Martinsville Schedule and TV Guide: NASCAR Start Times for Cup, O’Reilly and Truck Races

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The NASCAR Martinsville schedule puts all three national series at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, this weekend, starting with the Truck Series under the lights Friday and ending with the Cup Series’ Xfinity 500 on Sunday, November 1, at 2 p.m. ET on NBC.

Every series has practice and qualifying this weekend. Times, channels and radio below come from NASCAR’s Martinsville weekend schedule and its 2026 TV guide. All times are Eastern.

Friday, October 30: Truck Series and O’Reilly practice

• Truck Series practice: 12:30 p.m., FS2
• Truck Series qualifying: 1:35 p.m., FS2
• O’Reilly Auto Parts Series practice: 3 p.m., ESPN Unlimited
• O’Reilly Auto Parts Series qualifying: 4:05 p.m., ESPN Unlimited
• Black’s Tire 200 presented by Down East Heating & Air Conditioning (Truck Series): 6 p.m., FS1. Radio: MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

The Truck race is 200 laps (105.2 miles) on the 0.526-mile track.

Saturday, October 31: Cup practice and the O’Reilly race

• Cup Series practice: 1 p.m., truTV and HBO Max. Radio: MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
• Cup Series qualifying: 2:05 p.m., truTV and HBO Max. Radio: MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
• National Debt Relief 250 (O’Reilly Auto Parts Series): 4 p.m., The CW and ESPN Unlimited. Radio: MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

The O’Reilly race is 250 laps (131.5 miles). Cup qualifying sets Sunday’s starting lineup.

Sunday, November 1: Xfinity 500

• Pre-race: 1:30 p.m., NBC
• Xfinity 500 (Cup Series): 2 p.m., NBC, with HBO Max streaming in-car cameras. Radio: MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

The Cup race is 500 laps (263 miles), 100 laps longer than the spring race.

What’s at stake in each Chase

Cup Series: Martinsville is the ninth race of the 10-race Chase. Kyle Larson leads Denny Hamlin by 73 points after winning at Talladega. Christopher Bell is 74 back and Chase Briscoe 79 back. William Byron is the defending winner of this race, and Chase Elliott won at Martinsville in March.

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: Martinsville is the eighth of nine Chase races. Defending series champion Jesse Love leads Justin Allgaier by 19 points, with Corey Day 29 back. Allgaier won the spring Martinsville race, and Taylor Gray won here last October. Sammy Smith comes in after winning both the Truck and O’Reilly races at Talladega.

Truck Series: Kaden Honeycutt leads Layne Riggs by 43 points with two races left. Ty Majeski is third, 141 back. Corey Heim won the fall Truck race at Martinsville last year.

Weather

The AccuWeather forecast for Martinsville issued Monday calls for a dry, warm Friday with a high of 76 and a dry Saturday at 71. Sunday carries a 60% chance of rain with a high of 65.

How to stream the weekend

Friday’s Truck sessions on FS1 and FS2 stream on the FOX Sports app. The O’Reilly sessions and race stream on ESPN Unlimited. Cup practice and qualifying stream on HBO Max alongside truTV. Sunday’s race airs on NBC and streams on the NBC Sports app and Peacock, with HBO Max carrying in-car cameras. Live-TV streaming services that carry NBC, FS1, FS2, truTV and The CW also cover the full weekend.