October 16, 2023 • 6 mins
With 3 races to go, we talk about the final NASCAR Playoffs race before Champions are crowned in Phoenix at Martinsville Speedway! A big weekend of racing October 26th through 29th. There will be only 4 drivers in the running for the championship heading into the final at Pheonix after the cup race in Martinsville! We talk to Martinsville Speedway Track President, Clay Campbell, about the playoffs and all the excitement of race weekend at Martinsville. More information on race weekend including tickets HERE. Listen to the podcast by pressing the play (>) button below.
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(00:00):
From my Heart Radio. We're talkingracing. I'm Scott Stevens and man oh
man. The big Round of eightis underway and put on a great show
this weekend at Las Vegas. KyleLarson the big winner there. But we're
setting our sits now on the threeremaining weekends, Homestead coming up this weekend,
next weekend, it all comes downto Martinsville and then of course the
(00:22):
final in Phoenix. And joining usto talk about everything happened in NASCAR,
in particular the events at Martinsville comingup next weekend. We've got mister Clay
Campbell, the track president, joiningus. Now, how you doing,
sir? Hey, I'm doing great, Scott, how are you doing?
Good? Boy? The field ofeight took off big this past weekend.
As we talked today, Kyle Larsonpretty much the dominant all the way through
(00:45):
the race. Yeah, and youknow that punched his tickets, That punched
his ticket excuse me, to Phoenix, and so he's the only one guaranteed.
But you said it. We've gotthree races. We got Homestead this
weekend, than our big one nextweekend at Martinswell and then the championship.
But you know, Kyle's innet forsure, and then the others that they
(01:07):
got a you know, Byron's ina pretty good spot because he's plus eleven.
Hamlin, he's in a good spot. But there's some, you know,
like Blaney with what happened to himyesterday getting disqualified. You know,
he's fifty six below, Butscher's twentythree redicks fifteen, So you know,
it's it looks pretty It looks prettygood that you're going to have Larson,
(01:30):
Byron, Hamlin, Truex and Bill. You know, there's six points different,
so it's still going to be ait's going to be a shootout.
And what better place to determine thatfour than here at Martinsville next week with
the sentity five hundred, no doubtabout it. Christopher Bell even said,
hey, I missed my chance.He said he had a chance right there
to win it. Yep. Andof course you know he came out and
(01:52):
he said, I'm not I'm notblaming Larson. He said, that's the
he said, that's me. Hesaid, I had an opportunity and I
missed it. But any of thesedrivers, as were you talking about Belle,
Reddick, Bush or Blaney if theywin next weekend before Martinsville. They're
in, and then it'll be ashootout to see who the other two are.
Absolutely, that's all say, that'sall it takes. That's a tall
(02:14):
chore to accomplish. But yeah,if any of them win, they're in.
But it's going to be interesting.And you know the ones that are
struggling on that cut off line whenthey get here to Martinsville, you know
we've seen it. They'll do whateverit takes to make that final four.
Oh yeah, including our world famousbump and run that we like to see
(02:35):
at Martinsville quite quite often. Well, I tell you it's a big weekend
next weekend at Martinsville, and itactually the weekend starts a day early,
coming up on Thursday, October twentysix. You got some great events with
the wheel and modifieds coming. Yeah, we do. And that's always a
sand favorite that modifiers have such ahistory here at Martinsville. But the Virginia's
to Racing Levers two hundred on Thursdaynight, that races at eight o'clock,
(03:00):
two hundred laps. It's always agreat race. And you know, modifieds
are one of my favorite race cars. They're just they're just real race cars.
So always look forward to that one. Then we roll into Friday,
a lot going on inside the garagearea, but things really don't get cranked
up until about five thirty when wequalify for the Extinity Series. Yeah,
(03:23):
and then we've got you know,we've got the Hauler Parade. I think
that's at six thirty. So it'sa big weekend. We roll into Saturday
with the dead on Tools two fiftyfor the Extinity Series. I believe that
starts at three point thirty, andthen obviously the big one, the Exfinity
five hundred on Sunday. Can't wait. I mean you look outside now,
(03:46):
the trees are starting to turn.It's fall in the air, and you
know it's time for racing at Martinsville, no doubt about it. Now you
mentioned Saturday's Infinity Race. We talkeda lot about the fight for the playoffs
in the Cup Series, but youknow they're down to the wire on that
Infinity Series too. Well, that'sa good thing about our weekend. You've
got the championship at stake for bothExfinity Series and the Cup Series. It's
(04:12):
going to be a tight battle forthe Extenity Championship, and that's what that's
what this race weekend is all aboutand actually go back to the modiphis.
