Who won the NASCAR Martinsville race? William Byron is the winner, plus full NASCAR Cup results, running order and leaderboard for the Xfinity 500.

Byron made his move with 43 laps to go, moving Blaney off of the bottom groove in turn 1 to take the lead. But when a spin by Carson Hocevar brought out the caution with less than 20 laps to go, Byron and his crew had to execute both on their final pit stop and the final restart. They did so, earning the right to try and become a championship team.

Ahead of Sunday's race in Arizona, seven-time Cup Series champion and all-time winningest driver Richard "The King" Petty was asked who his pick was to claim the title, but the 88-year-old was coy in his response.

With a points system that doesn’t reset for a playoff-type format, it is consistency that most often is rewarded. In the current winner-take-all version, it’s less about the quantity of a driver’s wins and more important for a win to come at the right time. For all of the championship hopefuls, the right time is this weekend at Phoenix Raceway.

The NASCAR Cup Series championship race is almost upon us, but Richard Petty has been less than forthcoming when it comes to predicting the outcome of this weekend's action

Chase Briscoe is headed to his first NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4, and he’s doing it with humility. The 30-year-old Joe Gibbs Racing driver admitted ahead of Sunday’s Phoenix finale that even after a decade in the sport, he still finds himself in awe of the drivers he’ll face for the title.

With the playoffs and the championship format under constant scrutiny from fans and the media throughout the entire 2025 season, the writing is on the wall: the upcoming championship weekend at Phoenix Raceway will mark the end of an era, in one way or another.