On Monday night, the lineup for Wednesday night’s Blu-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 (7 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN) was drawn. The starting lineup for the historic race on the .526-mile Martinsville (VA) Speedway was drawn like the most recent NASCAR Cup Series events have been.

• Positions 1-12: Random draw from charter teams in those positions in owner points
• Positions 13-24: Random draw from charter teams in those positions in owner points
• Positions 25-36: Random draw from charter teams in those positions in owner points
• Positions 37-40: Open teams in order of owners points

That’s why Ryan Blaney and Aric Almirola will share the front row on Wednesday night. Where this is big is, eight of the last nine Martinsville race winners have come from a top 10 starting spot. The funny thing about that is, no one has won from the front row since 2013 and only three front row starters have won since 2009.

Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 Starting Lineup:

Row 1: Ryan Blaney, Aric Almirola

Row 2: Joey Logano, Clint Bowyer

Row 3: Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski

Row 4: Kyle Busch, Alex Bowman

Row 5: Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick

Row 6: Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin

Row 7: Erik Jones, Tyler Reddick R

Row 8: William Byron, Ryan Newman

Row 9: Ricky Stenhouse Jr, John Hunter Nemechek R

Row 10: Matt DiBenedetto, Matt Kenseth

Row 11: Jimmie Johnson, Austin Dillon

Row 12: Bubba Wallace, Chris Buescher

Row 13: Corey LaJoie, JJ Yeley

Row 14: Cole Custer R, Ryan Preece

Row 15: Michael McDowell, Ty Dillon

Row 16: Brennan Poole R, Christopher Bell R

Row 17: David Starr, Quin Houff R

Row 18: Garrett Smithley, Joey Gase

Row 19: Daniel Suarez, Timmy Hill

Row 20: Reed Sorenson