Martinsville Speedway starting lineup and practice results for the NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Cup Series teams are unloaded in Martinsville, Virginia. The 0.526-mile oval of Martinsville Speedway is set for a round of practice and qualifying ahead of Sunday’s race.
View NASCAR qualifying results for Martinsville Speedway below.
Martinsville Menu
Truck: Prac/Qual | Race
O’Reilly: Prac/Qual
Cup: Prac/Qual
Denny Hamlin will start from the pole position on Sunday in the Xfinity 500. He turned a laptime at 19.226 in NASCAR qualifying at Martinsville Speedway.
Race Purse: $11,233,037
Stages: 130/260/500
Martinsville Speedway
TV Schedule
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Sunday
November 1, 2026
2:00pm ET
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Martinsville Speedway
Starting Lineup
November 1, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1) Denny Hamlin
19.226
2) Ty Gibbs
19.275
3) Kyle Larson
19.300
4) Austin Cindric
19.325
5) Joey Logano
19.330
6) Ryan Preece
19.343
7) Alex Bowman
19.354
8) William Byron
19.368
9) Chase Elliott
19.379
10) Josh Berry
19.380
11) Chase Briscoe
19.382
12) Tyler Reddick
19.394
13) Ryan Blaney
19.414
14) Christopher Bell
19.416
15) Bubba Wallace
19.433
16) Ross Chastain
19.443
17) Austin Hill
19.449
18) Chris Buescher
19.457
19) Connor Zilisch
19.490
20) Austin Dillon
19.495
21) Cole Custer
19.506
22) Todd Gilliland
19.508
23) Brad Keselowski
19.523
24) Daniel Suarez
19.537
25) Carson Hocevar
19.540
26) Michael McDowell
19.552
27) Riley Herbst
19.555
28) Ty Dillon
19.559
29) Shane Van Gisbergen
19.584
30) Erik Jones
19.588
31) Noah Gragson
19.620
32) AJ Allmendinger
19.624
33) Zane Smith
19.643
34) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
19.703
35) John Hunter Nemechek
19.726
36) Josh Bilicki
20.004
37) Cody Ware
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Martinsville Speedway
Practice Results
October 31, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1) Ryan Preece (C)
19.600 | 96.612
2) Josh Berry
19.679 | 96.224
3) Todd Gilliland
19.740 | 95.927
4) Ty Gibbs (C)
19.746 | 95.898
5) Ross Chastain
19.755 | 95.854
6) Denny Hamlin (C)
19.766 | 95.801
7) Carson Hocevar (C)
19.775 | 95.757
8) Chase Elliott (C)
19.789 | 95.690
9) Michael McDowell
19.799 | 95.641
10) Christopher Bell (C)
19.802 | 95.627
11) Austin Dillon
19.824 | 95.521
12) Ryan Blaney (C)
19.824 | 95.521
13) Joey Logano (C)
19.825 | 95.516
14) Chris Buescher (C)
19.829 | 95.497
15) John Hunter Nemechek
19.846 | 95.415
16) Erik Jones
19.847 | 95.410
17) Austin Hill(i)
19.849 | 95.400
18) Connor Zilisch #
19.873 | 95.285
19) Chase Briscoe (C)
19.874 | 95.280
20) Cole Custer
19.884 | 95.232
21) Daniel Suarez (C)
19.890 | 95.204
22) William Byron (C)
19.918 | 95.070
23) Ty Dillon
19.931 | 95.008
24) Bubba Wallace (C)
19.934 | 94.994
25) Shane Van Gisbergen
19.953 | 94.903
26) Austin Cindric (C)
19.960 | 94.870
27) Riley Herbst
19.965 | 94.846
28) AJ Allmendinger
19.968 | 94.832
29) Kyle Larson (C)
19.970 | 94.822
30) Tyler Reddick (C)
19.977 | 94.789
31) Alex Bowman
19.986 | 94.746
32) Brad Keselowski
19.998 | 94.690
33) Zane Smith
20.004 | 94.661
34) Cody Ware
20.019 | 94.590
35) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
20.022 | 94.576
36) Noah Gragson
20.076 | 94.322
37) *Josh Bilicki(i)
20.603 | 91.909
Martinsville Speedway
Practice Speeds (10 Laps)
October 31, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Avg Speed | Laps
1) Ross Chastain
95.278 (Laps 43-52)
2) Carson Hocevar (C)
95.243 (Laps 53-62)
3) Christopher Bell (C)
95.209 (Laps 44-53)
4) Ty Gibbs (C)
95.068 (Laps 46-55)
5) Josh Berry
94.973 (Laps 50-59)
6) Austin Hill(i)
94.921 (Laps 43-52)
7) Denny Hamlin (C)
94.782 (Laps 3-12)
8) Chase Briscoe (C)
94.729 (Laps 62-71)
9) Todd Gilliland
94.711 (Laps 4-13)
10) Ryan Blaney (C)
94.622 (Laps 5-14)
11) Michael McDowell
94.593 (Laps 4-13)
12) John Hunter Nemechek
94.586 (Laps 4-13)
13) Austin Dillon
94.565 (Laps 49-58)
14) Cole Custer
94.557 (Laps 31-40)
15) William Byron (C)
94.517 (Laps 50-59)
16) Joey Logano (C)
94.482 (Laps 3-12)
17) Chase Elliott (C)
94.465 (Laps 9-18)
18) Austin Cindric (C)
94.415 (Laps 30-39)
19) Shane Van Gisbergen
94.391 (Laps 52-61)
20) Daniel Suarez (C)
94.383 (Laps 3-12)
21) Chris Buescher (C)
94.355 (Laps 3-12)
22) Ty Dillon
94.332 (Laps 2-11)
23) Connor Zilisch #
94.292 (Laps 41-50)
24) AJ Allmendinger
94.289 (Laps 3-12)
25) Bubba Wallace (C)
94.269 (Laps 43-52)
26) Ryan Preece (C)
94.229 (Laps 7-16)
27) Tyler Reddick (C)
94.196 (Laps 39-48)
28) Brad Keselowski
94.142 (Laps 58-67)
29) Riley Herbst
94.122 (Laps 49-58)
30) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
94.099 (Laps 37-46)
31) Zane Smith
94.094 (Laps 56-65)
32) Alex Bowman
94.066 (Laps 47-56)
33) Noah Gragson
93.941 (Laps 49-58)
34) Kyle Larson (C)
93.913 (Laps 58-67)
35) Erik Jones
93.722 (Laps 42-51)
