NASCAR CUP Series

Positions at Martinsville Speedway

Explore detailed statistics of driver performance at Martinsville Speedway, featuring tables with historical and projected start and finish positions, sparklines, averages over the last two and four years, alongside visual charts highlighting the top and bottom performers over the last 6 years.

Trending Drivers at Martinsville Speedway

To capture how drivers have performed over time at Martinsville Speedway, I calculate the trend of their start and finish positions using linear regression. This method plots each race as a data point and draws a trend line that best fits all the data over a 6-year period. The slope of this trend line helps us understand performance trends:

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6-Year Trend of Driver Start Positions

6-Year Trend of Driver Finish Positions

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'Asterisk Races' driver did not finish with 'Running' status or was more than 2-laps down.

Improving. Average position has improved.

Declining. Average position has worsened.

Stable. Little to no change in average position.

No Data. This could be due to insufficient race data for the period.

The numbers in the table header (... 3, 2, 1) correspond to the races numbered here. Races are ordered chronologically from newest (1) to oldest.

2024
1 #8 Martinsville Speedway Cook Out 400 on Sunday, April 7th, 2024
2023
2 #35 Martinsville Speedway Xfinity 500 on Sunday, October 29th, 2023
3 #9 Martinsville Speedway NOCO 400 on Sunday, April 16th, 2023
2022
4 #35 Martinsville Speedway Xfinity 500 on Sunday, October 30th, 2022
5 #8 Martinsville Speedway Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 on Saturday, April 9th, 2022
2021
6 #35 Martinsville Speedway Xfinity 500 on Sunday, October 31st, 2021
7 #8 Martinsville Speedway Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 on Saturday, April 10th, 2021
2020
8 #35 Martinsville Speedway Xfinity 500 on Sunday, November 1st, 2020
9 #11 Martinsville Speedway Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief on Wednesday, June 10th, 2020
2019
10 #33 Martinsville Speedway First Data 500 on Sunday, October 27th, 2019
11 #6 Martinsville Speedway STP 500 on Sunday, March 24th, 2019

