Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the opening race of the round of 8 of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, the First Data 500, at Martinsville Speedway.
The third of four rounds in the 10-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, the round of 8, is scheduled to begin this Sunday, October 27 with the First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway, the seventh race of the playoffs and the 33rd race of the 36-race season.
This race, which is set to feature 38 drivers, is the second race of the season at Martinsville Speedway, making the track the 11th of 13 tracks on the schedule to host two races this season.
The two remaining tracks on the schedule that have already hosted a race this season are Texas Motor Speedway and ISM Raceway, the other two tracks of the round of 8.
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The remaining track on the schedule that hasn’t hosted another race this season is Homestead-Miami Speedway, the host track of the Championship 4.
Entering the First Data 500, 13 drivers representing six different teams have won at least one race so far this season, and 14 drivers representing six different teams have taken at least one pole position.
Of the eight round of 8 drivers, all eight representing all five teams represented in the round of 8 have been victorious at least once this season. In fact, they have combined to win the 25 of the first 32 races of the season. Six of these eight drivers representing all five of these teams have each taken at least one pole position this season, although they have combined to take only 15 of the season’s first 32 pole positions.
Who will take the pole position and who will qualify in which positions throughout the rest of the field for this 500-lap race around the four-turn, 0.526-mile (0.847-kilometer) Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia?
Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the 2019 First Data 500.
Qualified
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 97.84
2nd – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 97.463
3rd – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 97.172
4th – Clint Bowyer – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 97.167
5th – Daniel Suarez – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 97.078
6th – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 97.063
7th – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 96.983
8th – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota – 96.884
9th – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 96.874
10th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 96.647
11th – David Ragan – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 96.519
12th – Daniel Hemric – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 96.411
13th – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 96.366
14th – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 96.874
15th – Brad Keselowski – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 96.716
16th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 96.647
17th – David Ragan – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 96.519
18th – Daniel Hemric – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 96.411
19th – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 96.366
20th – Chris Buescher – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 96.273
21st – Ryan Preece – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 96.19
22nd – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 96.18
23rd – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 95.966
24th – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 95.917
25th – Kurt Busch – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 95.903
26th – Darrell Wallace Jr. – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – 95.849
27th – Ryan Newman – #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 95.82
28th – Corey LaJoie – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford – 95.656
29th – Ty Dillon – #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet – 95.535
30th – Paul Menard – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 95.156
31st – Matt Crafton – #36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 94.533
32nd – Landon Cassill – #00, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet – 94.35
33rd – B.J. McLeod – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 94.017
34th – Reed Sorenson – #27, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 93.975
35th – J.J. Yeley – #53, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 93.318
36th – Ross Chastain – #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 92.819
37th – Timmy Hill – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 92.601
38th – Garrett Smithley – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 92.474
NBC Sports Network’s live broadcast of the opening race of the round of 8 of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, the First Data 500, is set to begin at 3:00 p.m. ET from Martinsville Speedway this Sunday, October 27.