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Rowdy18 posted: 03.18.2019 - 9:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Power Rankings 1) Busch, Kyle // 124.0 // 0 2) Harvick, Kevin // 112.0 // 0 3) Logano, Joey // 106.0 // 0 4) Hamlin, Denny // 99.5 // +1 5) Truex Jr, Martin // 97.5 // -1 6) Almirola, Aric // 97.0 // 0 7) Blaney, Ryan // 95.5 // 0 8) Keselowski, Brad // 95.4 // +1 9) Busch, Kurt // 92.0 // -1 10) Larson, Kyle // 88.2 // 0 11) Stenhouse Jr, Ricky // 86.2 // 0 12) Elliott, Chase // 82.5 // +1 13) Bowyer, Clint // 82.2 // 0 14) Byron, William // 79.4 // 0 15) Johnson, Jimmie // 78.9 // 0 16) Jones, Erik // 77.4 // +1 17) Suarez, Daniel // 75.7 // +1 18) Bowman, Alex // 74.5 // -2 19) Menard, Paul // 68.7 // +1 20) Dillon, Austin // 68.3 // +2 21) Newman, Ryan // 66.6 // -2 22) DiBenedetto, Matt // 66.2 // -1 23) Buescher, Chris // 62.0 // +1 24) Hemric, Daniel // 61.2 // -1 25) Dillon, Ty // 54.5 // 0 26) Ragan, David // 52.6 // 0 27) Preece, Ryan // 50.4 // 0 28) McDowell, Michael // 49.8 // +1 29) Wallace, Bubba // 48.3 // -1 30) Tifft, Matt // 42.7 // 0 31) LaJoie, Corey // 40.2 // 0 32) Cassill, Landon // 37.4 // 0 33) Ware, Cody // 29.0 // 0 2. PucciMan posted: 03.19.2019 - 2:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Weather is looking good. Mid 60's, no snow on race day. At least it won't be a repeat of the NASCAR Winter Series that we had last year. 3. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.19.2019 - 3:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeb Burton makes his return to the track where he has his best career finish in Cup 4. 34McDowellFan posted: 03.19.2019 - 3:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only 36 cars :/ 5. George_Costanza posted: 03.19.2019 - 3:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I really hope this new rules package doesn't screw up Martinsville. It's one of the only tracks remaining where a good race is more likely than a bad race. 6. LJTolitoYT posted: 03.19.2019 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeb Burton will be in 52 this week,WOW 7. LJTolitoYT posted: 03.19.2019 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Aric Alomirola will be sponsored by the Hit Fox Show: Beat Shazam! or the movie SHAZAM!!! 8. Sandy posted: 03.19.2019 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @4 Goes to show that the Charter System is Killing NASCAR Charter System Needs to Go Away 9. 34McDowellFan posted: 03.19.2019 - 4:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 39 trucks are entered, that's 3 more than the cup series 10. MinecraftandNascarfan posted: 03.19.2019 - 4:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) I DON'T CARE ABOUT VERY LOW FIELDS. 11. Canadianfan posted: 03.19.2019 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @5 George it will be last years package. The ducts and spacer are for 1.5 mile tracks and bigger. But except lower horsepower engines in 2022. This is just a Band-Aid till we get the new engines then. 12. JFM01 posted: 03.19.2019 - 6:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @11 With the terrible races we've had this year, they can't really lower the horsepower any further. The tightest racing was when the cars had 900hp. 13. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.19.2019 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If Fusions and SS were allowed to run like the Luminas and Thunderbirds were in the 90s, I'd imagine field sizes would be larger. Performance would be questionable though 14. Canadianfan posted: 03.19.2019 - 6:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @12 Sorry JFM01, What I'm trying to say is manufacturers are pushing NASCAR to have less horsepower engines for 2022 in the 500 to 550hp range. They wouldn't have any spacer because the engines would be built to that horsepower level. The manufactures don't want to build these monsters anymore. Think almost crate motors. 15. possum posted: 03.19.2019 - 7:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @5 - "one of the few", you mean. Only implies singularity. But your point is valid, Martinsville is always at least a decent race. And really, that's the solution to NASCAR's problems - rather than their futile efforts to work magic on the car, they need to figure out a way to get more shorttracks on the schedule, because the shorttracks are good races, regardless of the car design. @14 - the core problem there is the manufacturers building the motors. NASCAR would do itself a favor if they banned that, and the teams had to build their own motors, like it was before Ford decreed that everyone had to use a Yates motor if they ran a Ford. 16. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 03.19.2019 - 7:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Post 14 is right. OEMs where paying too much for 900HP Engines. They even said they didn't want too pay for 750HP engines. If NASCAR didn't then well NASCARs days would be numbered sooner rather then later. The Gen 7 will have new bodies and a new unrestricted powertrain under the hood. 17. Dion posted: 03.20.2019 - 12:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unless something crazy happens, this will likely be the 1,000th career race over the top 3 series for 33-year old Kyle Busch. People forget, he debuted in 2001 in Trucks before series changed age to compete & he was forced to run ASA & other series in 2002 before returning in 2003. Busch doesn't even turn 34 until May 2. 