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Ryan Blaney surges to Champ 4 with repeat walk-off Martinsville win
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. — He did it again.
For the second straight year, defending series champion Ryan Blaney won the NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8 elimination race at Martinsville Speedway to advance to the Championship 4.
And as Blaney took the checkered flag to win Sunday’s Xfinity 500, Christopher Bell made a kamikaze move into the final corner in a futile attempt to deprive William Byron of the final spot in next Sunday’s title event at Phoenix Raceway.
Bell drove hard into Turn 3 on the final lap, passed Bubba Wallace for the one point he needed, slipped up into the outside wall and rode the fence through Turn 4, committing what NASCAR deemed a safety violation. Bell was penalized four positions to 22nd as Byron advanced by four points.
Blaney passed Chase Elliott for the lead on Lap 486 of 500 and pulled away to win by 2.593 seconds over the Hendrick Motorsports driver, who was eliminated from the playoffs along with teammate and third-place finisher Kyle Larson.
The victory was his third of the season, his second at the 0.526-mile short track and the 13th of his career.
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Lucky Dog Racing Xfinity 500 Top 5 Finishers
1. Steve Stone
2. Hurricane Sidwell
3. Terry Smith
4. Bobby Ericson
5. Frank Page
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Lucky Dog Racing's 2023 LROC team
Jack Thesier - Cup Series Champion
Jay Smogolski - Xfinity Series 3rd Place Finisher
Brian Blair - Truck Series Champion
Terry Smith - Driver Group Game Champion
Mathew Steinfels - Streak To The Finish Champion
Randy Cook - SRX Series Champion
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2024 Driver Group Top 5 Standings
2024 Current Standings
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Rank
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Team |
Total Pts |
| 1. |
FireBall Motorsports |
6640 |
| 2. |
Nascarmomma |
6307 |
| 3. |
Chuck L. Head |
6231 |
| 4. |
Dunesandnascar |
6219 |
| 5. |
Intimidator Racing |
6195 |
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Lucky Dog Racing's Streak to the Finish takes place in our Facebook group. Here's how to play... Pick a top 10 driver each week to keep your streak going! Sound easy? Not so fast.... you can only choose a driver once per streak. You receive points depending on how your driver finishes and your current streak. If you score the most points out of all players, you can receive a special award on your driver page and a $25.00 gift certificate to Amazon.com
The Streak to the Finish game is maintained by Stephen DiCaprio
2024 Top 5 Streak To The Finish Driver Standings
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Name
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Rank |
Total Points |
Current Cup Streak |
Current Xfinity Streak |
Current Truck Streak |
| David Baartman |
1. |
990 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| Lou Demian |
2. |
819 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
| John Smogolski |
3. |
812 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
| Matt Steinfels |
4. |
786 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
| Al Allison |
5. |
768 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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