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  • Ray Black Jr. Texas Motor Speedway Preview

    Ray Black Jr. Texas Motor Speedway Preview

    NASCAR Driver Looking for Top-20 Finish at Track Where He Has Most Starts

    FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. (November 1, 2016) – As the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) returns to Texas Motor Speedway this weekend, driver Ray Black Jr. is ready to add another Top-20 to his stat sheet. The driver of the No. 07 ScubaLife.com Chevrolet Camaro is now nearing the end of his rookie NXS season and is able to lean on experience to help him put together solid finishes in the remaining three races.

    Black has been to Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) more than any other track on the NASCAR circuit and secured a 22nd place finish at TMS earlier this season. Out of his five starts at the 1.5-mile track, he has three Top-20 finishes and four Top-25’s.

    “Texas Motor Speedway is one of my favorite tracks. It’s one of the fastest tracks we visit,” explained Black. “Texas does have challenges to it. It’s really bumpy in Turns 1 and 2 but then smooth in Turns 3 and 4, which can make it tough but also a lot of fun to run. You can run really well on the outside lane and just take off after Turn 2. It’s a nice challenge.”

    Black’s debut season in the NXS has not come without its challenges, but the 25-year-old driver and his SS Green Light racing team have persevered to collect 19 Top-25 finishes, nine of which are Top-20s.

    “Since moving up to the XFINITY Series, I’ve learned a lot more about racing,” states Black. “One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is when to be aggressive and when to be patient. Knowing when to race hard and when not to is important to being successful on the track, so having learned that lesson early on has helped me a lot.”

    Black will have a chance to secure his 10th Top-20 finish of the season at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend in the O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge on Saturday, November 5th at 3:30 p.m. ET. Fans can tune in via NBC or the Performance Racing Network for live race coverage.

    Fans can keep up with Ray Black Jr. by following him and his sponsor, ScubaLife, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @RayBlackJr and @TeamScubaRacing. Learn more about Ray Black Jr. and Team Scuba by visiting www.rayblackjr.com and www.teamscuba.com.

    About Ray Black Jr.
    Ray Black, Jr. grew up in Florida after relocating from Montgomery, Alabama at age 9. It was here that Black fell in love with deep sea diving after a couple of scuba trips with his father. His passion for motorsports came later at age 14 after playing some racing video games. He began competing in the Florida Mini Cup Racing Association (FMCRA), where finished in the Top-5 in every race and secured the FMCRA Junior All Star Championship. In 2013 Black moved up to racing pro late models and then into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2014. During that year, he got his first taste of true NASCAR racing when he competed in seven races for SS Green Light Racing. In 2015, Black competed in his first full season of NASCAR in the Camping World Truck Series, where he finished 11th in the championship standings with one Top-5 and 11 Top-15 finishes. Black will compete in the NASCAR XFINITY Series for the 2016 season. Learn more at www.rayblackjr.com.

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  • Fans Struck by Car after Martinsville Race

    Fans Struck by Car after Martinsville Race

    MARTINSVILLE, Va. — A scary incident with injury took place following the Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville.

    As first reported by Motorsport.com, multiple fans were injured after being struck by a black Chevrolet in the handicapped parking area beside the helipad located behind Turns 1 and 2 at Martinsville Speedway.

    Bystanders say the accident happened about 30 minutes following the conclusion of the race. The vehicle involved in the incident jumped the line of traffic and plowed through fans waiting for drivers to come to the helipad.

    “The parking lot was congested with vehicles and pedestrians,” Virginia State Police spokesperson Corrine Geller told Claire B. Lang on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio a few hours following the incident. “It’s near the helipad where drivers will come in and go out. A whole lot of folks were hanging around watching that take place. The vehicle (A black Chevrolet SSR Convertible) attempted to pass [a Jeep Patriot] in front of it.

    “The Chevrolet went forward. It actually struck the Jeep Patriot and then struck several pedestrians nearby.”

    A total of 22 pedestrians were struck by the vehicle. Thirteen were treated on site, nine were transported to a local hospital in Martinsville and two were taken down to Eden, North Carolina “for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.”

    “Fortunately, there were no fatalities and none of the injuries are life threatening,” Geller added. “So that’s definitely the positive out of all of this.”

    Martinsville Speedway released a statement following the race.

    “A vehicular incident occurred following Sunday’s NASCAR race in the Martinsville Speedway parking lot. Multiple individuals were struck by a vehicle and the driver has been taken into police custody. Several people were treated onsite by emergency workers in the infield care center while others have been transported to a nearby hospital. We’ll monitor the situation closely with local authorities and work with them to provide updates.”

