Sunday at Martinsville was pure domination for William Byron, who led 304 of 500 laps on his way to capturing the checkered flag. He had to deal with Ryan Blaney, who had won the previous two fall races at Martinsville. He elbowed him out of the way, taking the leadContinue Reading
We now know who the four drivers are that will be fight for the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship next weekend. JR Motorsports teammates Connor Zilisch and Justin Allgaier were already locks before Martinsville, but they will be joined by teammate Carson Kvapil, so JRM drivers will make up 75%Continue Reading
In the background of the playoff fight, another story was developing in the middle of the NASCAR Xfinity Series field. After moving Jeb Burton out of the way on an early restart, Sam Mayer had to watch out for the No. 27 car for the rest of the race.“Go aheadContinue Reading
It was an overtime finish at Martinsville, with Sammy Smith chasing Taylor Gray just as he did in this race earlier in the year. However, this time, Smith did not wreck Gray for the win. He settled for second, and Gray earned his first NASCAR Xfinity Series win in hisContinue Reading
Joey Logano, the defending Cup Series champion, analyzes one’s mindset during crunch time and the mentality needed to make the Championship 4. SourceContinue Reading
William Byron will lead the field to green in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8 elimination race at Martinsville (2 p.m. ET, NBC). SourceContinue Reading
In all likelihood, William Byron has to win at Martinsville Speedway to reach the NASCAR Cup Series final four next week at Phoenix and will lead the field to green on Sunday at Martinsville.While the Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 driver is pleased with the pole, he isn’t points racing onContinue Reading
Adding even more credence to the notion that the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust lawsuit and countersuit is destined to trial was Denny Hamlin in how he characterized settlement mediation over the past week.“It went okay the first day, not great the second day,” Hamlin saidContinue Reading
Facing a must-win situation, William Byron earned a critical pole position at Martinsville Speedway. The Hendrick Motorsports driver lapped the half-mile short track in 19.286s, beating Ty Gibbs by just fractions — 0.002s — for pole.This is Byron’s 16th career pole and his third of the 2025 season, but theContinue Reading
At least in the playoff era, the Martinsville Xfinity Series race has best been articulated as a ‘dogfight’ at best or a ‘bloodbath’ at worst.There have been divebombs at best and wipeouts at worst, anything in the name of advancing or winning to make the final four to compete forContinue Reading