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Denny Hamlin won the Martinsville pole Saturday, putting the six-time winner at Martinsville Speedway first in line for Sunday’s Xfinity 500, the next-to-last race of the season. Ty Gibbs will start second, giving Joe Gibbs Racing the front row.
Chase leader Kyle Larson starts third, with Hamlin 73 points behind him.
Xfinity 500 starting lineup
- Denny Hamlin
- Ty Gibbs
- Kyle Larson
- Austin Cindric
- Joey Logano
- Ryan Preece
- Alex Bowman
- William Byron
- Chase Elliott
- Josh Berry
- Chase Briscoe
- Tyler Reddick
- Ryan Blaney
- Christopher Bell
- Bubba Wallace
- Ross Chastain
- Austin Hill
- Chris Buescher
- Connor Zilisch
- Austin Dillon
- Cole Custer
- Todd Gilliland
- Brad Keselowski
- Daniel Suárez
- Carson Hocevar
- Michael McDowell
- Riley Herbst
- Ty Dillon
- Shane van Gisbergen
- Erik Jones
- Noah Gragson
- AJ Allmendinger
- Zane Smith
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- John Hunter Nemechek
- Josh Bilicki
- Cody Ware
Where the Chase drivers start
Of the drivers closest to Larson in points, Hamlin starts first, Chase Briscoe 11th and Christopher Bell 14th. Logano, 100 points back, starts fifth, and Ryan Blaney, 107 back, starts 13th. Tyler Reddick, 126 back, starts 12th.
Larson clinches his third Cup title Sunday if he leaves Martinsville with a lead of at least 77 points, as Pit This Time reported.
Practice
Fords were fastest in Saturday’s practice. Preece had the best single lap, followed by Berry and Todd Gilliland. Gibbs had the best five-lap average, Ross Chastain had the best 10- and 15-lap averages, and Carson Hocevar had the best 20- and 25-lap averages.
Hamlin’s Martinsville record
Hamlin also won the pole for the spring race at Martinsville in March, when he swept the first two stages and led 292 laps before finishing second to Chase Elliott. He has six Cup wins at the track, most recently in the spring of 2025.
Riley Herbst, who was hurt in the late crash at Talladega, qualified 27th.
How to watch
The 500-lap Xfinity 500 starts at 2 p.m. ET Sunday, November 1, on NBC. The season ends November 8 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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