William Byron won the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday, November 1, 2026. He led 362 of the 500 laps and beat Chase Elliott by 2.049 seconds. The Cup Series is back at Martinsville on Sunday, April 18, 2027, and again on Sunday, November 7, 2027, on NASCAR’s 2027 schedule, which gives neither race a sponsor name yet.
No price on either 2027 race is quoted here, and this page names no bet. The fields are months from being set, and no market for them was posted that we can source and date.
How the Xfinity 500 finished
Byron started eighth, won both stages and led the last 75 laps. It was his first win of the 2026 season and the 17th of his Cup career. Elliott’s second place made it a one-two for Hendrick Motorsports, which ESPN counts as the winningest team in Martinsville history with 32 victories. Ty Gibbs was third.
| Finish | Driver | Started | Laps led |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Byron | 8 | 362 |
| 2 | Chase Elliott | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Ty Gibbs | 2 | 44 |
| 4 | Josh Berry | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | Shane van Gisbergen | 29 | 0 |
| 6 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 40 |
| 7 | Austin Dillon | 20 | 0 |
| 8 | Bubba Wallace | 15 | 0 |
| 9 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Christopher Bell | 14 | 0 |
The race had 37 starters and six cautions. Hamlin started on the pole and led 40 laps, but he stayed out instead of pitting in the first stage, ended it 17th and finished sixth. Ryan Blaney, who won the fall race in 2023 and 2024, completed 441 of the 500 laps and was classified 35th.
Where the Chase stands before Homestead
Kyle Larson finished ninth and leads the Chase by 67 points with one race left. His team kept him on track when most of the field pitted after 75 laps, the first stage stayed green to Lap 130, and he ended it 23rd and a lap down, ESPN reported. ESPN counts Larson, Bell and Hamlin as the only drivers still in title contention going into the finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday, November 8.
| Position | Driver | Points | Behind | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 2,469 | – | 3 |
| 2 | Christopher Bell | 2,402 | 67 | 1 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 2,399 | 70 | 4 |
| 4 | Chase Briscoe | 2,385 | 84 | 3 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 2,366 | 103 | 3 |
Those are NASCAR’s Cup points after Martinsville, read at 00:40 UTC on November 2. The title race has its own page, our NASCAR championship odds, and the finale is on our NASCAR Homestead-Miami odds page.
Recent Martinsville winners
Martinsville has held two Cup races a year since 2023, eight in all, and five drivers have won them. Byron has three of those wins and Blaney two.
| Date | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 1, 2026 | William Byron | Chase Elliott | Ty Gibbs |
| March 29, 2026 | Chase Elliott | Denny Hamlin | Joey Logano |
| October 26, 2025 | William Byron | Ryan Blaney | Chase Elliott |
| March 30, 2025 | Denny Hamlin | Christopher Bell | Bubba Wallace |
| November 3, 2024 | Ryan Blaney | Chase Elliott | Kyle Larson |
| April 7, 2024 | William Byron | Kyle Larson | Chase Elliott |
| October 29, 2023 | Ryan Blaney | Aric Almirola | Denny Hamlin |
| April 16, 2023 | Kyle Larson | Joey Logano | Martin Truex Jr. |
Elliott has finished in the top five in each of the last six Martinsville races: third, second, fourth, third, first and second. Of the 22 drivers who started all eight, Larson has the best average finish at 5.0, with Elliott at 5.25, though Larson was ninth in both 2026 races. Byron’s record swings the most: three wins, but also 23rd, 13th and 22nd.
Reading a Martinsville price
When the board goes up, read each price as a chance. A driver at +550 is priced at about 15.4%, and one at +2200 at about 4.3%. A bet on the winner is worth making only when you rate the driver’s chance higher than the price does. On this track, a top-five price on Elliott is a bet on a run of six; a win price on Byron is a bet on the three good days, not the three bad ones.
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