Thursday 28th November 2024

The Cup Series (NCS) and XFINITY Series (NXS) were active at Virginia’s Martinsville Speedway. The weather did not cooperate with NASCAR’s schedule again this past weekend. After some earlier track drying, Friday night’s NXS 250-lap Cook Out 250 started almost on time. The race reached lap 91 before heavy rain triggered the red flag. Track drying attempts were made but more rain and lightening forced NASCAR to rescheduled completion of the event to Sunday. Saturday night’s NCS 500-lap Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 was dealt more of the same. That race reached lap 42 and was also moved to Sunday. Both races completed without interference from Mother Nature on Sunday. Martin Truex Jr. broke the streak of 7 different Cup Series winners in as many races by becoming the first 2021 repeat winner (he also won the March 14th race at Phoenix Raceway).