Last week at Homestead we came so close to seeing the weekend sweep by Kyle Larson, but alas the Xfinity race proved to be too unpredictable. Now just like last Fall after Homestead we head to Martinsville, but this time it’s just a regular season race. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Martinsville Speedway ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position in the Next Gen era. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Martinsville.
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Martinsville.
Active means any driver who started a race in the 2025 Cup Series season.
| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led | S1 Fin | S2 Fin | Driver Rating |
| 1 | 14 | Ryan Blaney | 500 | 32 | 5th | 2nd | 126.7 |
| 2 | 2 | Chase Elliott | 500 | 129 | 1st | 12th | 124.2 |
| 3 | 9 | Kyle Larson | 500 | 71 | 6th | 4th | 118.0 |
| 4 | 24 | Austin Cindric | 500 | 0 | 18th | 15th | 80.9 |
| 5 | 37 | Denny Hamlin | 500 | 0 | 15th | 3rd | 95.2 |
| 6 | 3 | William Byron | 500 | 51 | 2nd | 5th | 120.9 |
| 7 | 10 | Austin Dillon | 500 | 0 | 8th | 7th | 96.7 |
| 8 | 22 | Ross Chastain | 500 | 0 | 11th | 11th | 85.4 |
| 9 | 18 | Brad Keselowski | 500 | 170 | 10th | 1st | 112.0 |
| 10 | 12 | Joey Logano | 500 | 0 | 9th | 13th | 85.0 |
| 11 | 25 | Noah Gragson | 500 | 0 | 19th | 9th | 78.9 |
| 12 | 29 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 500 | 0 | 34th | 25th | 58.4 |
| 13 | 7 | Alex Bowman | 500 | 0 | 7th | 8th | 89.8 |
| 14 | 8 | Ryan Preece | 500 | 0 | 4th | 10th | 97.4 |
| 15 | 4 | Chase Briscoe | 500 | 0 | 3rd | 14th | 93.6 |
| 16 | 11 | Josh Berry | 500 | 0 | 14th | 16th | 72.1 |
| 17 | 15 | Daniel Hemric | 500 | 0 | 13th | 26th | 60.4 |
| 18 | 19 | Bubba Wallace | 499 | 6 | 24th | 19th | 58.6 |
| 19 | 21 | Erik Jones | 499 | 0 | 25th | 24th | 51.7 |
| 20 | 28 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 499 | 0 | 27th | 21st | 55.4 |
| 21 | 36 | Zane Smith | 499 | 0 | 28th | 30th | 44.3 |
| 22 | 16 | Christopher Bell | 499 | 0 | 21st | 6th | 69.3 |
| 23 | 20 | Daniel Suarez | 498 | 0 | 16th | 22nd | 50.9 |
| 24 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 498 | 41 | 31st | 17th | 71.9 |
| 25 | 27 | Carson Hocevar | 498 | 0 | 23rd | 27th | 49.9 |
| 26 | 13 | Todd Gilliland | 498 | 0 | 17th | 32nd | 69.5 |
| 27 | 33 | Kaz Grala | 497 | 0 | 32nd | 31st | 35.7 |
| 28 | 23 | Kyle Busch | 497 | 0 | 30th | 20th | 53.2 |
| 29 | 30 | Justin Haley | 497 | 0 | 26th | 29th | 38.5 |
| 30 | 26 | Chris Buescher | 497 | 0 | 33rd | 34th | 34.5 |
| 31 | 32 | John Hunter Nemechek | 496 | 0 | 29th | 33rd | 33.5 |
| 32 | 5 | Ty Gibbs | 495 | 0 | 12th | 28th | 50.2 |
| 33 | 17 | Michael McDowell | 490 | 0 | 22nd | 18th | 49.6 |
| 34 | 31 | Tyler Reddick | 458 | 0 | 35th | 35th | 32.7 |
| 35 | 34 | Corey LaJoie | 365 | 0 | 36th | 36th | 31.2 |
| 36 | 6 | Harrison Burton | 347 | 0 | 20th | 23rd | 57.2 |
| 37 | 35 | Josh Bilicki | 131 | 0 | 37th | 37th | 23.2 |
– Leading laps last Fall at Martinsville proved beneficial as 5 of the 6 drivers to lead 10+ laps finished in the Top 10.
