The 2024 Long John Silver's 200 was the 6th stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 26th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, April 5, 2024, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, a 0.526 miles (0.847km) permanent asphalt paperclip-shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In an action packed race that produced numerous spins and wrecks, Christian Eckes, driving for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, would put on a blistering performance, winning both stages and leading a race-high 133 laps to earn his seventh career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his second of the season.[9] Pole sitter Ty Majeski led 66 laps of the race, and was in contention of stealing the win on the final restart, but was unable to hold off Eckes and finished 2nd. To fill out the podium, Chase Purdy, driving for Spire Motorsports, would finish 3rd, respectively.
Martinsville Speedway is a NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track on the NASCAR circuit since its beginning in 1948.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice was held on Friday, April 5, at 3:05 PM EST.[10] Since Martinsville Speedway is a short track, drivers will be split into two groups, Group A and B, with both sessions being 15 minutes long. Ty Majeski, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time between both sessions, with a lap of 19.985, and a speed of 94.751mph (152.487km/h).[11]
Qualifying was held on Friday, April 5, at 3:40 PM EST.[10] Since Martinsville Speedway is a short track, the qualifying system used is a single-car, two-lap system with only one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have two laps to post a qualifying time. Whoever sets the fastest time in that round will win the pole.[12]
Ty Majeski, driving for ThorSport Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a track record lap of 19.417, and a speed of 97.523mph (156.948km/h).[13]
↑ "Martinsville Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 25, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
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