Martinsville Starting Grids for Sunday

Due to inclement weather, the Camping World Truck Series NASCAR race sheduled for Saturday afternoon at Martinsville Speedway was postponed until tomorrow, Sunday, March 25th immedately after The Monter Energy NASCAR Cup race at 2:00 PM. 

Another casualty of the rain and snow was MENC qualifying.  In cases like these, as usual, the starting lineup for the STP 500 was based on the points standings.

Starting Line Up - 69th Annual STP 500 - Martinsville Speedway


Pos, Driver, Car, Reason
1) Martin Truex Jr., No. 78 5-hour ENERGY/Bass Pro Shops Toyota, Charter Team - 2018
2) Kyle Busch, No. 18 M&M's Caramel Toyota, Charter Team - 2018
3) Joey Logano, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford, Charter Team - 2018
4) Brad Keselowski, No. 2 Reese/DrawTite Ford, Charter Team - 2018
5) Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Menards/Libman Ford, Charter Team - 2018
6) Denny Hamlin, No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota, Charter Team - 2018
7) Kyle Larson, No. 42 Credit One Bank/DC Solar Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
8) Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Jimmy John's Ford, Charter Team - 2018
9) Clint Bowyer, No. 14 Haas Automation Demo Day Ford, Charter Team - 2018
10) Aric Almirola, No. 10 Mobil 1 Ford, Charter Team - 2018
11) Kurt Busch, No. 41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford, Charter Team - 2018
12) Austin Dillon, No. 3 American Ethanol Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
13) Erik Jones, No. 20 Circle K Toyota, Charter Team - 2018
14) Ryan Newman, No. 31 eBay Motors Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
15) Paul Menard, No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford, Charter Team - 2018
16) Alex Bowman, No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 17 Fastenal Ford, Charter Team - 2018
18) Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe's for Pros Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
19) Darrell Wallace Jr. #, No. 43 STP Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
20) William Byron #, No. 24 Liberty University Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
21) Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
22) Chris Buescher, No. 37 Bush's Beans Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
23) Daniel Suarez, No. 19 ARRIS Toyota, Charter Team - 2018
24) Michael McDowell, No. 34 A&W All American Food Ford, Charter Team - 2018
25) AJ Allmendinger, No. 47 Kroger ClickList Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
26) Jamie McMurray, No. 1 First Data Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
27) Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford, Charter Team - 2018
28) David Ragan, No. 38 MDS Transport Ford, Charter Team - 2018
29) Kasey Kahne, No. 95 WRL General Contractors Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
30) Harrison Rhodes, No. 51 Custom Aircraft Cabinets Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
31) Matt DiBenedetto, No. 32 Can-Am/Wholey Ford, Charter Team - 2018
32) Ty Dillon, No. 13 GEICO Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
33) Ross Chastain(i), No. 15 ChampionMachinery.com Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
34) Gray Gaulding, No. 23 Earthwater Toyota, Charter Team - 2018
35) Cole Whitt, No. 72 TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
36) Landon Cassill, No. 00 USFRA.org/StarCom Fiber Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2018
37) DJ Kennington, No. 96* Gordon Brothers Toyota, Open Team - 2018 Owner
38) JJ Yeley(i), No. 55* Adirondack Tree Surgeons Chevrolet, Open Team - 2018 Owner
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie, (*) non-charter team



Starting Lineup, 20th Annual Alpha Energy Solutions 250 - Martinsville Speedway

Pos, Driver, Truck, Time, Speed
1) Ben Rhodes, No. 41 Alpha Energy Solutions Ford, 19.737, 95.942
2) Matt Crafton, No. 88 Ideal Door/Menards Ford, 19.786, 95.704
3) Grant Enfinger, No. 98 Champion Power Equipment/Curb Records , 19.810, 95.588
4) Kyle Benjamin(i), No. 54 Crosley Brands/Foothills Capital LLC Toyota, 19.830, 95.492
5) Stewart Friesen, No. 52 We Build America Chevrolet, 19.831, 95.487
6) Johnny Sauter, No. 21 Allegiant Airlines Chevrolet, 19.832, 95.482
7) Brett Moffitt, No. 16 AISIN Group Toyota, 19.850, 95.395
8) John H. Nemechek(i), No. 8 Fleetwing Chevrolet, 19.851, 95.391
9) Myatt Snider #, No. 13 Liberty Tax Ford, 19.889, 95.208
10) Cody Coughlin, No. 2 JEGS.com Chevrolet, 19.902, 95.146
11) Noah Gragson, No. 18 Safelite Toyota, 19.965, 94.846
12) Justin Haley, No. 24 Fraternal Order of Eagles Chevrolet, 20.050, 94.444
13) Harrison Burton, No. 51 DEX Imaging Toyota, 19.981, 94.770
14) Tyler Matthews, No. 99 Popeye's/BB&T Scott & Stringfellow Chevrolet, 20.011, 94.628
15) Austin Hill, No. 02 United Rentals Chevrolet, 20.047, 94.458
16) Timothy Peters, No. 92 BTS Tire & Wheel/Carquest Auto Parts Ford, 20.097, 94.223
17) Cory Roper, No. 04 Preferred Industrial Contractors Inc. Ford, 20.133, 94.055
18) Dalton Sargeant #, No. 25 Performance Plus Motor Oil Chevrolet, 20.176, 93.854
19) Justin Fontaine, No. 45 ProMATIC Automation/SprrEssx Chev, 20.227, 93.617
20) Reid Wilson, No. 20 OEM2 Powered by TruNorth Chevrolet, 20.248, 93.520
21) Austin Wayne Self, No. 22 Kreuz Market/Dn'tMssWthTxs Chev, 20.262, 93.456
22) Kyle Donahue, No. 83 First Responder Racing Chevrolet, 20.406, 92.796
23) Todd Gilliland #, No. 4 Mobil 1 Toyota, 19.888, 95.213
24) Robby Lyons, No. 15 Bubba Bear Sauce Chevrolet, 20.248, 93.520
25) Jordan Anderson, No. 3 Bommarito/Lucas Oil Chevrolet, 20.414, 92.760
26) Josh Reaume, No. 33 R Coin/Green Heart Partners Chevrolet, 20.458, 92.560
27) Kevin Donahue, No. 63 First Responder Racing Chevrolet, 20.474, 92.488
28) Dawson Cram, No. 50 Fluidyne Chevrolet, Owner Points,
29) Wendell Chavous, No. 49 SobrietyNation.org Chevrolet, Owner Points,
30) Norm Benning, No. 6 Zomongo/H&H Transport Chevrolet, Owner Points,
31) Jennifer Jo Cobb, No. 10 Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet, Owner Points,
32) Mike Senica, No. 1 Pennsylvania Power Products Inc. Chevrolet, Owner Points,

Did Not Qualify: No. 74 Mike Harmon(i), (#) Rookie, (i) Ineligible for points in this series

Ron Fleshman with John Davison

RIS NASCAR Editor.  Has been with RIS since the middle 90's. Writes on each of the three main series of NASCAR.

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Volume 2018, Issue 3, Posted 10:21 PM, 03.24.2018