Martinsville Speedway is a flat, half-mile track tucked away in Southside Virginia. It’s the shortest, flattest, and oldest track on the Cup schedule. This is a race that is won by the best of the best.
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Top DraftKings Picks for the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville
- Chase Elliott ($9,000) — The last five Martinsville races have all ended in fourth or better for Elliott, including the win in March from 10th. His flat-track year away from Martinsville has been much weaker. He finished 17th or worse at Phoenix (spring), North Wilkesboro, and New Hampshire, then took a third at Phoenix two weeks ago.
- Joey Logano ($10,700) — All nine Martinsville races since 2022 have ended in a top-10 finish for Logano, including a third in March. He won at North Wilkesboro in July after leading 323 of 450 laps. Wins at Richmond in August and Bristol in September give him three short-track victories this year.
- Ryan Blaney ($11,700) — Flat tracks have been kind to Blaney this year, with wins at Phoenix in March and New Hampshire in August. Martinsville in the fall has been even better, with wins in 2023 and 2024 and a second last October after starting 31st. North Wilkesboro was the one miss, ending in 11th after a rear-of-the-field start and a pit road speeding penalty.
- William Byron ($9,200) — Three of the last nine Martinsville races have gone to Byron, in April 2022, April 2024, and last October. The October win came from the pole, and he led 304 laps. Martinsville means a lot to Hendrick Motorsports. It’s not a narrative. The data backs it up.
- Ryan Preece ($7,500) — The last five Martinsville races have all ended in 14th or better for Preece, including a seventh and a sixth in 2025. He started 17th in March and finished 12th. He also won the Clash at Bowman Gray in February and was 10th at North Wilkesboro and ninth at New Hampshire. His NASCAR Modified Tour experience on short, flat tracks is real.
- Denny Hamlin ($12,000) — Martinsville in March and North Wilkesboro in July both ended in second place for Hamlin, and he lost each by less than a second. He led 292 laps at Martinsville and chased Logano for most of the second half at North Wilkesboro. This is do-or-die time.
- Ty Gibbs ($9,500) — Phoenix, Martinsville and North Wilkesboro all ended in fourth place for Gibbs this year. He also won the first stage at North Wilkesboro and the full races at Bristol in April and Iowa in August.
- Christopher Bell ($10,000) — The last three Martinsville races have all been top-10 finishes for him, and so have most of the short tracks. Phoenix went well for Bell both times this year, with a second in March after leading 176 laps and a fourth in October after leading 85. He added a fourth at New Hampshire in August and won the 2025 All-Star race at North Wilkesboro.
- Kyle Larson ($10,500) — Four of Larson’s last six Martinsville races ended in the top five, and he won here in April 2023. He also won at Gateway in September after leading 80 laps. The issue is the circumstance. Will Larson try to dominate or just take a top 10 for the championship win?
- Brad Keselowski ($6,900) — He finished ahead of his starting spot in six of seven races on comparable flat tracks this year, with his best result being a seventh at North Wilkesboro in July after starting 23rd. New Hampshire brought an 11th from the 25th, and Gateway a 12th from the 23rd. Martinsville was a 13th from 23rd in March.
- Bubba Wallace ($8,000) — A sixth at North Wilkesboro in July and a second at New Hampshire in August are among Wallace’s best flat-track runs of the year. He was third at Martinsville in March 2025. A lap 324 crash left him 36th in March.
- Chase Briscoe ($9,700) — North Wilkesboro brought a third for Briscoe after starting 30th. At Richmond he led 171 laps on the way to a second, and he was eighth at Phoenix in October. Martinsville has been less kind, with a 15th in November 2024, a 37th last October and a 14th in March.
- Josh Berry ($8,700) — New Hampshire in August was Berry’s best short-track run of the year, a third after leading 73 laps. He also finished fourth at Iowa. Both of the last two Martinsville races ended in 10th. The late-model legend knows Martinsville.
- Tyler Reddick ($8,500) — He won at Phoenix two weeks ago, and he finished eighth in the desert in March. His only other flat-track top-10 this year was an eighth at New Hampshire in August. In nine Martinsville starts since 2022, he has just one top-10 finish.
- Austin Cindric ($8,200) — He finished third at Richmond in August and 10th at Gateway in September. In November 2024, he finished fourth at Martinsville after starting 24th, and in March, he was eighth after starting sixth.
