Saturday NASCAR schedule at Martinsville Speedway
Two of the national NASCAR series will be in action Saturday at Martinsville Speedway.
The Cup teams will practice and qualify for Sunday's Round of 8 elimination race. The Xfinity teams will close out the Round of 8 with a 250-lap race.
There are 36 cars on the Cup entry list. Carson Hocevar will return to the No. 42 for Legacy Motor Club after John Hunter Nemechek drove the entry at Homestead. Ryan Newman will make his seventh Cup start of the season for Rick Ware Racing.
Sammy Smith won the pole for the Xfinity Series race. He'll be joined on the front row by Justin Allgaier.
Martinsville Speedway Saturday Schedule
Weather
Saturday: Sunny skies with a high of 83 degrees and no chance of rain. High of 82 degrees and no chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity Series race.
Saturday, Oct. 28
(All times Eastern)
Garage open
7:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. — Cup Series
12:30 p.m. — Xfinity Series
Track activity
12:35 – 1:20 p.m. — Cup practice (USA Network, NBC Sports App)
1:20 – 2:30 p.m. — Cup qualifying (USA Network, NBC Sports App)
3:30 p.m. — Xfinity Series race (250 laps, 131.5 miles; USA, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
