Full weekend schedule for Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 at Martinsville Speedway

The 2022 NASCAR Blue-Emu Most Ache Aid 400 is ready to be green-flagged on April 9 at Martinsville Raceway. Protection will probably be dwell at 7:30 pm EST on FOX and MRN.

Martinsville Speedway is the shortest monitor within the 2022 Cup Collection schedule. The monitor was additionally one of many first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being inbuilt 1947 and the inaugural race was held in 1949. It’s the solely remaining race monitor that has been on the NASCAR circuit from the start.

The 36-drivers will compete over 400 laps and will probably be eyeing a win, together with which they may attempt to take the lead within the factors desk.

The eighth Cup Collection race follow and qualifying session will probably be held on the identical day on Saturday at a 0.526-mile-long paperclip-shaped quick monitor. The 36 drivers will probably be cut up into two teams. The division will probably be primarily based on an odd/even order primarily based on earlier race outcomes and 15-minutes will probably be allotted for follow periods for every group. It will lead on to qualifying races for a single automobile and a single lap.

Martinsville-FS1(ET)Thu3p-Vans p&q5:30p-Xfinity p&q8p-Truck race (50-50-100)Fri4:30p-Cup p&q7:30p-NXS race (60-60-130)Sat7:30p-Cup race (80-100-220)NWS:Thu-Temps 50-60s, 30% rain afternoon; Fri evening: 50s-high40s, 20% rain; Sat evening: 40s, 10% rain.

The highest 5 drivers with one of the best qualifying time from every group will then transfer to Spherical 2 of qualifying to struggle for pole place with a single-lap, single-car run.