This weekend, the NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to the famous paperclip and land of famous hotdogs in Ridgeway, Virginia for the final race of the Round of 8 at Martinsville Speedway.

Last weekend, Sam Mayer won at Homestead-Miami Speedway, holding off a late charging Riley Herbst to secure his spot in the Final 4 at Phoenix.

Mayer is the only driver locked into the Final 4 as of right now due to a non-playodd eligible winner at Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago.

Race Info:

The Date: Saturday, October 28

The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET

The Purse: $1,380,935

TV: USA, 3 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)

Distance: 131.5 miles (250 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 60),

Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 120), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 250)

Playoff Standings:

1. #1 Mayer W (LOCKED IN)
2. #20 Nemechek +44
3. #00 Custer +3
4. #21 A.Hill +3
———— CUTOFF ———————
5. #7 Allgaier -3
6. #18 S.Smith -49
7. #16 C.Smith -54
8. #2 Creed -65

Sammy Smith, Chandler Smith, and Sheldon Creed are all in a Must Win Situation at Martinsville or else they’ll all be eliminated from getting a chance at a title at Phoenix.

Entry List and Notables:

#02 Our Motorsports Chevrolet will be driven by Blaine Perkins (will have to qualify in)

#4 JD Motorsports Chevrolet will be driven by JJ Yeley (will have to qualify in)

#07 SS Greenlight Racing Chevrolet will be driven by Devin Jones (will have to qualify in)

#08 SS Greenlight Racing Chevrolet will be driven by Chad Finchum (will have to qualify in)

#11 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet will be driven by Layne Riggs

#19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota will be driven by Myatt Snider

#28 RSS Racing Ford will be driven by CJ McLaughlin

#29 RSS Racing Ford will be driven by Kyle Sieg (will have to qualify in)

#35 Emerling-Gase Motorsports Ford will be driven by Chris Hacker (will have to qualify in)

#38 RSS Racing Ford will be driven by Joe Graf Jr

#44 Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet will be driven by Rajah Caruth (will have to qualify in)

#45 Alpha Prime Racing Chevrolet will be driven by Jeffrey Earnhardt

#53 Emerling-Gase Motorsports Chevrolet will be driven by Akinori Ogata (will have to qualify in)

#66 MBM Motorsports Toyota will be driven by Timmy Hill (will have to qualify in)

#74 CHK Racing Chevrolet would have been driven by Dawson Cram but has withdrawn from the event.

#91 DGM Racing Chevrolet will be driven by Josh Bilicki (will have to qualify in)

Predictions:

DNQs: #08 Finchum and #66 Hill

Pole: #8 Josh Berry

Winner: #98 Riley Herbst

Top 10 Predictions:

1st – 98 Herbst
2nd – 7 Allgaier
3rd – 20 Nemechek
4th – 19 Snider
5th – 1 Mayer
6th – 21 Hill
7th – 31 Retzlaff
8th – 11 Riggs
9th – 51 Clements
10th – 92 Williams