We talked about the modifiers. Thisis their championship race, right right,
So it's not you got another raceto go, this is it. So
it's a very important weekend for NASCARand you know, we can't wait,
(04:33):
no doubt about it, looking forwardto the racing action. And as we've
been seeing on television more and morepeople coming back to NASCAR racing. We
know we had a lull and thenof course COVID and all of that,
but the crowds are back and itreally is a great fan experience. Once
again, it never stopped being exciting, but fans are coming back to NASCAR.
(04:54):
We're seeing it in the crowds,aren't we Oh absolutely, And you
mentioned it. COVID, you know, set us back for a while,
but we're over that. Fans arecoming back in droves and we love to
see it. And that's what youknow, that's what we'll see next week
here in Martinsvielle. Ticket sales aregoing really well. But if you haven't
got your ticket yet, go onlineat Martinswellspeedway dot com or give us a
(05:16):
call at eight seven seven Racetics Pickout your favorite seat and watch a great
race on Sunday as well as Thursdaynight and Saturday, and very affordable prices
and also some great fan experiences,some other opportunities to do some things besides
watching the race. Yeah, andthat's the key focus of ours. We've
been doing this for a number ofyears now, and that's that's one thing
(05:40):
that our team has gotten really goodat. We want you to be entertained
from the time you get here tothe time you leave. So with our
NASCAR experience the Midway, there's somuch to see and do there. We'll
have q and as with drivers,we'll have music. Our campground opens this
Saturday, believe it or not,but next week we have have concerts in
(06:00):
the campground on Friday night and Saturdaynight. It's just something going on all
the time. And that's what racefans expect now and that's what we give
them. Well, that's fantastic.Well, we appreciate your time. We'll
get through the next race coming upthis weekend and then we'll chat again coming
up before the races start in Martinsvillefor the big weekend again. Things get
(06:23):
started on Thursday. Run on thingsto see on Friday of course the Infinity
race on Saturday and the Cup raceon Sunday, so looking forward to everything.
Martinsville Speedway dot com to get yourtickets and get more information play Thanks
a lot for your time. We'llsee you next week. You got it,
Scott, Thank you very much
From my Heart Radio. We're talkingracing. I'm Scott Stevens and man oh
man. The big Round of eightis underway and put on a great show
this weekend at Las Vegas. KyleLarson the big winner there. But we're
setting our sits now on the threeremaining weekends, Homestead coming up this weekend,
next weekend, it all comes downto Martinsville and then of course the
(00:22):
final in Phoenix. And joining usto talk about everything happened in NASCAR,
in particular the events at Martinsville comingup next weekend. We've got mister Clay
Campbell, the track president, joiningus. Now, how you doing,
sir? Hey, I'm doing great, Scott, how are you doing?
Good? Boy? The field ofeight took off big this past weekend.
As we talked today, Kyle Larsonpretty much the dominant all the way through
(00:45):
the race. Yeah, and youknow that punched his tickets, That punched
his ticket excuse me, to Phoenix, and so he's the only one guaranteed.
But you said it. We've gotthree races. We got Homestead this
weekend, than our big one nextweekend at Martinswell and then the championship.
But you know, Kyle's innet forsure, and then the others that they
(01:07):
got a you know, Byron's ina pretty good spot because he's plus eleven.
Hamlin, he's in a good spot. But there's some, you know,
like Blaney with what happened to himyesterday getting disqualified. You know,
he's fifty six below, Butscher's twentythree redicks fifteen, So you know,
it's it looks pretty It looks prettygood that you're going to have Larson,
(01:30):
Byron, Hamlin, Truex and Bill. You know, there's six points different,
so it's still going to be ait's going to be a shootout.
And what better place to determine thatfour than here at Martinsville next week with
the sentity five hundred, no doubtabout it. Christopher Bell even said,
hey, I missed my chance.He said he had a chance right there
to win it. Yep. Andof course you know he came out and
(01:52):
he said, I'm not I'm notblaming Larson. He said, that's the
he said, that's me. Hesaid, I had an opportunity and I
missed it. But any of thesedrivers, as were you talking about Belle,
Reddick, Bush or Blaney if theywin next weekend before Martinsville. They're
in, and then it'll be ashootout to see who the other two are.
Absolutely, that's all say, that'sall it takes. That's a tall
(02:14):
chore to accomplish. But yeah,if any of them win, they're in.
But it's going to be interesting.And you know the ones that are
struggling on that cut off line whenthey get here to Martinsville, you know
we've seen it. They'll do whateverit takes to make that final four.
Oh yeah, including our world famousbump and run that we like to see
(02:35):
at Martinsville quite quite often. Well, I tell you it's a big weekend
next weekend at Martinsville, and itactually the weekend starts a day early,
coming up on Thursday, October twentysix. You got some great events with
the wheel and modifieds coming. Yeah, we do. And that's always a
sand favorite that modifiers have such ahistory here at Martinsville. But the Virginia's
to Racing Levers two hundred on Thursdaynight, that races at eight o'clock,
(03:00):
two hundred laps. It's always agreat race. And you know, modifieds
are one of my favorite race cars. They're just they're just real race cars.
So always look forward to that one. Then we roll into Friday,
a lot going on inside the garagearea, but things really don't get cranked
up until about five thirty when wequalify for the Extinity Series. Yeah,
(03:23):
and then we've got you know,we've got the Hauler Parade. I think
that's at six thirty. So it'sa big weekend. We roll into Saturday
with the dead on Tools two fiftyfor the Extinity Series. I believe that
starts at three point thirty, andthen obviously the big one, the Exfinity
five hundred on Sunday. Can't wait. I mean you look outside now,
(03:46):
the trees are starting to turn.It's fall in the air, and you
know it's time for racing at Martinsville, no doubt about it. Now you
mentioned Saturday's Infinity Race. We talkeda lot about the fight for the playoffs
in the Cup Series, but youknow they're down to the wire on that
Infinity Series too. Well, that'sa good thing about our weekend. You've
got the championship at stake for bothExfinity Series and the Cup Series. It's
(04:12):
going to be a tight battle forthe Extenity Championship, and that's what that's
what this race weekend is all aboutand actually go back to the modiphis.
We talked about the modifiers. Thisis their championship race, right right,
So it's not you got another raceto go, this is it. So
it's a very important weekend for NASCARand you know, we can't wait,
(04:33):
no doubt about it, looking forwardto the racing action. And as we've
been seeing on television more and morepeople coming back to NASCAR racing. We
know we had a lull and thenof course COVID and all of that,
but the crowds are back and itreally is a great fan experience. Once
again, it never stopped being exciting, but fans are coming back to NASCAR.
(04:54):
We're seeing it in the crowds,aren't we Oh absolutely, And you
mentioned it. COVID, you know, set us back for a while,
but we're over that. Fans arecoming back in droves and we love to
see it. And that's what youknow, that's what we'll see next week
here in Martinsvielle. Ticket sales aregoing really well. But if you haven't
got your ticket yet, go onlineat Martinswellspeedway dot com or give us a
(05:16):
call at eight seven seven Racetics Pickout your favorite seat and watch a great
race on Sunday as well as Thursdaynight and Saturday, and very affordable prices
and also some great fan experiences,some other opportunities to do some things besides
watching the race. Yeah, andthat's the key focus of ours. We've
been doing this for a number ofyears now, and that's that's one thing
(05:40):
that our team has gotten really goodat. We want you to be entertained
from the time you get here tothe time you leave. So with our
NASCAR experience the Midway, there's somuch to see and do there. We'll
have q and as with drivers,we'll have music. Our campground opens this
Saturday, believe it or not,but next week we have have concerts in
(06:00):
the campground on Friday night and Saturdaynight. It's just something going on all
the time. And that's what racefans expect now and that's what we give
them. Well, that's fantastic.Well, we appreciate your time. We'll
get through the next race coming upthis weekend and then we'll chat again coming
up before the races start in Martinsvillefor the big weekend again. Things get
(06:23):
started on Thursday. Run on thingsto see on Friday of course the Infinity
race on Saturday and the Cup raceon Sunday, so looking forward to everything.
Martinsville Speedway dot com to get yourtickets and get more information play Thanks
a lot for your time. We'llsee you next week. You got it,
Scott, Thank you very much
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