Practice Results: 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville

Aaron Giffin | TobyChristie.com

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Ryan Preece, the driver of the No. 60 RFK Racing Ford Mustang, was the fastest driver in NASCAR Cup Series practice at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday. Preece, who turned a fast lap of 19.600 seconds, was able to top Josh Berry by 0.079 seconds to pace practice for Sunday’s Xfinity 500.

“Our car is really good. I feel really sporty about our BuildSubmarines.com Ford Mustang,” Preece said after the practice session. “And, you know, the first 10 laps, 20, heck, even 30, really don’t even mean anything. It’s lap 40, 50, 60, and I don’t know about you guys watching, but what I can tell you is that it looked like guys were absolutely struggling after 30-40 laps.”

Preece continued, “Taking care of your tires is the name of the game this week, not fuel.”

Todd Gilliland, Ty Gibbs, and Ross Chastain rounded out the top-five fastest drivers in the session at the 0.526-mile short track in Virginia.

Xfinity 500 Practice Results

Rank	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Lap time	Diff	Speed	Laps	Best Lap
1	60	Ryan Preece (C)	RFK Racing	Ford	19.600	0.000	96.612	100	3
2	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	19.679	0.079	96.224	107	53
3	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	19.740	0.140	95.927	78	6
4	54	Ty Gibbs (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	19.746	0.146	95.898	109	46
5	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	19.755	0.155	95.854	99	7
6	11	Denny Hamlin (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	19.766	0.166	95.801	104	6
7	77	Carson Hocevar (C)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	19.775	0.175	95.757	99	54
8	9	Chase Elliott (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	19.789	0.189	95.690	109	11
9	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	19.799	0.199	95.641	103	62
10	20	Christopher Bell (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	19.802	0.202	95.627	105	50
11	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	19.824	0.224	95.521	101	4
12	12	Ryan Blaney (C)	Team Penske	Ford	19.824	0.224	95.521	96	8
13	22	Joey Logano (C)	Team Penske	Ford	19.825	0.225	95.516	88	51
14	17	Chris Buescher (C)	RFK Racing	Ford	19.829	0.229	95.496	95	5
15	42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	Toyota	19.846	0.246	95.415	96	46
16	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	Toyota	19.847	0.247	95.410	82	44
17	33	Austin Hill(i)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	19.849	0.249	95.400	97	47
18	88	Connor Zilisch #	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	19.873	0.273	95.285	89	43
19	19	Chase Briscoe (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	19.874	0.274	95.280	120	63
20	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	19.884	0.284	95.232	59	32
21	7	Daniel Suarez (C)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	19.890	0.290	95.204	90	49
22	24	William Byron (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	19.918	0.318	95.070	97	53
23	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	19.931	0.331	95.008	94	6
24	23	Bubba Wallace (C)	23XI Racing	Toyota	19.934	0.334	94.993	93	45
25	97	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	19.953	0.353	94.903	109	54
26	2	Austin Cindric (C)	Team Penske	Ford	19.960	0.360	94.870	94	37
27	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing	Toyota	19.965	0.365	94.846	113	4
28	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	19.968	0.368	94.832	75	7
29	5	Kyle Larson (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	19.970	0.370	94.822	88	10
30	45	Tyler Reddick (C)	23XI Racing	Toyota	19.977	0.377	94.789	81	42
31	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	19.986	0.386	94.746	88	11
32	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	19.998	0.398	94.689	107	61
33	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	20.004	0.404	94.661	101	50
34	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	20.019	0.419	94.590	17	13
35	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Hyak Motorsports	Chevrolet	20.022	0.422	94.576	88	41
36	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	20.076	0.476	94.322	95	50
37	66	* Josh Bilicki(i)	Garage 66	Ford	20.603	1.003	91.909	50	10

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