It was a wild weekend at Martinsville Speedway on the final week of races before the championship race.  The championship four was set for all three series and just to make it interesting, there was some controversy at the end of the race that resulted in a penalty and the elimination of one playoff driver in the Cup Series.

At the end of the race William Byron and Christopher Bell were tied in the point standings but Bell held the tie breaker; however, after nearly a half an hour of discussion, NASCAR determined that Bell had performed a move similar to that of Ross Chastain’s “Hail Melon” and as a result committed a safety violation.  The penalty dropped Bell to 22nd and out of the playoffs. 

Ryan Blaney won the race to secure his spot in the playoffs and defend his championship and NASCAR awarded the final spot to William Byron after Christopher Bell’s penalty.

In the final race of the season Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney, and William Byron will compete for the title of 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Champion.

In the point standings Ryan Blaney moves up five spots and takes over the lead.

Cup Series Point Standings:
Ryan Blaney – 5,000
Joey Logano – 5,000
Tyler Reddick – 5,000
William Byron – 5,000
Christopher Bell – 2,363
Kyle Larson – 2,339
Chase Elliott – 2,304
Alex Bowman – 2,295
Denny Hamlin – 2,293
Martin Truex Jr – 2,226
Austin Cindric – 2.222
Daniel Suarez – 2,199
Brad Keselowski – 2,186
Chase Briscoe –2,176
Ty Gibbs – 2,168
Harrison Burton – 2,101
Bubba Wallace – 898
Chris Buescher – 897
Ross Chastain – 884
Kyle Busch – 750
Carson Hocevar – 667
Michael McDowell – 618
Todd Gilliland – 613
Noah Gragson  – 587
Ricky Stenhouse Jr – 586
Ryan Preece – 583
Josh Berry – 566
Austin Dillon – 533
Zane Smith – 504
Erik Jones – 501
Daniel Hemric – 501
Justin Haley – 494
Corey LaJoie – 484
John Hunter Nemechek – 440
Kaz Grala – 203
Cody Ware – 146
Jimmie Johnson – 49
Joey Hand – 43
Derek Kraus – 32
David Ragan – 17
Kamui Kobayashi – 8
Will Brown – 6
Juan Pablo Montoya – 5
Cam Waters – 2


In the National Debt Relief 250 in the Xfinity Series part time driver Aric Almirola dominated the race sweeping both stages and winning the race to sweep both races at Martinsville.

Austin Hill, AJ Allmendinger, Cole Custer, and Justin Allgaier will be competing for the championship at Phoenix.

Xfinity Series Point Standings:
Austin Hill – 4,000
AJ Allmendinger – 4,000
Cole Custer – 4,000
Justin Allgaier – 4,000
Chandler Smith – 2273
Sheldon Creed – 2,217
Jesse Love – 2,208
Riley Herbst – 2,194
Sam Mayer –2,170
Parker Kligerman – 2,167
Sammy Smith – 2,163
Shane van Gisbergen – 2,132
Ryan Sieg – 842
Brandon Jones – 677
Anthony Alfredo – 640
Brennan Poole – 559
Aric Almirola – 516
Josh Williams – 511
Jeb Burton – 491
Parker Retzlaff – 465
Jeremy Clements – 460
Leland Honeyman – 451
Ryan Ellis – 429
Kyle Sieg – 410
Kyle Weatherman – 394
Matt DiBenedetto – 382
Blaine Perkins – 335
Ryan Truex – 319
Josh Bilicki – 247
Carson Kvapil – 227
Garrett Smithley – 179
Hailie Deegan – 174
Austin Green – 154
Patrick Emerling – 141
Joey Gase – 138
David Starr – 134
Connor Zilisch – 122
Joe Graf Jr – 93
JJ Yeley – 90
BJ McLeod – 78
Jordan Anderson – 75
Ed Jones – 71
Alex Labbe – 69
Logan Bearden – 65
Nick Leitz – 60
Myatt Snider – 59
Sage Karam – 59
Dylan Lupton – 55
Brad Perez – 53
CJ McLaughlin – 47
Preston Pardus – 47
Caesar Bacarella – 46
Bubba Pollard – 37
Dale Earnhardt Jr – 32
Greg van Alst – 32
Nathan Byrd – 29
Natalie Decker – 27
Chad Finchum – 27
Carson Ware – 25
Justin Bonsignore – 25
Patrick Gallagher – 25
Tommy Joe Martins – 24
Thomas Annunziata – 24
Conor Daly – 23
RC Emerson – 19
Dexter Bean – 17
Daniil Kvyat – 16
Andre Castro – 16
Ryan Vargas – 13
Glen Reen – 10
Boris Said – 9
Mike Skeen – 7
Armani Williams – 6
Morgan Baird – 4
Timothy Viens – 2
Gus Dean – 1
Alon Day – 1

The Craftsman Truck Series again kicked off a triple header weekend with some Friday night racing with Christian Eckes crossing the finish line first add secure his spot in the championship four; along with Grant Enfinger.  Ty Majeski and Corey Heim will also be competing for the championship in Phoenix.

Truck Series Point Standings:
Grant Enfinger – 4,000
Christian Eckes – 4,000
Ty Majeski – 4,000
Corey Heim – 4,000
Nick Sanchez – 2,233
Taylor Gray – 2,213
Rajah Caruth – 2,189
Tyler Ankrum –2,179
Daniel Dye – 2,128
Ben Rhodes – 2,121
Layne Riggs – 557
Stewart Friesen – 535
Tanner Gray 524
Matt Crafton – 506
Chase Purdy – 488
Dean Thompson – 442
Jake Garcia – 436
Bayley Currey – 376
Bret Holmes – 360
Kaden Honeycutt – 354
Timmy Hill – 334
Ty Dillon – 334

Matt Mills – 316
Lawless Alan – 299
Spencer Boyd – 258
Jack Wood – 226
Stefen Parsons – 215
Mason Massey – 207
William Sawalich – 192
Connor Mosack – 189
Conner Jones – 169
Thad Moffitt – 128
Mason Maggio – 105
Dawson Sutton – 91
Keith McGee – 77
Luke Fenhaus – 72
Brenden Queen – 68
Brett Moffitt – 66
Johnny Sauter – 65
Corey Day – 64
Colby Howard – 55
Jason M. White – 42
Justin S. Carroll – 40
Cory Rooper – 36
Marco Andretti – 34
Bryan Dauzat – 31
Ryan Reed – 30
Andres Rerez De Lara – 28
Connor Hall – 27
Cam Waters – 25
Justin Mondeik – 25
Clay Greenfield – 22
Clint Bowyer – 22
Danny Bohn – 20
Kris Wright – 18
Frankie Muniz  – 18
Dawson Cram – 17
Norm Benning – 17
Carter Fartuch – 16
Clayton Green – 16
Vicente Salas – 15
Codie Rohrbaugh -14
Matthew Gould – 14
Memphis Villarreal – 12
Dale Quarterley – 11
Stephen Mallozzi – 11
Jennifer Jo Cobb – 11
Toni Breidinger – 10
Tyler Tomassi – 9
Akinori Ogata – 7
Josh Reaume – 4
Blake Lothian -3
Trey Hutchens III – 3
Jeffrey Earnhardt – 1
Jerry Bohlman – 1
Jayson Alexander – 1