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | 8.33 | 1st | 25th | 18 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 9.87 | 1st | 38th | 38 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 10.03 | 1st | 39th | 38 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 10.75 | 1st | 37th | 32 |
| 5 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 12.00 | 12th | 12th | 1 |
| 6 | Chase Elliott | 12.11 | 1st | 38th | 19 |
| 7 | Chase Briscoe | 12.63 | 4th | 27th | 8 |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 13.28 | 1st | 39th | 39 |
| 9 | William Byron | 13.29 | 1st | 39th | 14 |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski | 13.43 | 1st | 38th | 30 |
| 11 | Kyle Larson | 16.05 | 1st | 42nd | 20 |
| 12 | Martin Truex Jr. | 16.16 | 1st | 40th | 38 |
| 13 | Christopher Bell | 16.80 | 1st | 35th | 10 |
| 14 | Bubba Wallace | 16.93 | 4th | 34th | 14 |
| 15 | Austin Cindric | 17.67 | 4th | 33rd | 6 |
| 16 | Alex Bowman | 18.53 | 1st | 37th | 17 |
| 17 | Ross Chastain | 18.58 | 4th | 34th | 12 |
| 18 | Austin Dillon | 18.95 | 3rd | 41st | 22 |
| 19 | Chris Buescher | 19.16 | 8th | 38th | 19 |
| 20 | Todd Gilliland | 19.50 | 10th | 30th | 6 |
| 21 | Cole Custer | 19.67 | 13th | 29th | 6 |
| 22 | A.J. Allmendinger | 19.68 | 2nd | 43rd | 25 |
| 23 | Erik Jones | 19.69 | 8th | 31st | 16 |
| 24 | Josh Berry | 20.50 | 16th | 25th | 2 |
| 25 | Tyler Reddick | 20.80 | 7th | 35th | 10 |
| 26 | Ty Gibbs | 21.20 | 18th | 32nd | 5 |
| 27 | Noah Gragson | 21.50 | 11th | 30th | 4 |
| 28 | Ty Dillon | 22.83 | 13th | 32nd | 12 |
| 29 | Daniel Suarez | 22.88 | 9th | 34th | 16 |
| 30 | Ryan Preece | 22.91 | 9th | 42nd | 11 |
| 31 | Justin Allgaier | 23.75 | 13th | 42nd | 4 |
| 32 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 24.08 | 8th | 40th | 24 |
| 33 | Carson Hocevar | 24.33 | 17th | 31st | 3 |
| 34 | Corey LaJoie | 27.21 | 18th | 37th | 14 |
| 35 | Michael McDowell | 28.29 | 14th | 43rd | 28 |
| 36 | Zane Smith | 28.67 | 21st | 34th | 3 |
| 37 | John Hunter Nemechek | 29.50 | 25th | 36th | 4 |
| 38 | Justin Haley | 30.13 | 27th | 35th | 8 |
| 39 | Cody Ware | 31.00 | 28th | 36th | 5 |
| 40 | J.J. Yeley | 31.79 | 20th | 42nd | 24 |
| 41 | B.J. McLeod | 31.83 | 27th | 36th | 6 |
– Every active driver (that’s ran a race here) has finished inside the Top 30 here at Martinsville at least once, and every active driver (except SVG) has finished outside the Top 20 here as well.
