Practice #1 : Martinsville Speedway

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  • Martinsville Speedway
  • Xfinity 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Martin Truex Jr.
  • Age: 43
  • Team : No. 19 - Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: James Small
  • Martin Truex Jr. won the Pole Award for the Xfinity 500 with a lap of 20.112 seconds, 94.153 mph.
  • This is his 23rd pole in 656 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his third pole and 16th top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his second pole in 36 races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his 15th top-10 start of 2023 and his first in three races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Chase Briscoe (third) posted his third top-10 start at Martinsville Speedway. It is his eighth in 35 races this season.
  • Ty Gibbs (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: 0.899 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 29 Minutes 43 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 75.244
  • Cautions: 7 for 61 laps
  • Lead Changes: 12
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,326 (3.0 passes per green flag lap)

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • Xfinity 500
  • Race Winner: Ryan Blaney
  • Age: 29
  • Team : No. 12 - Discount Tire Ford
  • Owner: Roger Penske
  • Crew Chief: Jonathan Hassler
  • Ryan Blaney won the Xfinity 500, his 10th victory in 305 Cup Series races.
  • This is his third victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his first victory and 10th top-10 finish in 16 races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Aric Almirola (second) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 30 races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Denny Hamlin (third) posted his 25th top-10 finish in 36 races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Ty Gibbs (18th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Ryan Blaney earns a spot in the Championship 4 joining Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell and William Byron.
Denny Hamlin and William Byron drive during practice
Martinsville, Virginia - October 28, 2023 : Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Toyota, and William Byron, driver of the #24 PODS Chevrolet, drive during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
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DRIVER
DRIVER
#
MAKE
SINGLE BEST LAP
RANK
SPEED
TIME
BHND
LAP
LAPS
TOTAL
MULTI-LAP AVERAGES
5-LAP
10-LAP
15-LAP
20-LAP
25-LAP
30-LAP
10-LAP AVG
SPEED
FROM
TO

Denny Hamlin
11
Toyota
1
93.929
20.160
0.000
4
23
20.477
20.506
92.345
11
20
Corey Lajoie
7
Chevrolet
2
93.747
20.199
0.039
4
45
20.256
20.311
20.401
20.448
20.490
93.232
3
12
William Byron
24
Chevrolet
3
93.696
20.210
0.050
7
50
20.290
20.365
20.425
20.461
20.497
20.532
92.987
3
12
Ty Gibbs
54
Toyota
4
93.617
20.227
0.067
7
36
20.366
20.428
20.460
20.486
20.515
20.554
92.698
10
19
Austin Cindric
2
Ford
5
93.599
20.231
0.071
4
49
20.302
20.369
20.419
20.457
20.484
20.527
92.965
3
12
Daniel Suarez
99
Chevrolet
6
93.396
20.275
0.115
5
54
20.301
20.474
20.476
20.491
20.525
20.546
92.507
3
12
Bubba Wallace
23
Toyota
7
93.308
20.294
0.134
4
55
20.331
20.384
20.423
20.467
20.502
20.527
92.897
4
13
Tyler Reddick
45
Toyota
8
93.249
20.307
0.147
7
46
20.363
20.393
20.418
20.446
20.472
20.497
92.855
4
13
Kevin Harvick
4
Ford
9
93.221
20.313
0.153
4
41
20.385
20.468
20.495
20.513
20.525
20.550
92.517
3
12
Kyle Busch
8
Chevrolet
10
93.203
20.317
0.157
7
34
20.350
20.386
20.412
20.440
92.886
3
12
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
47
Chevrolet
11
93.148
20.329
0.169
3
45
20.426
20.565
20.690
20.716
92.085
3
12
Todd Gilliland
38
Ford
12
93.011
20.359
0.199
3
36
20.440
20.479
20.556
92.466
2
11
Martin Truex Jr
19
Toyota
13
92.974
20.367
0.207
13
30
20.478
84.595
1
10
Ryan Blaney
12
Ford
14
92.874
20.389
0.229
8
54
20.423
20.460
20.487
20.494
20.513
20.544
92.552
4
13
Joey Logano
22
Ford
15
92.814
20.402
0.242
6
44
20.481
20.546
20.657
20.758
92.165
4
13
Chris Buescher
17
Ford
16
92.728
20.421
0.261
5
38
20.442
20.467
20.506
92.521
4
13
Ross Chastain
1
Chevrolet
17
92.601
20.449
0.289
15
40
20.537
20.632
20.675
20.755
20.771
91.781
14
23
Brad Keselowski
6
Ford
18
92.579
20.454
0.294
3
26
20.575
0
0
Harrison Burton
21
Ford
19
92.533
20.464
0.304
6
35
20.514
20.610
20.626
20.645
91.882
3
12
Aric Almirola
10
Ford
20
92.484
20.475
0.315
7
43
20.558
20.615
20.630
20.643
20.646
20.646
91.857
5
14
Christopher Bell
20
Toyota
21
92.470
20.478
0.318
5
54
20.541
20.577
20.607
20.608
20.609
20.625
92.028
5
14
Kyle Larson
5
Chevrolet
22
92.231
20.531
0.371
5
32
20.566
20.629
20.666
91.793
4
13
Michael McDowell
34
Ford
23
92.204
20.537
0.377
4
39
20.628
20.663
20.686
20.818
91.642
3
12
Chase Briscoe
14
Ford
24
92.173
20.544
0.384
13
40
20.602
20.636
20.631
20.751
91.765
5
14
Chase Elliott
9
Chevrolet
25
92.079
20.565
0.405
6
37
20.647
20.677
20.777
20.814
91.580
4
13
Alex Bowman
48
Chevrolet
26
92.030
20.576
0.416
23
35
20.661
20.753
20.764
91.254
4
13
Carson Hocevar
42
Chevrolet
27
91.940
20.596
0.436
7
34
20.648
20.709
91.442
3
12
Justin Haley
31
Chevrolet
28
91.887
20.608
0.448
6
40
20.650
20.662
20.677
20.683
20.693
91.646
14
23
Erik Jones
43
Chevrolet
29
91.722
20.645
0.485
13
21
20.787
0
0
Ryan Preece
41
Ford
30
91.709
20.648
0.488
14
37
20.661
20.693
20.705
20.737
20.752
91.509
13
22
AJ Allmendinger
16
Chevrolet
31
91.651
20.661
0.501
5
20
20.742
0
0
Ryan Newman
51
Ford
32
91.638
20.664
0.504
4
29
20.782
0
0
Austin Dillon
3
Chevrolet
33
91.620
20.668
0.508
8
41
20.693
20.732
20.801
20.816
91.336
5
14
Ty Dillon
77
Chevrolet
34
91.545
20.685
0.525
11
27
20.731
20.760
91.215
5
14
JJ Yeley
15
Ford
35
91.368
20.725
0.565
9
29
20.843
20.876
90.713
2
11
BJ McLeod
78
Chevrolet
36
91.060
20.795
0.635
6
19
21.094
0
0