  • Johnson Books Championship Ticket with Victory at Martinsville

    Johnson Books Championship Ticket with Victory at Martinsville

    MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Jimmie Johnson will race for a seventh championship in three weeks time after taking the lead with less than 100 laps remaining and scoring the victory at NASCAR’s last track from its charter season.

    Martin Truex Jr. led the field to the green flag at 1:18 p.m. Caution flew for the first time on lap 22 for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wheel-hopping going into Turn 3, spinning and rear-ending the wall in Turn 3, ending his day.

    It went back to green on lap 28 and the caution flew again on lap 62 for David Ragan laying fluid on the track.

    The race settled into more of a follow the leader routine after the lap 68 restart, with the lead changing between Kyle Larson and Truex, and Kyle Busch and Truex (113 and 114). Debris in Turn 4 brought out the third caution on lap 132.

    Matt Kenseth and Truex swapped the lead back and forth on laps 152 and 153. Eventually, Kenseth took over the top spot on lap 183.

    Denny Hamlin and Johnson were battling for second during the run and it climaxed with Hamlin bumping Johnson out of the way and making contact with Brad Keselowski in the process.

    Debris on the backstretch, a torn banner according to NBC, brought out the fourth caution on lap 200.

    After restarting on lap 207, the race settled into its longest run of 151 laps. It was so long that the fifth caution, for Carl Edwards hitting the wall in Turn 3, came out during a cycle of green-flag stops (a rare occurrence at Martinsville) with 142 laps to go.

    Because it fell during a cycle of green-flag stops, it jumbled up the running order to the point that it caused a lengthy delay as race control sorted out the running order. The caution lasted a total of 29 laps.

    The race restarted, eventually, for the final time with 114 to go with Hamlin in the lead. Johnson got alongside him with 92 to go and finally took control of the lead with 91 to go. Keselowski worked his way around the Joe Gibbs Racing trio of Hamlin, Kenseth and Busch, but he ran out of time and Johnson drove on to score the victory.

    It’s his 79th career victory in 540 Sprint Cup Series starts, fourth of 2016 and ninth in 30 races at Martinsville Speedway.

    Keselowski settled for second in his No. 2 Team Penske Ford. Hamlin, leading 45 laps, overcame a speeding penalty to round out the podium in his No. 11 JGR Toyota.

    Kenseth led a race-high of 175 laps on his way to a fourth-place finish in his No. 20 JGR Toyota. Busch led three as he rounded out the top-five in his No. 18 JGR Toyota.

    Jeff Gordon finished sixth, Truex – leading 147 laps – finished seventh, Jamie McMurray finished eighth, Logano finished ninth and AJ Allmendinger rounded out the top-10.

    Ten cars finished the race on the lead lap and 38 were running at the finish.

    The race lasted three hours, 20 minutes and 55 seconds at an average speed of 78.540 mph. There were 15 lead changes among nine different drivers and five cautions for 54 laps.

    Johnson leaves Martinsville with a five-point lead over Hamlin.

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  • Sauter books ticket to Homestead with win at Martinsville

    Sauter books ticket to Homestead with win at Martinsville

    MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Johnny Sauter, elder statesman of the Truck Series who was the first to get his spot in the Chase with a win at Daytona, will get a chance to win his first series championship in three weeks after taking the checkered flag at Martinsville.

    Chase Elliott led the field to the green flag at 1:43 p.m. He led the first 10 laps before Cole Custer got under him in turn 2 and took the lead. Sauter took the lead for the first time on lap 28 after Custer got loose going into turn 1. The first caution flew on lap 50 for a two-truck wreck in turn 1 involving Josh Wise and Kyle Donahue.

    After returning to green with Elliott back in command, the race settled into a follow the leader routine. Although Custer and Sauter tried to get up to Elliott to make things interesting, he held the lead all the way to the final quarter of the race Spencer Gallagher brought out the second caution on lap 107 after slamming the wall in turn 2.

    The next two cautions flew on lap 149 when Tommy Joe Martins went for a spin in turn 2 and with 37 laps to go for a four-truck wreck in turn 2 involving Ben Kennedy, John Wes Townley, Matt Tifft and Ben Rhodes.

    In the final quarter, Daniel Hemric led six laps, handed the lead to John Hunter Nemechek for 18 and lost it to Sauter who held off Elliott in the closing laps to score the victory in the Texas Roadhouse 200.

