Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff race at Martinsville could have had several drivers wrecking even before the green flag.

Xfinity Series havoc at Martinsville left NASCAR voices raging after fourteen cautions and a last-lap crash took place before a return for Saturday's playoffs .

Two JR Motorsports drivers—prolific rookie Connor Zilisch and defending NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Justin Allgaier—already have qualified for the Championship 4 Race on points. Two other JRM drivers are locked in a close battle for the final Championship 4 berth as the series moves to Martinsville Speedway for Saturday’s IAA & Ritchie Bros.

The penultimate race of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season is over, and three drivers from Dale Earnhardt Jr.

On the stand this week, James Koutoulas told jurors that NASCAR’s sudden backtrack “cost the foundation $76 million” and led to a market collapse, with the token “dropping $380 million in one day” and “hitting zero by the end of the month.”

The second annual event was one of the festivities leading up to Saturday's clash of rivals Alabama A&M and Alabama State at Legion Field, the 84th in the series' rich history.