NASCAR at Martinsville lineup 2025: Starting order & pole for 2025 Xfinity 500

After the YellaWood 500, the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series is headed to the Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, for the Xfinity 500. The ninth playoff race of the season will go live on NBC Sports at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 26.

The Martinsville playoff race will be contested on a 0.526-mile-short track. Thirty-seven drivers will compete over 500 laps to drive down Victory Lane at Martinsville.

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Who is on pole for the Xfinity 500?

On Saturday, October 25, in NASCAR Cup Series qualifying, Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron won the Xfinity 500 pole with a time of 19.286 and a speed of 98.185 mph. It marked his third pole of the 2025 NASCAR Cup season and the 16th of his career.

Byron is set to lead the field to the green flag at the start of the 2025 Cup Series Martinsville playoff race, while Joe Gibbs Racing driver Ty Gibbs will join him on the front row. Gibbs posted the second-best speed of 98.175 mph.

The pair will be followed in the top five by Kyle Larson, the defending series champion Joey Logano, and Denny Hamlin.

Cole Custer, Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott, Chase Briscoe, and Austin Cindric complete the top 10. FOX Sports journalist Bob Pockrass shared the starting lineup at the Martinsville playoff on X.

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2025 Xfinity 500 starting line-up

Below is the complete starting lineup for the 38-car grid at Martinsville Speedway:

1. #24 - William Byron (P)
2. #54 - Ty Gibbs
3. #5 - Kyle Larson (P)
4. #22 - Joey Logano (P)
5. #11 - Denny Hamlin (P)
6. #41 - Cole Custer
7. #8 - Kyle Busch
8. #9 - Chase Elliott (P)
9. #19 - Chase Briscoe (P)
10. #2 - Austin Cindric
11. #71 - Michael McDowell
12. #20 - Christopher Bell (P)
13. #1 - Ross Chastain
14. #45 - Tyler Reddick
15. #77 - Carson Hocevar
16. #34 - Todd Gilliland
17. #48 - Alex Bowman
18. #60 - Ryan Preece
19. #6 - Brad Keselowski
20. #3 - Austin Dillon
21. #23 - Bubba Wallace
22. #88 - Shane Van Gisbergen (R)
23. #38 - Zane Smith
24. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
25. #35 - Riley Herbst (R)
26. #10 - Ty Dillon
27. #21 - Josh Berry
28. #43 - Erik Jones
29. #17 - Chris Buescher
30. #99 - Daniel Suárez
31. #12 - Ryan Blaney (P)
32. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
33. #16 - A. J. Allmendinger
34. #7 - Justin Haley
35. #4 - Noah Gragson
36. #51 - Cody Ware
37. #66 - Casey Mears (i)

Fans can watch all NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers in live action at the Martinsville Speedway for Sunday’s Xfinity 500 on NBC Sports and Peacock.