Heat Race Set for First ValleyStar Credit Union 300 Race Under the Lights at Martinsville Speedway
No. 81 Jared Fryer & No. 14 Ryan Repko work down the backstretch during final practice Friday afternoon at Martinsville Speedway. (Justin Kern/TheWeeklyRacer.com)
Ridgeway, VA – After one of the most interesting pole days in recent ValleyStar Credit Union 300 history, the fastest two drivers had their times disallowed. Jeff Oakley, who calls Dominion Raceway home, though he was the first driver to win a pole award at Martinsville Speedway under the new permanent LED lights. However, after a spacer plate was found on Oakley’s carb and an altered squitter on McCaskill’s car during post-qualifying technical inspection, both drivers had their times thrown out. McCaskill will start at the tail end of heat race number one while Oakley will start at the end of race number three.
You can find your favorite driver below and who they will line up with during their twenty-five lap heat race. The top ten finishers from each heat race will line up for the 200-lap feature much like how NASCAR scores the Gatorade Duels. The winner of heat one will start third while the second place finisher will start sixth. The remaining drivers, who can answer the call, will race a twenty-five lap, last chance qualifier, where the top ten cars will make up the rest of the field.
General Admission gates will open Saturday afternoon at 2:00 PM with an on-track autograph session scheduled from 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM. Heat races will go green at 4:00 PM with the 200-lap feature starting at 8:00 PM. If you can’t make it out to the track remember MRN will be broadcasting this race on local affiliates, make sure to also check out their app and website. The Weekly Racer will also have you covered with LIVE lap-by-lap coverage on our Twitter feed (@theweeklyracer).
Heat Race 1
| Row 1 | #27 Tommy Lemons Jr. | #2 Trevor Noles | |
| Row 2 | #12 Timothy Peters | #2A Denis Holdren | |
| Row 3 | #88 Josh Berry | #21 Mike Darne | |
| Row 4 | #50 Jamey Caudil | #15 Kres VanDyke | |
| Row 5 | #77 Trevor Ward | #18A Jason York | |
| Row 6 | #61 Justin Hicks | #06 Davin Scites | |
| Row 7 | #33 Macey Causey | #4A Timmy Phipps | |
| Row 8 | #82 Barry Beggarly | #57B Jimmy Mullins | |
| Row 9 | #1B Jamie Sweeney | #12C Ryan Wilson | |
| Row 10 | #81 Jared Fryer | #92 Casey Wyatt | |
| Row 11 | #91 Justin Carroll | #22C Scott Lancaster | |
| Row 12 | #4B John Moore | #36 Owen Smith | |
| Row 13 | #33D Jimmy Wallace | #07C Kevin Neal | |
| Row 14 | #78 Ricky Gillespie | #08 Deac McCaskil |
Heat Race 2
| Row 1 | #83 Matt Bowling | #01A Philip Morris | |
| Row 2 | #26 Peyton Sellers | #57 Eddie Johnson | |
| Row 3 | #14 Ryan Repko | #22A Robert Powell | |
| Row 4 | #34 Justin Snow | #24 Mason Diaz | |
| Row 5 | #77D Blake Stallings | #55 Mark Wertz | |
| Row 6 | #2B Myatt Snider | #57A Justin T. Carroll | |
| Row 7 | #25 Derrick Lancaster | #73 Bruce Anderson | |
| Row 8 | #2C Brandon Pierce | #12A Austin Thaxton | |
| Row 9 | #7 Jamie Byrd | #51 Chris Chapman | |
| Row 10 | #9 Brad Kurth | #07 Dean Ward | |
| Row 11 | #95 Jacob Heafner | #50D Haley Moody | |
| Row 12 | #19 Cameron Bowen | #28 Jason Barnes | |
| Row 13 | #18B Bobby Gillespie | #12D Ryan Gray | |
| Row 14 | #04 Larry Barrett |
Heat Race 3
| Row 1 | #5 Lee Pulliam | #22B Bobby McCarty | |
| Row 2 | #02 CE Falk | #44 Justin Johnson | |
| Row 3 | #03 Brenden Queen | #87 Mike Looney | |
| Row 4 | #22 Grayson Cullather | #21A Travis Swaim | |
| Row 5 | #18 Ty Gibbs | #16 RD Smtih | |
| Row 6 | #26C Danny Edwards | #5B Ronnie McCarty | |
| Row 7 | #4 Annabeth Barnes | #63 Tyler Matthews | |
| Row 8 | #17C Bryan Reedy | #12B Nick Smith | |
| Row 9 | #7A Justin Crider | #90 Terry Carroll | |
| Row 10 | #8 Thomas Scott | #27C Cory Beard | |
| Row 11 | #24C Colin Garrett | #2D Matt Leicht | |
| Row 12 | #37 Adam Gray | #05 Mason Bailey | |
| Row 13 | #21B Tommy Neal | # 25C Craig Eastep | |
| Row 14 | #11 Jeff Oakley |
