Short Tracks Remain Michael McDowell's Greatest Weakness
8 months agoMichael McDowell qualified 35th for Sunday's Martinsville race and this is one of his worst tracks historically. McDowell's average finish stands at 28.4 and he has never finished better than 14th at Martinsville. Front Row Sports' top driver and short tracks have not mixed. Although he usually outruns his teammate Todd Gilliland, short tracks are the exception as Gilliland definitely tends to have the advantage. His practice speed was even 30th on Saturday. When you also consider that his current speed percentile stands at 35.32 (his worst measure in this category since 2019), it seems unlikely that Sunday will be the day where he will reverse this trend.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference