Martinsville Race Results: April 9, 2022 (NASCAR Cup Series)

Martinsville Race
Stage 1 – Report

Laps: 80 (1-80 / 400)

Green flag, Almirola wiggles off turn two on the outside. Chase Elliott leads the field into turn three.

Lap 40, Elliott leads William Byron by 2 seconds. Elliott is slicing right through lap traffic.

Lap 64, Elliott struggles to lap the 26th place car of Daniel Suarez. William Byron closes to within a car length of the leader. As he does that, Elliott puts the bumper to Suarez and forces his way by.

Chase Elliott cruises to the win in stage one at Martinsville Speedway! Hamlin puts the bumper to Michael McDowell in an attempt to be the first car 1 lap down. He jacks him up pretty good but McDowell holds the spot and will get his lap back.

Martinsville Race Results (Stage 1) : 1. Chase Elliott; 2. William Byron; 3. Cole Custer; 4. Christopher Bell; 5. Aric Almirola; 6. Kevin Harvick; 7. Ryan Blaney; 8. Joey Logano; 9. Austin Cindric; 10. Kurt Busch;

Martinsville Race
Stage 2 – Report

Laps: 100 (81-180 / 400)

Pit Penalties: Bubba Wallace and Brad keselowski will drop to the rear as their crews were over the wall too soon. Cody Ware joins him as he was too fast.

Green flag on stage two, Byron lags back on the inside lane. His teammate, Chase Elliott drops to the inside lane and holds the race lead.

Lap 115, Chase Elliott leaads with William Byron on his bumper.

1 to go in stage two, Daniel Suarez puts the bumper to the race leader. Suarez is unable to get by remains 2 laps down.

Chase Elliott takes the win in stage two at Martinsville Speedway!

Martinsville Race Results (Stage 2) : 1. Chase Elliott; 2. William Byron; 3. Joey Logano; 4. Ryan Blaney; 5. Cole Custer; 6. Austin Dillon; 7. Aric Almirola; 8. Austin Cindric; 9. Christopher Bell; 10. Kevin Harvick;

Martinsville Race
Stage 3 – Report

Laps: 220 (181-400 / 400)

Elliott leads the field to the pits. Byron wins the race to the pit exit.

Pit Penalty: Cole Custer’s crew lost a tire and will drop to the rear.

Green flag on stage three, Elliott lags back on the inside lane. Byron drops down in front of him to lead the field into turn one.

Lap 240, Byron leads Elliott by a car length.

Lap 249, Daniel Suarez is forced to pit under green. He stayed out on old tires at the start of this stage. That was an attempt to get 1 of his laps back. As he re-enters the track, he runs wide on old tires. As he gathers it up, he makes contact with 2nd place runner Chase Elliott.

Lap 280, Joey Logano pits the bumper to Chase Elliott to take 2nd away. Elliott falls all the way to 5th as he gets trapped on the outside lane.

Lap 290, Kyle Busch is the first car to pit under the green flag.

Lap 295, Martin Truex Jr has a flat right front after his pit stop! No caution, he returns to the pits for the second time.

Pit Penalty: Christropher Bell has been penalized as his crew was over the wall too soon. He’ll serve a pass through penalty. Kyle Larson will serve the same penalty after speeding on the pit lane.

Lap 307, the green flag pit cycle is complete. William Byron cycles back to the race lead. Joey Logano trails by 1.4 seconds.

90 to go

90 to go, the caution is out for debris.

Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and a handful of others head for the pit lane. Only 17 cars are on the lead lap.

Green, Byron and Austin Dillon run inches apart into turn one. Dillon pinches him down into turn three but Byron holds the lead back to the line.

76 to go, Kyle Busch is forcing the issue. He runs outside as they’re three wide and Busch passes both cars for 8th! His tires are only 10 laps newer than the rest of the field.

50 to go, Byron leads Austin Dillon by 1.5 seconds. Logano is all over the bumper of Dillon.

10 to go, Byron leads Austin Dillon by 2.7 seconds.

7 to go

7 to go, Todd Gilliland locks up and tags the wall, the caution is out.

Kyle Busch is the first to pit from 9th. Most behind him pit as well. Busch will restart in 13th with fresh tires. We roll into NASCAR overtime for a 2 lap shootout.

Green, Byron and Logano run side by side into turn one as Austin Dillon spins the tires behind them. Byron clears him off turn two and Logano holds 2nd off the corner. Byron runs wide off turn four and Logano closes right back to his bumper.

1 to go, Logano nudges the bumper of Byron into turn one. It’s not enough. He drives it deep into turn three for the final time but can’t get to his bumper.

William Byron wins at Martinsville Speedway!

Martinsville Speedway
Results
April 9, 2022
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver

1. William Byron
2. Joey Logano
3. Austin Dillon
4. Ryan Blaney
5. Ross Chastain
6. Kurt Busch
7. Kyle Busch
8. Aric Almirola
9. Chase Briscoe
10. Chase Elliott
11. Austin Cindric
12. Alex Bowman
13. Erik Jones
14. Kevin Harvick
15. Chris Buescher
16. Bubba Wallace
17. Brad Keselowski
18. Tyler Reddick
19. Kyle Larson
20. Christopher Bell
21. Cole Custer
22. Martin Truex Jr
23. Ty Dillon
24. AJ Allmendinger
25. Michael McDowell
26. Harrison Burton
27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
28. Denny Hamlin
29. Daniel Suarez
30. Todd Gilliland
31. Justin Haley
32. Corey LaJoie
33. Cody Ware
34. JJ Yeley
35. Josh Bilicki
36. BJ McLeod

NASCAR Cup Series
Point Standings

Pos | Driver | Wins | Points | Playoff Points

1. William Byron
2 Wins | 12PP

2. Ross Chastain
1 Win | 6PP

3. Alex Bowman
1 Win | 6PP

4. Denny Hamlin
1 Win | 6PP

5. Chase Briscoe
1 Win | 5PP

6. Kyle Larson
1 Win | 5PP

7. Austin Cindric
1 Win | 5PP

8. Chase Elliott
288 | 2 PP

9. Ryan Blaney
285 | 3PP

10. Joey Logano
261

11. Martin Truex Jr
237 | 3PP

12. Aric Almirola
223

13. Kevin Harvick
222

14. Kyle Busch
221

15. Tyler Reddick
202 | 2PP

16. Austin Dillon
197

— Playoff Cutline —

17. Kurt Busch
187

18. Erik Jones
181

19. Daniel Suarez
179 | 1PP

20. Christopher Bell
173

Martinsville Speedway
Video Highlights
April 9, 2022

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