NASCAR: Martinsville starting lineup – Ryan Blaney on pole
By Asher Fair
Ryan Blaney drew the pole position for Wednesday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway, the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500.
Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney took the pole position for this Wednesday evening’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway, the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500, via the owner standings-based random draw to determine the starting lineup. Blaney last started a race from the pole position in March of 2019 at Phoenix Raceway.
Blaney, who has six career pole positions, is set to start Wednesday night’s 500-lap race around the four-turn, 0.526-mile (0.847-kilometer) oval in Ridgeway, Virginia alongside Stewart-Haas Racing’s Aric Almirola in second place in his #10 Ford.
Almirola has now drawn the second place starting position for each of the last three races.
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Ford drivers swept the top four positions of this random draw, as the second row is also set to feature one Team Penske driver and one Stewart-Haas Racing driver. Team Penske’s Joey Logano is set to start in third place in his #22 Ford while Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer is set to start in fourth in his #14 Ford.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. drew the highest starting position among the Toyota drivers, as he is set to start in fifth place in his #19 Toyota alongside Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski in sixth in his #2 Ford.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch is set to start in seventh place in his #18 Toyota alongside the highest starting Chevrolet driver, Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman in eighth in his #88 Chevrolet.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kurt Busch and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick are set to round out the top 10 in ninth and 10th place in their #1 Chevrolet and #4 Ford, respectively.
Here is the full starting lineup for the 2020 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
Starting Lineup
1st – Ryan Blaney
2nd – Aric Almirola
3rd – Joey Logano
4th – Clint Bowyer
5th – Martin Truex Jr.
6th – Brad Keselowski
7th – Kyle Busch
8th – Alex Bowman
9th – Kurt Busch
10th – Kevin Harvick
11th – Chase Elliott
12th – Denny Hamlin
13th – Erik Jones
14th – Tyler Reddick
15th – William Byron
16th – Ryan Newman
17th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
18th – John Hunter Nemechek
19th – Matt DiBenedetto
20th – Matt Kenseth
21st – Jimmie Johnson
22nd – Austin Dillon
23rd – Bubba Wallace
24th – Chris Buescher
25th – Corey LaJoie
26th – J.J. Yeley
27th – Cole Custer
28th – Ryan Preece
29th – Michael McDowell
30th – Ty Dillon
31st – Brennan Poole
32nd – Christopher Bell
33rd – David Starr
34th – Quin Houff
35th – Garrett Smithley
36th – Joey Gase
37th – Daniel Suarez
38th – Timmy Hill
39th – Reed Sorenson
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Tune in to Fox Sports 1 at 7:00 p.m. ET for the live broadcast of this evening’s Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500, the 11th race on the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series schedule.