NASCAR heads to Martinsville Speedway Sunday to kick off the Round of 8 at the playoffs with only three races left until the title race at Homestead.
At 0.526 miles in length, Martinsville is the shortest track on the Cup circuit. Because of its size and shape – 55-foot width, 588-foot turns (12 levels of banking) and flat 800-foot straightaways – race cars seldom reach 100 mph. The monitor is similar to any other on the program and those that have been successful at the track are piling up some impressive numbers.
Here’s a rundown of the three races at Martinsville. Brad Keselowski overtook Kyle Busch with 43 laps remaining to win before this year. Jimmie Johnson won the autumn Cup race a year ago because of his ninth victory. Kyle Busch headed 352 laps in the 2016 spring race for his first Cup win at the Paperclip, capping a two-day run that also included a victory in the Camping World Truck Series race on Saturday.
It’s no wonder those 3 motorists unite five-time winner Denny Hamlin since the favorites for Sunday’s race (3 p.m. ET, NBCSN).
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