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NASCAR Cup Series

Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400

Martinsville Speedway

April 9th, 2022

Race #8 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 400
- Extended to 403 laps
Miles Raced : 212.0
Time of Race : 02 Hours 40 minutes 30 seconds
Average Speed: 79.244 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.303 seconds
Cautions: 4
Caution Laps: 36
Lead Changes: 5
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 19 (53%)

William Byron reacts after winning — Martinsville, Virginia - April 9th, 2022: William Byron, driver of the #24 RaptorTough.com Chevrolet, reacts after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 at Martinsville Speedway. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	5	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	58	40	18	5	403	212	3	2	2	Running
2	14	22	Joey Logano	Ford	46	35	11	0	403	0	0	8	3	Running
3	23	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	39	34	5	0	403	1	1	0	6	Running
4	12	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	44	33	11	0	403	5	1	7	4	Running
5	27	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	32	32	0	0	403	0	0	0	0	Running
6	18	45	Kurt Busch	Toyota	32	31	1	0	403	0	0	10	0	Running
7	11	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	30	30	0	0	403	0	0	0	0	Running
8	2	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	39	29	10	0	403	0	0	5	7	Running
9	19	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	28	28	0	0	403	0	0	0	0	Running
10	1	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	47	27	20	2	403	185	1	1	1	Running
11	13	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	31	26	5	0	403	0	0	9	8	Running
12	15	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	403	0	0	0	0	Running
13	24	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	403	0	0	0	0	Running
14	6	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	29	23	6	0	403	0	0	6	10	Running
15	4	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	22	22	0	0	403	0	0	0	0	Running
16	21	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	21	21	0	0	403	0	0	0	0	Running
17	9	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	20	20	0	0	403	0	0	0	0	Running
18	22	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	403	0	0	0	0	Running
19	8	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	403	0	0	0	0	Running
20	7	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	26	17	9	0	402	0	0	4	9	Running
21	3	41	Cole Custer	Ford	30	16	14	0	402	0	0	3	5	Running
22	20	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	15	15	0	0	401	0	0	0	0	Running
23	34	42	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	401	0	0	0	0	Running
24	36	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	401	0	0	0	0	Running
25	16	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	12	12	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
26	29	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	11	11	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
27	28	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
28	25	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	9	9	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
29	30	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	399	0	0	0	0	Running
30	10	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	7	7	0	0	399	0	0	0	0	Running
31	17	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	398	0	0	0	0	Running
32	26	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	397	0	0	0	0	Running
33	35	51	Cody Ware	Ford	4	4	0	0	394	0	0	0	0	Running
34	32	15	JJ Yeley	Ford	0	0	0	0	392	0	0	0	0	Running
35	31	77	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	391	0	0	0	0	Running
36	33	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	1	1	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	Handling

Race Infractions

Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 at Martinsville Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
AJ Allmendinger	Unspecified Three inspection failures	Pass Thru	0	1	Green
Brad Keselowski	Equipment Interference	Tail End	84	91	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	84	91	Yellow
Cody Ware	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	85	91	Yellow
Justin Haley	Unspecified Equpiment over the wall too soon	Tail End	85	91	Yellow
Cole Custer	Tire violation	Tail End	184	192	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	185	192	Yellow
Christopher Bell	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Pass Thru	294	300	Green
Josh Bilicki	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	300	304	Green
Kyle Larson	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	303	304	Green
Corey Lajoie	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	303	307	Green
JJ Yeley	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	307	320	Green/Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	311	320	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	311	320	Yellow
Todd Gilliland	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	394	401	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	396	401	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	400	401	Yellow

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Race Recap

William Byron is NASCAR Cup’s first double winner with victory at Martinsville

April 9th, 2022

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

The first night race for the NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville Speedway was a cakewalk for Hendrick Motorsports—until a late caution sent the race to overtime, that is.

But William Byron survived a final restart and a mistake on the white-flag lap to win Saturday night’s Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 at the .526-mile short track.

Byron led 212 of the 403 laps. Teammate and pole winner Chase Elliott led the first 185 circuits, as Hendrick Motorsports surpassed 10,000 laps led at Martinsville, becoming the first Cup organization to hit that prodigious number at a single track.

At the end of the two-lap overtime, Byron crossed the finish line .303 seconds ahead of runner-up Joey Logano, who couldn’t get close enough to Byron’s No. 24 Chevrolet in the final corner to make a move for the win.

Byron, who also won Thursday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, is the first driver to win two events this season. Saturday night’s Cup victory was his first at Martinsville and the fourth of his career.

With his parents on his pit box for the entire race, Byron dedicated the win to his mother.

“When that last caution came out (for Todd Gilliland’s brush with the Turn 4 wall on Lap 393), I thought everyone behind us would pit,” Byron said. “Luckily, we stayed out—we were aggressive. We felt like we could refire on the tires and be OK.

“You’ve got one of the most aggressive guys behind you with Logano. I chattered the tires in (Turns) 3 and 4 (on the white-flag lap) and left the bottom open, but I was able to kind of block my exit to get a good drive off (the corner).

“This one’s for my mom. This same weekend last year, she had kind of a mini-stroke and was diagnosed with brain cancer. It means a lot to have her here, and it’s been a crazy year, but she’s doing great, and thanks, everybody, for the support. I kind of felt like she was riding in there with me. It’s cool to have her here, and I’m definitely going to enjoy this one.”

Logano had mixed emotions after the race. The strong second-place run was gratifying, but it was second place, not first, and it extended his winless streak to 37 races.

“That final restart there, had a front row,” Logano said. “That’s what you can ask for. Got cleared to second, and Willy kind of messed up off of (Turn) 4 and let me get to him, and he did a really good job of brake-checking… He did what he was supposed to do, and kind of got me all stuffed up behind him, and I couldn’t accelerate off the corner and be as close as I needed to be down into 3 to execute the ol’ bump-and-run.

“Couldn’t get quite to him, but his corner entry was really strong, too, which I think allowed him to get in there pretty strong. Overall, the Shell-Pennzoil Mustang had a solid run. Just hate being that close to winning and not making it happen. But big points today, and it just stings. Second just sucks sometimes, that’s all.”

Austin Dillon ran a strong third behind Logano, with Ryan Blaney and Ross Chastain claiming the fourth and fifth positions, respectively.

Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Aric Almirola, Chase Briscoe and Elliott completed the top 10. Elliott leads the series standings by three points over second-place Blaney. Byron is third, 12 points back.

Leading the first 185 laps, Elliott won the first two stages in the process. But Byron won the race off pit road under caution at the second stage break and remained out front for 118 laps until he came to pit road during a cycle of green-flag stops midway through the final stage.

Blaney held the top spot for five laps before making his final stop, and Byron regained the lead when Blaney came to pit road on Lap 308.

After completion of the green-flag cycle, NASCAR called the third caution of the race when Denny Hamlin’s ill-handling car stopped on pit road. Byron retained control of the race after the subsequent Lap 325 restart, with Austin Dillon moving past Joey Logano into the second position.

That was the last yellow flag until the final caution on Lap 393. The four cautions total—with two for stage breaks—were the fewest in a Cup race at Martinsville since 1997. Then again, Saturday night’s race was shortened from 500 to 400 laps.