MARTINSVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - The NASCAR Cup Series Championship Four will be set by the end of the weekend, but not after what is sure to be a lot of excitement at Martinsville.

Chase Briscoe and Denny Hamlin have guaranteed spots in the Phoenix race, while Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson also sit above the cut.

But on the bubble and still competing is Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney, a driver who is very familiar with the Paperclip, and not just because of his recent success on the track.

“I’ve loved that place ever since I was a kid,” he remembers. “I grew up in High Point, just south of Martinsville, and I went up there a lot as a kid watching my dad race. I just thought it was such a unique place. You can kind of stand and anywhere inside or outside that racetrack and see most of what’s

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