Race Results : Martinsville Speedway

Xfinity 500

Martinsville Speedway , Ridgeway, VA

Sunday, November 1st, 2026 Race 35 of 36 2026 Season
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  • Martinsville Speedway
  • Xfinity 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Denny Hamlin
  • Age: 45
  • Team : No 11 - King's Hawaiian Maple Brown Sugar Rolls Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Denny Hamlin won the Pole Award for the Xfinity 500 with a lap of 19226 seconds, 98492 mph
  • This is his 54th pole in 756 NASCAR Cup Series races
  • This is his sixth pole and 22nd top-10 start in 2026
  • This is his sixth pole in 42 races at Martinsville Speedway
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his 25th top-10 start of 2026 and his fifth in nine races at Martinsville Speedway
  • Kyle Larson (third) posted his 15th top-10 start at Martinsville Speedway It is his 24th in 35 races this season
  • Connor Zilisch (19th) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: 02.049 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 19 Minutes 6 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 79.257
  • Cautions: 6 for 47 laps
  • Lead Changes: 11
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,973 (6.6 passes per green flag lap)

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • Xfinity 500
  • Race Winner: William Byron
  • Age: 28
  • Team : No 24 - Liberty University Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle
  • William Byron won the Xfinity 500, his 17th victory in 323 Cup Series races
  • This is his first victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2026
  • This is his fourth victory and 11th top-10 finish in 18 races at Martinsville Speedway
  • Chase Elliott (second) posted his 16th top-10 finish in 23 races at Martinsville Speedway It is his 13th top-10 finish in 2026
  • Ty Gibbs (third) posted his second top-10 finish in nine races at Martinsville Speedway
  • Connor Zilisch (17th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Kyle Larson leads the point standings by 67 points over Christopher Bell
William Byron poses with the winner sticker on his car in victory lane after winning the Xfinity 500.
Martinsville, Virginia - November 1, 2026 : William Byron, driver of the #24 Liberty University Chevrolet, poses with the winner sticker on his car in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
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Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS STG PTS PO PTS LAPS LED X LED S1 S2 STATUS
1 8 24 William Byron Chevrolet 76 56 20 0 500 362 3 1 1 Running
2 9 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 45 35 10 0 500 0 0 10 2 Running
3 2 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 51 34 17 0 500 44 2 2 3 Running
4 10 21 Josh Berry Ford 43 33 10 0 500 0 0 5 7 Running
5 29 97 Shane van Gisbergen Chevrolet 32 32 0 0 500 0 0 0 0 Running
6 1 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 31 31 0 0 500 40 2 0 0 Running
7 20 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 30 30 0 0 500 0 0 0 0 Running
8 15 23 Bubba Wallace Toyota 34 29 5 0 499 0 0 0 6 Running
9 3 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 28 28 0 0 499 0 0 0 0 Running
10 14 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 35 27 8 0 499 0 0 4 10 Running
11 16 1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 36 26 10 0 499 7 2 8 4 Running
12 12 45 Tyler Reddick Toyota 29 25 4 0 499 0 0 9 9 Running
13 7 48 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 29 24 5 0 499 0 0 6 0 Running
14 11 19 Chase Briscoe Toyota 23 23 0 0 499 6 2 0 0 Running
15 22 34 Todd Gilliland Ford 25 22 3 0 499 0 0 0 8 Running
16 26 71 Michael McDowell Chevrolet 21 21 0 0 499 0 0 0 0 Running
17 19 88 Connor Zilisch Chevrolet 20 20 0 0 499 0 0 0 0 Running
18 5 22 Joey Logano Ford 25 19 6 0 498 0 0 0 5 Running
19 33 38 Zane Smith Ford 18 18 0 0 498 0 0 0 0 Running
20 17 33 Austin Hill Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 498 0 0 0 0 Running
21 25 77 Carson Hocevar Chevrolet 16 16 0 0 498 0 0 0 0 Running
22 28 10 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 15 15 0 0 498 0 0 0 0 Running
23 6 60 Ryan Preece Ford 22 14 8 0 498 41 1 3 0 Running
24 18 17 Chris Buescher Ford 13 13 0 0 497 0 0 0 0 Running
25 32 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 12 12 0 0 497 0 0 0 0 Running
26 31 4 Noah Gragson Ford 11 11 0 0 497 0 0 0 0 Running
27 23 6 Brad Keselowski Ford 10 10 0 0 497 0 0 0 0 Running
28 24 7 Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 9 9 0 0 497 0 0 0 0 Running
29 30 43 Erik Jones Toyota 8 8 0 0 497 0 0 0 0 Running
30 34 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet 7 7 0 0 497 0 0 0 0 Running
31 35 42 John Hunter Nemechek Toyota 6 6 0 0 496 0 0 0 0 Running
32 27 35 Riley Herbst Toyota 5 5 0 0 495 0 0 0 0 Running
33 37 51 Cody Ware Chevrolet 4 4 0 0 494 0 0 0 0 Running
34 21 41 Cole Custer Chevrolet 3 3 0 0 487 0 0 0 0 Running
35 13 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 2 2 0 0 441 0 0 0 0 Running
36 4 2 Austin Cindric Ford 5 1 4 0 222 0 0 7 0 Accident
37 36 66 Josh Bilicki Ford 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 Clutch

Race Infractions

Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Cody Ware Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Tail End 0 0 White
Connor Zilisch Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 65 68 Green
Josh Bilicki Speeding on pit road Garage Pass Thru 109 0 Green
Cody Ware Speeding on pit road Tail End 135 141 Yellow
Cole Custer Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 169 175 Green
Christopher Bell Speeding on pit road Tail End 197 206 Green/Yellow
Carson Hocevar Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Tail End 217 223 Yellow
Cole Custer Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 217 223 Yellow
Cole Custer Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 217 232 Yellow
Austin Cindric Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 222 223 Yellow
Ryan Preece Loss of wheel 2 Laps Other - See Notes 224 230 Green/Yellow
Ryan Preece Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 225 232 Yellow
Erik Jones Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Tail End 266 270 Yellow