Updates and highlights from the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville, which will decide the final two berths in the 2024 NASCAR Championship Race.
Martinsville live blog: All the updates from the Round of 8 elimination race
We‘re bringing you live updates covering Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race from Martinsville Speedway, the Xfinity 500 (2 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App). Bookmark this page and check back often as we chronicle the action from what promises to be a thrilling Sunday. Overview: • Martinsville Speedway hosts the 500-lap […]
Max Verstappen to start F1 São Paulo GP from 17th as Lando Norris secures pole
- McLaren driver prevails in delayed, dramatic session
- Max Verstappen in 17th before potentially defining race
Lando Norris took pole position for the São Paulo Grand Prix in a dramatic and incident-packed qualifying session that could presage a major shift in his world championship battle with Max Verstappen. It puts the McLaren driver in the best possible position to make a huge move in closing the gap to Verstappen, who was unlucky and caught out in qualifying and finished 12th, which will mean he will start the race from 17th with a five-place grid penalty.
Qualifying had been postponed from Saturday after a torrential rainstorm had engulfed Interlagos and instead took place on Sunday morning. When it got going, once more in the wet, Verstappen was unable to finish his final quick lap in Q2 when the session was stopped after a crash by Lance Stroll. The world champion now faces an enormous task in the race.
Continue reading...NASCAR 2024 playoffs at Martinsville: Start time, TV, streaming, lineup for Xfinity 500
All the information you need to get ready for the Xfinity 500 NASCAR Cup Series playoff race, Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.
NASCAR at Martinsville: What to watch for in Cup playoff race that will set championship field
Two spots in next week's title race are up for grabs Sunday on NBC.
HLs: Xfinity Series at Martinsville on The CW
Watch the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship race on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET on The CW. Find your channel now: thecw.com/NASCAR. Stream free next day on The CW App.
Chandler Smith strikes Cole Custer after NASCAR Xfinity playoff race at Martinsville
Chandler Smith fails to advance to the Championship 4.
NASCAR Xfinity results: Aric Almirola wins at Martinsville
Justin Allgaier and Cole Custer secure the final two spots to next week's Xfinity championship race.
Almirola wins at Martinsville as Custer makes enemies as he moves on to defend Xfinity title
Aric Almirola won the Xfinity Series race Saturday at Martinsville Speedway, a victory that gave Cole Custer a chance to defend his NASCAR championship. Almirola is running a part-time schedule for Joe Gibbs Racing so he wasn't playoff eligible. AJ Allmendinger and Austin Hill had already qualified for the playoffs, so there were two open slots for six drivers.
Denny Hamlin’s quest for Championship 4 gets ‘infinitely harder … not impossible’ after crash
Denny Hamlin's accident in practice Saturday at Martinsville Speedway puts title hopes in jeopardy
Aric Almirola sweeps ’24 Xfinity Series races at Martinsville, Championship 4 set
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Tickets punched and punches thrown — it was Martinsville after all, and in Saturday‘s National Debt Relief 250, Aric Almirola made Martinsville Speedway his personal playground. Leading 150 of 250 laps in a No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota that was the clear class of the field, Almirola won his second race […]
Denny Hamlin crashes in NASCAR Cup practice at Martinsville, will not make qualifying attempt
Denny Hamlin will start at the rear of the field for Sunday's Round of 8 elimination race.
Norris wins São Paulo GP sprint to narrow gap as Verstappen hit with penalty
- Verstappen drops to fourth with five-second penalty
- Ferrari’s Leclerc and Sainz finish fourth and fifth
Lando Norris won the sprint race at the São Paulo Grand Prix for McLaren with the team choosing to employ team orders to have his teammate Oscar Piastri cede the lead to maximise the British driver’s points advantage over world championship Max Verstappen. The Dutchman finished third but was later given a five-second penalty dropping him to fourth. Piastri was second, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc third and Carlos Sainz fifth
Piastri led from pole for the entire race until lap 22 of the 24 when he moved over for his teammate but the team had made it clear early in the sprint, their intent was to switch the two drivers in Norris’s favour and Piastri had been explicit beforehand he would not have an issue doing so.
Continue reading...Martin Truex Jr. snags Busch Light Pole at Martinsville
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Martin Truex Jr. may be out of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, but the veteran driver still has compelling goals, as he proved with a pole-winning run on Saturday at Martinsville Speedway. After a final-round lap at 96.190 mph (19.686 seconds), Truex will start from the top spot in Sunday‘s Xfinity 500 […]
Denny Hamlin crashes in pivotal Martinsville practice
Denny Hamlin crashed during Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series practice session at Martinsville Speedway, creating a significant hurdle for the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team, which will start at the rear of the field in Sunday’s Round of 8 finale. Entering Turn 3, Hamlin carried tremendous speed before sending his Toyota into a skid, careening […]