The 2025 Xfinity 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on October 26, 2025, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.526 mile (0.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track, it was the 35th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, the ninth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 8.
William Byron won the race. Ryan Blaney finished 2nd, and Chase Elliott finished 3rd. Ross Chastain and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five, and Ryan Preece, Christopher Bell, Joey Logano, Todd Gilliland, and Josh Berry rounded out the top ten.
Following the race, Christopher Bell, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, and Ryan Blaney were all eliminated from the playoffs.
Report
Background
Martinsville Speedway is a NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track on the NASCAR circuit since its beginning in 1948.
During the weekend, the track announced following the closure of Howard Miller, which included Ridgeway Clocks, that HUM Uhrenmanufaktur GmbH & Co. KG, which has North American headquarters in Amherst, 105 miles from the track in Lynchburg, will provide the trophies for race winners.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (P) denotes playoff driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 66 Casey Mears (i) Garage 66 Chevrolet 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Chase Elliott was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 19.676 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.767 95.796 2 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.768 95.791 3 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.770 95.782Official practice results
Qualifying William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.286 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.286 98.185 2 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.288 98.175 3 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.315 98.038 4 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 19.322 98.002 5 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.347 97.876 6 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 19.348 97.871 7 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 19.352 97.850 8 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.353 97.845 9 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Ford 19.376 97.729 10 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 19.393 97.643 11 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 19.399 97.613 12 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.401 97.603 13 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 19.408 97.568 14 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 19.411 97.553 15 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 19.417 97.523 16 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 19.433 97.442 17 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.437 97.422 18 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 19.438 97.417 19 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 19.453 97.342 20 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 19.455 97.332 21 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 19.459 97.312 22 88 Shane Van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 19.462 97.297 23 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 19.505 97.083 24 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 19.511 97.053 25 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 19.520 97.008 26 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 19.526 96.978 27 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 19.530 96.959 28 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 19.530 96.959 29 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19.559 96.815 30 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 19.560 96.810 31 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 19.606 96.583 32 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 19.629 96.470 33 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 19.648 96.376 34 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 19.670 96.268 35 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 19.704 96.102 36 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 19.832 95.482 37 66 Casey Mears (i) Garage 66 Ford 19.895 95.180Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 130
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 93 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 48 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 210 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 130
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorpsorts Chevrolet 102 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 66 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 48 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 39 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 210 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 240
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 1 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 612 31 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 500 393 8 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 484 13 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 500 33 5 3 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 49 6 18 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 500 35 7 12 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 500 41 8 4 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 500 38 9 16 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 500 36 10 27 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 500 27 11 14 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 500 2812 2 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 500 3113 7 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500 24 14 22 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 500 26 15 10 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 500 23 16 20 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500 21 17 6 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 500 20 18 21 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 500 19 19 34 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 499 18 20 19 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 499 1721 24 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 499 16 22 30 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 499 15 23 17 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 499 14 24 11 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 499 13 25 23 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 498 12 26 26 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 498 11 27 32 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 498 10 28 33 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 497 9 29 29 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 497 8 30 35 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 497 7 31 15 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 497 6 32 36 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 488 5 33 37 66 Casey Mears (i) Garage 66 Ford 478 0 34 28 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 406 435 5 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 334 736 25 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 323 137 9 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 295 6Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 7 among 5 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 10 for 78 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 33 minutes, and 59 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, 1997 race winner Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon, Parker Kligerman and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.
NBCBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Leigh DiffeyColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Dave BurnsKim CoonParker KligermanMarty Snider
Radio MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Kyle Rickey and Todd Gordon had the call for MRN when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody covered the action for MRN when the field raced down the backstraightway into turn 3. MRN Lead Pit Reporter Steve Post, PRN Radio's Wendy Venturini, and Chris Wilner covered the action for MRN from pit lane.
MRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Kyle RickeyAnnouncer: Todd Gordon Backstretch: Dave Moody Steve PostWendy VenturiniChris Wilner
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Chase Briscoe 5,000 2 2 Denny Hamlin 5,000 (–0) 2 3 William Byron 5,000 (–0) 1 4 Kyle Larson 5,000 (–0) 3 5 Christopher Bell 2,371 (–2,629) 1 6 Ryan Blaney 2,315 (–2,685) 2 7 Tyler Reddick 2,298 (–2,702) 2 8 Joey Logano 2,291 (–2,709) 1 9 Chase Elliott 2,282 (–2,718) 10 Bubba Wallace 2,255 (–2,245) 11 Ross Chastain 2,243 (–2,757) 12 Shane van Gisbergen 2,198 (–2,802) 13 Alex Bowman 2,166 (–2,834) 14 Austin Cindric 2,146 (–2,854) 15 Austin Dillon 2,135 (–2,865) 16 Josh Berry 2,120 (–2,880)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,276 2 Toyota 1,250 (–26) 3 Ford 1,170 (–106)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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