After eight playoff races, the 2023 NASCAR Cup Sequence season heads to Ridgeway, Virginia, for the elimination race of Spherical of 8 – the Xfinity 500.
The ninth playoff race of the season is anticipated to be very thrilling, because the Subsequent Gen automobile will race for the fourth time on the Martinsville Speedway.
The Martinsville Speedway is the shortest monitor on the schedule with a size of 0.526-miles and consists of whole of 4 turns with 12 levels of turns and nil levels of straight.
The Xfinity 500 could be watched reside on NBC and MRN. The race begins on Sunday, Oct. 29, at 2 pm ET. Together with the win, all of the competing drivers in Ridgeway, Virginia shall be racing for financial prizes on Sunday.
This yr, the Cup Sequence race in Ridgeway, Virginia, has a prize pool of $8,587,800, whereas the Xfinity successful workforce shall be awarded with $1,380,935.
Motorsport journalist Bob Pockrass shared the whole prize cash pool that shall be up for grabs at NASCAR’s Martinsville weekend:
“Purses for Martinsville weekend, together with all payouts, all positions, all constitution payouts on for competing and historic efficiency payouts, all contingency awards, contribution to year-end factors fund, and many others.: Cup: $8,587,800 Xfinity: $1,380,935”
The NASCAR Cup Sequence motion in Ridgeway, Virginia, begins with observe at 12:35 pm ET on Saturday, (Oct. 28), adopted by the qualifying race at 1:20 pm ET and ends with the primary occasion on Sunday. The observe and qualifying of this weekend could be watched reside on USA Community and MRN.
Two spots remained amongst six drivers after Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell locked his spot within the Championship 4 race with a win within the first two races of the semi-final spherical. The drivers who’re in competition are William Byron, Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, Chris Buescher, and Tyler Reddick.
Which NASCAR driver is the favourite to win the Xfinity 500?
Heading to the Martinsville Speedway, Denny Hamlin occupied the highest place on the board as the favourite to win the 263-mile race. The #11 Toyota driver has odds of +275 to win Sunday’s race, in line with dknetwork.draftkings.com.
Kyle Larson has the second-highest odds at +700, adopted by William Byron at +750, Brad Keselowski at +850, and Martin Truex Jr. at +900, who spherical out the highest 5.
Catch the Cup Sequence in motion at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday, Oct. 29.