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XFINITY 500

Track Information
Track Name:	Martinsville Speedway
Location:	Martinsville, Va.
Track Type:	FLAT SHORT TRACK
Track Length:	0.526 miles
Track Layout:	OVAL
Banking:	12 Degrees
Seating Capacity:	77500
Home Page:	http://www.martinsville.com
Track Weather Info:	Martinsville Speedway - Weather

Race Information
Race Name:	XFINITY 500
Date, Time:	10/29/2023, 2:00:00 PM EST
Race Number:	#35 of 36 races in the 2023 season
Track Name:	Martinsville Speedway
Race Distance:	263 miles, 500 laps

Past Race Averages
Average race finish time:	0:4:00
Average Speed:	73.32 MPH
Average # of cautions:	11 - 71 laps
Average # of lead changes:	14
Average # of drivers leading:	7

XFINITY 500 - Recent Top Finishers
Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
2022	Christopher Bell	Kyle Larson	Ryan Blaney	Ross Chastain	Denny Hamlin
2021	Alex Bowman	Kyle Busch	Brad Keselowski	Martin Truex	William Byron
2020	Chase Elliott	Ryan Blaney	Joey Logano	Brad Keselowski	Kurt Busch
2019	Martin Truex	William Byron	Brad Keselowski	Denny Hamlin	Ryan Blaney
2018	Joey Logano	Denny Hamlin	Martin Truex	Kyle Busch	Brad Keselowski
2017	Kyle Busch	Martin Truex	Clint Bowyer	Brad Keselowski	Kevin Harvick
2016	Jimmie Johnson	Brad Keselowski	Denny Hamlin	Matt Kenseth	Kyle Busch
2015	Jeff Gordon	Jamie McMurray	Denny Hamlin	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Kyle Busch
2014	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Jeff Gordon	Ryan Newman	Tony Stewart	Joey Logano
2013	Jeff Gordon	Matt Kenseth	Clint Bowyer	Brad Keselowski	Jimmie Johnson

The current season leaders in various stat categories are listed below.

Total Points

William Byron - 1147

Denny Hamlin - 1096

Christopher Bell - 1054

Martin Truex - 1022

Kyle Larson - 999

Tyler Reddick - 992

Brad Keselowski - 971

Chris Buescher - 924

Ross Chastain - 924

Kyle Busch - 907

Average finish

Shane Van Gisbergen - 5.5

Travis Pastrana - 11

William Byron - 11.4

Chris Buescher - 12.2

Christopher Bell - 12.4

Chase Elliott - 13

Denny Hamlin - 13

Brad Keselowski - 13.3

Martin Truex - 13.4

Kyle Busch - 14

Races won

William Byron - 6

Kyle Larson - 4

Martin Truex - 3

Denny Hamlin - 3

Chris Buescher - 3

Kyle Busch - 3

Christopher Bell - 2

Tyler Reddick - 2

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - 1

Joey Logano - 1

Top 5 finishes

Kyle Larson - 14

William Byron - 13

Denny Hamlin - 12

Christopher Bell - 10

Kyle Busch - 10

Joey Logano - 10

Tyler Reddick - 10

Martin Truex - 9

Ross Chastain - 9

Chris Buescher - 8

Top 10 finishes

William Byron - 19

Christopher Bell - 18

Kyle Busch - 17

Denny Hamlin - 16

Chris Buescher - 16

Brad Keselowski - 16

Kyle Larson - 16

Joey Logano - 16

Tyler Reddick - 16

Martin Truex - 16

Listed below is the official starting order grid for this race. Drivers are listed on the row in which they will be starting. The qualifying speed is also displayed, unless the driver failed to qualify and was force to use a provisional to enter the race. In this case, the field contains provisional.

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Official Qualifying Order
Row	Position	Driver	Qualifying Speed	Position	Driver	Qualifying Speed
1	1	Martin Truex	94.153	2	Ty Gibbs	94.115
2	3	Chase Briscoe	94.106	4	Denny Hamlin	94.055
3	5	Kyle Larson	93.854	6	Bubba Wallace	93.784
4	7	Christopher Bell	93.705	8	Kevin Harvick	93.548
5	9	Ryan Preece	93.548	10	Brad Keselowski	93.423
6	11	Ryan Blaney	93.873	12	Aric Almirola	93.826
7	13	Ross Chastain	93.812	14	Chase Elliott	93.775
8	15	Joey Logano	93.692	16	William Byron	93.46
9	17	Todd Gilliland	93.419	18	Chris Buescher	93.4
10	19	Tyler Reddick	93.341	20	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	93.244
11	21	Austin Cindric	93.235	22	Alex Bowman	93.203
12	23	Michael McDowell	93.148	24	Justin Haley	93.134
13	25	AJ Allmendinger	92.947	26	Austin Dillon	92.883
14	27	Daniel Suarez	92.869	28	Harrison Burton	92.828
15	29	Erik Jones	92.714	30	Corey Lajoie	92.628
16	31	Kyle Busch	92.619	32	Carson Hocevar	92.191
17	33	Ryan Newman	92.142	34	Ty Dillon	92.115
18	35	JJ Yeley	91.749	36	BJ McLeod	91.66

Listed below is the projected finish order according to the StatFox race simulator. The simulator factors in recent performance, qualifying position, past results at this track and track type, and overall driver strength when simulating the race. The race simulation is run 1000 times. For each driver, the table displays the number of race simulations they won, number of top 5 finishes, number of top 10 finishes, and number of times the driver failed to finish the race. In addition, the table displays the average finishing position for each driver and the projected odds of the driver winning the race.

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Simulator - Projected Order Of Finish
Order	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Qual.	Finish	Wins	Odds	Top 5	Top 10	Trouble
1	Martin Truex	Toyota	Auto-Owners Insurance	1	8.2	149	6.7 to 1	598	835	131
2	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx	4	9	132	7.6 to 1	587	814	159
3	Joey Logano	Ford	Shell Pennzoil	15	10.2	83	12 to 1	400	716	143
4	Christopher Bell	Toyota	Interstate Batteries	7	10.3	82	12.2 to 1	394	729	147
5	Brad Keselowski	Ford	King's Hawaiian	10	10.6	69	14.5 to 1	318	671	123
6	William Byron	Chevrolet	PODS	16	10.6	76	13.2 to 1	409	706	157
7	Chris Buescher	Ford	Nexletol	18	11.2	56	17.9 to 1	263	596	112
8	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	14	11.8	52	19.2 to 1	263	572	137
9	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	HendrickCars.com	5	12	68	14.7 to 1	328	624	191
10	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	Moose Fraternity	13	12.4	40	25 to 1	208	498	116
11	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	BetMGM	31	13.6	30	33.3 to 1	227	510	194
12	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	Xfinity	6	13.6	41	24.4 to 1	219	485	191
13	Kevin Harvick	Ford	Hunt Brothers Pizza	8	13.7	29	34.5 to 1	167	421	147
14	Aric Almirola	Ford	Smithfield	12	16.5	12	83.3 to 1	75	234	152
15	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	Monster Energy	2	16.9	10	100 to 1	82	221	171
16	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	Ally	22	18	6	166.7 to 1	53	155	142
17	Ryan Preece	Ford	United Rentals	9	19	7	142.9 to 1	55	157	186
18	Ryan Blaney	Ford	Discount Tire	11	19.3	6	166.7 to 1	46	131	188
19	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops	26	20.1	5	200 to 1	37	107	195
20	Chase Briscoe	Ford	Mahindra Tractors	3	20.3	3	333.3 to 1	36	108	190
21	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	Sunseeker Resorts	32	20.4	11	90.9 to 1	36	125	279
22	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	The Beast Unleashed	19	20.8	3	333.3 to 1	41	103	213
23	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	Allegiant Allways Rewards	29	21.4	5	200 to 1	25	78	149
24	Michael McDowell	Ford	StageFront.VIP	23	21.5	7	142.9 to 1	25	71	109
25	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	Jockey Outdoors By Luke B	27	21.8	7	142.9 to 1	20	57	148
26	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	Action Industries	25	21.9	4	250 to 1	24	52	108
27	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Chevrolet	Kroger/Reese's	20	22.6	2	500 to 1	22	70	233
28	Todd Gilliland	Ford	Quincy Compressor	17	24.6	1	1000 to 1	10	30	160
29	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	Gainbridge	30	24.8	0	0 chance	5	23	174
30	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	LeafFilter Gutter Protect	24	24.8	0	0 chance	6	26	88
31	Harrison Burton	Ford	Motorcraft/Quick Lane	28	25.9	1	1000 to 1	5	19	193
32	Ryan Newman	Ford	Biohaven/Jacob Co	33	26.3	2	500 to 1	4	19	95
33	Austin Cindric	Ford	Menards/Richmond Water He	21	27	0	0 chance	7	18	171
34	BJ McLeod	Chevrolet	Falk'd Up Garage	36	27.8	0	0 chance	4	10	296
35	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	Ferris Commercial Mowers	34	28.4	0	0 chance	0	4	190
36	JJ Yeley	Ford	IFCJ.org	35	28.8	1	1000 to 1	1	5	222

The top past performance trends relevant to this race are listed below. The results are sorted by average finish. To view a complete list of driver trends for the current race, browse to each driver's respective page.

Top performers over the last two seasons at track type= FLAT SHORT TRACK.

1.) Joey Logano's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 7.5. In 12 races, he has 1 win and 9 top 10 finishes.

2.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 7.8. In 12 races, he has 1 win and 9 top 10 finishes.

3.) Chase Briscoe's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 9.8. In 12 races, he has 1 win and 7 top 10 finishes.

4.) Ryan Blaney's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 9.9. In 12 races, he has 0 wins and 8 top 10 finishes.

5.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 10.1. In 12 races, he has 1 win and 8 top 10 finishes.

6.) Kyle Larson's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 10.4. In 12 races, he has 2 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

7.) Chase Elliott's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 11.5. In 10 races, he has 0 wins and 5 top 10 finishes.

8.) Christopher Bell's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 11.8. In 12 races, he has 2 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

9.) Ross Chastain's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 12.2. In 12 races, he has 0 wins and 6 top 10 finishes.

10.) Martin Truex's average finish at track type - FLAT SHORT TRACK is 12.2. In 12 races, he has 1 win and 6 top 10 finishes.

Best career performers at Martinsville Speedway

1.) Ryan Blaney's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 9.5. In 15 races, he has 0 wins and 9 top 10 finishes.

2.) Jimmie Johnson's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 10.1. In 37 races, he has 9 wins and 24 top 10 finishes.

3.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 10.5. In 34 races, he has 5 wins and 23 top 10 finishes.

4.) Joey Logano's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 10.9. In 28 races, he has 1 win and 17 top 10 finishes.

5.) Kyle Busch's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 12.0. In 35 races, he has 2 wins and 21 top 10 finishes.

6.) Brad Keselowski's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 12.3. In 26 races, he has 2 wins and 17 top 10 finishes.

7.) Chase Elliott's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 13.0. In 16 races, he has 1 win and 10 top 10 finishes.

8.) Chase Briscoe's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 14.4. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

9.) Christopher Bell's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 14.9. In 7 races, he has 1 win and 2 top 10 finishes.

10.) William Byron's average finish at Martinsville Speedway is 15.1. In 11 races, he has 1 win and 6 top 10 finishes.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 3 races.

1.) William Byron's average finish over the past 3 races is 4.0. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

2.) Tyler Reddick's average finish over the past 3 races is 5.3. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

3.) Christopher Bell's average finish over the past 3 races is 6.0. In 3 races, he has 1 win and 2 top 10 finishes.

4.) Kyle Busch's average finish over the past 3 races is 8.0. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

5.) Joey Logano's average finish over the past 3 races is 8.0. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 10 races.

1.) William Byron's average finish over the past 10 races is 5.6. In 9 races, he has 2 wins and 8 top 10 finishes.

2.) Christopher Bell's average finish over the past 10 races is 8.3. In 9 races, he has 1 win and 6 top 10 finishes.

3.) Tyler Reddick's average finish over the past 10 races is 10.2. In 9 races, he has 1 win and 6 top 10 finishes.

4.) Chris Buescher's average finish over the past 10 races is 10.4. In 9 races, he has 1 win and 6 top 10 finishes.

5.) Brad Keselowski's average finish over the past 10 races is 10.8. In 9 races, he has 0 wins and 6 top 10 finishes.