10:10 PM Loftin's car continues to fade as Ty Majeski and Parker Eatmon are now on his tire tracks. The yellow is out for rain with 30 to go.
10:08 PM Connor Hall gets by Carson Loftin for fifth. Jake Crum is now on Loftin's inside for sixth. 33 to go.
10:04 PM Camden Gullie slows abruptly and pulls it behind the wall. This brings out a yellow with 39 to go. Tristan McKee is out of the race as well.
10:01 PM Lee Pulliam to the lead. Connor Hall slips a bit trying to get around Loftin for fifth. Jake Crum is now behind him and puts a bumper to him. Where did Crum come from?
9: 54 PM Kade Brown was in the middle of a three wide sandwich with Ty Majeski and Conner Jones. Jones gets the worst end of it and crashes in turn one. Yellow is out with 58 to go.
9:52 PM Side by side battle between Jared Fryar and Cody Kelley for fourth. Connor Hall is creeping behind them both and Riley Gentry is approaching them in sixth. The wick has been turned up! 65 to go.
9:48 PM Trevor Ward jumps the restart. He is black flagged. Landon Pembelton gets by Loftin for the lead. Pulliam is second and Cody Kelley is along side Loftin as Loftin is fading a bit.
9:42 PM Ryan Millington stalls it in turn three to bring out another yellow. Caution number 9.
9:40 PM Carson Loftin takes the lead after Pembelton and Ward makes contact. Both drivers keep going unscathed. Single file up through the top 7 or 8 cars.
9:35 PM Tristan McKee will serve a two lap green flag penalty for aggressive driving.
9:30 PM Bobby McCarty was also involved in that wreck and he has parked it. NASCAR has determined this to be the halftime break at lap 102
9:24 PM Tristan McKee turns Sam Yarbrough on the front stretch. Yarbrough sustains heavy damage. Stewart Crews, Chase Burrow and Ty Majeski have nowhere to go. Heavy damage for Crews and Burrow. Yarbrough gives a sarcastic applause to Tristan.
9:24 PM Carson Loftin feels pressure for second by Landon Pembelton but Loftin still has the spot for now. Cody Kelley muscles by Tristan McKee gets by sixth.
9:19 PM Due to the amount of cautions, the first break will be at lap 110 instead of 100 at Martinsville. Speaking of which, another yellow comes out for a piece of a hood on the racing surface on the back stretch.
9:17 PM Restart with Ward and Loftin the front row with 12 to go.
9:13 PM Chase Murphy stalls on the track to bring out the yellow. 84/200. 16 left in the stage.
9:06 PM After over an hour long rain delay, track drying equipment has returned to the pits. Drivers and cars have returned to the track with pace laps under way. Green flag is imminent. 76 laps down. 24 till the first stage and 124 left in the race overall.
7:55 PM Caution comes out for a rain shower on lap 73. Connor Hall has been making his way through the field is up to eighth. Ward, Loftin, Pembelton, Pulliam and Fryar are your top five.
7:48 PM Another caution this time for debris on the track. Ward still leads over Loftin. 53 of 200 complete.
7:36 PM Big wreck! Weddell, Andrew Grady, Brandon Pierce, Landon Huffman, Landon S Huffman, Ryan Matthews, Ty Majeski among others in turn one and two. Landon Huffman has significant front damage and he's done for the night.
7:33 PM Ronnie Bassett Jr is done for the night as something broke inside his car. Tate Fogleman is also done for the night.
7:28 PM Jacob Borst brings out a caution. He has a right front tire down and brings it to pit road. Lap 30 of 200 with 70 left in the stage.
7:22 PM Trevor Ward goes to the inside and takes the lead from Carson Loftin on lap 14.
7:19 PM Race is about to go to green again.
7:08 PM. The outside line stacks up and Tate Fogleman, Daniel Silvestri, Mike Looney and Blake Stallings all with damage. Silvestri is done already while not even taking a lap.
7:03 PM The field gets the command after a phenomenal national anthem by Jocelyn Augustinowicz. Field is on the track for their pace laps.
