NASCAR returns after the Easter break with Friday Night’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway. Harrison Burton, who won the 2020 Xfinity race at Martinsville, starts on pole position with Justin Allgaier on the front row with him.

The scheduled start time for the race is 8:11 pm ET when the green flag will wave off. The race will run over 250 laps on the half-a-mile track, with the first two stages covering 60 laps each.

Friday night’s race also sees the first installment of the Xfinity ‘Dash 4 Cash’ Bonus prize this season, worth $100,000. The top-4 full-time series drivers from the previous race are eligible for the Dash 4 Cash prize. At Martinsville, the highest finishing driver between Justin Allgaier, AJ Allmendinger, Noah Gragson, and Harrison Burton will take home the prize.

These four drivers were the top-4 full-time drivers in the previous Xfinity race at Atlanta a couple of weeks ago. That race made headlines for the brawl between Gragson and Daniel Hemric after an incident on pit-road.

Ahead of Friday’s race, Gragson said he plans to clear the air between him and Hemric before the start of the race.

Ty Gibbs’ return in focus in NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville

All eyes will also be on the youngster Ty Gibbs, who returns to Xfinity racing this weekend. Ty, the grandson of legendary Joe Gibbs, won a race and finished second in the only two NASCAR Xfinity Series races of his career yet.

Fans can watch the race on Fox Sports 1, as well as enjoy radio coverage on MRN and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

On the weather front, some clouds are expected to hover above during the race, but there is just 16% chance of rain. Expect temperatures to remain above 70 degrees.

How does the points table look like ahead of Friday’s race?

Currently, Austin Cindric leads the Xfinity Series points table with two wins and five top-5s already under his belt. Cindric holds a 46-point lead over Hemric in second place. Burton, Allmendinger, and Justin Haley finish the top-5 positions.

Among the full-timers, Cindric, Allmendinger, Allgaier, and Myatt Snider are the only ones with wins so far this year. Martinsville always produces exciting races, and it will be interesting to see who comes out on top on Friday night.

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