| Best Active Martinsville Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Active Martinsville Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 108.15 | 32 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 80.71 | 38 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 105.43 | 38 | 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 78.84 | 32 |
| 3 | Ryan Blaney | 102.38 | 18 | 3 | Ryan Blaney | 78.23 | 18 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 102.12 | 19 | 4 | Chase Elliott | 74.90 | 19 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 96.81 | 32 | 5 | Joey Logano | 74.89 | 32 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 95.74 | 30 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 71.44 | 30 |
| 7 | Kyle Busch | 95.60 | 39 | 7 | Kyle Busch | 70.08 | 39 |
| 8 | William Byron | 90.62 | 14 | 8 | Kyle Larson | 66.44 | 20 |
| 9 | Chase Briscoe | 88.09 | 8 | 9 | Chase Briscoe | 63.81 | 8 |
| 10 | Kyle Larson | 86.95 | 20 | 10 | William Byron | 63.67 | 14 |
– Jimmie Johnson, Denny Hamlin, and Ryan Blaney have been great at Martinsville in their careers as they are the only active drivers with a 100+ Avg. Driver Rating and to have run 75%+ of the race laps in the Top 15.
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 15.40 | 38 | 1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 100 | 1 |
| 2 | Chase Elliott | 13.37 | 19 | 2 | Ryan Blaney | 99.95 | 18 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 13.05 | 38 | 3 | Josh Berry | 99.78 | 2 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 7.66 | 32 | T4 | Cole Custer | 99.76 | 6 |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | 7.42 | 39 | T4 | Chase Briscoe | 99.76 | 8 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 7.24 | 30 | 6 | Christopher Bell | 99.75 | 10 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 6.35 | 18 | T7 | Austin Cindric | 99.74 | 6 |
| 8 | Martin Truex Jr. | 5.89 | 38 | T7 | Todd Gilliland | 99.74 | 6 |
| 9 | William Byron | 5.36 | 14 | 9 | Noah Gragson | 99.67 | 4 |
| 10 | Chase Briscoe | 3.82 | 8 | 10 | Joey Logano | 99.66 | 32 |
– SVG has only ran one Cup race at Martinsville, but he is still the only active Cup driver to finish all of the laps in races he’s ran here.
| Most Active Martinsville Starts | Most Active Martinsville Poles | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 39 | 1 | Joey Logano | 5 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 38 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 4 |
| T2 | Jimmie Johnson | 38 | T3 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 |
| T2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 38 | T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 3 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 32 | T5 | Kyle Larson | 2 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 30 | T5 | Kyle Busch | 2 |
| 7 | Michael McDowell | 28 | T7 | Ryan Preece | 1 |
| 8 | A.J. Allmendinger | 25 | T7 | Chase Elliott | 1 |
| T9 | J.J. Yeley | 24 | |||
| T9 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 24 | |||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 9 | 23.68 | T4 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 5.13 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 13.16 | T8 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 10.00 |
| 3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 3 | 7.89 | T8 | Alex Bowman | 1 | 5.88 |
| T4 | William Byron | 2 | 14.29 | T8 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 5.26 |
| T4 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 11.11 | T8 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 5.00 |
| T4 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 6.67 | T8 | Joey Logano | 1 | 3.13 |
| Most Active Martinsville Top 3’s | Best Active Martinsville Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 15 | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 39.47 | 15 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 13 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 34.21 | 13 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 8 | 3 | Ryan Blaney | 33.33 | 6 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 7 | 4 | Chase Elliott | 31.58 | 6 |
| T5 | Ryan Blaney | 6 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 25.00 | 5 |
| T5 | Chase Elliott | 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 23.33 | 7 |
| T5 | Joey Logano | 6 | 7 | William Byron | 21.43 | 3 |
| T5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 6 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 20.51 | 8 |
| 9 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 9 | Joey Logano | 18.75 | 6 |
| 10 | William Byron | 3 | 10 | Martin Truex Jr. | 15.79 | 6 |
| Most Active Martinsville Top 5’s | Best Active Martinsville Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 20 | 1 | Ryan Blaney | 55.56 | 10 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 19 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 52.63 | 20 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 17 | 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 50.00 | 19 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 12 | 4 | Kyle Busch | 43.59 | 17 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 11 | 5 | Brad Keselowski | 40.00 | 12 |
| T6 | Ryan Blaney | 10 | 6 | Chase Elliott | 36.84 | 7 |
| T6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 10 | 7 | William Byron | 35.71 | 5 |
| 8 | Chase Elliott | 7 | 8 | Joey Logano | 34.38 | 11 |
| 9 | Kyle Larson | 6 | 9 | Kyle Larson | 30.00 | 6 |
| 10 | William Byron | 5 | 10 | Martin Truex Jr. | 26.32 | 10 |
– Without a Top 5 finish this weekend it is possible that Ryan Blaney loses his 1st place spot in the Top 5% table above.
