NASCAR 2022 at Martinsville: Full entry list for Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 at Martinsville Speedway

NASCAR heads to Martinsville following its first short track of the 2022 season at the Richmond Raceway.

The Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 is the second short track race of the season and will be held next weekend at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. The action will start at 7:30 p.m. EST on FOX and MRN.

Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 is contested over 400 laps on 0.526-mile-long paperclip-shaped short tracks. The venue will host the third night race of the event.

Martinsville Speedway hosted its first Cup Series race in 1949, with Red Byron as its winner. The venue, in turn, features 12 degrees of banking and 0 degrees of banking on the straightaways, causing drivers to face unique challenges on this track.

Motorsports journalist Bob Pockrass shared this week's Cup Series drivers list on his official Twitter account, by stating that:

“36 Cup entries for Martinsville on Saturday night. Race is 400 laps this year. Expecting Smithley will be in the 15.”

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. has won the previous two NASCAR Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 events.

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NASCAR’s 2022 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 full entry list

Here is the entry list for the 36-cars that will take part at Martinsville Speedway:

1. #1 - Ross Chastain
2. #2 - Austin Cindric
3. #3 - Austin Dillon
4. #4 - Kevin Harvick
5. #5 - Kyle Larson
6. #6 - Brad Keselowski
7. #7 - Corey LaJoie
8. #8 - Tyler Reddick
9. #9 - Chase Elliott
10. #10 - Aric Almirola
11. #11 - Denny Hamlin
12. #12 - Ryan Blaney
13. #14 - Chase Briscoe
14. #15 - JJ Yeley
15. #16 - A J Allmendinger
16. #17 - Chris Buescher
17. #18 - Kyle Busch
18. #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
19. #20 - Christopher Bell
20. #21 - Harrison Burton
21. #22 - Joey Logano
22. #23 - Bubba Wallace
23. #24 - William Byron
24. #31 - Justin Haley
25. #34 - Michael McDowell
26. #38 - Todd Gilliland
27. #41 - Cole Custer
28. #42 - Ty Dillon
29. #43 - Erik Jones
30. #45 - Kurt Busch
31. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
32. #48 - Alex Bowman
33. #51 - Cody Ware
34. #77 - Josh Bilicki
35. #78 - BJ Mcleod
36. #99 - Daniel Suarez