    “Well, the race kind of started yesterday so to speak with practice and all that,” Sauter said going through his race in his post-race media availability. “To be honest with you, I felt like we had a really good Smoky Mountain Herbal Snuff Chevrolet yesterday in practice. Didn’t necessarily focus on single lap speed or having a fast truck on a short run. We focused really hard on the long run stuff. Just making sure that the typical thing you face here is turning in the center of the corner and keeping forward traction. Just proud of everybody at GMS (Racing) and GMS Fabrication. This is an all GMS truck. You know, to be able to come to a place like this, that’s been pretty kind to me over the years, to get a win here was extra special. Obviously, we all know what’s on the line here as far as a championship at the beginning of the year. That’s your ultimate goal is to at least have a chance at Homestead to race for a championship. All in all, a great day. I drove to the lead early, had some brake trouble there. I had to kind of conserve for 100 laps. Knew I had a little bit better handling truck than what I was showing, but I just had to take care of it a little bit. When that last caution came out, I think it was 40 laps to go, I was like ‘Pretty sure I got enough brakes to race to the end. So we’re going to use them as hard as I need it to.’ I thank Chase Elliott for racing clean there at the end. Thought we had a very methodical day. Took care of the truck. Ran into the wall a couple of times off the corner just cause I got loose. Hopefully, they ain’t too mad at me for tearing up the truck. But all in all, I’m proud of everyone’s effort at GMS Racing.”

    It’s his 12th career victory in 195 Camping World Truck Series starts, second of 2016 and third in 18 races at Martinsville Speedway.

    Elliott came home second after leading a race high of 109 laps, Nemecheck rounded out the podium, Christopher Bell finished fourth and Timothy Peters rounded out the top-five.

    Daniel Suarez finished sixth, Custer finished seventh, William Byron finished eighth, Hemric finished ninth and Austin Hill rounded out the top-10.

    Matt Crafton, dealing with brake issues all day, finished 17th and Kennedy rallied from his wreck to maintain a lead lap finish in 18th.

    Twenty-one cars finished the race on the lead lap and 29 were running at the finish.

    The race lasted one hour, 25 minutes and 29 seconds at an average speed of 73.839 mph. There were six lead changes among five different drivers and five cautions for 33 laps.

    Sauter leaves Martinsville with a seven-point lead over Bell.

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  • Larson fastest in final practice

    Larson fastest in final practice

    MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Kyle Larson topped the chart in final Sprint Cup Series practice at Martinsville Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 19.707 and a speed of 96.707 mph. Tony Stewart was second in his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet with a time of 19.721 and a speed of 96.020 mph. Paul Menard was third in his No. 27 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with a time of 19.770 and a speed of 95.782 mph. Kyle Busch rounded out the top-five in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota with a time of 19.777 and a speed of 95.748 mph.

    Brad Keselowski was sixth in his No. 2 Team Penske Ford. Martin Truex Jr. was seventh in his No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota. Joey Logano was eighth in his No. 22 Penske Ford. Jamie McMurray was ninth in his No. 1 CGR Chevrolet. Kevin Harvick rounded out the top-10 in his No. 4 SHR Chevrolet.

    Kurt Busch was 12th, Matt Kenseth was 15th, Denny Hamlin was 16th, Jimmie Johnson was 16th and Carl Edwards was the lowest Chase driver in 27th.

    Larson posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 95.462 mph. Kyle Busch was second at an average speed of 95.356 mph.

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  • Elliott gets the Truck pole at Martinsville

    Elliott gets the Truck pole at Martinsville

    MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Chase Elliott will lead the field to the green flag this afternoon after topping the chart in the final round of Truck Series qualifying at Martinsville.

    The driver of the No. 71 Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet scored the pole for the Texas Roadhouse 200 after posting a time of 19.673 and a speed of 96.254 mph.

    It’s his second career pole in 10 Camping World Truck Series starts, first of 2016 and first at Martinsville Speedway.

    Daniel Suarez will start second in his No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota after posting a time of 19.741 and a speed of 95.922 mph. Cole Custer will start third in his No. 00 JR Motorsports Chevrolet after posting a time of 19.745 and a speed of 95.903 mph. Tyler Reddick will start fourth in his No. 29 Brad Keselowski Motorsports Ford after posting a time of 19.749 and a speed of 95.883 mph. Johnny Sauter will round out the top-five in his No. 21 GMS Racing Chevrolet after posting a time of 19.755 and a speed of 95.854 mph.