Driver Track History of Positions at Martinsville Speedway * 'Asterisk Races': Driver DNF or was 2+ laps down.
																							Understanding the Sparkline	START POSITION 2-, 4-, 6-YEARS						FINISH POSITION 2-, 4-, 6-YEARS
DRIVER																							START FINISH	PRJ	BST	2	4	6	TRND	PRJ	BST	2	4	6	TRND
AJ Allmendinger													36	24	21	24	14	27	25	28				19.1	14	19.5	24.0	24.0		27.6	24	27.5	25.8	25.8
Aric Almirola	2	9*	4	37*	2	33*	20	7	31	20	23	6	2	8	15	16	3	6	12	2				8.8	2	7.5	14.3	11.4		2.5	2	4.0	9.7	14.4
Brad Keselowski	3	1*	15	3	6	3	1	4	10	33*	6	3	9	17	6	4	21	24	10	33*	13	24		14.8	1	14.7	10.7	9.1		28.6	1	27.0	19.7	13.5
Clint Bowyer	10	7*	7	35*	4	17	16	8																11.6	4			9.3		15.0	7			16.8
David Ragan	25	26*	17	11																				16.7	17			21.0		10.4	11			18.5
Denny Hamlin	5	5*	1	4	12	24*	4	11	2	3	3	24	25	28*	11	6	11	4	4	3	8	11		9.6	1	7.7	9.1	7.8		7.2	3	6.0	11.3	11.2
JJ Yeley			32	28*	26	31*	38	31*	28	25*			32	34*	35	31*	36	36*	35	35*				35.9	26	35.5	33.2	32.8		35.9	25	35.5	32.2	31.4
Jimmie Johnson	11	24*	24	38*	21	10	27	30*																27.9	11			20.8		24.5	10			25.5
Joey Logano	1	19*	10	8	3	4	7	3	1	6	5	10	14	2	12	7	15	2	15	5	6	6		13.3	1	12.0	9.7	8.1		3.4	2	4.3	5.4	6.5
Kevin Harvick	4	6*	22	7	10	15	6	17	9	9	9	12	6	14	8	17	7	20	8	16				6.8	4	7.5	7.8	8.9		19.0	6	18.0	14.7	13.3
Kurt Busch	19	12*	25	6	9	9	5	5	21	21	10	7	18	6										14.1	5		16.3	15.3		7.4	5		11.3	9.4
Kyle Busch	13	3*	13	14	7	19	9	9	12	10	7	2	11	7	18	30*	17	21	31	27	11	16		20.2	7	19.7	15.3	13.5		23.0	2	21.3	16.1	14.4
Martin Truex Jr	8	8*	3	1	5	1	2	22	7	1	4	4	20	22	27	21	5	3	1	12	4	18		6.2	1	3.3	9.7	7.8		14.1	1	11.0	11.6	10.3
Matt Kenseth					20	23*	31	14																31.4	20			25.5		13.6	14			18.5
Michael McDowell	23	31*	5	23	29	14	24	28*	14	31*	19	26	16	25*	13	18	20	19	23	25	35	21		26.1	5	26.0	20.0	20.1		20.9	14	21.7	23.6	23.7
Paul Menard	14	15*	28	21																				28.5	14			21.0		21.2	15			18.0
Reed Sorenson			31	33*	39	38*																		39.4	31			35.0		38.2	33			35.5
Ryan Newman	20	23*	35	10	16	12	21	18	8	19	27	32*							33	29*				32.2	8	33.0	22.7	22.9		30.2	10	29.0	26.7	20.4
Landon Cassill	27	28*	30	26*											33	33*								33.2	27		33.0	30.0		32.9	26		33.0	29.0
Austin Dillon	29	11*	23	22	22	37*	14	23	18	14	14	13	23	3	16	34*	18	12	26	23	28	34*		23.6	14	24.0	20.4	21.0		23.7	3	23.0	19.0	20.5
David Starr					33	32*															37	37*		37.0	33	37.0	37.0	35.0		37.0	32	37.0	37.0	34.5
Matt Crafton			29	25*																					29			29.0			25			25.0
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	24	25*	16	15	17	21*	18	20	6	15	25	19	28	27*	31	23	16	8	20	19	23	29		21.7	6	19.7	21.3	20.4		20.0	8	18.7	20.0	20.1
Timmy Hill			37	34*	38	39*	34	29*			38	37*												36.9	34		38.0	36.8		35.1	29		37.0	34.8
Kyle Larson	6	18*	14	9					19	5	1	14	8	19	1	2	19	1	5	6	1	2		6.8	1	8.3	7.7	8.2		2.1	1	3.0	7.0	8.4
Alex Bowman	16	14*	19	30*	8	6	3	6	20	34*	13	1	15	12			23	11	22	32*	10	8		18.2	3	18.3	17.2	14.9		16.1	1	17.0	16.3	15.4
Ryan Blaney	17	4*	6	5	1	2	10	2	4	11	8	11	12	4	4	3	31	7	11	1	9	5		16.5	1	17.0	11.3	10.3		4.2	1	4.3	6.0	5.0
Corey Lajoie	32	33*	36	18	25	18	26	25	34	37*	29	21	26	32*	14	22	27	26	30	22	32	32*		27.9	14	29.7	27.4	28.3		27.1	18	26.7	27.4	26.0
Joey Gase					36	35*	39	34*			34	38*												34.8	34		34.0	36.3		37.6	34		38.0	35.7
Ty Dillon	22	13*	27	24	30	22*	25	16					34	23	32	32*	35	32*	34	24				35.8	22	34.5	33.8	29.9		29.7	13	28.0	27.8	23.3
Chase Elliott	7	2*	2	36*	11	5	8	1	5	2	2	16	1	10	2	11	24	10	14	17	3	3		12.5	1	13.7	7.3	7.2		9.5	1	10.0	9.9	10.3
