NASCAR 2023: Preview and odds for Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway

The Xfinity 500 is the 35th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season and the ninth playoff race of the season. The green flag is set to drop at 2 pm ET on Sunday, October 29, at the Martinsville Speedway.

A total of 36 drivers will compete over 500 laps in this week’s NASCAR Cup Series race. This will be the 75th annual Xfinity 500 hosted by the Martinsville Speedway in the history of the Cup Series.

The 0.526-mile-shortest track features a total of four turns with 12 degrees of turns and zero degrees of straight.

The venue first hosted NASCAR Cup Series races in 1949 and currently hosts the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Truck Series, and Whelen Modified Tour.

Heading to the Martinsville Speedway, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin entered the elimination race of Round of 8 as the favorite in the odds table at +275 to win Sunday’s Xfinity 500, according to dknetwork.draftkings.com. He won this race twice in consecutive seasons across 2009 and 2010.

Kyle Larson holds the second-highest odds at +700 to win the race. They are followed by William Byron at +750, Brad Keselowski at +850, and Martin Truex Jr. at +900 in the top-five highest odds. These four drivers are in the playoffs.

The other four playoff drivers, Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell, and Chris Buescher, have odds of +1200, +1500, 2000, and +2200, respectively.

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Opening odds for 2023 NASCAR Xfinity 500

Below are the odds for all participating NASCAR Cup Series drivers competing at the Martinsville Speedway:

1. Denny Hamlin, +275
2. Kyle Larson, +700
3. William Byron, +750
4. Brad Keselowski, +850
5. Martin Truex Jr., +900
6. Ryan Blaney, +1200
7. Joey Logano, +1400
8. Tyler Reddick, +1500
9. Kevin Harvick, +1800
10. Kyle Busch, +1900
11. Christopher Bell, +2000
12. Chase Elliott, +2000
13. Chris Buescher, +2200
14. Ty Gibbs, +2800
15. Aric Almirola, +3000
16. Chase Briscoe, +3500
17. Ross Chastain, +4000
18. Ryan Preece, +4500
19. Bubba Wallace, +4500
20. Alex Bowman, +4500
21. Daniel Suarez, +6500
22. Erik Jones, +10000
23. Austin Dillon, +10000
24. Todd Gilliland, +15000
25. Carson Hocevar, +15000
26. A.J. Allmendinger, +25000
27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., +40000
28. Michael McDowell, +40000
29. Justin Haley, +40000
30. Harrison Burton, +40000
31. Austin Cindric, +40000
32. Corey Lajoie, +50000
33. Ty Dillon, +100000
34. Ryan Newman, +100000
35. JJ Yeley, +100000
36. B.J. McLeod, +100000

The live telecast of the 2023 Xfinity 500 can be watched on NBC and MRN.