The Martinsville playoff race is scheduled to start at 2:00p.m. ET or 11:00 a.m. PT on Sunday, October 26. The race will be held at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. Stage 1 ends at Lap 130. Stage 2 ends at Lap 260. Stage 3 ends at Lap 500.

On Sunday, the stars of the NASCAR Cup Series will take on the half-mile Martinsville Speedway in the penultimate race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Chase Elliott led practice for the NASCAR Cup Series elimination race at Martinsville Speedway, which he goes into needing to win to advance.Elliott (P) put down a lap of 95.796mph (19.767s). The Hendrick Motorsports driver does have one prior win at Martinsville Speedway – the 2020 elimination race.

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Taylor Gray had been in this position before: leading a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway on the final lap with Sammy Smith behind him.

Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, William Byron and Joey Logano will be seeking to join Round of 8 winners Denny Hamlin (Las Vegas Motor Speedway) and Chase Briscoe (Talladega Superspeedway) in racing for the title in the Nov. 2 season finale at Phoenix Raceway.

WFXR Sports Director Jermaine Ferrell gets a one-on-one interview with Joe Gibbs Racing driver Taylor Gray as he wins his first ever race in the IAA & Ritchie Bros. 250 Xfinity Series race at the Martinsville Speedway on.