the fourth consecutive year that Martinsville Speedway serves as the penultimate, or sixth race in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs, the elimination race of the Round of 8 (2020 – 2023). The track was not on the NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule from 2007 to 2019.

 

A few drivers have been able to etch their names in the Martinsville Speedway record books – Sam Ard (most wins – five), Brett Bodine (most poles - five), Dale Jarrett (most top fives – 11), Jimmy Hensley and Tommy Houston (tied for most top 10s – 17), and Tommy Ellis (most laps led – 713).

 

Three drivers in the field have already taken the checkered flag at the 0.526-mile track, one of which is a Playoff contender – John Hunter Nemechek (2023), along with Brandon Jones (2022) and Josh Berry (2021).

 

Although he hasn’t won a race at Martinsville Speedway. JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier could also be a favorite to win this weekend as he knows what it takes to win the penultimate race of the season. In 2019, he won the final race in the Round of 8 when it was held at Phoenix Raceway.

 





The #NASCAR Xfinity Series Heads Back to the ‘Paperclip’

 

Here are the starting positions of the 38 NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers at Martinsville Speedway:

 

  1. #18 - Sammy Smith
  2. #7 - Justin Allgaier
  3. #00 - Cole Custer
  4. #98 - Riley Herbst
  5. #20 - John Hunter Nemechek
  6. #9 - Brandon Jones
  7. #16 - Chandler Smith
  8. #2 - Sheldon Creed
  9. #21 - Austin Hill
  10. #31 - Parker Retzlaff
  11. #19 - Myatt Snider
  12. #8 - Josh Berry
  13. #39 - Ryan Sieg
  14. #10 - Daniel Hemric
  15. #48 - Parker Kligerman
  16. #25 - Brett Moffitt
  17. #1 - Sam Mayer
  18. #91 - Josh Bilicki
  19. #11 - Layne Riggs
  20. #51 - Jeremy Clements
  21. #4 - JJ Yeley
  22. #78 - Anthony Alfredo
  23. #26 - Kaz Grala
  24. #92 - Josh Williams
  25. #24 - Connor Mosack
  26. #44 - Rajah Caruth
  27. #6 - Brennan Poole
  28. #29 - Kyle Sieg
  29. #45 - Jeffrey Earnhardt
  30. #08 - Chad Finchum
  31. #02 - Blaine Perkins
  32. #43 - Ryan Ellis
  33. #38 - Joe Graf, Jr.
  34. #28 - CJ McLaughlin
  35. #35 - Chris Hacker
  36. #53 - Akinori Ogata
  37. #07 - Devin Jones
  38. #27 - Jeb Burton




 

source: NASCAR Media
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