4:15 PM Tristan McKee wins the fourth heat race. Cory Pack and Chase Murphy will earn the last two transfer spots. Strauss, Borst, Fogleman, Matthews, Stallings, McCarty also make the field. Woody Howard, Dylan Ward, Jessica Cann, Mason Diaz and Blayne Harrison fail to qualify.
4:13 PM Cory Pack is losing ground to Chase Murphy with Woody Howard gaining on those two for the transfer.
4:11 PM Tristan McKee leads at halfway. Fogleman and Ryan Matthews are battling hard for fifth.
4:09 PM Chase Murphy has the final transfer spot while Woody Howard and Dylan Ward battle for 11th.
4:02 PM Blayne Harrison loses it in the back stretch and Mason Diaz has nowhere to go. Harrison's car is heavily damaged while Diaz has pulled his car into the pits.
3:59 PM Woody Howard gets into Jessica Cann to bring out the yellow.
3:55 PM Mason Diaz spins in one. Caution is out. Gentry, Strauss, McKee, Borst, Matthews, Fogleman, Stallings, McCarty, Pack and Howard hold down the top ten spots. Blayne Harrison, Dylan Ward, Chase Murphy, Diaz and Jessica Cann are on the outside looking in.
3:52 PM. Jason York has withdrawn from this race
3:51 PM Heat race 3 results. Trevor Ward, Landon Pembelton, Brandon Pierce, Caden Kvapil, Conner Weddell, Parker Eatmon, Dillon Harville, Jake Crum, Ryan Millington and Majeski will all race. Sellers, Scott, Clifton, Neal, Beane, Chuck Wall and Canipe all fail to qualify unofficially.
3:47 PM Majeski gets by Thomas Scott for 10th. Sellers is along side of Scott for 11th but needs some help to get to Majeski.
3:45 PM Dexter Canipe III pulls it behind the wall. Ty Majeski gets back by Sellers for 11th but still needs one more spot for the transfer spot.
3:43 PM Sellers gets into Majeski for the 11th spot. Thomas Scott is now tenth and is holding the final transfer spot.
3:41 PM Ty Majeski and Peyton Sellers are on the move as they are up to 11th and 12th behind Jake Crum who has the transfer spot.
3:40 PM Heat race three gets under way. Trevor Ward takes the early race lead.
3:35 PM Lee Pulliam wins the second heat race and will start second in the main event. Jared Fryar, Michael Bumgarner, Landon Huffman, Kade Brown, Mike Looney, Daniel Silvestri, Landon S Huffman Chase Burrow and Matt Waltz complete the top ten and will transfer. Darren Krantz Jr, Adam Murray, Diego Mendez Torres, Kyle Dudley, Cole Bruce and Jimmy Mullins will not make the show.
3:32 PM Lee Pulliam takes the lead from Jared Fryar with 5 to go.
3:30 PM Chase Burrow gets by Matt Waltz. Waltz is tenth as Bumgarner puts pressure on Landon Huffman for third.
3:28 PM. Lee Pulliam leads the field after Kyle Dudley brings out a yellow. Pulliam, Fryar, Landon Huffman, Bumgarner, Silvestri, Brown, Murray, Looney, Waltz and Landon S Huffman hold the transfer spots. Chase Burrow is the first one out of the transfer spot so far.
Unofficial heat race 1 results from Martinsville
Loftin, Kelley, Yarborough, Hall, Jones, Grady, Gullie, Stuart Crews, Barnes, Bassett Jr.
Those that will not qualify are Dylan Newsome, Stacy Puryear, Jason Myers, Chase Johnson, Trey Williams and Connor Branch
3:18 PM Ronnie Bassett Jr holds off Dylan Newsome at the line for the transfer spot! Loftin wins the heat.
3:18 PM Ronnie Bassett Jr now has to hold off Dylan Newsome with two to go!
3:17 PM Trey Williams has the transfer spot but he's bumped out of the spot by Myers. Bassett gets back into the transfer spot.
3:16 PM Restart is coming. Loftin gets a great jump over Yarborough.
3:14 PM Chase Johnson and Stacy Puryear goes around in three and four. Caution is out.
3:13 PM Trey Williams gets on the inside of Myers but isn't able to complete the pass. Dylan Newsome and Chase Johnson sideways behind them.
3:11 PM: NASCAR officials deem Ronnie Bassett's contact with Puryear worthwhile of a penalty. He will restart at the rear. Jason Myers to assume the transfer spot.
3:09 PM: Ronnie Bassett Jr gets into Stacy Puryear for the transfer spot! The action has started early!
3:06 PM The first heat race is under way. Carson Loftin has sprinted out to the lead with Cody Kelley in second. Yarborough, Hall, Jones, Grady, Crews, Barnes, Gullie and Puryear are the top ten. Ronnie Bassett Jr is fighting to get that transfer spot.
3:00 PM: The Heat races are under way to set the field for today's race.
Official Heat Race Lineups provided by NASCAR for today's Valley Star 300.
Unofficial Qualifying results provided by NASCAR
2025 Valley Star 300 Qualifying Thread.
7:50 PM Cody Kelley is the fastest driver in Martinsville. Lee Pulliam, Trevor Ward and Riley Gentry will be the pole winners for the four heat races.
7:48 PM The last two cars are on the speedway. Landon Pembelton the 2021 winner while Lee Pulliam the two time winner takes the speedway as well. Landon ends up seventh while Pulliam ends up this close and good enough for second!
7:47 PM Connor Hall and Blake Stallings take the track. Connor Hall posts a lap good enough for 12th while Stallings will be 23rd fastest.
7:46 PM Conner Jones and Landon Huffman take their stabs at fast time. Huffman has to settle for 12th while Jones was 15th.
7:45 PM Sam Yarbrough and Cody Kelley make their laps. Yarbrough was 6th while Kelley puts in the pole!
7:43 PM Carson Loftin was quick in first practice and is third fastest on his first lap. Tristan McKee is 5th.
7:42 PM Jacob Borst posts a lap good enough for eigth fastest while Jared Fryar is third. Kade Brown ran a lap good enough for 10th while Ryan Matthews grabs 11th.
7:39 PM Trevor Ward jumps up to P1 while Sellers is slightly behind him in P4.
7:38 PM Doug Barnes Jr and Caden Kvapil take their times. Kvapil 17th and Barnes 22nd. Peyton Sellers takes the speedway.
7:36 PM Riley Gentry is the first to get into the 8s. His lap of 19.887 is in P1. Brandon Pierce just jumped to third.
7:33 PM Jake Crum posts the 11th fastest time. Stewart Crews has jumped to P4!
7:31 PM Mike Looney and Ryan Millington ran identical laps of 20.048! They will be third and fourth in the order so far. 2025 Hickory Track Champion Michael Bumgarner and Mason Diaz are on track. Bumgarner is now in P1 with a 19.926. Diaz is 25th.
7:28 PM Donovan Strauss posts a 19.960 and is the new car to beat!
7:27 PM Andrew Grady posts a speed fast enough for second while Chase Burrow posts the tenth fastest time. Dillon Harville still the only one under the 20 second range.
7:25 PM Dillon Harville is now the fastest cat in town with a 19.988. Trey Williams in a team car with Chase Burrow is 16th.
7:23 PM
Dylan Newsome and Daniel Silvestri on track to post their laps. Newsome is P-10 while Daniel Silvestri is now the fastest with a 20.065
7:22 PM
Parker Eatmon to the top of the leaderboard! Ronnie Bassett Jr third in his beautiful Bessemer Tire Shane Wilson prepared car.
7:21 PM
Tate Fogleman puts his car to the top of the leaderboard with a 20.072. Pack, Stacy Puryear, Bobby McCarty and Thomas Scott are your fast five with Parker Eatmon and Ronnie Bassett Jr on deck.
7:17 PM
Kyle Dudley who is the defending pole winner puts his car fifth while Adam Murray driving for Van Dyke Racing Performance is third. Camden Gullie is on the speedway as well as Thomas Scott.
7:15 PM
Qualifying is under way as they are trying to race the incoming weather.
Ace Speedway's Cory Pack leads Langley Speedway standout Woody Howard, The Real Deal Riley Neal in third, 2024 Craftsman Truck Series Champion Ty Majeski and Dylan Ward are your top five fastest drivers.