{"id":241711,"date":"2025-10-26T16:40:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T16:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/241711\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T16:40:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T16:40:06","slug":"nascar-cup-series-race-at-martinsville-live-updates-highlights-leaderboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/241711\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville live updates, highlights, leaderboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NASCAR Cup Series<\/a> Championship 4<\/a> will be set on Oct. 26.<\/p>\n

The Xfinity 500 at Martinsville is the final race of the Round of 8 and the penultimate race of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe’s minds are already onto Phoenix next week after their wins over the last two weeks to claim a Championship 4 spot.<\/p>\n

From there, Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell are in good points position — barring a win by a driver below the playoff cutline.<\/p>\n

William Byron, Chase Elliott, Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney all need a win to advance to the final four. Byron is on the pole<\/a> while Elliott and Logano start inside the top 10. Blaney, the winner of the last two fall Martinsville races, will start 31st after a woeful qualifying effort on Oct. 25.<\/p>\n

Follow along with the Tennessean’s race updates below:<\/p>\n

MARTINSVILLE RACE PICKS: NASCAR Martinsville predictions 2025, expert picks for Cup Series race<\/a><\/p>\n

LIVE LEADERBOARD:\u00a0Full field leaderboard of NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s where every playoff driver is starting on Sunday:<\/p>\n

1. William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet3. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet4. Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford5. Denny Hamlin, No. 11\u00a0Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (already advanced to Championship 4)8. Chase Elliott, No. 9\u00a0Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet9. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (already advanced to Championship 4)12. Christopher Bell, No. 20\u00a0Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota31. Ryan Blaney, No. 12\u00a0Team Penske Ford<\/p>\n

Find the\u00a0full starting lineup\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Xfinity 500 will be aired on the radio by the Motor Racing Network. MRN has affiliates all across the country, and their feed can also be streamed on\u00a0NASCAR.com<\/a>\u00a0as well as the NASCAR app. The race can also be heard on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.<\/p>\n

Green Flag Time:\u00a0\u00a0Approx. 1:15 p.m. CT on Sunday, Oct. 26Track:\u00a0 Martinsville Speedway (0.526-mile oval) in Martinsville, VirginiaLength:\u00a0500 laps, 263 milesStages:\u00a0130 laps, 130 laps, 240 lapsTV coverage:\u00a0NBCRadio:\u00a0MRNStreaming:\u00a0Watch FREE on Fubo<\/a>; HBO MAX app for in-car cameras (subscription required); NASCAR.com and SiriusXM on Channel 90 for audio (subscription required)<\/p>\n

The Xfinity 500 will be broadcast nationally on NBC. Other streaming options for the race include HBO MAX for in-car cameras for each driver.<\/p>\n

2025 spring: Denny Hamlin2024 fall:\u00a0Ryan Blaney2024 spring: William Byron2023 fall:\u00a0Ryan Blaney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 will be set on Oct. 26. The Xfinity 500 at Martinsville is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[1338,9680,2571,10327,10661,49,48,10660,10662,10326,10328,5316,5315,5319,1329,6362,6410,7087,3011,3008,6366,7081,1327,1342,634,2034,44,5317,1333,2042,1345,7080,1334,582,82,865,1320,7082],"class_list":["post-241711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-affiliate","tag-auto","tag-auto-racing","tag-bell","tag-briscoe","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chase","tag-chase-briscoe","tag-christopher","tag-christopher-bell","tag-commerce","tag-contains","tag-contains-commerce-or-affiliate-content","tag-content","tag-coverage","tag-exclude","tag-exclude-from-paywall-logic-testing","tag-from","tag-live","tag-live-coverage","tag-logic","tag-modular","tag-modular-story","tag-nascar","tag-neutral","tag-news","tag-or","tag-overall","tag-overall-neutral","tag-overall-positive","tag-paywall","tag-positive","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-story","tag-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}