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Penultimate NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race From Martinsville Speedway This Sunday, Nov. 3, At 2 P.M. ET On NBC

by MikeOctober 31, 2024

Live Pre-Race Coverage of Final NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8 Playoff Race from Martinsville Speedway Begins Sunday at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC

Tyler Reddick and Joey Logano Have Clinched Berths in Championship 4

With Only Two Spots Remaining, Christopher Bell and William Byron Round out Top Four in Final Race Before Next Weekend’s Cup Series Championship

Last Week’s Race from Homestead-Miami Speedway Averaged a Total Audience Delivery of 2.4 Million Viewers, Up 4% vs. 2023

STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 31, 2024 – It’s an elimination race! With Tyler Reddick and Joey Logano’s Championship appearances already clinched, the final two drivers that will compete for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship will be determined this weekend during NBC Sports’ coverage of the Xfinity 500 from Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va., this Sunday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. ET on NBC. A 30-minute Countdown to Green Sunday at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBC leads into live race coverage. Martinsville is the fifth of six consecutive Cup Series playoff races to be presented live on NBC, culminating in the Cup Series Championship next weekend on Nov. 10.

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Penultimate Cup Series Playoff Race at Martinsville to Finalize Championship Four

by MikeOctober 31, 2024October 31, 2024

Time has come to decide who will make-up the Championship 4 Round this season, and the historic 0.526-mile Martinsville Speedway will once again play host to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs’ Round of 8 elimination race, the Xfinity 500 on Sunday, November 3 at 2 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

After a dazzling display of talent in the closing laps of the Homestead-Miami Speedway Playoff race, which saw 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick now joins Team Penske’s Joey Logano as the only two drivers locked into the next round. With two spots still available, at least one will be filled by a driver that earns their position in the Championship 4 Round on points.

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CRAFTSMAN Truck Series To Wrangle Martinsville Speedway In Playoffs’ Penultimate Race

by MikeOctober 31, 2024

For the first time since 2021, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series returns to Martinsville Speedway for the Playoffs’ penultimate race – the Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 200 – on Friday, November 1 at 6 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM Radio (Channel 90).

The historic 0.526-mile track has hosted 47 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races since its inaugural event on September 25, 1995 – a race won by Joe Ruttman piloting the No. 84 Irvan-Simo Racing Ford.

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Treyten Lapcevich Rides Recent Momentum to Penultimate CARS Tour Race

by MikeOctober 11, 2024

Granite Falls, N.C.: With just two races remaining in the zMAX CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car Tour season, Canadian Treyten Lapcevich looks to ride his recent string of momentum to propel his Chad Bryant Racing team back into Victory Lane in Saturday night’s CARS Tour 225 pres. by GeoCut at Tri-County (N.C.) Motor Speedway.

Lapcevich returns to the series after finishing third most recently in the NASCAR Late Model Series’ ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway – and a runner-up finish in CARS Tour competition last month at South Boston (Va.) Speedway.

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Speedway 95 Welcomes Back GSPSS For Penultimate 2024 Tilt

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 13, 2024

WALPOLE, N.H. – Only two events remain in the chase for the 2024 Granite State Pro Stock Series crown. But before the season can draw to a close at Lee USA Speedway, one last road trip awaits the series faithful, a road trip that carries special meaning for each of the two championship challengers.

Speedway 95 in Hermon, Maine, welcomes the GSPSS for its second visit of the year, another event in a busy and high-profile month for racing in the Pine Tree State this Sunday, September 15. The penultimate event on the nine-race GSPSS itinerary sets the stage for October’s championship finale. (more…)

ARCA Menards Series General Tire Speedway Challenge Reaches Penultimate Event

by MikeAugust 15, 2024

The top four teams in the General Tire Speedway Challenge are only separated by 10 points. Occupying the top two positions are the Venturini Motorsports No. 55 and No. 20 entries, the former of which currently holds a four-point advantage. (more…)

Penultimate 2024 Pro Motocross Race This Saturday Beginning at 1 p.m. ET Exclusively on Peacock

by MikeAugust 15, 2024

The penultimate race of the 2024 Pro Motocross Championship season continues with the Budds Creek National this Saturday from Budds Creek Motocross Park in Mechanicsville, Pa., at 1 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock. An encore presentation will also air Sunday at noon ET on USA Network.

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Rette Jones Racing and Noah Gragson Ready for Penultimate Xfinity Series Race of 2024

by MikeAugust 15, 2024

BROOKLYN, Mich: Still riding the positive vibes of their impressive top-five finish in their recent NASCAR Xfinity Series race in late June at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway, Rette Jones Racing and driver Noah Gragson are glued back together for their penultimate Xfinity Series start of the season in Saturday afternoon’s Cabo Wabo 250 at Michigan International Speedway. (more…)

CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs Head to South Florida For Penultimate Race

by MikeOctober 19, 2023

After two weeks to regroup and go over strategy, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series competitors are headed to Homestead-Miami Speedway for the Baptist Health Cancer Care 200, the Playoffs’ Round of 8 finale (Saturday, October 21 at 12 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM Radio) to decide who will make the Championship 4 Round and race for the title in Phoenix.

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Seekonk’s Haunted Hundred Serves as Penultimate ACT Tour Race of 2022

by Lou ModestinoOctober 18, 2022

Barre, VT — The next leg of the Southern New England Swing Triple Crown for the American-Canadian Tour comes down to Massachusetts’ Seekonk Speedway this Saturday, October 22nd with the Haunted Hundred. Once again alongside the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series, the ACT Haunted Hundred is expected to be yet another legendary showdown between the Touring stars of Quebec and New England against a stout field of hometown favorites with the 2022 season quickly coming to a close. (more…)