The third-generation Blaney from High Point, North Carolina, led 145 of 500 laps and beat runner-up Aric Almirola by nearly nine-tenths of a second to claim his third Cup Series victory of 2023 and secure his first Championship 4 berth.
The 37-year-old Allgaier from Riverton, Illinois, led 21 of 256 over-scheduled laps and went from third to first on the final lap amid an overtime shootout to claim his fourth Xfinity victory of 2023 and race his way into the Championship 4 round.
This weekend the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series travel to Martinsville Speedway to set the field for the Championship 4 Playoffs. Cup Series winners Kyle Larson (Las Vegas Motor Speedway) and Christopher Bell (Homestead-Miami Speedway) have secured their spot in the Playoffs.
Jeremy Clements Racing is ready to haunt down the competition as the Xfinity Series enters the penultimate race of 2023 at Martinsville Speedway with Halloween just a scare away. JCR will attack the Half Mile of Mayhem with a Ghostly livery from primary partners Spartan Waste and Fox Sports Spartanburg entering All Hallows' Eve weekend.
NASCAR docked RCR's No. 3 team 60 championship points and issued a two-race suspension for crew chief Keith Rodden after the team violated the assembled rules pertaining to the underwing assembly and hardware from the NASCAR Rule Book.
Kyle Larson charged early at Martinsville, and was into the top 10 by lap 20 after starting 19th. Larson surged again in the latter part of the race, holding off Joey Logano while leading.
Ryan Preece won his first NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Award in 124 starts at Martinsville Speedway Saturday afternoon with an impressive lap of 19.979 seconds at 94.780 mph in his Stewart-Haas Racing No. 41 Ford. He was the only driver to post a speed under 20 seconds during the qualifying sessio
The 25-year-old Nemechek from Mooresville, North Carolina, led a race-high 198 of 250-scheduled laps and executed a final restart with 18 laps remaining to notch his second Xfinity victory of 2023.
Corey Heim held on to win the NASCAR Xfinity Truck Series Long John Silver’s 200 at Martinsville Speedway Friday night in his TRICON Garage No. 11 Toyota, despite persistent race throughout the event. It was his third victory in the Truck Series in only 26 starts and his first trip to victory lane this season.
