Joey Logano Will Be One To Watch At Martinsville

For Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway, Joey Logano obtained a starting position of 12th after qualifying, marking the fifth time he will start outside of the top 10 at the site since 2022. In 31 starts at Martinsville, Logano has one win, 19 top-10 finishes, and 1,207 laps led (third-most of active drivers). The […]

Should DFS Players Rely On Brad Keselowski For Martinsville Lineups?

Brad Keselowski of RFK Racing qualified 18th for Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. It will be the second-worst starting position of his Cup career at the Virginia track since joining RFK in 2022. In 29 starts at Martinsville Speedway, Keselowski has two wins and 21 top-20 finishes, although only one of them has been […]

Carson Hocevar Is A Great DFS Option For All Martinsville DFS Lineups

Spire Motorsports driver Carson Hocevar will start Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway from the 27th position, marking the second-lowest starting position for the Cup rookie at the site. In two prior starts at Martinsville, Hocevar's best finish was 17th, which he gained earlier in the season at the site. The No. 77 Chevrolet driver […]

Is Ty Gibbs Worth Rostering At Martinsville This Week For DFS?

Ty Gibbs will start fifth in Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway after qualifying, marking the second time in his Cup career that he will start inside the top five at the site. In four previous races at Martinsville, Gibbs never finished better than 18th and only scored positive place differential once. Through 34 races […]

Austin Cindric Could Have A Top-20 Performance At Martinsville

Team Penske's Austin Cindric collected a starting position of 24th for this week's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. This will mark the fourth different race in his Cup career, where Cindric will start a race at the Virginia track outside of the Top 20. In five previous races in his Cup career at Martinsville, Cindric […]

William Byron Might Be Usable Only In DFS Tournaments At Martinsville

William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports obtained a starting position of third for Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway, tying the best starting position of his Cup career at the site. In 13 starts at Martinsville, Byron has two wins, including earlier this year, and seven top-10 finishes. Through 34 races so far this year, Byron […]

Should DFS Players Roster Chris Buescher At Martinsville?

For Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway, Chris Buescher will start 26th, marking the second consecutive race at the site where he will start outside of the top 20. In 18 races at Martinsville, Buescher has 10 top-20 finishes, including six top-15 finishes in the last seven Cup events at the track. In 34 races […]

Expect A Solid Top-10 Performance From Alex Bowman At Martinsville

Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman scored a qualifying position of seventh for Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. This marks the highest starting position for Bowman in his Cup career at the site since November 2020. In 16 races at Martinsville, Bowman has one win and five top-10 finishes with an average finish of 18.9. […]

Josh Berry May Be Set For Long-Run Struggles At Martinsville

Stewart-Haas Racing driver Josh Berry will start 11th for Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway, which is a lower starting position compared to his only previous race at the site earlier in the year. During Berry's only race at Martinsville back in April this season, he ran inside the Top 10 at the end of […]

Chase Elliott Will Be Tough To Beat At Martinsville

If Chase Elliott wants to be a part of the Championship Four drivers at the Phoenix finale next weekend, he's going to have to win at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday afternoon, and it looks like the No. 9 Chevrolet has the speed to compete this weekend. In addition to qualifying on the outside pole for […]

Ryan Blaney A Great DFS Play At Martinsville

Look for Ryan Blaney to have a strong race in this weekend's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. The Team Penske driver is the defending winner of this race and has finished 11th or better in 11 straight races at this track. Over the last five, Blaney has finished fifth or better four times and his […]

Denny Hamlin Wrecks In Practice, Will Start Last At Martinsville

Denny Hamlin's Championship hopes took another hit on Saturday afternoon when the No. 11 Toyota suffered a stuck throttle in practice and backed in the wall at Martinsville Speedway. The damage wasn't severe enough to warrant a backup car, but Hamlin wasn't able to complete a lap in qualifying and will start from dead last […]

Kyle Larson Going Overlooked At Martinsville

Heading into the Xfinity 500 race weekend, most sportsbooks pegged Kyle Larson as the favorite to win, but that noise has quieted down a bit now that practice and qualifying are complete. Larson had a relatively quiet Saturday at "The Paperclip," ranking just 30th-fastest in overall speed in practice and qualifying ninth for Sunday's big […]

Martin Truex Jr. Will Be Strong At Martinsville On Sunday

Martin Truex Jr. is still winless on the 2024 Cup Series season, but that could change this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. The No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing team brought a rocket ship for Truex this weekend, as he was not only the fastest car in practice on Saturday, but also the fastest in qualifying, which […]

Bubba Wallace Struggling A Bit At Martinsville This Weekend

Over the past couple of years, Bubba Wallace has been one of the strongest drivers at Martinsville Speedway. In addition to four straight finishes of 11th or better, Bubba also has the eighth-best average running position at this track in the Next Gen era. The No. 23 team has some work to do if they […]