18. Mannoroth posted: 03.20.2019 - 7:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 17. I don't know what's the history of the minimal age to run a race in NASCAR, but if Kyle Busch was born earlier, he wouldn't have to wait till his 18th birthday to compete in NASCAR. I remember than Bobby Hillin, Jr. started a Cup race, when he was still 17 and we all know that the record belongs to some 15 year old kid who started a race in 1950s. I don't know how your school system works in USA, but when someone is 15 in Europe, he is usually about to finish the elementary school. 19. Corey posted: 03.20.2019 - 8:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @18 Kyle is actually part of the reason NASCAR instituted the minimum age requirement. In 2001, Kyle was set to run the Truck race at California Speedway. The Trucks however were a companion race for the CART race. CART's event was sponsored by Marlboro, which being cigarettes, required any driver competing that weekend to be 18 or older. Kyle was only 16 and prevented from running. Soon after NASCAR instituted the minimum age requirement and voided all contracts teams had with drivers under that age. this included Kyle's contract with Roush. 20. Mannoroth posted: 03.20.2019 - 9:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 19. And if that didn't happen, Kyle Busch would most probably run the whole schedule in 2002 for Jack Roush in Trucks. I think that would be a record, because I don't think than anyone has ever run the whole schedule in the top 3 series, while being under 18... 21. LJTolitoYT posted: 03.20.2019 - 9:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeb Burton will be driving the 52 Muzzy Bowfishing Chevrolet for Rick Ware Racing on Sunday, Which will be his first start since last year. He may have a Top 20 to Top 30 car, He is expected to be better then Cody Ware 22. Corey posted: 03.20.2019 - 9:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @20 If NASCAR didn't do that, someone would have by now. Up until then, most drivers that got to Cup were either in their mid to late 20's or 30's. Jeff Gordon was the first one to really challenge that when he ran the full Busch schedule at 18/19 and then full Cup at 20/21. He was still an outlier until the end of the century, where young guys were starting to be signed to development contracts. I think NASCAR was taking a more proactive approach, in instituting the minimum age requirement. We've already seen a number of guys since then, who have been restricted because of it. 23. Scott25 posted: 03.20.2019 - 3:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @21 everyone is expected to be better than Cody Ware, maybe even Stanton Barrett. That should be a requirement in order to get your NASCAR license: ?This license certifies that (insert name here) is indeed better than Cody Ware?. Jeb should get a top 30 if he can finish the race under power, because at least 6 cars should drop out or receive heavy damage. 24. ThatGuy posted: 03.20.2019 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So, I know people blame the charter system, can someone explain how it works and keeps the entrants so low to me? I know this isn't the Daytona 500 but only 36 entrants? That's terrible. How did we go from years -decades maybe- of 43 car fields to them lowering the number of cars to 40, and now they can't even fill a 40 car field so rapidly? 25. Corey posted: 03.20.2019 - 6:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chartered teams earn more money per race then open teams. Some people are theorizing that this gap must be significant since open teams aren't even showing up, despite the apparent guaranteed start. The 43 car field has really only been around since 1997 and that was when a past champs provisional was used. From 1996 and earlier the field size varied and that somewhat depended on the track size. From 1970 to 1996, most races were only 31-32 cars with 36 starting from 1994-1996. 26. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.20.2019 - 6:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The simplest way to put it is that chartered cars get the majority of the purse spread through them, then what's left goes to the open cars. Races with smaller purses likely won't see many (or any) open cars, because once it's all worked out, unless they've got some good sponsorship or the owner has enough money to run the team out of his own pocket, the open teams are losing money or just barely breaking even. 27. ThatGuy posted: 03.20.2019 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ok, thanks. That makes a lot of sense for a track like this. Short tracks won't have a wreck like Daytona or Talladega, but you are almost guaranteed damage here 28. possum posted: 03.20.2019 - 8:20 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @24 - basically, having a charter means you're garaunteed a starting spot in the race, and a share of the purse. The share of the purse you get is partly dependent on race finishing position, and partly on previous year's points, but there's not a whole lot of difference between the highest share and the lowest. That means if you have a charter you have a certain garaunteed income for the season, and you can budget accordingly. The big team owners like that certainity. If you're a non-charter entrant, you don't get a garaunteed starting spot, and your race payout is much lower - around 35% of a charter team at best. That means if you get in the race, and don't tear anything up, you'll pretty much cover expenses. Note that NASCAR has made things much more expensive for the backmarker teams in the past decade. You can't just weld up a chassis now, it has to be precise to NASCAR's spec, and sent to Charlotte to be approved. You can't hang a body and be OK if you're within 1/2 inch of the template, now you have to be precise to .01 in a hundred places to pass the laser inspection. You can't build your own motor, and let your labor replace some of the