    Christopher Bell will start sixth in his No. 4 KBM Toyota. William Byron will start seventh in his No. 9 KBM Toyota. Cameron Hayley will start eighth in his No. 13 ThorSport Racing Toyota. Matt Tifft will start ninth in his No. 11 Red Horse Racing Toyota. Kay Grala will round out the top-10 in his No. 24 GMS Chevrolet.

    Matt Crafton will start 11th and John Hunter Nemechek will round out the 12 drivers that made the final round out qualifying.

    Ben Kennedy will start 18th and Timothy Peters will be the lowest starting Chase driver in 19th.

    Brad Foy, Donnie Levister, Casey Smith and Kyle Soper failed to make the race.

    A total of 16 Chevrolet’s, 12 Toyota’s and four Ford’s will comprise the 32-truck field for this afternoon’s race.

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  • McMurray fastest in second practice

    McMurray fastest in second practice

    MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Jamie McMurray topped the chart in second Sprint Cup Series practice at Martinsville Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 19.566 and a speed of 96.780 mph. Joey Logano was second in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford with a time of 19.575 and a speed of 96.736 mph. David Ragan was third in his No. 23 BK Racing Toyota with a time of 19.588 and a speed of 96.671 mph. Martin Truex Jr. was fourth in his No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota with a time of 19.592 and a speed of 96.652 mph. AJ Allmendinger rounded out the top-five in his No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet with a time of 19.598 and a speed of 95.622 mph.

    Matt Kenseth was sixth in his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Carl Edwards was seventh in his No. 19 JGR Toyota. Ryan Newman was eighth in his No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Tony Stewart was ninth in his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet. Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top-10 in his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.

    Denny Hamlin was 11th, Kurt Busch was 12th, Kevin Harvick was 13th and Kyle Busch was the lowest Chase driver in 16th.

    Truex posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 96.198 mph.

    Final Sprint Cup Series practice starts at noon.

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  • Hamlin says his teammates were smart to run in the back at Talladega

    Hamlin says his teammates were smart to run in the back at Talladega

    MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Denny Hamlin responded to those who took issue with his teammate running in the back at Talladega the week by saying he “thought it was smart.”

    Speaking to the media prior to the first practice session at Martinsville Speedway yesterday, the driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was asked what he thought of his teammates running in the back of the field during last week’s Hellmann’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

    “I thought it was smart,” Hamlin said. “From my standpoint I knew we had an uphill battle because we weren’t going to have any teammates all day, I knew that we weren’t going to have any teammates all day because we all knew what they were going to do before the race started. Just everyone else saw it when it actually happened. There’s no way, they would be the dumbest group in history if they had run in the middle of the pack and got wrecked at some point when they didn’t have to be. It’s about winning championships, it’s not about winning Talladega by any means.”

    Teammates Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth, who all entered Talladega well ahead of the danger of elimination, went the conservative route and ran at the tail end of the field the whole race to avoid getting collected in any major wrecks (The Big One) and advance on. Hamlin on the other hand, entering with a blown engine run at Charlotte and a mediocre run at Kansas, had to have a good run to advance into the Round of 8.

    The split strategy worked out for the best for the Huntersville, North Carolina based organization as all four drivers moved on into the Round of 8.

    Despite it working out and other drivers having done it to their advantage in the past, a number of fans took to Twitter and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio to express outrage, saying JGR “manipulated” the outcome of the race by not abiding by the 100 percent rule.

    Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR executive vice-president and chief racing development officer, said in his weekly appearance on “The Morning Drive” on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that the strategy used by JGR didn’t violate the 100 percent rule.

    “I would say that they do not fall into that,” O’Donnell said. “The spirit of that (100 percent) rule is really to prevent somebody from intentionally allowing another teammate to do something that would not be really within the spirit of the rules of the race.

    “In this case, we look at the strategy decision that the team made, and they executed it. … In this case, that wouldn’t be something that we look at that violated that rule.”

    Hamlin also emphasized that the Gibbs organization had every right to do what they did by how they performed in the first two races in the Round of 12.

    “All those guys earned the right to do that by having a good first two races and I think next year with the races being switched around, you’ll see less of that because people won’t know where they stand,” he added. “I think it kind of fixes itself next year most likely, but there’s more chances of a big wreck there than any other race track so you have to play the odds there. There’s no way that those guys should have been up there helping me and then risk putting themselves in danger of making the Chase and instead of Gibbs having three cars in the Chase, they could have had two or maybe one if there had been helping me and we got in a wreck. Luckily it all worked out where we have all four and they played the strategy they had to play to get in and I did the strategy I had to do to get in. Nobody from any other team would have done anything different, that’s for sure and if they tell you different, that’s a lie.”

