2023 Xfinity 500

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 35 of 36 in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	October 29, 2023 (2023-10-29)
Location	Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia
Course	Permanent racing facility .526 mi (.847 km)
Distance	500 laps, 263 mi (423.5 km)
Average speed	75.244 miles per hour (121.093 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing
Time	20.112
Most laps led
Driver	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	156
Winner
No. 12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers	Dave Moody (Backstretch)

The 2023 Xfinity 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 29, 2023, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps on the .526 mile (.847 km) short track, it was the 35th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, the ninth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 8.

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track is also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948. Along with this, Martinsville is the only NASCAR oval track on the entire NASCAR track circuit to have asphalt surfaces on the straightaways, then concrete to cover the turns.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
• (P) denotes playoff driver.
• (OP) denotes owner's playoffs car.

Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 20.160 seconds and a speed of 93.929 mph (151.164 km/h).^[10]

Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 20.112 and a speed of 94.153 mph (151.525 km/h).^[11]

Stage One Laps: 130

Stage Two Laps: 130

Stage Three Laps: 240

• Lead changes: 12 among 6 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 61 laps
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 29 minutes, and 43 seconds
• Average speed: 75.244 miles per hour (121.093 km/h)

NBC covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, 1997 race winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and 2014 race winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon, Parker Kligerman and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and 7 time Martinsville winner Rusty Wallace have the call for MRN when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody covers the action for MRN when the field races down the backstraightway into turn 3. Steve Post, Jacklyn Drake, and Chris Wilner covered action for MRN from pit lane.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 2 1 Ryan Blaney 5,000 2 Christopher Bell 5,000 (–0) 1 3 Kyle Larson 5,000 (–0) 3 4 William Byron 5,000 (–0) 2 5 Denny Hamlin 2,354 (–2,646) 1 6 Tyler Reddick 2,329 (–2,671) 2 7 Brad Keselowski 2,278 (–2,722) 8 Chris Buescher 2,263 (–2,737) 1 9 Ross Chastain 2,242 (–2,758) 1 10 Bubba Wallace 2,242 (–2,758) 2 11 Joey Logano 2,239 (–2,761) 6 12 Martin Truex Jr. 2,228 (–2,772) 1 13 Kyle Busch 2,220 (–2,780) 14 Kevin Harvick 2,194 (–2,806) 15 Michael McDowell 2,157 (–2,843) 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2,154 (–2,846) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,289 2 Toyota 1,218 (–71) 3 Ford 1,205 (–84) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.