| Most Active Martinsville Top 10’s | Best Active Martinsville Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 26 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 68.42 | 26 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 25 | 2 | Ryan Blaney | 66.67 | 12 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 21 | 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 65.79 | 25 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 20 | 4 | Chase Elliott | 63.16 | 12 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 18 | T5 | Joey Logano | 62.50 | 20 |
| 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 16 | T5 | Chase Briscoe | 62.50 | 5 |
| T7 | Ryan Blaney | 12 | 7 | Brad Keselowski | 60.00 | 18 |
| T7 | Chase Elliott | 12 | 8 | William Byron | 57.14 | 8 |
| T9 | William Byron | 8 | 9 | Kyle Busch | 53.85 | 21 |
| T9 | Kyle Larson | 8 | 10 | Martin Truex Jr. | 42.11 | 16 |
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 7 | 21.88 | 6 | Joey Logano | 2 | 6.25 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 7 | 21.88 | T7 | Jimmie Johnson | 1 | 6.25 |
| 3 | Brad Keselowski | 5 | 15.63 | T7 | Ryan Preece | 1 | 5.00 |
| 4 | Ryan Blaney | 4 | 12.50 | T7 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 3.57 |
| 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 3 | 9.38 |
– Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin have combined to win almost half of the stages run here at Martinsville. So, it wouldn’t be a surprise if one of them won a stage this weekend.
| Most Active Martinsville Stage T10’s | Best Active Martinsville Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 24 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 75.00 | 24 |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 24 | T1 | Joey Logano | 75.00 | 24 |
| T3 | Chase Elliott | 23 | T3 | Chase Elliott | 71.88 | 23 |
| T3 | Ryan Blaney | 23 | T3 | Ryan Blaney | 71.88 | 23 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 21 | 5 | Brad Keselowski | 65.63 | 21 |
| 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 18 | 6 | William Byron | 57.14 | 16 |
| 7 | Kyle Busch | 17 | T7 | Martin Truex Jr. | 56.25 | 18 |
| 8 | William Byron | 16 | T7 | Jimmie Johnson | 56.25 | 9 |
| 9 | Kyle Larson | 12 | 9 | Kyle Busch | 53.13 | 17 |
| 10 | Alex Bowman | 10 | T10 | Chase Briscoe | 50.00 | 8 |
| T10 | Josh Berry | 50.00 | 2 | |||
– Expect to see Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, and Ryan Blaney up front in Stage 1 and 2 this weekend as they all have a 70+% rate in stage T10’s here.
| Most Active Martinsville Starts without Win | Most Active Martinsville Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 28 | 1 | Brad Keselowski | 30 |
| 2 | A.J. Allmendinger | 25 | 2 | Michael McDowell | 28 |
| T3 | J.J. Yeley | 24 | 3 | A.J. Allmendinger | 25 |
| T3 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 24 | T4 | J.J. Yeley | 24 |
| 5 | Austin Dillon | 22 | T4 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 24 |
| 6 | Chris Buescher | 19 | 6 | Austin Dillon | 22 |
| T7 | Daniel Suarez | 16 | 7 | Chris Buescher | 19 |
| T7 | Erik Jones | 16 | 8 | Ryan Blaney | 18 |
| T9 | Bubba Wallace | 14 | 9 | Alex Bowman | 17 |
| T9 | Corey LaJoie | 14 | T10 | Daniel Suarez | 16 |
| T10 | Erik Jones | 16 | |||
– Out of the 12 active drivers with 20+ starts here almost half have not won a race here, and exactly half have not won a Pole here.