Chase Briscoe Looking To Continue Top-10 Streak At Martinsville

One of the most consistent drivers at Martinsville Speedway in the Next Gen era has been Chase Briscoe. Over the last five races at this track, he has finished between fourth and 10th each time, and he even led 109 laps here in the 2023 spring race. In the first race at Martinsville this season, […]

Todd Gilliland A Sneaky DFS Play At Martinsville

If you're looking for a low-dollar driver on DraftKings that could end up with a top-10 finish this weekend, look no further than Todd Gilliland ($6,600). The Front Row Motorsports driver has been excellent at Martinsville Speedway, with finishes of 13th or better in three of his last four starts at the track. That includes […]

Ryan Preece A Sleeper At Martinsville

Don't overlook Ryan Preece in the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway this weekend. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver finished ninth here in the spring race despite starting back in 22nd, and his two other results in the Next Gen era have been 20th- and 15th-place efforts. This weekend, Preece qualified up in eighth for Sunday's race, […]

Harrison Burton Qualifies Sixth At Martinsville, Unplayable In DFS

One of the surprises during qualifying for the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway this weekend was Harrison Burton, who made the final round and will roll off the starting grid from sixth place on Sunday afternoon. And while that is a great run for Burton and his Wood Brothers Racing team -- that's actually their […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Too Slow To Contend At Martinsville

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has had a low-key bad season in the NASCAR Cup Series despite his win at Talladega, and it's hard to envision that changing at Martinsville, a track where he starts 28th, has never led a lap, and has never finished better than eighth. About the only good thing about Stenhouse's career at […]

John Hunter Nemechek May Be More Motivated At Martinsville If His Ride Is At Stake

There are unconfirmed rumors swirling that John Hunter Nemechek will be replaced for 2025 even though he is technically still signed for next year. While Corey Heim's Craftsman Truck Series success does suggest this could be a real possibility, the sources of the rumors don't seem very reliable. If Nemechek is on the hotseat, however, […]

Short Tracks Remain Michael McDowell's Achilles Heel

Although Michael McDowell is fast on drafting tracks and road courses, short tracks are consistently his Achilles heel. Darlington, Bristol, and Martinsville are the only tracks that have been on the schedule his entire career where he has not led a lap, and of those Martinsville is the only track where he has never earned […]

Corey LaJoie Unexpectedly Fast In Practice At Martinsville

Corey LaJoie first attracted serious attention when he feuded with Denny Hamlin in the spring of 2020 and argued that he would outrun Hamlin in his No. 11 car before proceeding to outrun him in the next race at Martinsville, widely regarded to be Hamlin's best track. Now that the entire fanbase has turned against […]

Erik Jones Ran Well At Martinsville In The Spring

Erik Jones has had a season to forget with only two top-10 finishes in drafting races where he only finished well because he avoided big crashes. Nonetheless, the spring Martinsville race was arguably his best run of the season, as he finished 12th (better than on any non-drafting oval this season) and also had his […]

Daniel Hemric Qualifying Better But Still Slow In Races

As Daniel Hemric acclimates himself more to the Next Gen chassis, he does seem to be qualifying better in the second half of the season than he did in the first, but it hasn't led to much better race performance. Martinsville marks a good example, as he qualified 15th for today's race, which is better […]

Martinsville A Mediocre Track For Justin Haley

Justin Haley starts 30th at Martinsville, which is definitely not one of his better tracks. In seven previous races, he has never finished 27th and has never finished fewer than two laps down. Although Spire Motorsports is admittedly a lot faster now than it was in 2021 when he previously drove for the team, Spire […]

Lame-Duck Noah Gragson Seems Anonymous Lately

Although Noah Gragson looked like he was building to something in the first half of the season, he has almost been entirely invisible in the second half, particularly after it became clear that Stewart-Haas Racing would not be returning in its current form in 2025. Since he has already signed with Front Row Motorsports for […]

Austin Dillon Qualifies Well At Martinsville

Although Austin Dillon utilized the dirtiest move of the year to win at Richmond, he has had some solid runs at Martinsville in the past and is starting 10th. Don't count on him seriously contending in Sunday's race, though. While he did finish third in the 2022 spring race with the Next Gen chassis and […]

Ross Chastain Unlikely To Make The Highlight Reels At Martinsville This Time

Ross Chastain became one of the closest things to a household name among millennial NASCAR drivers when his wall ride on the last lap at Martinsville two years ago unexpectedly locked himself into the Championship 4. After having missed the playoffs this year, he has much lower stakes this time. However, Trackhouse Racing has had […]

Kyle Busch Looks To Extend Consecutive Winning Seasons Streak

Since Kyle Busch is 114 points behind Ross Chastain for 19th and 86 points ahead of Carson Hocevar for 20th in points, he essentially has nothing at stake besides winning, but he will definitely want to salvage his season by extending his record streak of consecutive winning seasons to 20. Busch has won twice at […]