  • Truex Nabs the Pole at Martinsville

    Truex Nabs the Pole at Martinsville

    MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Martin Truex Jr. will lead the field to the green flag on Sunday afternoon after posting the fastest time in the final round of qualifying.

    The driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota scored the pole for the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 after posting a time of 19.282 and a speed of 98.206 mph.

    “I’m feeling good, it’s definitely a good day,” Truex said on getting the pole. “It’s fun to be back at the race track with some positive things happening. First pole here at Martinsville so it feels good, it’s a cool accomplishment and this track is so difficult and so tough. The history here and it’s just a place that everybody wants to be good at. Really proud of my guys after the week we had last week. Obviously to come here, perform and get it done – I’m excited to see what we can do the rest of the weekend.”

    It’s his 12th pole in 402 career Sprint Cup Series starts, his fifth of the season and first in 22 starts at Martinsville Speedway.

    Joey Logano will start second in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford after posting a time of 19.290 and a speed of 98.165 mph. Jimmie Johnson will start third in his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet after posting a time of 19.354 and a speed of 97.840 mph. AJ Allmendinger will start fourth in his No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet after posting a time of 19.376 and a speed of 97.729 mph. Chase Elliott will round out the top-five in his No. 24 HMS Chevrolet after posting a time of 19.382 and a speed of 97.699 mph.

    Tony Stewart will start sixth in his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet. Carl Edwards will start seventh in his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Denny Hamlin will start eighth in his No. 11 JGR Toyota. Kyle Busch will start ninth in his No. 18 JGR Toyota. Jeff Gordon will round out the top-10 in his No. 88 HMS Chevrolet.

    His 10th place qualifying effort snaps a 23-year streak with at least one pole in a season.

    Kyle Larson will start 11th and David Ragan will round out the 12 drivers that made the final round of qualifying.

    Matt Kenseth will start 17th, Kevin Harvick will start 20th and Kurt Busch is the lowest starting Chase driver in 23rd.

    Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wheel-hopped going into turn 1, spun around and hit the wall with his left-rear corner. The damage prompted the team to roll out their backup car. As a result, he’ll start from the rear of the field on Sunday.

    “I had a lot of wheel-hop,” Stenhouse said on what happened. “It was definitely not ideal in qualifying, but you’re always pressing the issue to try to qualify better and trying to get everything out of the car that you can and it just started wheel-hopping. As a lot of us drivers know, once it starts wheel-hopping it’s hard to save. I down-shifted to try and keep it out of the wall as best I could, but we weren’t able to do that. We’ll get this Fastenal back-up out and get to work on it tonight and make sure that we have it ready to go for practice tomorrow.”

    With 40 cars entered, none were sent home.

    In total, 21 Chevrolet’s, 11 Ford’s and eight Toyota’s will comprise the 40-car field in Sunday’s Goody’s Fast Relief 500.

  • Byron Fastest at Martinsville in Final Truck Practice

    Byron Fastest at Martinsville in Final Truck Practice

    MARTINSVILLE, Va. — William Byron topped the chart in final Camping World Truck Series practice at Martinsville Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 9 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 19.687 and a speed of 96.185 mph. Johnny Sauter was second in his No. 21 GMS Racing Chevrolet with a time of 19.749 and a speed of 95.883 mph. Daniel Suarez was third in his No. 51 KBM Toyota with a time of 19.757 and a speed of 95.845 mph. Cole Custer was fourth in his No. 00 JR Motorsports Chevrolet with a time of 19.765 and a speed of 95.806 mph. Tyler Reddick rounded out the top-five in his No. 29 Brad Keselowski Racing Ford with a time of 19.799 and a speed of 95.641 mph.

    Ben Rhodes was sixth in his No. 41 ThorSport Racing Toyota. John Hunter Nemechek was seventh in his No. 8 NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet. Spencer Gallagher was eighth in his No. 23 GMS Chevrolet. Daniel Hemric was ninth in his No. 19 BKR Ford. Christopher Bell rounded out the top-10 in his No. 19 KBM Toyota.

    Ben Kennedy was 11th, Matt Crafton was 12th and Timothy Peters was the lowest Chase driver in 15th.

    Cameron Hayley posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at an average speed of 93.710 mph.

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