Martinsville Starting Lineup: March 2019 (NASCAR Cup Series)

NASCAR starting lineup for Martinsville Speedway

Tomorrow, they’ll drop the green in the STP 500. Tonight, they’ll set the Martinsville starting lineup via Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying.

View the full 2019 Martinsville starting lineup below.

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Last week, we saw a wide range of games at the end of the pit lane. The end results was no driver turning a lap in qualifying. We don’t expect that to happen this week on the short track.

However, this could be the last edition of this qualifying format. NASCAR is likely to make change before next week’s race weekend.

Related: NASCAR reacts to the qualifying debacle at Auto Club Speedway

Martinsville Qualifying
Round 1 – Report

Duration: 10 minutes (Top 24 advance)

Many cars head out on the track. They are making one very slow lap only to return to the pit lane. They’re just getting some heat in the fluids and the brakes.

Corey LaJoie and Cody Ware will not participate in this session. Each of those drivers suffered crash in practice.

4 minutes remain in round one, 17 cars have turned a lap.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr’s run has been disallowed! He was caught speeding after his run. New since last week, pit road speed is enforced for qualifying.

Stenhouse Jr will miss the cut by one position!

“I didn;t really realise it was a rule that you had to be at speed coming in,” Ricky Stenhouse Jr says after his run.

Denny Hamlin wins round one of knockout qualifying at Martinsville Speedway!

Martinsville Qualifying – Round 1 Results: 1. Denny Hamlin (19.355); 2. Brad Keselowski (19.430); 3. Aric Almirola (19.453); 4. Kevin Harvick (19.462); 5. Kyle Larson (19.462); 6. Joey Logano (19.476); 7. Ryan Preece (19.496); 8. Ryan Blaney (19.501); 9. Daniel Suarez (19.505); 10. William Byron (19.530);

Martinsville Qualifying
Round 2 – Report

Duration: 10 minutes (Top 12 advance)

Denny Hamlin jumps right back to the top of the board in round two.

4 minutes remain, Ryan Preece sits 12th on the board. This is only his 2nd career start in the series. 3 minutes remaining, he’s bumped by Keselowski.

Ryan Blaney is sideways off the corner.

Kyle Busch drove to the win in the truck series race less than an hour ago. He’s just been bumped by Chris Buescher. Joe Gibbs Racing will need to make an emergency second run to advance.

Busch will not advance. Denny Hamlin sweeps qualifying so far as he’s quickest in round two!

Martinsville Qualifying – Round 2 Results: 1. Denny Hamlin (19.385); 2. Kevin Harvick (19.423); 3. Aric Almirola (19.429); 4. Chase Elliott (19.432); 5. Kyle Larson (19.445); 6. Joey Logano (19.462); 7. Brad Keselowski (19.474); 8. Daniel Hemric (19.497); 9. Martin Truex Jr (19.529); 10. Jimmie Johnson (19.550); 11. William Byron (19.551); 12. Clint Bowyer (19.560);

Martinsville Qualifying
Round 3 – Report

Duration: 5 minutes (Run for pole)

The green is out early in round three. Daniel Suarez has been caught speeding while leaving the pit lane. He’ll return to the pit lane to start his run over.

2 minutes remain, Almirola sits at the top of the board as 7 cars have turned a lap. Hamlin is 6th quickest on his first lap.

40 seconds remain, Joey Logano jumps to the top of the board. That was 4+ laps into his round three run. He got faster and faster each lap.

Joey Logano will start from the pole position in the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway!

View full Martinsville qualifying results for the NASCAR Cup Series below.

Martinsville Starting Lineup
March 24, 2019
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver | Time

1. Joey Logano
19.356

2. Aric Almirola
19.393

3. Brad Keselowski
19.430

4. Kevin Harvick
19.445

5. Denny Hamlin
19.449

6. William Byron
19.481

7. Kyle Larson
19.502

8. Chase Elliott
19.511

9. Martin Truex Jr
19.518

10. Daniel Suarez
19.556

11. Clint Bowyer
19.581

12. Jimmie Johnson
19.608

13. Chris Buescher
19.571

14. Kyle Busch
19.579

15. Paul Menard
19.583

16. Ryan Preece
19.588

17. Alex Bowman
19.593

18. Ryan Blaney
19.602

19. Erik Jones
19.602

20. Kurt Busch
19.623

21. Ryan Newman
19.626

22. Matt DiBenedetto
19.630

23. Ty Dillon
19.652

24. Michael McDowell
19.695

25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
19.664

26. David Ragan
19.703

27. Bubba Wallace
19.742

28. Landon Cassill
19.785

29. Daniel Hemric
19.807

30. Austin Dillon
19.814

31. Ross Chastain
19.846

32. Matt Tifft
19.846

33. Jeb Burton
19.998

34. DJ Kennington
20.013

35. Corey LaJoie

36. Cody Ware

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