2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Martinsville Preview
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This Saturday night marks the first of four Xfinity Dash-4-Cash races at Martinsville Speedway, for the DUDE Wipes 250. Coverage begins at 7:30PM EST on FS1.
Last year’s trip in the Spring saw John Hunter Nemechek cake walk the field, leading 198 laps of the scheduled 250.
Best Bets for Xfinity
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Aric Almirola +300
One of the standouts from last weekend at Richmond was Aric Almirola. He led 95 laps and finished 2nd to teammate Chandler Smith in his third start of the season for Joe Gibbs Racing. Almirola tends to do well on short tracks, including Martinsville, where he’s finished inside the Top 10 in four of his last five Cup starts. Expect to see him up front this Saturday.
Justin Allgaier +700
The last time the Xfinity Series raced here, Justin Allgaier won in a thrilling photo finish. Despite having only two Top 10 finishes this season, Martinsville is the perfect place for Allgaier to break out of his slump. Since the Xfinity Series returned to the paper clip in 2020, Allgaier has finished inside the Top 10 in six of the seven races. He’ll look to be the first Xfinity driver to win back-to-back races at Martinsville since Harry Gant in 1988.
Sammy Smith +1000
In his first six races with JR Motorsports, Sammy Smith has nabbed four Top 10 finishes but is still on the hunt for that first win with his new team. Last year at Martinsville, Smith finished 2nd in the Spring and 3rd in the Fall, even winning the pole for that race as well. This has potential to be the weekend where he breaks through for that grandfather clock.
Riley Herbst +1800
Riley Herbst hasn’t had a Top 10 finish since Las Vegas, expect that to change at Martinsville. He’s finished inside the Top 10 in five of seven starts at Martinsville, including a 4th place finish in the Fall race last year. The slump will come to an end this Saturday, as Herbst looks for his first grandfather clock of his career.
Austin Hill +2500
Austin Hill keeps his Top 10 streak going after an 8th place finish in Richmond. Hill heads back to the track where he showed how he’d even wreck his teammate for a chance to win that grandfather clock. He finished inside the Top 10 in both races in 2022 but failed to do so in 2023. Hill will look to keep his Top 10 streak alive this Saturday.