NASCAR Xfinity 500 Prize Money: How much is the winner expected to make at Martinsville Speedway in 2025?

After the playoff race at Talladega, the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season heads next to Martinsville Speedway for the Xfinity 500. The season’s ninth playoff race is expected to be an exciting one.

The Next Gen car will run for the eighth time at the Martinsville Speedway. All drivers taking the field will be racing to win Sunday’s (October 26) 500-lap race and a big cash prize at the 0.526-mile-short track.

The Xfinity 500 winner will receive a substantial monetary reward. In 2025, the Martinsville playoff race boasts a total prize pool of $9,797,935. According to NASCAR journalist Bob Pockrass, the 2025 Xfinity 500 winner will likely receive between eight and 10 percent of the total purse.

According to this assumption, this year’s Xfinity 500 winner at Martinsville Speedway will likely receive eight to ten percent of the overall prize money of $9,797,935, which means a check of between $783,834.80 and $979,793.50.

Live action of the 2025 Martinsville playoff Cup Series race will be broadcast on NBC Sports on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET.

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What is the prize money for the Xfinity 500 2025?

All 37 drivers participating in NASCAR’s top-tier series will compete for monetary incentives this weekend in Ridgeway, Virginia.

Renowned NASCAR journalist Bob Pockrass posted on X the total prize pool that will be up for grabs this weekend in Ridgeway, Virginia. He wrote:

“Purses for Martinsville weekend including all payouts, all positions, contingency awards, etc; and all charter payouts for Cup: Cup: $9,797,935 Xfinity: $1,651,939 Truck: $782,900”

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Explore the 2025 Martinsville playoff NASCAR Cup Series payout per position

After deducting the winner's money from the total prize of $9,797,935, the remaining amount will be divided among the charter teams, based on their finishing positions in the race, charter status, etc.

With the start of the charter system in NASCAR, individual payouts per finishing position are no longer published.

NASCAR Cup Series action begins with practice and qualifying on Saturday, October 25, at 4:30 p.m. ET and 5:40 p.m. ET, followed by the Xfinity 500 main event on Sunday. Practice and qualifying races at the Martinsville playoff can be watched on truTV.

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List of NASCAR Martinsville playoff race winners

Years – Driver

1. 1949: Red Byron
2. 1950: Herb Thomas
3. 1951: Frank Mundy
4. 1952: Herb Thomas
5. 1953: Jim Paschal
6. 1954: Lee Petty
7. 1955: Speedy Thompson
8. 1956: Jack Smith
9. 1957: Bob Welborn
10. 1958: Fireball Roberts
11. 1959: Rex White
12. 1960: Rex White
13. 1961: Joe Weatherly
14. 1962: Nelson Stacy
15. 1963: Fred Lorenzen
16. 1964: Fred Lorenzen
17. 1965: Junior Johnson
18. 1966: Fred Lorenzen
19. 1967: Richard Petty
20. 1968: Richard Petty
21. 1969: Richard Petty
22. 1970: Richard Petty
23. 1971: Bobby Isaac
24. 1972: Richard Petty
25. 1973: Richard Petty
26. 1974: Earl Ross
27. 1975: Dave Marcis
28. 1976: Cale Yarborough
29. 1977: Cale Yarborough
30. 1978: Cale Yarborough
31. 1979: Buddy Baker
32. 1980: Dale Earnhardt
33. 1981: Darrell Waltrip
34. 1982: Darrell Waltrip
35. 1983: Ricky Rudd
36. 1984: Darrell Waltrip
37. 1985: Dale Earnhardt
38. 1986: Rusty Wallace
39. 1987: Darrell Waltrip
40. 1988: Darrell Waltrip
41. 1989: Darrell Waltrip
42. 1990: Geoffrey Bodine
43. 1991: Harry Gant
44. 1992: Geoffrey Bodine
45. 1993: Ernie Irvan
46. 1994: Rusty Wallace
47. 1995: Dale Earnhardt
48. 1996: Jeff Gordon
49. 1997: Jeff Burton
50. 1998: Ricky Rudd
51. 1999: Jeff Gordon
52. 2000: Tony Stewart
53. 2001: Ricky Craven
54. 2002: Kurt Busch
55. 2003: Jeff Gordon
56. 2004: Jimmie Johnson
57. 2005: Jeff Gordon
58. 2006: Jimmie Johnson
59. 2007: Jimmie Johnson
60. 2008: Jimmie Johnson
61. 2009: Denny Hamlin
62. 2010: Denny Hamlin
63. 2011: Tony Stewart
64. 2012: Jimmie Johnson
65. 2013: Jeff Gordon
66. 2014: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
67. 2015: Jeff Gordon
68. 2016: Jimmie Johnson
69. 2017: Kyle Busch
70. 2018: Joey Logano
71. 2019: Martin Truex Jr.
72. 2020: Chase Elliott
73. 2021: Alex Bowman
74. 2022: Christopher Bell
75. 2023: Ryan Blaney
76. 2024: Ryan Blaney

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Edited by Yash Soni