NASCAR\u2019s Cup and O\u2019Reilly Series head to Martinsville Speedway for the first of two visits this season around the famous 0.526-mile short track. The ARCA Menards Series East begins its 2026 campaign at Hickory Motor Speedway in Newton, North Carolina.\u00a0<\/p>\n
NASCAR National Series \u2013 NCS\/NOAPS<\/p>\n
Team Toyota continues historic run \u2026 With Tyler Reddick\u2019s\u00a0victory at Darlington Raceway last Sunday, Toyota has captured its fifth win in the first six races of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, marking the first time a manufacturer in the sport has accomplished such a feat since 2007 \u2013 behind Reddick\u2019s four wins at the Daytona 500, EchoPark Speedway (Atlanta), Circuit of the Americas (COTA) and Darlington, along with Denny Hamlin\u2019swin at Las Vegas. For Reddick, he joins Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Bill Elliott as the only drivers to win four of the first six races in a Cup Series season, with the win also already eclipsing 23XI Racing\u2019s own record of most wins in a season for the team now in just its sixth full season of competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Camry XSE drivers continue to make noise in the points\u00a0\u2026 Reddick\u2019s\u00a0historic start to 2026 also shows up in the Cup Series points standings, as the 23XI Racing driver sits atop the standings by 95 points over second place. His teammate, Bubba Wallace\u00a0sits third in the standings after recording four top-10 finishes and two stage wins through the first six races this season. Behind the 23XI pair inside the top-16 in the standings are Hamlin\u00a0in fourth, Christopher Bell\u00a0in eighth and Ty Gibbs\u00a0in 11th.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gibbs looks to continue hot streak \u2026\u00a0With a sixth-place result last weekend in Darlington, Ty Gibbs\u00a0enters this weekend at\u00a0Martinsville Speedway with four consecutive top-10 finishes \u2013 two fourth-place results, a fifth and a sixth last Sunday. The solid finishes for Gibbs and his No. 54 Toyota Camry XSE team have the Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) driver sitting firmly inside the top-16 of the points standings in 11th. Sunday will mark Gibbs\u2019 eighth career start at Martinsville.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Briscoe eager to continue Martinsville success\u00a0\u2026 Chase Briscoe\u00a0returns to Martinsville Speedway this weekend where he\u2019s found solid success over the last several years. Entering this weekend, the JGR driver has earned six top-10 finishes in the last eight Martinsville races, dating back to the spring of 2022. His best career Cup Series finish at Martinsville was a fourth-place result in the fall of 2023.<\/p>\n
Gray looks for Martinsville repeat\u00a0\u2026 JGR driver Taylor Gray\u00a0captured his maiden NASCAR O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series victory in last fall\u2019s race at Martinsville Speedway. Gray started 13th and led 52 laps on his way to taking home the checkered flag at the race\u2019s end. He will make his third career O\u2019Reilly Series start at \u201cThe Paperclip\u201d this weekend in search of a repeat victory at the track and his second career triumph in the series.<\/p>\n
Crews returns to the No. 19\u00a0\u2026 After two weeks away from the No. 19 GR Supra for JGR, Brent Crews\u00a0returns to the cockpit this weekend in Martinsville and will be behind the wheel of the No. 19 for the remainder of the O\u2019Reilly Series season, as he turns 18 years old next Monday. Crews will make his O\u2019Reilly Series debut at the track this weekend, after running the Truck Series race there last fall, where he finished fourth after leading 53 laps.<\/p>\n
NASCAR Regional Series \u2013 ARCA Menards Series East\u00a0<\/p>\n
Reaves looks to begin ARCA East season in style \u2026 JGR driver Max Reaves\u00a0will pilot the No. 18 Toyota Camry this weekend at Hickory Motor Speedway in the ARCA Menards Series East season opener. The 16-year-old won all three of his East Series starts from pole position in 2025 and is coming off a top-10 finish in the national series race at Phoenix Raceway a few weekends ago.<\/p>\n
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