Xfinity 500

The Xfinity 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, the other one being the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 in May, The race has been run in every NASCAR Cup Series, starting with the inaugural 1949 season, making it the oldest NASCAR race still run today. It is the ninth race of ten in the Cup Series playoffs, and the final race of the Round of 8.[2] Starting 2015, NBC has the rights for the final 20 races of the season (19 of 20), including this race. Chase Elliott is the defending winner of the event.

Xfinity 500

NASCAR Cup Series
Venue	Martinsville Speedway
Location	Ridgeway, Virginia, United States
Corporate sponsor	Xfinity[1]
First race	1949
Distance	263 miles (423 km)
Laps	500 Stages 1/2: 130 each Final stage: 240
Previous names	Unnamed/Unknown (1949–1955) Old Dominion 400 (1956) Sweepstakes 500 (1957) Old Dominion 500 (1958–1982, 2001–2002) Goody's 500 (1983–1995) Hanes 500 (1996–1997) NAPA Autocare 500 (1998–2000) Subway 500 (2003–2007) Tums QuikPak 500 (2008) Tums Fast Relief 500 (2009–2012) Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 (2013–2015) Goody's Fast Relief 500 (2016) First Data 500 (2017-2019)
Most wins (driver)	Jeff Gordon Richard Petty Darrell Waltrip Jimmie Johnson (6)
Most wins (team)	Hendrick Motorsports (17)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (31)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt Concrete (turns)
Length	0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Turns	4

Prior to lights being installed, the race started at 1:30 pm. Eastern start time, the earliest start time among the playoff races on the current schedule (as the three playoff races after Martinsville start at 3:00 pm EST, five of the first six starts at 2:00 pm EDT, and Charlotte starts at 2:00 pm EDT) in an attempt to finish the race before darkness. After a series of incidents involving both the October Late Model race and the NASCAR premiership races in October or November in recent years, most notably both fall 2015 races that ended in near-darkness, the track added lights for the 2017 season. The NASCAR Cup Series fall race now finishes at night, and the Late Model race is held at night. The Tums sponsorship returned sponsorship for 2008, as their Goody's Powder brand sponsored the race from 1983 to 1995 and recently returned as a sponsor for the spring race. As per Martinsville tradition, the winner of this race receives a custom-built grandfather clock.[3]