cost, you have to buy it from Yates or TRD or Hendrick or Childress. So basically a charter system that cuts income, and a rules system that raises costs, equals no more non-charter cars for NASCAR. (a fair amount of the charter system details came out in the BK Racing bankruptcy court case, the documents for which can be found on-line with some searching) 29. Sector posted: 03.21.2019 - 7:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Someone mentioned it once before and I'll bring it up again. NASCAR should allow the teams to go back to 5 cars instead of 4. More opportunities, more seats available for other drivers to race. 30. Bayne&BowmanFan posted: 03.21.2019 - 2:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DJ Kennington's first Cup start of the year. 31. LJTolitoYouTuber posted: 03.22.2019 - 9:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Race might be not be good considering kyle busch might win again 32. Sector posted: 03.22.2019 - 9:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh, for some reason I thought this was a Truck race's page haha. Either or it still applies and don't forget Kyle Busch didn't even lead the most laps both races here last year anyway. Joey Logano led over 300 laps in the fall and still ended up with an insane finish. 33. Sector posted: 03.22.2019 - 9:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Again, you guys only focus on one driver and ignore the rest. Just don't watch the TRUCK race if Kyle Busch is killing your mentality so badly. Second on back will still be good to watch, and Kyle has been beaten before here. Anything can happen. 34. Mannoroth posted: 03.22.2019 - 1:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Uh, guys, this isn't a Truck Series race page... Go complaining there, if Kyle Busch gives you some nightmares due to his lower series dominance. This is a Cup race, where Kyle Busch is supposed to race, so if he wins his 3rd race in a row, it doesn't have anything to do with lower series... Or it's not okay to win in the series you're supposed to race anymore? 35. LJTolitoYT posted: 03.22.2019 - 1:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Darkhorse: Chase Elliott Long Shot: Kurt Busch Most Likely: Denny Hamlin 36. Bayne&BowmanFan posted: 03.22.2019 - 1:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I predict Blaney will finally pull it off. Now he will go and run 20th all weekend because I said he'll do well. 37. Land0nFand0n posted: 03.22.2019 - 2:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #00 sponsor: CGS Imaging 38. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.23.2019 - 1:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) During the final practice trivia that they do, FS1 said Lee Petty was the oldest to win Martinsville at 45. They're wrong. Harry Gsnt did it when he was 51. 39. Sandy posted: 03.23.2019 - 2:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The oldest driver to win at Martinsville FS1 who is Lee Petty at 45 No who is Harry grant at 51 40. TinFoil posted: 03.23.2019 - 4:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Since this is Kyle's 1000th start that obviously means he wins. 41. 33kalam posted: 03.23.2019 - 4:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) The last time the cup series had 36 cars was September 1996 42. Mile501 posted: 03.23.2019 - 8:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @36 Well, he qualified 18th so he's off to a good start to making your prediction come true! @41 That's only true if we aren't counting Atlanta last year, or Phoenix two weeks ago. 43. Rider77 posted: 03.23.2019 - 9:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Let's see if Toyota continues their dominance of everything at Martinsville. So far they have won all the truck races, all but 2 Xfinity and all but 2 cup. Chevrolet has one win combined between all 3 top series. At Daytona in Xfinity. 44. wow posted: 03.23.2019 - 9:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) As far as Toyota dominance goes I full expect a year that they win every single race in a series. Maybe not cup, but it feels they are way outspending everyone else. Maybe lift the limits for Xfinity and truck and let Kyle have some fun. For this season.... 18 or 22 will be your winner tomorrow. I expect one will be dominant and a make it a snooze fest. Hopefully Kyle. I expect 10 plus wins this year in cup. 105 is happening. Bowyer fallen of a lot and unlikely to protect his win last year. May never win again outside plates. Almirola is becoming the 2nd guy at haas but dont think he is capable of winning a non plate race. Always find a way to blow it or crack under pressure. I also predict outside plates, freak fog outs, and road courses the 18, 22, 2, 19, 4, and maybe one from the 12 will be the only winners this year. Zero for anyone else. Kyle and Logano with the kings share. I also think it will be 3 or 4 years before Larson wins a race again if ever. Kurt is way out driving him and he is still struggling to lead at all. Chastain wont do any better if he gets that ride. 45. Corey posted: 03.23.2019 - 10:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @42 He's not entirely wrong. The last time a Martinsville race had 36 cars was September of 1996. 46. Corey posted: 03.23.2019 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @43 Keep in mind, Toyota's "dominance" is mainly attributed to Kyle Busch. He has 7 of their 10 wins and all 5 second place finishers in the lower series were non-Toyotas. Once Kyle's commitments in Xfinity and Trucks are over, things will begin to even up between the manufactures. 