| Most Active Martinsville Starts without Top 3 | Most Active Martinsville Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 28 | 1 | Michael McDowell | 28 |
| T2 | J.J. Yeley | 24 | T2 | J.J. Yeley | 24 |
| T2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 24 | T2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 24 |
| 4 | Chris Buescher | 19 | 4 | Chris Buescher | 19 |
| T5 | Daniel Suarez | 16 | T5 | Daniel Suarez | 16 |
| T5 | Erik Jones | 16 | T5 | Erik Jones | 16 |
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 28 |
| 2 | J.J. Yeley | 24 |
| 3 | Corey LaJoie | 14 |
| 4 | Ty Dillon | 12 |
| 5 | Justin Haley | 8 |
| Most Active Martinsville Stages without Stage Win | Most Active Martinsville Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | Austin Dillon | 32 | T1 | Chris Buescher | 32 |
| T1 | Chris Buescher | 32 | T1 | Michael McDowell | 32 |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 32 | T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 32 |
| T1 | Erik Jones | 32 | 4 | Corey LaJoie | 28 |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 32 | 5 | Ty Dillon | 24 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 32 | 6 | J.J. Yeley | 20 |
| T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 32 | 7 | Justin Haley | 16 |
| T8 | Bubba Wallace | 28 | 8 | B.J McLeod | 12 |
| T8 | Corey LaJoie | 28 | 9 | Cody Ware | 10 |
| T8 | William Byron | 28 | 10 | John Hunter Nemechek | 8 |
– Of the 13 drivers to compete in every Martinsville race with stages, only Chris Buescher, Michael McDowell, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. have not gotten a Stage T10 here.
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Chase Elliott | 2 | Top 3’s | Kyle Larson | 4 | Stage T10’s |
| Kyle Larson | 2 | Top 3’s | William Byron | 4 | Stage T10’s |
| Ryan Blaney | 3 | Top 5’s | Alex Bowman | 3 | Stage T10’s |
| Joey Logano | 11 | Top 10’s | Austin Dillon | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Ryan Blaney | 6 | Top 10’s | Brad Keselowski | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Kyle Larson | 5 | Top 10’s | Ryan Blaney | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| William Byron | 2 | Top 10’s | Ryan Preece | 2 | Stage T10’s |
– If you’re looking for most likely a sure thing this weekend, then look for Joey Logano to finish Top 10 here as the last time he finished out of the Top 10 at Martinsville was 2019.
Next Gen Stats
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2022-08 | 52.61 | William Byron | 1st | 6 | 2023-35 | 31.20 | Denny Hamlin | 3rd |
| 2 | 2022-08 | 45.91 | Chase Elliott | 10th | 7 | 2022-35 | 30.00 | Christopher Bell | 1st |
| 3 | 2022-35 | 40.60 | Denny Hamlin | 5th | 8 | 2023-35 | 29.00 | Ryan Blaney | 1st |
| 4 | 2024-35 | 34.00 | Brad Keselowski | 9th | 9 | 2023-09 | 27.25 | Chase Briscoe | 5th |
| 5 | 2023-09 | 33.75 | Ryan Preece | 15th | 10 | 2024-35 | 25.80 | Chase Elliott | 2nd |
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2022-08 | William Byron | 144.9 | 1st | T5 | 2024-35 | Ryan Blaney | 126.7 | 1st |
| 2 | 2023-35 | Ryan Blaney | 133.5 | 1st | 7 | 2022-35 | Denny Hamlin | 126.0 | 5th |
