But the man with the hot hand right now is Chase Elliott. Currently in fourth place in the playoff standings, three points above the cutoff, Elliott has two wins in his last three races and three total on the season.
Elliott finished ninth at Martinsville in March and has three top 12s in his last four races at the short track. But Busch loves this unique course and has taken home victories in two of his last five trips there while finishing in the top 5 each of the last six times.
Elliott held off Busch on Sunday, but he might have trouble doing so this week.
The First Data 500 can be seen Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and streamed on fuboTV (7-day free trial).
Here’s the weekend schedule:
NASCAR at Martinsville 2018: TV channel and streaming info
Note: All times are ET
FRIDAY, Oct. 26 12:05-12:55 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series first practice 2:05-2:55 p.m.: Camping World Truck Series final practice
SATURDAY, Oct. 27
9-9:50 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series first practice, CNBC/NBC Sports App/fuboTV10:05 a.m.: Camping World Truck Series Qualifying, FS1/fuboTV11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, CNBC/NBC Sports App/fuboTV1 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Texas Roadhouse 200 presented by Alpha Energy Solutions (200 laps, 105.2 miles), FS1/fuboTV4:05 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Qualifying, NBCSN/NBC Sports App/fuboTV
SUNDAY, Oct. 28 2:30 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series First Data 500 (500 laps, 263 miles), NBCSN/NBC Sports App/fuboTV
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoff point standings
Which Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers are racing at Martinsville?
There are 40 Cup drivers entered in Sunday’s race. Here is the list of participating Cup drivers in alphabetical order by first name:
AJ Allmendinger Alex Bowman Aric Almirola Austin Dillon Brad Keselowski Chase Elliott Chris Buescher Clint Bowyer Cole Whitt Daniel Suarez Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr. David Ragan Denny Hamlin Erik Jones Hermie Sadler Jamie McMurray Jeffrey Earnhardt JJ Yeley Jimmie Johnson Joey Gase Joey Logano Kevin Harvick Kurt Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Larson Landon Cassill Martin Truex Jr. Matt DiBenedetto Matt Kenseth Michael McDowell No. 51 (TBA) Paul Menard Regan Smith Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ross Chastain Ryan Blaney Ryan Newman Timmy Hill Ty Dillon William Byron