47. TooSmartForThis posted: 03.23.2019 - 11:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) "The 43 car field has really only been around since 1997 and that was when a past champs provisional was used. From 1996 and earlier the field size varied and that somewhat depended on the track size. From 1970 to 1996, most races were only 31-32 cars with 36 starting from 1994-1996." What a load of nonsense. I know you probably weren't born back then but you should do better research before you post things that simply aren't true, especially on a website where this information is so readily available. For the record, in the past when races had 36 cars or less it was because that was what the field was limited to and other (good!) teams were sent home, not because there were only 25 competitive teams and a load of Xfinity and Truck owners playing around in the "big leagues". NASCAR is a pale imitation of what it once was and anyone who thinks otherwise is willingly deluding themselves. 48. Corey posted: 03.24.2019 - 2:58 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @47 That response to my comment is so baffling I don't even now here to begin. "I know you probably weren't born back then but you should do better research before you post things that simply aren't true, especially on a website where this information is so readily available." So I was born in the 80's and what I posted is true as evident by the fact that nobody corrected me right after I posted it. And considering I used this site for the research, you just questioned its entire credibility. " not because there were only 25 competitive teams and a load of Xfinity and Truck owners playing around in the "big leagues". " Where in the world did I say any of this? 49. Anonymous posted: 03.24.2019 - 2:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Both RCR cars got beat by the 00. Yikes 50. joey2448 posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:22 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) This is Joey Logano's fifth pole in the last nine Martinsville races. Pretty good qualifier here. Aric Almirola continuing to prove that last year was no fluke. That #10 car has been really steady and consistent this year running near the front. Great qualifying run by William Byron (sixth). 51. Wil posted: 03.24.2019 - 7:46 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @44 "I also think it will be 3 or 4 years before Larson wins a race again if ever. Kurt is way out driving him and he is still struggling to lead at all." Larson has led the 3rd most laps this year, moron. 6x more than Kurt. I swear this dude is the worst commenter this site has seen yet. 52. Mannoroth posted: 03.24.2019 - 7:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 46. Exactly. I just expect that Christopher Bell will be winning a lot, otherwise other manufacturers will also win some races in lower series. 53. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 8:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano has cleared inspection so he will start on pole today 54. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 8:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron has failed pre-race inspection so he will start in the rear, was scheduled to start 6th 55. Luke posted: 03.24.2019 - 10:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) No. 51 is a Chevrolet as we can see here: https://twitter.com/RickWareRacing/status/1109503280453947392 56. Ralphie posted: 03.24.2019 - 11:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) A Chevy qualifying almost in the top 5? No wonder they busted him. That's got to be a red flag to NASCAR, though qualifying that high is nowhere near as rare as finishing there for a bowtie over the past season+. Git dem Shebbies! 57. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 11:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This might be a long shot based off his performance so far this year but based off yesterday I'm gonna go with Chase Elliott to win today 58. wow posted: 03.24.2019 - 11:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 51 Talking about Kurt leading laps. Larson lead a ton at one race but blew it like he always does speeding at pit row or thinking he can wreck Kyle on the last lap. Kyle came right back to win. 59. George posted: 03.24.2019 - 11:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 'Might' be a longshot???? The last time a Chevy even sniffed a top-5 at this track was 2 full seasons ago, the Spring 2017 race (Chase finished 3rd). Obviously there was little or no chance of repeating that feat in 2018 once the "new Camaro" came around and today isn't terribly likely to be any exception either. It would be nice if your prediction came true, however even just leading some laps would be a big step forward from the first 5 races of 2019 (Larson's momentary fluke @ Atlanta aside). 60. rm posted: 03.24.2019 - 12:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I seem to remember Newman and Elliott running in the top 10 a lot of the day in the fall at Martinsville last year, Newman may have cracked the top 5 for a while even. 61. A.J. posted: 03.24.2019 - 12:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Elliott & Newman finished 7th/8th last fall here, the "best of the rest" I guess you could say. They both did run briefly in the top 5, Newman even as high as 4th at one point. That was the high point of the race for any Chevrolet on the track. 62. PucciMan posted: 03.24.2019 - 12:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Last weekend, NASCAR was at one of its worst tracks on the schedule. This weekend, they're at one of its best tracks on the schedule. 63. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 2:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We're green at Martinsville 64. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 2:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski to the lead 65. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 2:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) McDowell into the wall caution is out 66. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 2:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Newman will get the free pass 67. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 2:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski may have gotten into the back of Stenhouse 68. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 2:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski wins stage 1 69. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 3:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse will get the free pass 70. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Big slide by Bowyer and Larson 71. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution is out for debris, Elliott also went wide probably some oil on the track 72. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 3:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron will get the free pass. 73. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 3:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It was an axle shaft on the track that was the reason for the caution, don't know which car it came from 74. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Big save by Bubba after getting hit by Bowman 75. Corey posted: 03.24.2019 - 3:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The axle apparently came from the 15 of Ross Chastain. 76. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 3:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski wins stage 2 77. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin has been penalized for an uncontrolled tire he will go to the rear for the restart 78. George posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:10 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) NASCAR be loving this -- ONE Chevy in the top 13 after 2 stages. Damn that "new Camaro", maybe Chevy ought to scrap that darn finicky Camaro and go back to the Bel Air or the Nova. 79. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution is out for Byron 80. Jacob posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) William Byron spin leads to another caution. 81. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer too fast entering pit road 82. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Elliott to the lead 83. Jacob posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Erik Jones and Kyle Larson trading paint for a time. 84. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Erik Jones has big damage to the left front fender 85. joey2448 posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And Chase Elliott finally gets by Keselowski for the lead! He'd been hounding the #2 car forever and finally takes the lead with 176 laps to go. 86. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jones makes it to pit road with both left front tires down 87. joey2448 posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Erik Jones is in trouble. Looks like a tire down, or possible rear suspension broken. 88. Jacob posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Another era, Erik Jones would probably be paying Kyle Larson a little "social call" at the end of the race; and frankly even now I wouldn't be too surprised if those two exchanged words if nothing else. 89. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution for Matt Tifft 90. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski wins the race off pit road and will be the leader again 91. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer again too fast entering pit road 92. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bit of contact between Keselowski and Johnson 93. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chastain has stopped on track caution is out 94. Jacob posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:10 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Brad Keselowski having set a career-best for most laps led (heard it announced he's led 390 at the moment). 95. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I can only imagine how Ross feels going from driving a potential winning vehicle to driving a rolling steaming pile 96. Jacob posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Got ourselves a battle for almost all of the Top 5 spots as this race winds down, highlighted by Chase Elliott and Brad Keselowski battling for the lead. 97. Altracing posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski dominates and wins at Martinsville 98. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) At least the number between 17 and 19 didn't win 99. Christian posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) Same old shitty winner every f**king week. How about a fresh face in the winners circle for once!? 100. Drakion posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) #99 tell them to go faster.... 101. Anthony posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 446 laps led, most laps led in modern era. Beating Jeff Gordon's record of 431 laps in the spring of 1997. 