NASCAR Cup Series Practice at Martinsville October 2026 Results

Ryan Preece was fastest in practice for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway.

Preece was one of two drivers in the 19.6-second range during Saturday's practice. Josh Berry was the other, just ahead of fellow non-Chase driver Todd Gilliland (19.740).

Ty Gibbs was the fastest Chase driver (19.746), just slightly faster than Chase driver Denny Hamlin (19.766). Hamlin showed strong pace on the lap average charts.

He's 73 points behind Kyle Larson, who was 29th overall in practice and 34th on the 10-lap average. Meanwhile, Hamlin was seventh overall on the 10-lap average.

Here is the overall practice results:

And the 10-lap average: