Front Row Motorsports brings Noah Gragson, Todd Gilliland and Zane Smith to Martinsville for the NASCAR Cup Series’ ninth Chase race. Gilliland arrives with momentum after a seventh-place finish at Talladega, while all three drivers have prior Martinsville success in other series.

By the Numbers
  • Race: 500 laps, 263 miles, on a 0.526-mile track.
  • Start time: 2 p.m. ET, Sunday, Nov. 1; NBC, SiriusXM and MRN will carry coverage.
  • Gilliland has 3 top-10 finishes in 9 Cup starts at Martinsville; his best is 9th.
  • Gragson has 2 Martinsville wins in other series; his best Cup finish there is 11th.
  • Smith has 1 Martinsville win in the Truck Series and a 16th-place Cup best in 6 starts.
Yes, But

Past Martinsville wins came in lower-series competition, and none of the three has finished in the Cup top 10 at the track. Gilliland has the strongest Cup record of the group, but will need to improve on his recent results to turn that history into a breakthrough.

What's Next

The trio will race Sunday in the 35th points-paying event of the season and the ninth race of the Chase. Gilliland will look to build on his Talladega top-10, while Gragson and Smith aim to translate their short-track experience into stronger Cup results.

Bottom Line

Gilliland is FRM’s clearest near-term contender at Martinsville, but the team’s broader challenge is converting promising track records from other series into Cup-level results.