The 2024 Long John Silver's 200 was the 6th stock car race of the

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, and the 26th iteration of the

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. The race was held on Friday, April 5, 2024, at

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, a permanent asphalt paperclip-shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In an action packed race that produced numerous spins and wrecks,

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, driving for

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, would put on a blistering performance, winning both stages and leading a race-high 133 laps to earn his seventh career

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win, and his second of the season. Pole sitter

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led 66 laps of the race, and was in contention of stealing the win on the final restart, but was unable to hold off Eckes and finished 2nd. To fill out the podium,

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, driving for Spire Motorsports, would finish 3rd, respectively.

Report

Background

Martinsville Speedway is a

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-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in

, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the

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. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track on the NASCAR circuit since its beginning in 1948.

Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver. * (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

Practice was held on Friday, April 5, at 3:05 PM EST. Since

is a short track, drivers will be split into two groups, Group A and B, with both sessions being 15 minutes long.

, driving for

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, would set the fastest time between both sessions, with a lap of 19.985, and a speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, April 5, at 3:40 PM EST. Since

is a short track, the qualifying system used is a single-car, two-lap system with only one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have two laps to post a qualifying time. Whoever sets the fastest time in that round will win the pole.

, driving for

, would score the pole for the race, with a track record lap of 19.417, and a speed of . No drivers would fail to qualify.

Qualifying results

Race results

Stage 1 ''Laps: 50'' Stage 2 ''Laps: 50'' Stage 3 ''Laps: 100''

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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