102. Drakion posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson 24th 2 laps down.....amazing what a few years does considering he used to be unstoppable here. 103. RaceFanX posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I love how they not only had Keselowski's usual American ready for the celebration BUT that they put a GoPro on the flag pole. What are they going to use that footage for? 104. Anthony posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @101 Wish I was that "Anthony" that wrote it! 105. RaceFanX posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brad Keselowski won this race before in 2017 and now wins again at Martinsville to claim his second grandfather clock. This is his 29th Cup win overall and his 20th in a Ford. 106. Me. posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @99 Chevy sucks right now, Brad can't help that. Besides, as long as it's not a Gibbs car or Harvick winning I'm more than happy. 107. wow posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As I said 18 2 22 19 4 will win all non plates non act of God non road courses this season. 108. Anonymous posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:45 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Congrats to Brad the Impaler! 109. 11darknight10 posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) 1 Brad Keselowski 2 Chase Elliott 3 Kyle Busch 4 Ryan Blaney 5 Denny Hamlin 6 Kevin Harvick 7 Clint Bowyer 8 Martin Truex Jr. 9 Aric Almirola 10 Daniel Suarez 11 Austin Dillon 12 Kurt Busch 13 Ty Dillon 14 Alex Bowman 15 Paul Menard 16 Ryan Preece 17 Darrell Wallace Jr. 18 Kyle Larson 19 Joey Logano 20 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Chris Buescher 22 William Byron 23 Ryan Newman 24 Jimmie Johnson 25 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 26 David Ragan 27 Daniel Hemric 28 Landon Cassill 29 Matt Tifft 30 Erik Jones 31 Michael McDowell 32 D. J. Kennington 33 Corey LaJoie 34 Ross Chastain 35 Jeb Burton 36 Cody Ware 110. Maverick19 posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @101 Not quite. Dale Earnhardt led 456 at Dover in 1989. 111. Jacob posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also, a relatively clean race in terms of cautions. 112. Anthony posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fred Lorenzen holds the record for most laps led in a race at Martinsville, with 493 laps led in the fall of 1964. Fred Lorenzen led 487 in the spring of 1964 Junior Johnson led 481 in the fall of 1965 Richard Petty led 480 laps in the fall of 1970. Brad Keselowski led 446 laps today in 2019 (Modern Era) Bobby Issac led 445 in the fall of 1971. Bob Wellborn led 435 laps in the fall of 1957 Bobby Allison led 432 laps in the fall of 1972 but finished 2nd (Modern Era) Jeff Gordon led 431 laps in the spring of 1997 (Modern Era) Fred Lorenzen led 421 in the fall of 1963 Rusty Wallace led 409 laps in the spring of 1993 (Modern Era) Ernie Irvan led 402 laps in the fall of 1993 (Modern Era) 113. DB1995 posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @110. Kyle Petty led 484 laps at Rockingham in 92 114. Clint posted: 03.24.2019 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) NASCAR these days I can take a nap 20% of the way in the race and know who's gonna win the race. When was the last time outside of the plate tracks where after stage 1 it wasn't pretty obvious who was going to get the win? 115. rm posted: 03.24.2019 - 6:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race and the race from last week at Fontana are the only 2 Cup races so far this year where the stage 1 winner also won the race. 116. Thats_Racin posted: 03.24.2019 - 6:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) I'm glad I didn't start watching this race til about lap 300. What a snoozer. Of course the TV guys predictably talked about "battles all through the field." Newsflash - nobody watching on TV gives a shit about the battle for 17th place. 117. Nucl3arWa4le posted: 03.24.2019 - 6:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #17 - Weiler / Fastenal #32 - Keen Parts / CorvetteParts.net #47 - Kroger / Viva / Clorox 118. Anthony posted: 03.24.2019 - 6:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 110. I only was talking about Martinsville laps led 119. ScottB posted: 03.24.2019 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I can't believe people are still blaming the Camaro. Chevy teams just don't have a strong roster of drivers right now. Toyota didn't struggle with the introduction of their current body style into Cup. Ford has done fine with the switch from Fusion to Mustang. The current templates are so closely matched, there's little deviation from brand to brand, and everything is run through extensive simulation before it hits the track. This complaint is from back in the days when they were still running factory sheet metal. Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson and Kurt Busch are the only ones with a reasonable shot at wins week in/week out for Chevy. There's not going to be any charity from NASCAR to make them competitive, nor should there be. Teams are going to have to make some tough decisions in the offseason about drivers, and be very aggressive in pursuing potential free agents. 120. jorja posted: 03.24.2019 - 6:44 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Most of nascar fans like to talk about how they wish today's nascar was like the old days. Well, y'all have got your wish. Brad Keselowski leading laps like the old days 121. Anthony posted: 03.24.2019 - 6:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The fewest lead changes in a Martinsville race in the modern era. The last race with 3 or less was 1967! 122. Thomas posted: 03.24.2019 - 6:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Last Cup race I could find with only 3 leaders: Indy 2016 Last Cup race with 3 lead changes (or fewer): fall New Hampshire 2000--that was the race where Jeff Burton took the lead from the outside pole on lap 1 and led flag-to-flag in the race where they had restricter plates on the cars after Kenny Irwin and Adam Petty were killed in practice crashes due to stuck throttles So this race was definitely an anomaly by NASCAR standards up front. Hopefully it doesn't become the norm this season. 