Crafton wins Martinsville NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in ‘overtime’

Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Ideal Doors / Menards Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway on March 30, 2014  Photo - Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty Images

Matt Crafton, driver of the #88 Ideal Doors / Menards Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway on March 30, 2014
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In fading sunlight, in the second race of a Sunday doubleheader at Martinsville Speedway, Matt Crafton beat polesitter Darrell Wallace Jr. to the finish line to win the Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event under yellow because of a last-lap accident. Continue reading

Kurt Busch Overcomes Early Race Skirmish and Scores Martinsville Victory

Kurt Busch, driver of the #41 Haas Automation Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway on March 30, 2014  Photo - Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images

Kurt Busch, driver of the #41 Haas Automation Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway on March 30, 2014
Photo – Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images

For the first time since 2011, Kurt Busch was in victory lane Sunday afternoon when he held off Jimmie Johnson late in the race at Martinsville Speedway. After a slow start to his season in which Busch failed to finish inside the top 20 for the first four races, the No.41 team has found their comfort zone. Busch has now scored two straight top-three finishes which gives the team lots of momentum heading into the month of April. Continue reading

Saturday Night – Fan2Fan NASCAR Talk

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Join host Sharon Burton with Kristen Schneider on Saturday Night – Fan2Fan NASCAR Talk.

It’s Ladies Night and we’re talking about NASCAR’s Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series races at Martinsville Speedway this weekend.

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Sprint Cup Series STP 500 at Martinsville Preview

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Most agree Hendrick Motorsports is good. 219 wins good, eleven Sprint Cup championships good. Fourteen overall national series owner championships good. And their success has lasted three decades – with winning roots extending all the way to the site of this weekend’s race at Martinsville Speedway.

For Hendrick Motorsports 30 Rocks! In 2014, Hendrick Motorsports is celebrating their 30th anniversary in NASCAR – and this weekend, specifically, their first win at Martinsville Speedway. Continue reading

Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 at Martinsville Preview

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Darrell Wallace Jr returns to Martinsville Speedway after making history last October by becoming the second African-American to win a NASCAR national series event – and the first in 50 years. And now, the 21-year-old looks to make more history at the .526-mile track.

After his win in October, Wallace celebrated with family members of the Wendell Scott family, who live in nearby Danville. Scott was the first African-American driver to win a national series event, in 1963. Wallace also comes to Martinsville looking to improve his place in the standings after getting collected in a mid-race accident at Daytona.  Continue reading