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Blown Opportunity for Stewart-Haas | NASCAR Martinsville Race Review & Analysis

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Kyle Larson wins his second short track race of the season, while Stewart-Haas Racing squanders their best chance at a win in a long time.

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54 comments

JackCSports April 17, 2023 at 12:07 am

That might’ve been SHRs best shot all year with all four cars

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ReSyrum April 17, 2023 at 1:49 am

I still think Preece has a great shot at New Hampshire

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chickentender47 April 17, 2023 at 2:17 am

Harvick can still win

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Transportationfan0923 April 17, 2023 at 12:22 pm

@ReSyrum He’s good at the tracks where you have to brake so yeah he does have a pretty good shot there

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Isaac “CHAOStain” April 17, 2023 at 12:07 am

I’m gonna say it: for Martinsville at least, I miss the 2020-2021 750 HP package.

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poly cube April 17, 2023 at 1:35 am

I miss the old car on the tracks under 1.5 and road courses.

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Engine Failure April 17, 2023 at 1:46 am

​@poly cube absolutely

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RedWings-44 April 17, 2023 at 2:04 am

​@poly cube you haven’t had the chance to see the new car with proper HP at short tracks though

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Jared Champagne April 17, 2023 at 2:14 am

They’ll never ever do it again. It costs the teams more money, and they are trying to go away from combustion eventually. The low horsepower has ruined short track racing forever. Such a shame.

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Yuoknj April 17, 2023 at 12:07 am

I was happy that Preece lead a lot of laps, I was mad about what happened about Busch but overall not a bad race.

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RowdyXtreme April 17, 2023 at 12:09 am

Pretty unbelievable comeback by Truex. Went a lap down, caught a lucky caution, and his car came to life. Great job to him!

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Dominion42 April 17, 2023 at 12:29 am

Look a logano, started in the back, was also a lap down, got lucky on the caution/pit strat and got 2nd

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You're Jovian April 17, 2023 at 12:45 am

Finally some luck and a solid run there at the end

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Random Gamer April 17, 2023 at 1:01 am

Car didn’t come to life it’s just hard to pass once u get track position

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Jimmie Adams April 17, 2023 at 2:13 am

The car came to life just a bit too late. I’m convinced he could’ve made it to the front if the car was right earlier in the race

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Jacob Souliere April 17, 2023 at 7:33 am

@Random Gamer lol yea it did he went from 12th 2 3rd n 50 laps lol

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javislice April 17, 2023 at 12:11 am

as a joey fan: the fact he started dead last and somehow finished 2nd made my sunday topsy turvy. i’ll take it

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NASCARFAN93100 April 17, 2023 at 12:24 am

Not to mention that his Average Running position was between 21st-23rd

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RMC22 April 17, 2023 at 12:41 am

Same

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AceDelta12 April 17, 2023 at 12:56 am

I was quite annoyed by that

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Eric Pegram April 17, 2023 at 1:20 am

he said that many times, a driver would be annoyed by a 2nd place finish, but today was not one of those days. he KNEW he had been given a gift today.

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Blake E April 17, 2023 at 2:24 am

Track position and a very fortunate break. He couldn’t get out of the back of the pack for the first 300 laps.

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Bailey Reichert April 17, 2023 at 12:14 am

Can we talk that Briscoe has had 2 straight top 5s with a broken finger? And had the potential to win both Bristol and Martinsville?

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mary hjelter April 17, 2023 at 12:26 am

Agree very impressive!

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Dan Daniels April 17, 2023 at 7:59 am

Nah let’s talk about Kyle Larson winning again.much better topic

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Easy E Network April 17, 2023 at 10:44 am

@Dan DanielsYeah, it Larson is better than Briscoe anyhow.

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Brian Griffin Family Guy Fan April 17, 2023 at 12:14 am

I’m really impressed of how Stenhouse is doing this season. 1 Win, 2 Top 5’s and 3 Top 10’s in the first 9 races finishing inside rhe Top 10 in 4 of the 9 races!

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Bruh Mikey April 17, 2023 at 12:18 am

I’m pretty sure he actually has 4 top 10s after this race

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David S April 17, 2023 at 12:20 am

Yeah he’s turned it up a notch this year

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John April 17, 2023 at 12:27 am

By what I know this team will bd a Toyota next season with technical assistance and TRD motors. There will be more to the story.

