Monthly Archives: April 2016

Todd Gilliland Does it Again! Historic Streak at Four Consecutive Wins

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Photo - Jonathan Moore/Getty Images

Photo – Jonathan Moore/Getty Images

Gilliland Matches 50-Year-Old K&N Pro Series Mark with Fourth Straight Win

Todd Gilliland’s unbeaten streak has reached historic proportions.

The 15-year-old Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, driver went from third to first following a late-race restart at Kern County Raceway Park en route to capturing Saturday night’s NAPA Auto Parts 150. It was Gilliland’s second NASCAR K&N Pro Series West win in as many starts this season. More impressively, it was Gilliland’s fourth win in his first four career NASCAR K&N Pro Series starts.

With the win, Gilliland matched the record set by International Motorsports Hall of Famer Dan Gurney. Gurney won the first four NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series races he entered — combination races with the then-Grand National Series at California’s old Riverside Speedway. The Pacific Coast Late Model, which began in 1954, has evolved into the current NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. Continue reading →

#NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, STP 500 at Martinsville Preview

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams will race 500 laps for 263 miles at Martinsville Speedway in the STP 500 on Sunday, April 3rd. Coverage begins on FOX Sports 1 at 11:30 am ET with a green flag round 1 pm ET and radio coverage available on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

Short-Track Standouts Go for First Win of 2016

As NASCAR continues its third ‘win and you’re in’ season for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, six now winless short-track standouts will attempt to make their first visit to Victory Lane this year in Sunday’s STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway – Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl Edwards and Joey Logano. Continue reading →

Kyle Busch Breaks Martinsville Drought with Truck Series Win

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Kyle Busch, come get your clock.

Leading a race-high 123 of 255 laps, Kyle Busch pulled off an overtime victory in Saturday’s Alpha Energy Solutions 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway and filled a major hole in his résumé by securing the coveted grandfather clock that goes to the victor. Continue reading →

#NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Preview

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#NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams are preparing to race 250 laps for 131.5 miles in the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday, April 2nd. Race coverage is on FOX Sports 1 starting at 2 pm ET with a green flag around 2:30 pm ET and radio coverage on MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

Martinsville Media Day Recap

Read and Listen to Martinsville Media Day interviews

on last week’s Camping World Truck Series News & Notes

 

Three by Four:

Three Teams have Four Drivers Entered for Alpha Energy Solutions 250

Kyle Busch Motorsports, GMS Racing and ThorSport Racing all have four trucks entered in Saturday’s Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway. Continue reading →

#FordRacing has a Rich #NASCAR History at #Martinsville Speedway

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After having a week off, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returns to action for the first of two races this season at Martinsville Speedway.  This marks the beginning of a stretch that will see two of the next three events take place on half-mile tracks.  Here’s a look at Ford’s history at Martinsville.

A FIRST FOR FRED
The first time Ford won a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway also marked the first career victory for 2015 NASCAR Hall of Famer Fred Lorenzen.  The date was April 9, 1961 and Lorenzen battled Rex White, who led the first 118 laps after starting on the pole.  Lorenzen, was driving for Holman-Moody when he grabbed the lead on lap 119 and held it until rain came ending the race prematurely after 149 circuits.  Little did anyone know that 54 years later both men would be enshrined into the NASCAR Hall of Fame as part of the same induction class.  Martinsville was a place Lorenzen dominated, winning six times, including four straight from 1963-65.  He was absolutely unbeatable in 1964 as he led 990 out of a possible 1,000 laps (487 in the first and 493 in the second) in winning both races. Continue reading →