123. StenhouseFan17 posted: 03.24.2019 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsors: #47 - Kroger.com/Clorox/Viva #37 - Kroger Speed Up Your Cleanup/Dawn Ultra/Febreze #17 - Fastenal/Weiler Abrasives #36 - Tunity/Surface Sunscreen #77 - Go-Parts #32 - Keen Parts/CorvetteParts.net #52 - Muzzy Bowfishing/Mockturnal/Rage 124. StenhouseFan17 posted: 03.24.2019 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #51 was a Chevrolet 125. Sector posted: 03.24.2019 - 7:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joey Logano should probably stop winning the pole at Martinsville, because aside from his first pole, he seems to fail to score a Top 10 finish. For the second straight Martinsville race since last fall, a Penske driver leads more than 300 laps. Joey Logano led 309 last fall, Brad Keselowski leads a dominate 446 in this race. I didn't watch this race but it seems Brad Keselowski made this race pretty boring for the fans. 126. Sector posted: 03.24.2019 - 7:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is the first NASCAR race since the fall race of Michigan back in 2017 Brad Keselowski has led the most laps in any national NASCAR series. 127. Anthony posted: 03.24.2019 - 8:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The August race at Michigan doesn't count as a fall race. It's considered a Summer race because it's in August. 128. possum posted: 03.24.2019 - 9:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @120 - well, y'know, some folk just won't recognize good racing when they see it. Yeah, Keselowski led a bunch of laps. No, Keselowski never ran away from the field, in fact for most of the race he was only a few car lengths ahead of second and third. One slip and he's not leading. For that matter, if the second and third place cars weren't racing each other (and putting on a decent show of it) we'd have had more lead swapping. But we didn't have cars spinning all over the place, and tempers lost, and a bunch of torn up machinery. So perhaps for those fans it was a boring race. 129. Sorrento posted: 03.24.2019 - 9:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In Ryan blaneys post race interview, Daniel Suarez was hit with a beer (there's videos of it on Twitter) lol 130. possum posted: 03.24.2019 - 9:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) While I'm thinking of it, here's a sad comment on the state of NASCAR: at one point near the end of the race, there was a commercial break with: a commercial for NASCAR, a commercial for Geico, a commercial for FOX, and a commercial for NASCAR. The next commercial break had a commercial for FS1, a commercial for Busch beer, a commercial for NASCAR, and a commercial for NASCAR. That's 8 ad slots, and FOX could only sell 2 of them. But, the worst part is what it says about the brain trust running NASCAR. Viewership is steadingly declining, and yet they think it's a good thing to run a bunch of ads trying to convince the few fans they have left to watch NASCAR? How about maybe showing more racing instead? Wouldn't that be a better way to attract viewers? Honestly, I think no-one at NASCAR has a clue. 131. Sector posted: 03.24.2019 - 9:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "The August race at Michigan doesn't count as a fall race. It's considered a Summer race because it's in August." Second Michigan race. 132. possum posted: 03.24.2019 - 9:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @119 - exactly - the body is the same for all 3 makes, designed by NASCAR - the only difference is the nosepiece. But, more to the point, this is Martinsville. You could make your body out of a shipping box and be just as fast, because aero is close to negligible. If the Chevy's are slow here, it's not because of the body, the problem lies elsewhere. Your thought that the driver lineup is weak (and/or inexperienced) is likely part of it, altho that doesn't explain Johnson's problems. I will dispute your idea of "no charity from NASCAR". NASCAR has a long history of tweaking things to favor one brand or another, if they think the results are too imbalanced. If Chevy has another year like last year, with only 3 wins in 36 races, NASCAR will tweak something to their advantage. 133. Sector posted: 03.24.2019 - 9:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is the second race in a row since last week's Fontana race where a driver scored the most points (max 60 points and 7 Playoff Points) for the first time in their career. Kyle Busch did it last week then Brad Keselowski did it this week. 134. GGDC posted: 03.24.2019 - 10:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Despite not setting a time in qualifying, Cody Ware ties his best career qualifying effort. 135. KentuckyWildcat posted: 03.24.2019 - 10:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I have been a diehard NASCAR fan since 1993 and I've only missed one race, that was because I was on a cruise. Today however I was home all weekend & decided not to watch either race this weekend. I didn't miss a thing by the looks of it 136. Raheem posted: 03.25.2019 - 12:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) GO, KEZ! 137. Rob posted: 03.25.2019 - 12:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski is a good story from how his career started 138. Sector posted: 03.25.2019 - 12:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brad Keselowski scored a 150.0 driver rating here. Second in his career, first being at Kentucky back in 2014. 