Practice Results: 2026 NOAPS National Debt Relief 250 at Martinsville

Matt Marrie | TobyChristie.com

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Dean Thompson, who made a mock-qualifying run late in Friday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series practice session at Martinsville Speedway, was able to rocket to the top of the speed charts in his No. 26 Sam Hunt Racing Toyota.

Thompson’s best lap, which came on his 57th and final lap in the session, was a 20.550-second (92.146 mph) lap around the 0.526-mile paperclip.

Sam Mayer, Taylor Gray, Carson Kvapil, and Jesse Love rounded out the top-five fastest drivers in the practice for Saturday’s National Debt Relief 250 at Martinsville.

National Debt Relief 250 Practice Results

Rank	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Lap time	Diff	Speed	Laps	Best Lap
1	26	Dean Thompson	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	20.550	0.000	92.146	57	57
2	41	Sam Mayer (C)	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	20.554	0.004	92.128	83	4
3	54	Taylor Gray (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	20.611	0.061	91.873	61	3
4	1	Carson Kvapil (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	20.612	0.062	91.869	60	3
5	2	Jesse Love (C)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	20.641	0.091	91.740	64	5
6	20	Brandon Jones (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	20.654	0.104	91.682	56	8
7	48	Patrick Staropoli #	Big Machine Racing	Chevrolet	20.656	0.106	91.673	67	4
8	7	Justin Allgaier (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	20.664	0.114	91.638	60	4
9	0	Garrett Smithley	SS-GreenLight Racing	Chevrolet	20.675	0.125	91.589	36	35
10	24	Harrison Burton	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	20.683	0.133	91.553	73	6
11	21	Austin Hill (C)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	20.687	0.137	91.536	74	6
12	17	Corey Day (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	20.706	0.156	91.452	50	3
13	18	William Sawalich	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	20.713	0.163	91.421	76	5
14	8	Sammy Smith (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	20.714	0.164	91.416	51	6
15	88	Rajah Caruth (C)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	20.715	0.165	91.412	51	5
16	96	Anthony Alfredo	Viking Motorsports	Chevrolet	20.717	0.167	91.403	71	8
17	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	20.724	0.174	91.372	54	5
18	28	Kyle Sieg	RSS Racing	Chevrolet	20.741	0.191	91.297	48	6
19	99	Parker Retzlaff (C)	Viking Motorsports	Chevrolet	20.743	0.193	91.289	62	8
20	07	Josh Bilicki	SS-GreenLight Racing	Chevrolet	20.744	0.194	91.284	51	51
21	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	20.753	0.203	91.245	52	5
22	44	Brennan Poole	Alpha Prime Racing	Chevrolet	20.800	0.250	91.038	55	5
23	27	Jeb Burton	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	20.809	0.259	90.999	60	4
24	19	Brent Crews # (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	20.824	0.274	90.934	55	3
25	00	Sheldon Creed (C)	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	20.824	0.274	90.934	81	5
26	02	Ryan Ellis	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	20.848	0.298	90.829	45	6
27	92	Alex Labbe	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	20.850	0.300	90.820	50	4
28	53	Carson Ware	Joey Gase Motorsports	Chevrolet	20.851	0.301	90.816	48	4
29	87	Lee Pulliam	Peterson Racing	Chevrolet	20.857	0.307	90.790	60	5
30	32	Daniel Dye(i)	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	20.866	0.316	90.751	49	7
31	31	Blaine Perkins	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	20.920	0.370	90.516	57	14
32	38	Patrick Emerling(i)	RSS Racing	Ford	20.938	0.388	90.438	43	9
33	55	Joey Gase	Joey Gase Motorsports	Ford	20.983	0.433	90.244	35	11
34	91	Mason Maggio	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	20.999	0.449	90.176	57	7
35	45	Lavar Scott #	Alpha Prime Racing	Chevrolet	21.081	0.531	89.825	61	3
36	35	Justin Carroll(i)	Joey Gase Motorsports	Chevrolet	21.126	0.576	89.634	34	9
37	47	Dawson Cram	Mike Harmon Racing	Chevrolet	21.194	0.644	89.346	18	6
38	42	Baltazar Leguizamon	Young's Motorsports	Chevrolet	21.420	0.870	88.403	33	14

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