NASCAR Cup Series drivers have a vested interest in how NASCAR reacts to the finish of Saturday's Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway. They want to see how NASCAR handles Sammy Smith knocking Taylor Gray out of the way for the lead in the final turn,

I want to dominate. I'll take any win I can get, but I want days like this where I'm in complete control.” Long: Martinsville victory just like old times for Denny Hamlin 10 years after his last win at Martinsville,

“Our cars are tanks now,” Bell said. “The Xfinity (Series) cars are a lot more fragile than what we have today. It just comes down to respect, and whenever you have respect in a race car and respect for your competitors, the outcome is a lot different. We want to be known as racers; We don’t want to be known as wreckers.”

The Joe Gibbs Racing driver won his 55th career Cup race Sunday at Martinsville. Here's the latest NASCAR power rankings heading into Darlington.

Denny Hamlin dominated his way to victory in Sunday\\\"s NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway, the first short-track race of 2025. The Virginia native picked up his first Cup Series win since claiming Dover Motor Speedway last spring,

Denny Hamlin returned to victory lane at Martinsville Speedway, a track he dominated earlier in his career. Hamlin beat his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell by over four seconds in the NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday.