NASCAR 2023: Starting lineup for Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway

After an action-packed 4EVER 400, the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series has arrived at the Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, for Sunday’s Xfinity 500.

The 263-mile event will be broadcast live on NBC and can be streamed on NBC Sports at 2 pm ET. The 75th race of the 2023 NASCAR season and the ninth playoff race of the season will be contested on a 0.526-mile paperclip-shaped short track.

A total of 36 Cup drivers will compete over 500 laps to have a chance to drive down Victory Lane.

In Saturday’s qualifying race, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. won his third pole of the NASCAR Cup Series pole of the season, posting a lap time of 20.112 and a speed of 94.153 mph. He will start from the front at Martinsville, having made his 23rd career Cup Series pole.

The 43-year-old's teammate and rookie driver Ty Gibbs will start second on the grid after a lap of 94.115 mph.

The pair will be followed by Chase Briscoe, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson in the top five. Bubba Wallace, Christopher Bell (defending champion), Kevin Harvick, Ryan Preece and Brad Keselowski complete the top 10 starting lineup at the Xfinity 500.

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2023 NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Martinsville Speedway

Here's the starting order of the 36 Cup Series drivers at Martinsville Speedway:

1. #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
2. #54 - Ty Gibbs
3. #14 - Chase Briscoe
4. #11 - Denny Hamlin
5. #5 - Kyle Larson
6. #23 - Bubba Wallace
7. #20 - Christopher Bell
8. #4 - Kevin Harvick
9. #41 - Ryan Preece
10. #6 - Brad Keselowski
11. #12 - Ryan Blaney
12. #10 - Aric Almirola
13. #1 - Ross Chastain
14. #9 - Chase Elliott
15. #22 - Joey Logano
16. #24 - William Byron
17. #38 - Todd Gilliland
18. #17 - Chris Buescher
19. #45 - Tyler Reddick
20. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
21. #2 - Austin Cindric
22. #48 - Alex Bowman
23. #34 - Michael McDowell
24. #31 - Justin Haley
25. #16 - AJ Allmendinger
26. #3 - Austin Dillon
27. #99 - Daniel Suarez
28. #21 - Harrison Burton
29. #43 - Erik Jones
30. #7 - Corey LaJoie
31. #8 - Kyle Busch
32. #42 - Carson Hocevar
33. #51 - Ryan Newman
34. #77 - Ty Dillon
35. #15 - JJ Yeley
36. #78 - BJ McLeod

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