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2025 Xfinity 500
NASCAR Cup Series race From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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 0.526 miles (0.847 km) 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.[7]
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (P) denotes playoff driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
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Practice
Chase Elliott was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 19.676 seconds and a speed of 95.796 mph (154.169 km/h).
Practice results
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Qualifying
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William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.286 and a speed of 98.185 mph (158.013 km/h).[8]
Qualifying results
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Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 130
Stage Two Laps: 130
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 240
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: 73.744 miles per hour (118.679 km/h)
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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.
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.
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Standings after the race
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References
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