Wallace paces Martinsville practice

Bubba Wallace was the fastest of a Toyota trio at the leaderboard in Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series practice at Martinsville Speedway.

Wallace clocked in at 96.195 mph (19.985s). The fastest lap came early in the practice session, on lap seven, and Wallace was in the first group of drivers put on the racetrack.

Ty Gibbs was second fastest at 96.117 mph, and his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Denny Hamlin, was third fastest at 95.966 mph. Hamlin is the defending spring winner at Martinsville. The feat was his first of six in 2025, and the first with crew chief Chris Gayle at the helm of the No. 11 team.

Chase Elliott was fourth fastest at 95.937 mph and Todd Gilliland completed the top five at 95.932 mph. Connor Zilisch was sixth fastest at 95.917 mph and Josh Berry was seventh fastest at 95.913 mph.

Ryan Preece was eighth fastest at 95.903 mph, William Byron was ninth fastest at 95.864 mph, and Ross Chastain rounded out the top 10 at 95.801 mph.

Ryan Blaney, who has won the last two fall races at Martinsville, was 13th fastest in practice. Cup Series point leader Tyler Reddick was 21st fastest.

There were no incidents in practice.

Chase Elliott was fastest in the best 10 consecutive lap average. Elliott paced the category over Bubba Wallace, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson, and Josh Berry.

Cup Series teams are again using the 750-horsepower package. It is the second consecutive week for the package.

There are 37 teams entered at Martinsville Speedway for the Cook Out 400. In addition to the charter teams, Richard Childress Racing has entered the No. 33 team with Austin Hill.