Jeb Burton	36	35*																							36			36.0			35			35.0
Matt DiBenedetto	21	20*	12	16	19	7	12	10	22	12	21	15												19.2	12		21.5	17.8		10.8	7		13.5	13.3
Chris Buescher	12	21*	20	12	24	13	28	38*	15	13	15	9	4	15	22	25*	10	14	18	8	30	15		19.3	4	19.3	16.3	18.0		12.5	8	12.3	14.1	16.6
Erik Jones	18	30*	8	20	13	20*	19	12	16	30*	28	8	24	13	23	19	28	31	29	21	17	12		26.1	8	24.7	23.6	20.3		19.5	8	21.3	19.1	19.6
BJ McLeod			38	27*					36	29*	30	29*	33	36*	34	35*			36	36*				34.9	30	36.0	33.8	34.5		37.9	27	36.0	33.0	32.0
Ryan Preece	15	16*	21	19	28	26*	22	19	17	36*	26	36*					1	15	9	20	22	9		10.7	1	10.7	15.0	17.9		14.4	9	14.7	23.2	21.8
DJ Kennington	35	32*																							35			35.0			32			32.0
Daniel Suarez	9	10*	9	31*	37	27*	29	27*	11	32*	20	28*	30	29*	7	13	2	17	27	34*	21	22		17.1	2	16.7	16.9	18.4		24.0	10	24.3	25.0	24.5
Cody Ware	33	36*							32	28*	31	30*	35	33*	36	29*								35.1	31		33.5	33.4		29.6	28		30.0	31.2
Ross Chastain	30	34*	33	29*					27	17	16	27*	27	5	9	5	34	13	13	14	12	14		16.8	9	19.7	19.7	22.3		9.6	5	13.7	13.6	17.6
Bubba Wallace	26	17*	26	13	23	11	32	21	25	16	17	25	21	16	24	9	9	9	6	11	2	4		4.1	2	5.7	14.9	19.2		7.1	4	8.0	12.9	13.8
Daniel Hemric	28	27*	18	17																	36	28		35.8	18	36.0	36.0	27.3		27.8	17	28.0	28.0	24.0
William Byron	34	22*	11	2	15	8	13	35*	3	4	11	5	5	1	25	8	8	23	16	13	18	1		13.6	3	14.0	12.3	14.5		10.1	1	12.3	7.9	11.1
Brennan Poole					31	30*	30	37*																30.0	30			30.5		37.3	30			33.5
Cole Custer					27	29*	15	13	26	18	24	23	3	21	5	15								3.4	3		14.5	16.7		17.1	13		19.3	19.8
Garrett Smithley			34	32*	35	36*	36	39*			37	33*												37.2	34		37.0	35.5		35.3	32		33.0	35.0
Josh Bilicki							33	32*	33	23*	33	35*	31	35*										31.1	31		32.3	32.5		35.6	23		31.0	31.3
Tyler Reddick					14	16	17	24	13	8	18	18	22	18	28	36*	6	22	19	26	19	7		16.3	6	14.7	17.9	17.3		19.2	7	18.3	19.3	19.4
Matt Tifft	31	29*																							31			31.0			29			29.0
Quin Houff					34	34*	35	33*	29	24*	36	34*												33.9	29		32.5	33.5		30.4	24		29.0	31.3
Justin Haley									30	35*	35	31*	17	31*	29	28*	26	28	24	30*	27	30		24.8	17	25.7	26.9	26.9		28.8	28	29.3	30.4	30.4
John Hunter Nemechek					18	25*	23	26													29	36*		29.1	18	29.0	29.0	23.3		36.0	25	36.0	36.0	29.0
Christopher Bell					32	28*	11	15	23	7	12	17	7	20	20	1	22	16	7	7	20	35*		15.2	7	16.3	15.9	17.1		19.2	1	19.3	14.7	16.2
James Davison							37	36*	37	22*														37.0	37		37.0	37.0		21.1	22		22.0	29.0
Kaz Grala																					31	26			31	31.0	31.0	31.0			26	26.0	26.0	26.0
Austin Cindric													13	11	30	27*	25	33*	21	9	14	23		19.4	13	20.0	20.6	20.6		22.0	9	21.7	20.6	20.6
Chase Briscoe									24	27*	22	22	19	9	3	10	4	5	3	4	5	10		1.5	3	4.0	11.4	11.4		4.1	4	6.3	12.4	12.4
Harrison Burton													29	26*	10	12	32	29	28	15	34	33*		32.8	10	31.3	26.6	26.6		26.8	12	25.7	23.0	23.0
Josh Williams																					33	27			33	33.0	33.0	33.0			27	27.0	27.0	27.0
Noah Gragson															17	26*	29	30			26	20		28.4	17	27.5	24.0	24.0		24.1	20	25.0	25.3	25.3
Anthony Alfredo									35	26*	32	20					30	35*						29.9	30	30.0	32.3	32.3		34.8	20	35.0	27.0	27.0
Zane Smith																	33	34*			24	31*		23.9	24	28.5	28.5	28.5		31.0	31	32.5	32.5	32.5
Josh Berry																					7	25			7	7.0	7.0	7.0			25	25.0	25.0	25.0
Ty Gibbs															26	20	12	18	2	18	15	19		8.0	2	9.7	13.8	13.8		18.2	18	18.3	18.8	18.8
Todd Gilliland													10	30*	19	14	13	25	17	10	16	13		15.7	10	15.3	15.0	15.0		14.5	10	16.0	18.4	18.4
Carson Hocevar																			32	31*	25	17		24.9	25	28.5	28.5	28.5		16.8	17	24.0	24.0	24.0

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X-Axis (Horizontal Axis)

This axis represents the sequence of races at this track. The leftmost point is the earliest race in your dataset, and the rightmost point is the most recent race.

Y-Axis (Vertical Axis)

This axis represents the positions in the race. Lower on the axis corresponds to a lower numerical position (i.e., closer to 1st place), and higher on the axis corresponds to a higher numerical position (i.e., farther from 1st place).

Blue Line (Start Positions):

This line shows where the driver started each race. Each point on this line corresponds to the starting position of the driver for a particular race.
Lower Points: Indicates that the driver started closer to the front of the grid (better starting position).
Higher Points: Indicates that the driver started farther back on the grid (worse starting position).

Red Line (Finish Positions):

This line shows where the driver finished each race. Each point on this line corresponds to the finishing position of the driver for a particular race.
Lower Points: Indicates that the driver finished closer to the front (better finishing position).
Higher Points: Indicates that the driver finished farther back (worse finishing position).

Interpreting the Lines Together

Consistency: If both lines are relatively flat and near the bottom of the chart, it indicates that the driver consistently starts and finishes in good positions.
Improvement: If the red line is generally below the blue line, it indicates that the driver tends to finish races in better positions than they start. This can be interpreted as the driver making significant progress during races.
Decline: If the red line is generally above the blue line, it indicates that the driver tends to finish races in worse positions than they start. This can be interpreted as the driver losing positions during races.
Variability: Large fluctuations in either line indicate variability in starting or finishing positions. This can highlight inconsistency in the driver's performance or qualifying results.

Example Interpretation

Let's take an example of a driver's sparkline with the following data:

Start Positions: [18, 14, 25, 30, 21, 16]
Finish Positions: [10, 8, 14, 20, 11, 9]

Analysis:

1. Start Positions (Blue Line):

The driver started races in positions 18, 14, 25, 30, 21, and 16.
The start positions indicate that the driver often begins races in the mid to back of the field, with some races starting as far back as 30th.

2. Finish Positions (Red Line):

The driver finished races in positions 10, 8, 14, 20, 11, and 9.
The finishing positions show a trend of consistent improvement during the race, finishing better than their starting position in almost every race.

3. Comparative Insights:

The driver consistently improved from their starting position, such as moving up from 25th to 14th or 21st to 11th.
Even when starting as far back as 30th, the driver made significant gains to finish 20th, showcasing strong race performance.
This pattern indicates a driver who is capable of gaining positions during the race, often finishing much higher than where they began.

Visual Example

This sparkline helps to quickly visualize the driver's performance trends over multiple races, showing how their starting and finishing positions compare and highlighting the pattern of consistent finishes outperforming start positions.

TLDR: When you see a driver with a negative slope (to the left of the 0), they're getting better over time, which could lead to higher points or better bets. Drivers with a positive slope are trending downward, so they may be less reliable choices.

The length of the bars you see on the chart corresponds to a value called the 'slope'. The slope is the result of a calculation called linear regression, which analyzes past data points (in this case, 'finish' or 'start' positions) to identify a trend.

While the slope helps illustrate whether a driver is generally improving or declining over time, it does not specifically predict the next value but rather shows the overall direction of the trend based on previous positions.

The slope on these charts represents the trend in starting or finishing positions the driver has in the races competed in at Martinsville Speedway over the previous six seasons.

NEGATIVE SLOPE: Indicates improvement, meaning the driver is generally starting or finishing in better (lower) positions over time.
POSITIVE SLOPE: Indicates decline, meaning the driver is starting or finishing in worse (higher) positions over time.

Interpreting the Bars

Bars to the Left of 0 (Negative Slope): These drivers are improving. For example, a driver with a slope of -7 is showing significant improvement, starting or finishing much better than before.

Bars to the Right of 0 (Positive Slope): These drivers are declining. A positive slope suggests the driver is either qualifying or finishing worse compared to their previous performances.

Fantasy NASCAR, DFS, and Sports Betting

Fantasy NASCAR : Favor drivers with a negative slope (improving trend) for your lineups. They are trending toward better finishes, which likely means more points.
DFS NASCAR : Focus on drivers with an improving trend, especially those who start further back but finish strong. They offer value picks and upside in points.
Sports Betting : Bet on drivers with improving finishing trends (negative slope). They have momentum, making them solid picks for top placements or even wins.