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Kyle Larson beats Bubba Wallace to Martinsville Cup pole by 0.001s

Larson, the last of 10 cars in the final round of Saturday’s qualifying, just nipped Bubba Wallace on his second lap to grab the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race.

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2024 NASCAR Martinsville schedule, entry list, and how to watch

Martin Truex Jr. dominated the Cup race at Richmond, but a late-caution forced the event into overtime and completely changed the outcome. Truex's Joe Gibbs Racing team-mate Denny Hamlin won the race off pitroad, and then held on in the two-lap dash to the checkered flag.

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Byron to 'shoot for the stars' at Richmond and Martinsville

Byron, who drives the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, became the series’ first repeat winner of the season with his dominating win last weekend at Circuit of the Americas.

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Sammy Smith to run several NASCAR Truck races with Spire

Smith, 19, will compete in four races this season in Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet. His first race is April 5 at Martinsville, followed by May 18 at North Wilkesboro, July 19 at Indianapolis Raceway Park and Aug. 26 at the Milwaukee Mile.

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Hendrick Motorsports Dominates NASCAR Ahead Of 40Th Anniversary

Hendrick Motorsports shines with recent wins as it gears up for a grand 40th-anniversary celebration at Martinsville Speedway.

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Weddings and concerts in the wilderness - this Martinsville acreage has hosted it all

The pavilion-style house is on the market for the first time.

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Carson Kvapil to make Xfinity debut at Martinsville with JRM

Kvapil, the 20-year-old son of former NASCAR Truck champion Travis Kvapil, will drive JRM’s No. 88 Chevrolet in the April 6 race.

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How a small East Texas school district replaced its gas-guzzling buses with an all-electric fleet

The Martinsville Independent School District used a federal grant to replace four buses, which started transporting students last month. The principal believes he will save enough money on gas to hire a new teacher.

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Allgaier on Xfinity title hopes: "This year is different"

Allgaier's NASCAR journey parallels that of Grant Enfinger in Trucks in that both have spent the majority of their careers in one series where they have found success but never won a championship.

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William Byron says NASCAR’s Martinsville race pushed his heart rate to almost 200 beats per minute

The NASCAR driver described his in-car conditions as "hell in a bottle."

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Hamlin: Homestead failure 'sealed our fate' in title fight

A power steering failure in last weekend’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway knocked Hamlin out early and left him with a 17-point deficit heading into Sunday’s race at Martinsville.

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NASCAR Cup Martinsville: Blaney advances into title race with win

The Playoff round of eight concluded at Martinsville with an unusual 168-lap green flag run following a spin by Michael McDowell.

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2023 NASCAR Cup Martinsville playoff race results

Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell were already locked in, while both Ryan Blaney and William Byron held on to the two remaining transfer spots.

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Blaney advances into title race with Martinsville Cup win

Playing it safe, Blaney and several other lead-lap cars waited to make their final pit stop well within their fuel window while Almirola and Chase Elliott were among that pit earlier hoping for one or more late-race cautions.

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Allgaier wins in frantic NASCAR Xfinity finish at Martinsville

On the restart to a two-lap overtime following a multi-car wreck in the final laps, RCR team-mates Austin Hill and Sheldon Creed tangled side-by-side several times with Hill leading at the white flag lap.

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2023 NASCAR Xfinity Championship 4 grid set

Words can't properly describe the insanity that was the finish of Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity race at Martinsville. A red flag and an overtime restart set up an unbelievable two-lap dash to the checkered flag..

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One year later: Revisiting the Ross Chastain NASCAR wall-ride

It was the penultimate race of the 2022 season. Chastain was facing certain elimination from the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

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One year later: Revisiting the Ross Chastain wall-ride

It was the penultimate race of the 2022 season. Chastain was facing certain elimination from the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

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Hamlin's Martinsville position couldn't be "more exciting"

A power steering failure late in last weekend’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway knocked Hamlin out of the race early and in a difficult scenario to advance to this season’s title race at Phoenix.

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2023 NASCAR Cup Martinsville II schedule, entry list, and how to watch

Christopher Bell claimed victory at Homestead, joining Kyle Larson as the only drivers locked into the final four. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver passed William Byron and then held off fellow playoff drivers Ryan Blaney and Tyler Reddick.

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NASCAR Cup team co-owner and former driver Tifft makes racing return

Tifft, a former up-and-coming talent in NASCAR, was forced to give up his driving career in 2019 after suffering an epileptic seizure prior to getting on the track for practice at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

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RCR loses appeal, penalties upheld for Dillon and No. 3 team

NASCAR took Dillon's car back to the RD Center following the Cup race at Martinsville Speedway last month, and were later issued an L1 penalty.

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Tire compounds could be key to NASCAR short track changes

Many drivers said they could tell no difference in the racing two weeks ago at Martinsville, Va., with the new package, or in some instances, thought it was worse than last year.

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NASCAR 2023 Talladega schedule, entry list, and how to watch

Hendrick Motorsports is back on top with Kyle Larson earning his second win of the 2023 season at Martinsville, beating Joey Logano and Martin Truex Jr.

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NASCAR penalizes Austin Dillon and RCR No. 3 team

Following Martinsville, NASCAR took the No. 3 RCR Chevrolet and the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford back to the R&D Center for further inspection. There were no issues with SHR car, but the same cannot be said for RCR.

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