The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Martinsville Speedway Sunday for the penultimate race of the 2025 season with two spots available in the championship round of the playoffs. The Xfinity 500 is set to begin at 2 p.m. Sunday EST. The 500-lap race includes stage breaks at laps 130 and 260.
JGR drivers Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe have already secured their berths in the championship round at Phoenix. The following is breakdown of how the remaining six drivers can advance:
· If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being ahead of the 3rd winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from among Christopher Bell or Kyle Larson.
- Christopher Bell: Would clinch with 20 points
- Kyle Larson: Would clinch with 21 points
- William Byron: Could only clinch with help
- Joey Logano: Could only clinch with help
- Ryan Blaney: Could only clinch with help
· If there is a new winner from William Byron or another winless driver lower in the standings but still eligible to advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being ahead of the 2nd winless driver in the standings.
- Christopher Bell: Would clinch with 54 points
- Kyle Larson: Would clinch with 55 points
- William Byron: Could only clinch with help
- Joey Logano: Could only clinch with help
- Ryan Blaney: Could only clinch with help
Any of the six remaining drivers can clinch a spot in the next round with a win.
Sunday’s field includes 37 cars. The only non-chartered team is the Casey Mears’ No. 66 Garage 66 Ford.
Several teams are debuting new schemes Sunday, including the cars of Christopher Bell, Michael McDowell, Ryan Preece and Carson Hocevar. Of the 37 cars appearing Sunday, 16 are available now to order or pre-order as diecasts. These include;
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Ross Chastain No. 1 Moose Fraternity
Available now: 1/64 only – 1/24 versions DNP’d
Noah Gragson No. 4 Farm Rich
Kyle Larson No. 5 Hendrickcars.com
Brad Keselowski No. 6 Buildsubmarines.com
Chase Elliott No. 9 Llumar
Ryan Blaney No. 12 Discount Tire
AJ Allmendinger No. 16 Black’s Tire
Chase Briscoe No. 19 Bass Pro Shops
Josh Berry No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane
Joey Logano No. 22 Shell Pennzoil
William Byron No. 24 Cincinnati
Todd Gilliland No. 34 Grillo’s Pickles
Scheme appearing Sunday is slightly altered
John Hunter Nemechek No. 42 Pye-Barker
Tyler Reddick No. 45 Chumba Casino
Alex Bowman No. 48 Ally
Shane van Gisbergen No. 88 Safety Culture
The cars appearing in the Xfinity 500 that are not yet available to pre-order or those that will not be produced includes;
- Austin Cindric No. 2 Menards/Richmond Water Heaters
- Austin Dillon No. 3 BPS/Winchester Waterfowl
- Justin Haley No. 7 NationGuard
- Kyle Busch No. 8 BetMGM
- Ty Dillon No. 10 Grizzly Nicotine Pouches
- Denny Hamlin No. 11 King’s Hawaiian 75th Anniversary
- Chris Buescher No. 17 Kroger/Core Power
- Christopher Bell No. 20 Coofandy Menswear
- Bubba Wallace No. 23 Xfinity Mobile
- Riley Herbst No. 35 Monster Energy Zero Sugar
- Zane Smith No. 38 Long John Silver’s
- Cole Custer No. 41 Texas A&M University
- Erik Jones No. 43 Dollar Tree
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. No. 47 Jack Link’s Non-Vegan
- Cody Ware No. 51 Rexzilla/Kick.com
- Ty Gibbs No. 54 Monster Energy
- Ryan Preece No. 60 Castrol/Travel Centers of America
- Casey Mears No. 66 SI Yachts
- Michael McDowell No. 71 Gainbridge/WIMNA
- Carson Hocevar No. 77 Modo Casino (Stars and Stripes)
- Daniel Suarez No. 99 Jockey Infinite Cool Underwear
Gallery photo credit: NASCAR.com. No. 51 not pictured.
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