This weekend, the NASCAR Cup and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series head to the .526-mile Martinsville Speedway in Virginia.

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NASCAR Cup Series’ Cook Out 400

Sunday, March 29

3:30 p.m. (All times Eastern)

400 laps

Stages end on laps 80, 180, 400

FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90

Last year’s winner: Denny Hamlin

No driver will miss the field with 37 entries slated for the race.

Austin Hill is the lone open entry, piloting the No. 33 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing

Justin Allgaier will continue his fill-in duties for Alex Bowman this weekend in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 Chevrolet.

Odds for NASCAR Cup Series at Darlington March 26

Two-time Martinsville winner Ryan Blaney is the opening odds-on favorite to win Sunday.

Below are the opening odds for all drivers as of Monday, March 16, per the Caesar’s Sportsbook.

Ryan Blaney +500

Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson +600

William Byron, Chase Elliott +700

Joey Logano +900

Christopher Bell +1000

Chase Briscoe, Tyler Reddick +1200

Ryan Preece +1800

Ty Gibbs, Bubba Wallace +2000

Ross Chastain +3000

Brad Keselowski +3500

Josh Berry, Chris Buescher +4000

Kyle Busch, Carson Hocevar +5000

Austin Cindric +6500

Justin Allgaier, Connor Zilisch +7500

Todd Gilliland +10000

Erik Jones, Michael McDowell, Daniel Suarez +12500

A.J. Allmendinger, Austin Dillon, Austin Hill +20000

Cole Custer, Noah Gragson, John Hunter Nemechek, Shane Van Gisbergen +25000

Zane Smith +30000

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +35000

Riley Herbst +50000

Ty Dillon, Cody Ware +75000

NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series’ NFPA 250

Saturday, March 28

250 laps

Stages end on laps 60, 120, 250

CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90

Last year’s winner: Austin Hill

Photo: Ryan Kemna/TRE

With 40 entries, two drivers will miss the field.

Notable entries include Garrett Smithley (No. 0), Luke Baldwin (No. 5), Lee Pulliam (No. 9), Brent Crews (No. 19), Myatt Snider (No. 30), Andrew Patterson (No. 32), Brad Perez (No. 42), Joey Gase (No. 55), Dawson Cram (No. 74), and Ross Chastain (No. 91).

Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.

From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book “All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story” with racer Geoff Bodine.

Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.

You can reach Dominic at daragon@theracingexperts.net.