Top 10 lap leaders at Martinsville Speedway

By Staff Report | Published: April 14, 2023 11

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Martinsville Speedway opened up in 1948 and has hosted 148 NASCAR Cup Series races since 1949. Scroll to see the top 10 drivers who have led the most laps at the 0.526-mile track in Virginia.

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MARTINSVILLE, VA — September 22, 1985: Dale Earnhardt holds his trophy in victory lane at Martinsville Speedway after winning the Goody’s 500 NASCAR Cup race. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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10. Dale Earnhardt
Total laps run: 18,907
Laps led: 1,947
Martinsville wins: 6
Average finish: 11.9

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9. Denny Hamlin
Total laps run: 16,424
Laps led: 2,190
Martinsville wins: 5
Average finish: 10.5

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MARTINSVILLE, VA — Late-1960s: NASCAR drivers Bobby Allison (L) and Ray Hendrick (R) with Jack Tant (C) at Martinsville Speedway. Tant, a legendary engine builder, co-owned the Modified stock cars Hendrick drove along with his partner Clayton Mitchell. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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8. Bobby Allison
Total laps run: 18,271
Laps led: 2,192
Martinsville wins: 0
Average finish: 11.0

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MARTINSVILLE, VA - SEPTEMBER 22: Fred Lorenzen won the 1963 Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville for the Holman-Moody Ford team on September 22, 1963 in Martinsville, Virginia. The fast-rising star drew some negative attention for his continued acumen on the race tracks. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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7. Fred Lorenzen
Total laps run: 6,638
Laps led: 2,731
Martinsville wins: 6
Average finish: 11.4

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MARTINSVILLE, VA - APRIL 22, 1979: Richard Petty won the Virginia 500, for his first short-track triumph since 1975. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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6. Richard Petty
Total laps run: 27,891
Laps led: 2,823
Martinsville wins: 15
Average finish: 11.2

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MARTINSVILLE, VA - OCTOBER 30: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Goody's Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 30, 2016 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/NASCAR via Getty Images)

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5. Jimmie Johnson
Total laps run: 18,765
Laps led: 2,932
Martinsville wins: 9
Average finish: 9.9

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MARTINSVILLE, VA — April 25, 1976: Darrell Waltrip celebrates in victory lane at Martinsville Speedway after winning the Virginia 500 NASCAR Cup race. It was Waltrip’s third career Cup victory, but the first in Cup racing for the DiGard race team’s new sponsor Gatorade. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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4. Darrell Waltrip
Total laps run: 23,727
Laps led: 3,617
Martinsville wins: 11
Average finish: 10.8

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MARTINSVILLE, VA — April 24, 1994: Driver Rusty Wallace (L) and his car owner Roger Penske (R) receive their trophies in victory lane at Martinsville Speedway after Wallace won the Hanes 500 NASCAR Cup race. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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3. Rusty Wallace
Total laps run: 19,829
Laps led: 3,632
Martinsville wins: 7
Average finish: 11.9

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MARTINSVILLE, VA - SEPTEMBER 25: Cale Yarborough celebrates in Victory Lane with wife Betty Jo after winning the Old Dominion 500 race on September 25, 1977 at the Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Howard O'Reilly/Dozier Mobley/Getty Images)

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2. Cale Yarborough
Total laps run: 13,392
Laps led: 3,766
Martinsville wins: 6
Average finish: 8.7

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MARTINSVILLE, VA - NOVEMBER 01: Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 AARP Member Advantages Chevrolet, and his team celebrate in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 at Martinsville Speedway on November 1, 2015 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Chris Trotman/NASCAR via Getty Images)

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1. Jeff Gordon
Total laps run: 23,269
Laps led: 3,779
Martinsville wins: 9
Average finish: 6.7