Nascar will hold his third consecutive tripleheader weekend as the first race in the national series in Martinsville Speedway, the first short track of the 2025 season.
The oval of 0.526 mile in the southwest of Virginia has been hosting Nascar races since 1949, more recently a Tripleheder weekend last November which established the championship fields 4 for the Cup series, Xfinity and Truck.
The winners of these races: Ryan Blaney (Cup), Aric Almirola (Xfinity) and Christian Ecker (truck).
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The winners of the weekend from April 5 to 7, 2024 in Martinsville: William Byron (Cup), Almirola (Xfinity) and Ecker (truck).
After swept away the victories of last year’s truck, Ecker will run in the Xfinity series this weekend.
Martinsville Speedway schedule
(All time is)
Friday March 28
Open garage
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9 a.m. – 11:45 p.m. – Series of trucks
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11:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. – Xfinity series
Track activity
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2:05 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Truck practice (FS2)
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3:10 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Truck qualification (FS2)
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4.30 p.m. – 5:25 p.m. – XFINITY practice (CW application)
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5:35 pm – 6.30 p.m. – XFINITY QUALIFING (CW APP)
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7:30 p.m. – Truck truck (200 laps, 105.2 miles, stage 1 Tour 50, step 2 at Tour 100; FS1, Motor Racing Network, Siriusxm Nascar Radio)
Saturday March 29
Open garage
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8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Series of Cups
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12:30 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. – Xfinity series
Track activity
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2:05 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Cup practice (bonus, mrn)
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3:10 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Cup cut (bonus, mrn)
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5 p.m. – XFINITY RACE (250 rpm, 131.5 miles, step 1 Tour 60, step 2 a round 120; CW, MRN, Siriusxm Nascar Radio)
Sunday March 30
Open garage
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12 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. – Series of Cups
Track activity
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3 p.m. – Cup Race (400 rpm, 210.4 miles, stage 1 Tour 80, step 2 a round 180; FS1, MRN, Siriusxm Nascar Radio)
Weekend weather
Friday: A partially cloudy sky with a summit of 73 degrees and winds from the Southwest to 10 to 15 MPH. It should be 68 degrees at the start of the truck race.
SATURDAY: Cloudy with a summit of 78 degrees and winds from the southwest to 10 to 15 mPh. It should be 76 degrees without any chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race.
Sunday: Cloudy with a summit of 68 degrees and winds from the South-South-West to 10 to 15 MPH. It should be 67 degrees with 58% rainy chance at the start of the Cup race.