| 3 | 2023-35 | Denny Hamlin | 131.1 | 3rd | 8 | 2023-09 | Chase Briscoe | 125.8 | 5th |
| 4 | 2024-08 | Kyle Larson | 126.8 | 2nd | 9 | 2024-35 | Chase Elliott | 124.2 | 2nd |
| T5 | 2024-08 | Chase Elliott | 126.7 | 3rd | 10 | 2022-35 | Christopher Bell | 122.8 | 1st |
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| T1 | 2022-08 | William Byron | 100 | 1st | T1 | 2022-35 | Joey Logano | 100 | 6th |
| T1 | 2022-08 | Joey Logano | 100 | 2nd | T1 | 2022-35 | Chase Elliott | 100 | 10th |
| T1 | 2022-08 | Ryan Blaney | 100 | 4th | T1 | 2022-35 | Daniel Suarez | 100 | 12th |
| T1 | 2022-08 | Aric Almirola | 100 | 8th | T1 | 2022-35 | Cole Custer | 100 | 14th |
| T1 | 2022-08 | Chase Elliott | 100 | 10th | T1 | 2022-35 | Brad Keselowski | 100 | 36th |
| T1 | 2022-08 | Austin Cindric | 100 | 11th | T1 | 2023-35 | Denny Hamlin | 100 | 3rd |
| T1 | 2022-35 | Kyle Larson | 100 | 2nd | T1 | 2023-35 | Chase Briscoe | 100 | 4th |
| T1 | 2022-35 | Ryan Blaney | 100 | 3rd | T1 | 2024-08 | Denny Hamlin | 100 | 11th |
| T1 | 2022-35 | Ross Chastain | 100 | 4th | T1 | 2024-35 | Ryan Blaney | 100 | 1st |
| T1 | 2022-35 | Denny Hamlin | 100 | 5th |
– Running every lap in the Top 15 hasn’t been too hard in the Next Gen at Martinsville as a total of 19 driver have done so, but only 2 did so in both races combined last year.
| Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-37) |
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-37) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| T1 | 3rd | 8.17 | T1 | 32nd | 31.33 |
| T1 | 11th | 8.17 | T1 | 35th | 31.33 |
| 3 | 12th | 9.00 | 3 | 33rd | 30.83 |
| 4 | 9th | 9.67 | 4 | 36th | 28.83 |
| T5 | 2nd | 9.83 | T5 | 28th | 27.00 |
| T5 | 4th | 9.83 | T5 | 34th | 27.00 |
| T7 | 1st | 10.83 | 7 | 30th | 26.00 |
| T7 | 18th | 10.83 | T8 | 26th | 25.33 |
| 9 | 5th | 11.00 | T8 | 29th | 25.33 |
| 10 | 15th | 11.67 | 10 | 31st | 25.17 |
– Based on the table above as long as you start Top 20 then you have a shot at a good finish, but starting outside the Top 30 is usually pretty bad.
| Best Next Gen Martinsville Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Next Gen Martinsville Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | 110.50 | 6 | 1 | Aric Almirola | 92.24 | 4 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 109.28 | 6 | 2 | Ryan Blaney | 91.80 | 6 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 107.97 | 6 | 3 | Kurt Busch | 91.32 | 1 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 104.40 | 6 | 4 | Kyle Larson | 90.47 | 6 |
| 5 | Aric Almirola | 100.88 | 4 | 5 | Joey Logano | 87.12 | 6 |
| 6 | Chase Briscoe | 100.53 | 6 | 6 | Chase Briscoe | 84.55 | 6 |
| 7 | William Byron | 99.73 | 6 | 7 | Chase Elliott | 82.56 | 6 |
| 8 | Joey Logano | 96.70 | 6 | 8 | Kevin Harvick | 82.53 | 4 |
| 9 | Kurt Busch | 95.90 | 1 | 9 | Denny Hamlin | 81.75 | 6 |
| 10 | Cole Custer | 90.40 | 2 | 10 | Cole Custer | 77.30 | 2 |
– If you’re looking for a longshot this weekend look at Cole Custer as he’s 10th in both tables above, but beware as he’s only had 2 starts in the Next Gen here.
