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Background

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series. The track is also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948. Along with this, Martinsville is the only NASCAR oval track on the entire NASCAR track circuit to have asphalt surfaces on the straightaways, then concrete to cover the turns.

Entry list

• (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
• (R) denotes rookie driver.

• Matt Tifft was supposed to drive No. 36 car but he was hospitalized after suffering “a medical condition”. Matt Crafton was called to replace Tifft in the No. 36 car. Tifft has not raced in NASCAR since the hospitalization.¹

Practice

First practice

Joey Logano was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.591 seconds and a speed of 96.657 mph (155.554 km/h).²

Final practice

Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 19.667 seconds and a speed of 96.283 mph (154.952 km/h).³

Qualifying

Denny Hamlin scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.354 and a speed of 97.840 mph (157.458 km/h).⁴

Qualifying results

Race

Stage results

Stage One Laps: 130

Stage Two Laps: 130

Final stage results

Stage Three Laps: 240

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 3 among 3 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 11 for 69
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 29 minutes and 9 seconds
• Average speed: 75.448 miles per hour (121.422 km/h)

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, 1997 race winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and 2014 race winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.

Radio

MRN covered the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and 7 time Martinsville winner Rusty Wallace had the call for MRN when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody covered the action for MRN when the field raced down the backstraightway into turn 3. Winston Kelley, Steve Post, Kim Coon, and Dillon Welch had the call for MRN from pit lane.

Standings after the race

References

1. Ryan, Nate (October 26, 2019). "Matt Tifft in 'good spirits' after undergoing tests; will miss racer". NBC Sports. Retrieved October 27, 2019. https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2019/10/26/matt-tifft-in-good-spirits-after-undergoing-tests-at-hospital/ ↩

2. Utter, Jim (October 26, 2019). "Joey Logano tops first Cup practice; Elliott changes engines". Motorsport.com. Ridgeway, Virginia: Motorsport Network. Retrieved October 26, 2019. https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/joey-logano-leadsmartinsville-practice/4587073/ ↩

3. Utter, Jim (October 26, 2019). "Keselowski tops final Cup practice at Martinsville". Motorsport.com. Ridgeway, Virginia: Motorsport Network. Retrieved October 26, 2019. https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/keselowski-final-practice-martinsville/4587215/ ↩

4. Utter, Jim (October 26, 2019). "Denny Hamlin takes pole position at Martinsville". Motorsport.com. Ridgeway, Virginia: Motorsport Network. Retrieved October 26, 2019. https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/denny-hamlin-martinsville-playoffs-pole/4587406/ ↩