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Truex Jr. Captures First Win of 2020 at Martinsville

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Martin Truex Jr Captures First Win of the NASCAR Cup Series 2020 season at Martinsville Speedway in the Blue Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500.
MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – JUNE 10: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 SiriusXM Toyota, crosses the finish line to win the NASCAR Cup Series Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on June 10, 2020 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Martin Truex Jr captures first win of the NASCAR Cup Series 2020 season at Martinsville Speedway in the Blue Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500.

The NASCAR Cup Series continued with more weeknight racing at Martinsville Speedway. The speedway installed lights back in 2017, and it was the first time they had a chance to use them for the cup series. With great racing and great visuals, the only thing missing from the Wednesday night race was the fans.

First Stage

Ryan Blaney shared the front row with Aric Almirola, and it was Almirola jumping out to the early lead.

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Truex Jr. Seizes Victory at Martinsville

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Martin Truex Jr Seizes Victory at Martinsville for first NASCAR Cup Series win in the 2020 season and second straight win at the track.
MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – JUNE 10: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 SiriusXM Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on June 10, 2020, in Martinsville, Virginia. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Martin Truex Jr Seizes Victory at Martinsville for first NASCAR Cup Series win in the 2020 season.

Martin Truex Jr. seizes a victory for Joe Gibbs Racing on Wednesday night under the lights. It was his second consecutive win at Martinsville Speedway after also winning there last fall. Ultimately Truex was able to cruise to a 4.232-second victory in the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 over a super competitive Team Penske trio of cars.

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Atlanta NASCAR Race Review with Martinsville Race Preview on Fan4Racing Radio

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Atlanta NASCAR Race Review with Martinsville Race Preview and Hot Topics Sound Off is presented by host Sharon Burton and co-host Sal Sigala.

Atlanta NASCAR Race Review with Martinsville Race Preview is presented by host Sharon Burton and co-host Sal Sigala. Join us for the smartest race talk around as rev up NASCAR fans for the upcoming race day. Then stick around for NASCAR Hot Topics Sound Off with co-host Andy Laskey and our Fan4Racing crew!

The Agenda

This episode centers around Atlanta Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and Gander & RV Outdoors Truck Series review. We’ll also preview the upcoming Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway along with a few updates from the ARCA Menards Series.

  • First, we provide a few updates from the ARCA Menards Series.
  • Then, we review the NASCAR Gander & RV Outdoors Truck and Xfinity Series at Atlanta
  • Next, we review the NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta
  • Then, we preview the NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville Speedway
  • Next is Hot Topics Sound Off with our Fan4Racing Crew.

Fan4Racing Radio Chat Room

Check out our Chat Room feature where fans can chat with us throughout our LIVE broadcast here. As always…Thanks for listening!

NASCAR Announces Second Installment in Return to Racing Schedule

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Slate Includes 13 Races in Four Series

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 14, 2020) – NASCAR today announced the next installment of races in its return to racing, featuring events at Bristol Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The slate of races include events in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Series and the ARCA Menards Series.

The second installment is as follows:

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High Emotion Permeates the 2019 NASCAR Playoffs

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MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – OCTOBER 27: Joey Logano, driver of the #22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, leads a pack of cars during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 27, 2019, in Martinsville, Virginia. Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – That Martin Truex Jr. led a race-best – and career-high – 464 of 500 laps last Sunday en route to his series-leading seventh Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season cannot be lost in the post-race shoving fracas that took place between his fellow Playoff contenders Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano at Martinsville Speedway.

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