| Best Next Gen Martinsville Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen Martinsville Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | 3.50 | 6 | 1 | Chase Elliott | 18.95 | 6 |
| 2 | Joey Logano | 5.17 | 6 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 16.96 | 6 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 5.50 | 6 | 3 | William Byron | 12.91 | 6 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | 6.00 | 1 | 4 | Kyle Larson | 9.38 | 6 |
| 5 | Aric Almirola | 7.75 | 4 | 5 | Ryan Preece | 7.44 | 4 |
| 6 | William Byron | 8.50 | 6 | 6 | Ryan Blaney | 6.70 | 6 |
| T7 | Chase Briscoe | 8.67 | 6 | 7 | Brad Keselowski | 6.51 | 6 |
| T7 | Chase Elliott | 8.67 | 6 | 8 | Christopher Bell | 5.52 | 6 |
| 9 | Denny Hamlin | 9.33 | 6 | 9 | Chase Briscoe | 5.22 | 6 |
| 10 | Ross Chastain | 9.67 | 6 | 10 | Joey Logano | 4.01 | 6 |
– Leading laps and finishing position has a bit of a correlation in the Next Gen here, but not too strong of one as the only driver that ranks top 5 in both tables above is Kyle Larson.
| Next Gen Martinsville Win List | Next Gen Martinsville Pole List | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 33.33 | T1 | Kyle Larson | 2 |
| T1 | William Byron | 2 | 33.33 | T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 |
| T3 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 16.67 | T3 | Chase Elliott | 1 |
| T3 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 16.67 | T3 | Ryan Preece | 1 |
– Chevy has won half of the races/poles here at Martinsville in the Next Gen car.
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 66.67 |
| 2 | Ryan Blaney | 3 | 50.00 |
| T3 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 33.33 |
| T3 | Joey Logano | 2 | 33.33 |
| T3 | William Byron | 2 | 33.33 |
| T6 | Aric Almirola | 1 | 25.00 |
| T6 | Austin Dillon | 1 | 16.67 |
| T6 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 16.67 |
| T6 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 16.67 |
| T6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 16.67 |
| Most Next Gen Martinsville Top 5’s | Most Next Gen Martinsville Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | 5 | 83.33 | T1 | Joey Logano | 6 | 100 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 4 | 66.67 | T1 | Ryan Blaney | 6 | 100 |
| T2 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 66.67 | T3 | Chase Briscoe | 5 | 83.33 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 3 | 50.00 | T3 | Chase Elliott | 5 | 83.33 |
| T5 | Chase Briscoe | 2 | 33.33 | T3 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 83.33 |
| T5 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 33.33 | T6 | Denny Hamlin | 4 | 66.67 |
| T5 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 33.33 | T6 | William Byron | 4 | 66.67 |
| T5 | William Byron | 2 | 33.33 | T8 | Aric Almirola | 3 | 75.00 |
| T9 | Aric Almirola | 1 | 25.00 | T8 | Bubba Wallace | 3 | 50.00 |
| T9 | 5 drivers tied with same % | 1 | 16.67 | T8 | Ross Chastain | 3 | 50.00 |
– You can pretty much count on Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney to be inside the Top 10 at the end of the race this weekend as they’ve yet to finish out of the Top 10 in the 6 Next Gen races here.
| Most Next Gen Martinsville Stage Wins | Most Next Gen Martinsville Stage T10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Stage T10% |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 4 | 33.33 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 9 | 75.00 |
| 2 | Chase Elliott | 3 | 25.00 | T2 | Chase Briscoe | 8 | 66.67 |
| T3 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 12.50 | T2 | Joey Logano | 8 | 66.67 |
| T2 | Kyle Larson | 8 | 66.67 | ||||
| T3 | Ryan Preece | 1 | 12.50 | T2 | Ryan Blaney | 8 | 66.67 |
| T6 | Chase Elliott | 7 | 58.33 | ||||
| T3 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 8.33 | T6 | Christopher Bell | 7 | 58.33 |
| T6 | William Byron | 7 | 58.33 | ||||
| T3 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 8.33 | 9 | Kevin Harvick | 6 | 75.00 |
| T10 | Aric Almirola | 5 | 62.50 | ||||
| T3 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 8.33 | T10 | Ryan Preece | 5 | 20.00 |
| T10 | Brad Keselowski | 5 | 41.67 | ||||
– Look out for Denny Hamlin this weekend, especially in Stage 1 and 2, as he’s top of the board in both Next Gen Stage Wins and Stage T10’s above.
