Odds Are Ryan Blaney Will Win Martinsville And Make The NASCAR Championship 4

Four NASCAR Cup Series drivers are on the outside looking in.

William Byron, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott are all below the cutline to make the Championship 4 with one race to go at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday, Oct. 26.

Chase Briscoe and Denny Hamlin have already qualified with their wins at Talladega and Las Vegas, while Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson currently hold the other two spots.

Byron, Logano, Blaney and Elliott are at -36, -38, -47 and -62 points and they will all be looking for a win.

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Blaney is mostly likely to get it at +350 odds, which isn’t too surprising as he has won the past two Martinsville fall races and has 12 career top 10 finishes at the track.

Denny Hamlin, who won this year’s spring race, is next at +425 ahead of Elliott at +650. Elliott’s only win at the track was the 2020 fall race in his championship season.

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Larson and Bell are tied at +675, Byron is at +800, Logano is at +900 and Briscoe is last of the eight playoffs drivers at +1600.

The Xfinity 500 at Martinsville will be broadcast on NBC with the green flag scheduled to wave at 2:17 p.m. ET.

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