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Luna Melody April 17, 2023 at 12:52 am

Stenhouse was a contender in the Nationwide series. He might become one this series since he has a win.

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MICHAEL JENSEN April 17, 2023 at 12:20 am

I will say that since the race was on fs1, the commercials were hardly an issue, and Bobby Labonte in the booth was great. Solid A for the broadcast.

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Steve Carey April 17, 2023 at 1:27 am

Yeah but I’m noticing Mike Joy says a lot of cringey things from time to time. I miss Bob Jenkins

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James Johnson April 17, 2023 at 1:34 am

​@Steve Carey Mike Joy needs to retire. Snarky comments are one thing, but mistakes are a regular thing for him. Sad but happens to everyone.

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Gary Jackson April 17, 2023 at 5:54 am

@James Johnson Mike Joy is fine.

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kg01 April 17, 2023 at 9:32 am

Yes I like Bobby, he is down to earth, normal, complete opposite to Bowyer.

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Chad Zeiders April 17, 2023 at 12:09 pm

Labonte is not good at all. The whole Fox booth needs an overhaul!!

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Timmy Kern April 17, 2023 at 12:24 am

The train that kept honking was hilarious

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American Walmarts April 17, 2023 at 1:33 am

That was a NASCAR hauler

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randall ellison April 17, 2023 at 1:55 am

​@americanwalmarts3565 that was definitely a train, Norfolk Southern to be exact!

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John LaFever April 17, 2023 at 1:57 am

@American Walmarts the train tracks run right down almost parallel to the back straightaway. It’s the reason Martinsville is shaped as a paperclip.

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American Walmarts April 17, 2023 at 2:04 am

@John LaFever interesting…

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The Bronx Bunny Man April 17, 2023 at 9:16 am

​@randall ellison You could tell by the horn and that they WOULDN’T STOP BLOWING THE HORN.

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24BEARCATS24 April 17, 2023 at 12:27 am

Glad that Chase Elliott is back and finished in the top 10 finish.

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Paul April 17, 2023 at 1:39 am

I feel bad for Todd Gilliland, he ran between 8th – 15th all day but ended up with a disappointing finish.

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A French NASCAR Fan April 17, 2023 at 9:33 am

Glad he’s got the full season opportunity, he could try to end up in the Top 20

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RedWings-44 April 17, 2023 at 2:15 am

Easy change: bring back HP, especially at these tracks. The engines are no different than before except that they have smaller tapered spacers to limit their HP.

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Gary Jackson April 17, 2023 at 5:53 am

Meanwhile over in the NHRA Tony Stewart won his first National Event driving the McPhillips A/Fuel Dragster and Tony’s Funny Car Driver Matt Hagen won his 3rd of the 4 races of the season! Leah went rounds as well.

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Old.Vet. April 17, 2023 at 9:36 am

Don’t worry about the background noise, it gives the live coverage character.

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Don Hurst April 17, 2023 at 10:48 am

Good to see the 5 car win especially at this track. RIP Ricky Hendrick

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J Johnson April 17, 2023 at 11:26 am

Eric it’s pretty cool to see how far you have came in the nascar world! Keep it up brother!! Your Chanel is my go to for honest Nascar news!

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Phil Jacques Racing April 17, 2023 at 12:01 pm

The 41 teams biggest mistake was not taking 2 for track position and getting themselves back up front at the Stage 2 break following the speeding penalty. They continued to take 4 all race long in a race where there wasn’t much tire falloff and track position was at a premium.

It’s nice to be disappointed with the result and hopefully they can keep building on what they are doing now. I always say however without risk there is no reward. Gotta be willing to take those risks when you are behind and know the field you are playing.

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Scott Evans April 17, 2023 at 12:01 pm

Had a fun day at Martinsville Speedway. Got to meet Eric for the 1st time. Also glad Chase Elliott got a top ten finish.

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JD Wht April 17, 2023 at 1:05 pm

As much as I have enjoyed Martinsville races in the past, these last two with the new car has become a virtual no passing race. If for some reason you get shuttled back, it’s going to take some outstanding driving or luck to get anywhere near where you were. Outside of the first 3 – 4 finishing positions, I suspect that many of the teams left a bit discouraged. Kudos to Larson and Logano (especially Joey) for their 1-2 finishes.

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