O'Reilly Auto Parts Series StatChat 2026 - Martinsville
- Adam Carabine
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By Adam Carabine
Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of O’Reilly Stats Friday. This weekend the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series travels to Ridgeway, Virginia for the NFPA 250 at Martinsville Speedway.
Martinsville is a 0.526-mile oval track, nicknamed “The Paperclip,” because of its uniquely tight corners and longer straightaways. It opened in 1947, though O’Reilly Auto Parts Series races started taking place the same year the series started – 1982. Sam Ard won the first race there in this series. Austin Hill won this race last year in the spring, and Taylor Gray won the one in the fall.
Tomorrow’s race will be 250 laps long (for a total of 131.5 miles), with stage breaks occurring at 60 – 120 – 250. Pit road speed is 30 mph, and the caution vehicle runs at 35 mph.
This year, the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series has run 895 laps, for 1,404.96 miles so far. Jesse Love is the only driver to have completed 100% of all laps.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Martinsville:
Sammy Smith | 6.29 over 7 races |
Justin Allgaier | 8.91 over 11 races (1 win) |
Sheldon Creed | 9.88 over 8 races |
Harrison Burton | 12.60 over 5 races (1 win) |
Sam Mayer | 12.78 over 9 races |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Martinsville:
Kyle Sieg | 28.83 over 6 races |
William Sawalich | 28.00 over 3 races |
Austin Green | 24.00 over 1 race |
Brennan Poole | 23.71 over 7 races |
Josh Bilicki | 23.00 over 1 race |
Martinsville is a Short Track.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Short Tracks:
Harrison Burton | 11.39 over 34 races (1 win) |
Taylor Gray | 12.83 over 14 races (1 win) |
Justin Allgaier | 12.99 over 159 races (12 wins) |
Sammy Smith | 13.09 over 31 races (2 wins) |
Brandon Jones | 13.94 over 101 races (2 wins) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Short Tracks:
Josh Bilicki | 28.12 over 30 races |
Austin Green | 27.63 over 5 races |
Blaine Perkins | 27.56 over 31 races |
William Sawalich | 26.71 over 13 races |
Lavar Scott | 26.67 over 3 races |
Sam Ard is the winningest driver in this series at Martinsville, as he has 5 victories under his belt. Harry Gant, Jimmy Hensley, and Tommy Houston are all tied for 2nd with 3 wins each.
Drivers who ran their first O’Reilly’s Series race at Martinsville:
Patrick Staropoli | 2025 – P16 |
Corey Day | 2025 – P21 |
Drivers who WON their first O’Reilly’s Series race at Martinsville:
Taylor Gray | 44th Career O’Reilly’s Start |
Drivers whose most recent O’Reilly Series Victory was at Martinsville:
Harrison Burton | 2020 |
Taylor Gray | 2025 |
Notable drivers who have not won at Martinsville:
Sam Mayer | (has won at 6 other tracks) |
Sammy Smith | (has won at 3 other tracks) |
Jesse Love | (has won at 3 other tracks) |
Jeremy Clements | (has won at 2 other tracks) |
Based on average finish, no driver lists Martinsville as their BEST or WORST track.
Based on their point pace, let’s have a look at how this season is comparing to last season for drivers:
Drivers Faring Better than in 2025
Justin Allgaier | +419 pts |
Sheldon Creed | +315 pts |
Jesse Love | +284 pts |
Sammy Smith | +160 pts |
Austin Hill | +65 pts |
Drivers Faring Worse than in 2025
Harrison Burton | -436 pts |
Nick Sanchez | -423 pts |
Dean Thompson | -289 pts |
Sam Mayer | -268 pts |
Taylor Gray | -186 pts |
Next, let’s look at who’s having their best and worst career year by Average Finish:
Best Career Year
Jesse Love | 6.17 |
Justin Allgaier | 8.17 |
Sheldon Creed | 8.33 |
Sammy Smith | 9.67 |
Parker Retzlaff | 13.33 |
William Sawalich | 19.83 |
Blaine Perkins | 23.50 |
Worst Career Year
Nobody | -- |
Rookie of the Year Battle
Patrick Staropoli | 95 |
Lavar Scott | 61 |
The Manufacturer Standings are calculated by awarding points to the highest finisher for each manufacturer according to their finishing position. (40 for 1st, 35 for 2nd, 34 for 3rd, etc.) No stage points or playoff points count.
Manufacturer Standings
Chevrolet | 330 |
Toyota | 162 |
Ford | 99 |
Here is the same formula, but used on a team-vs-team basis:
Chartered Team Standings
JR Motorsports | 284 |
RCR | 214 |
Haas Factory | 191 |
Hendrick | 163 |
Joe Gibbs | 162 |
Jordan Anderson | 154 |
Viking | 153 |
RSS Racing | 123 |
Alpha Prime | 116 |
SS-Green Light | 111 |
Big Machine | 95 |
Sam Hunt | 93 |
Jeremy Clements | 75 |
Young’s | 72 |
AM Racing | 71 |
DGM | 71 |
Peterson | 71 |
Hettinger | 60 |
Barrett-Cope | 32 |
Joey Gase | 7 |
At each stage break, the Top 10 drivers are awarded points based on their finishing positions. Here are the leaders this year:
Stage Point Leaders
Milestone Watch
Brandon Jones | Looking for his 50th Career Top 5 |
Jesse Love | Looking for his 20th Career Top 5 |
Taylor Gray | Looking for his 10th Career Top 5 |
Jeb Burton | Looking for his 50th Career Top 10 |
Harrison Burton | Looking for his 60th Career Top 10 |
Taylor Gray | Looking for his 20th Career Top 10 |
Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:
Winless Streaks
Jeremy Clements | 115 races |
Jeb Burton | 96 races |
Harrison Burton | 73 races |
Sammy Smith | 29 races |
Nick Sanchez | 22 races |
Sam Mayer | 17 races |
Brandon Jones | 11 races |
Taylor Gray | 7 races |
Jesse Love | 6 races |
Austin Hill | 5 races |
The race begins Saturday, March 28th at 3:30 pm EST (12:30 pm PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!
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