the session (which typically lasts an hour), the race will start around 3:00 p.m. (typically this would mean the race starts between 15 and 25 minutes after the hour), where with sunset being around 6:25 p.m., meaning the final laps will be run at night. The experiment was not repeated in 2018, but the start time for the 2018 race was set for 2:30 PM, meaning the conclusion of the race will be at dusk around 6 PM. On January 28, 2019, it was revealed on ISC's 2018 annual report that the speedway's track seating was reduced from 55,000 to 44,000. On April 3, 2019, NASCAR announced significant changes to the Martinsville schedule including a return to the track for the NASCAR Xfinity Series in late October 2020, the spring race being moved to Mother's Day weekend under the lights, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returning for the MaxPro Window Films 200 as part of the Mothers Day weekend event on a Friday night, and the NASCAR Truck Series racing only once at the track on a Friday night in late October. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the 2020 Mother's Day Cup event being moved to June 10, being run on a Wednesday night. The race returned to April for 2021 and was shortened to 400 laps in 2022. A second Xfinity Series race was added beginning in 2021, while the spring Truck Series date was dropped in 2020 in favor of keeping the fall event. For 2022, the trucks returned to the spring date, with the fall date being removed from the calendar. NASCAR Cup Series records (As of 6/26/2022) * from minimum 5 starts. Records NASCAR Cup Series qualifying: Joey Logano, 18.898 sec (100.201 mph), March 28, 2014 NASCAR Cup Series race lap: Ross Chastain, 18.845 sec (100.483 mph), October 30, 2022 NASCAR Cup Series race: 500 laps: Jeff Gordon, 3 hr 11 min 54 sec (82.223 mph), September 22, 1996 400 laps: William Byron, 2 hr 40 min 30 sec (79.244 mph), April 9, 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying: Ty Gibbs, 19.728 sec (95.985 mph), April 7, 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series race: 300 laps: Terry Labonte, 2 hr 12 min 25 sec (71.511 mph), March 20, 1994 250 laps: Jack Ingram, 1 hr 42 min 16 sec (77.751 mph), March 25, 1984 200 laps: Harry Gant, 1 hr 20 min 16 sec (78.637 mph), October 27, 1991