Overview
- William Byron secured the Martinsville victory with a decisive pass on Ryan Blaney with 43 laps to go and led a race-high 304 of 500 laps for his third win of 2025.
- Kyle Larson advanced to the Championship 4 on points, edging Christopher Bell by seven to join Byron, Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe in the season finale.
- Both Hamlin and Briscoe retired with engine failures at Martinsville, introducing fresh reliability concerns for Joe Gibbs Racing heading into Phoenix.
- Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott and Christopher Bell were eliminated from title contention in the Round of 8 cutoff race.
- The championship will be decided Nov. 2 at Phoenix Raceway, where the highest-finishing driver among the four finalists wins the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series, ending Team Penske’s three-year title run.