Starting from 8th place Car 24 William Byron (C) Liberty University Chevrolet won the Xfinity 500, his 17th win in 323 NASCAR Cup races. This is his 1st win & 17th Top 10 finish in 2026. This is his 4th win & 11th Top 10 finish in 18 races at Martinsville Speedway. 2nd Place Car 9 Chase Elliott (C) UniFirst Chevrolet, started from 9th place posted his 16th Top 10 finish in 23 races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his 13th Top 10 finish in 2026. 3rd Place Car 54 Ty Gibbs (C) Monster Energy Toyota, started from 2nd place posted his 2nd Top 10 finish in 9 races at Martinsville Speedway.
4th Place Car 21 Josh Berry Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford, started from 10th place followed by 5th place Car 97 Shane Van Gisbergen Wendy’s Chevrolet, started from 29th place. 6th Place Car 11 Denny Hamlin (C) King’s Hawaiian Maple Brown Sugar Rolls Toyota, started from pole followed by 7th place Car 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Ducks Chevrolet, started from 20th place. 8th Place Car 23 Bubba Wallace (C) Xfinity Toyota, started from 15th place followed by 9th place Car 5 Kyle Larson (C) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 3rd place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 20 Christopher Bell (C) Rheem Toyota, in 10th place, started from 14th place. Connor Zilisch (17th) was the highest finishing rookie. Kyle Larson (C) leads the point standings by 67 points over Christopher Bell (C).
The race had 6 Cautions for 47 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 132 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 2nd Caution on lap 200 for #77 spin turn 4. 3rd Caution on lap 216 for #22, 20, 11 Crash in turn 1. 4th Caution on lap 226 for #60, 54, 34 Crash in turn 2. 5th Caution on lap 254 for #34, 12 Crash in turn 2 / Stage 2 Conclusion. 6th Caution on lap 264 for #51 spin turn 4.
The race had 11 Lead Changes among 6 drivers; D. Hamlin (C) 1-2; T. Gibbs (C) 3-45; D. Hamlin (C) 46-83; R. Preece (C) 84-124; W. Byron (C) 125-342; R. Chastain 343-347; C. Briscoe (C) 348-352; W. Byron (C) 353-421; T. Gibbs (C) 422; R. Chastain 423-424; C. Briscoe (C) 425; W. Byron (C) 426-500.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 24, 54, 60, 20, 21, 48, 2, 1, 45, 9
Stage 2 Top 10: 24, 9, 54, 1, 22, 23, 21, 34, 45, 20
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 35
Race Results for the Xfinity 500 – Sunday, November 1, 2026
Martinsville Speedway – Martinsville, VA – 0.526 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 500 Laps – 263. Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 11/1/2026 @ 05:41 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 8. Car 24 William Byron (C) Liberty University Chevrolet 500 Running
2. 9. Car 9 Chase Elliott (C) UniFirst Chevrolet 500 Running
3. 2. Car 54 Ty Gibbs (C) Monster Energy Toyota 500 Running
4. 10. Car 21 Josh Berry Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 500 Running
5. 29. Car 97 Shane Van Gisbergen Wendy’s Chevrolet 500 Running
6. 1. Car 11 Denny Hamlin (C) King’s Hawaiian Maple Brown Sugar Rolls Toyota 500 Running
7. 20. Car 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Ducks Chevrolet 500 Running
8. 15. Car 23 Bubba Wallace (C) Xfinity Toyota 499 Running
9. 3. Car 5 Kyle Larson (C) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 499 Running
10. 14. Car 20 Christopher Bell (C) Rheem Toyota 499 Running
11. 16. Car 1 Ross Chastain Moose Fraternity Chevrolet 499 Running
12. 12. Car 45 Tyler Reddick (C) SupplyHouse Toyota 499 Running
13. 7. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 499 Running
14. 11. Car 19 Chase Briscoe (C) Bass Pro Shops Toyota 499 Running
15. 22. Car 34 Todd Gilliland Love’s Travel Stops Ford 499 Running
16. 26. Car 71 Michael McDowell Delaware Life Chevrolet 499 Running
17. 19. Car 88 Connor Zilisch # Red Bull Chevrolet 499 Running
18. 5. Car 22 Joey Logano (C) Shell Pennzoil Ford 498 Running
19. 33. Car 38 Zane Smith Mystik Lubricants Ford 498 Running
20. 17. Car 33 Austin Hill(i) Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet 498 Running
21. 25. Car 77 Carson Hocevar (C) Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet 498 Running
22. 28. Car 10 Ty Dillon Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet 498 Running
23. 6. Car 60 Ryan Preece (C) BuildSubmarines.com Ford 498 Running
24. 18. Car 17 Chris Buescher (C) Kroger/Nerds Gummy Clusters Ford 497 Running
25. 32. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Grizzly Nicotine Pouches/Turtlebox Chevrolet 497 Running
26. 31. Car 4 Noah Gragson Long John Silver’s Ford 497 Running
27. 23. Car 6 Brad Keselowski TravelCenters of America Ford 497 Running
28. 24. Car 7 Daniel Suarez (C) Gainbridge Assists Chevrolet 497 Running
29. 30. Car 43 Erik Jones Dollar Tree Toyota 497 Running
30. 34. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Carolina Country Snacks Chevrolet 497 Running
31. 35. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Toyota 496 Running
32. 27. Car 35 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Toyota 495 Running
33. 37. Car 51 Cody Ware Rocket Doctor Chevrolet 494 Running
34. 21. Car 41 Cole Custer Haas/Bonanza Wines Chevrolet 487 Running
35. 13. Car 12 Ryan Blaney (C) Discount Tire Ford 441 Running
36. 4. Car 2 Austin Cindric (C) Menards/Delta Ford 222 Accident
37. 36. Car 66 * Josh Bilicki(i) Kickback Jack’s Ford 105 Clutch
Race Comments: Prior to the green flag to start the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 51 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 19 Mins, 6 Secs. Average Speed: 79.257 MPH. Margin of Victory: 2.049 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 24 lap 234/19.817. Caution Flags: 6 for 47 laps. Lead Changes: 11 among 6 drivers.
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(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: November 8, 2026 – Homestead-Miami Speedway
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