139. Aldo posted: 03.25.2019 - 4:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I can't understand why drivers and cars competitive values are so costant during a three hour race. The escence of NASCAR was good cars becoming bad cars, bad cars becoming good cars and so on during the race. NASCAR has become something really similar to F1. Too much technology there? 140. Mannoroth posted: 03.25.2019 - 7:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 139. Really? What about Kyle Busch that barely had a top 10 car, but in the end, he finished 3rd? That's not a bad car becoming a good car? Or is it just because Brad Keselowski was ocassionally so dominant? 141. Mannoroth posted: 03.25.2019 - 7:30 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) 446 laps led. Damn! For the first time in this century, someone managed to lead more than 415 laps (previous record of Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth) and win. Just like the old days from 1990s, when it wasn't that rare. Wow! 142. Trent posted: 03.25.2019 - 9:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Man Keselowski dominated holy crap 143. racefangurl posted: 03.25.2019 - 9:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Whoever's in the 77 will have to bring a sponsor, IMO. 144. GGDC posted: 03.25.2019 - 9:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @143 Maybe, but I think the #77 may be connected to Jay Robinson in some way 145. Trey posted: 03.25.2019 - 11:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @ 135 "Today however I was home all weekend & decided not to watch either race this weekend." Why do people take joy in bragging about abandoning stuff? If you don't care, why bother to tell us? Are you hoping to win an award for best diehard fan that doesn't care now? Are you trying to spoil it for those who do like it? 146. GUY posted: 03.25.2019 - 1:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @ 145 Because the sanctioning body managed to botch a sport that many thought would never be ruined. So a lot of people like to post about how they did something else and enjoyed it more as an F-U to NASCAR 147. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 03.25.2019 - 8:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unsurprisingly no one is talking about this, Danial Suarez was hit by a drink while walking on pit road after the race. Unknown who throw it or weither it was intended for him. However Brad K. also had stuff thrown at him. One of Denny Hamlins pit crew reportedly told that stuff was landing near his car. Article is on Jalopnik, not posting the link because it takes forever on too show up here. (Though I understand the reasons.) This "fan base" surely enjoys setting the bar lower and lower huh? 148. A.J. posted: 03.25.2019 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) While doing his victory lap, a LOT of things came out of the stands directed at the #2 car. I haven't seen that much disgust with an outcome, not sure why they picked now for it though because the race wasn't THAT bad, since the Redneck Riot when Jeff Gordon won at Talladega and the beer bottles were flying. But since Suarez (albeit among many others) was involved it's now officially a hate crime, an international incident, and hopefully won't set off World War III. 149. GGDC posted: 03.25.2019 - 8:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Suarez got hit by something aimed at Hamlin's car. Probably A Chase Elliot fan 150. Dude posted: 03.25.2019 - 10:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Webmaster: The standings page has not updated its point totals, but every other stat appears to be correct. 151. Wil posted: 03.25.2019 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nascar fans are the least classy in sports, there's no doubt about that. Throwing objects at the athletes in any sport is disgraceful, let alone those who literally did nothing wrong and carried the American flag around the track as a sign of respect. I'm sorry to those fans that threw stuff that your beloved Chase wasn't good enough to beat a superior driver. 152. Evan posted: 03.26.2019 - 12:15 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I did see stuff being thrown at Brad and others on the race broadcast while Brad was doing donuts. What Bob Jenkins said years ago rings true, anyone who throws trash on the racetrack is not a race fan, he's a race idiot. 153. Danish_Pie posted: 03.30.2019 - 7:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Best Finish of 2019 to date for: Chase Elliott (2nd) Bubba Wallace (17th) Tied Best Finish of 2019 to date for: Daniel Suarez (10th) 154. Turn4 posted: 04.29.2019 - 3:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First time since 1996 that there 36 cars in a cup race at martinsville 155. Maverick19 posted: 05.12.2019 - 2:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 446 laps Keselowski led in the race accounted for almost 7% of his career laps led at this point in his career. 156. James posted: 05.22.2019 - 8:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Interesting that both RWR cars had brake issuues. 157. UnderdogFan89 posted: 06.24.2019 - 1:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Top 10 Points Finishers. Actual Finish in parentheses. 1. Brad Keselowski (1) 2. Chase Elliot (2) 3. Ryan Blaney (4) 4. Denny Hamlin (5) 5. Aric Almirola (9) 6. Clint Bowyer (7) 7. Martin Truex (8) 8. Kyle Busch (3) 9. Kevin Harvick (6) 10. Daniel Suarez (10) 158. William24ByronFan posted: 11.09.2019 - 1:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 51 Jacob Companies/Mtel-One Chevrolet 159. Rich posted: 09.25.2020 - 11:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Gordon were the commentators. Matt Yocum, Vince Welch and Jamie Little were the pit road reporters. 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