William Byron will lead the field to green in Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville, but he isn't allowing himself to celebrate, yet. He has a race to win.

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.

Despite the poor track position, Day would move all the way up to 10th in the opening stage. While he would fall back to 13th in the second stage, the No. 17 HendrickCars.com entry looked competitive in a field full of desperate playoff drivers.

Team Penske has claimed the last three Cup Series championships, but that illustrious streak could come to a screeching halt with both Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney well below the Championship 4 cut line as they roll into Martinsville Speedway.

Get up to speed on Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs event at Martinsville Speedway, the 35th of 36 races in the 2025 season.

NASCAR championship implications in the Cup and Xfinity series will be the dominant storyline Saturday at Martinsville Speedway with cars on track for about nine hours.

WFXR Sports Director Jermaine Ferrell joins morning anchors Hazelmarie Anderson, Sydney Jaxtheimer, and Brandon VanSickel live from the Martinsville Speedway to preview the race weekend at the track.

Team Penske teammates Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney believe Sunday’s elimination race at Martinsville Speedway will be quite the battle to settle who competes for the championship.“You get to this round of the playoffs and everybody is good,