Johali's Rate the Cup Race --- Martinsville under the lights

[TexasRaceLady]

I'll have to go 9 simply because....... LOL

 

[10-4]

9.9999

The last 40 some laps ruined it but otherwise...

 

[Charlie Spencer]

9

 

[HoneyBadger]

8.5

Great race until Truex got the lead.

 

[StandOnIt]

7.5 I am one of the few who doesn't think that a steady diet of short tracks will solve all of Nascar's problems

 

[donthaveanickname]

8.5
Martinsville under the lights was great.

 

[Joker]

7.5

Last 1/3 was a snoozer after some intense battles.

 

[racer8]

9

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

8.5

 

[jws926]

9.

 

[Truex_rox]

10. Glad it wasn't postponed!

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

8. Boring finish but at least no artificial drama BS.

 

[Kiante]

9

 

[BobbyFord]

I’ll go a 7.
They need to figure out how to let these guys run some practice laps.

 

[Efisher131]

Truex kills races. 7

 

[PeopleAreStrange]

8. The first two stages were pretty entertaining; the final stage not as much.

 

[2 Sweet]

The first 350 laps were a 9.5, the last 150 were a 5.

That's probably worth an 8 overall.

 

[Brentford]

8.5

Like others said, it became boring after Truex took the lead.

 

[RFK-PensekeFan]

7.5

Martinsville looks great under the lights but the last 100 or so laps were lacking in action.

 

[carolinabuff]

9

 

[aunty dive]

10 because pick ‘em.

Look past the top 3. Lots of racing back there.

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

8.5 . Hopefully next year will have a minor sprinkling of some mid week racing, I’m hooked on this idea.

 

[Revman]

Fascinating. Everything NASCAR needs to be.....Four of MY five Toyotas sucked turds off the truck....one survived, and kicked ass. Absolutely fan-damn-tastic! 20 billion! Hell yes!!!!!

 

[Formerjackman]

6.5 Not a terrible race, but exactly what I expected and what I was concerned about. While Martinsville is visually interesting at night, the racing loses something with the cooler track temperatures. Much like Darlington, much like Richmond. I LOVE nighttime short track racing in theory, but in practice it just doesn't work very well for a lot of tracks.

 

[rd45usa]

More mid-week races please!

 

[DRSpeed]

8 The class of JGR came through!!!!!

 

[Speedbowl14]

7

 

[Blaze]

8

 

[RacerrecaR]

6

 

[SlicedBread22]

9

 

[machinistman3]

7.5

 

[ChexOrWrex]

Honestly a 6. It’s Martinsville and all but not a whole lot happened.

It seemed like once they got settled about ~30 laps into a run, nobody made many gains or losses.

 

[DC76]

7 I always look forward to martainsville, but this one came up a little short

 

[Switchback]

7, good not great. I did enjoy seeing no Pearn show who the #1 driver at JGR is though.

 

[Mispeedway15]

9. Great racing! I will say they need to make these things sturdier, it’s just too easy to cut a tire on contact anymore. Makes them play a little too much like IndyCar

 

[LJ7201]

8

 

[MRM]

7

 

[SpeedPagan]

9 to 8.5, I thought it was a really good race & it was neat watching them work in a second groove.

 

[DIDIT]

8.88 would have been a 9, but had to deduct 12 for Blaney finishing second, not first.

 

[acmerocket]

10 four hms cars in the top 10
10+ for the 11 and 18 being laps down