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This weekend NASCAR heads to Martinsville Speedway for some short-track racing. Chase Elliott will also make his much-anticipated return to Cup Series competition after missing the previous six races due to a broken left leg sustained in a snowboarding accident on March 3.

The 28-year-old Bell from Norman, Oklahoma, led the final 100 of 250-scheduled laps en route to a wild Cup victory at Thunder Valley.

The two-time Cup Series champion from Middletown, Connecticut, led a race-high 138 of 150-scheduled laps en route to his second Truck Series career victory at Thunder Valley.

Josh Berry claimed his best Cup Series career result with a second-place finish Sunday at Richmond Raceway. It was his fourth start in the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet filling in for the injured Chase Elliott and his second top-10.

Kyle Larson took the lead with a quick pit stop on lap 375 and held on through two restarts to win the Toyota Owners 400.

The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led 93 of 400-scheduled laps and prevailed during a late pit stop and two late-race restarts to notch his first Cup victory of the 2023 season.

The 20-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, led the final lap of 172 over-scheduled laps and dodged a final lap multi-truck wreck to claim his first NASCAR career victory in his 59th series start.

The 20-year-old Smith from Talking Rock, Georgia, led a race-high 83 of 250-scheduled laps and capitalized on a six-lap dash to the finish for his first career victory in the Xfinity circuit.

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The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, led a race-high 41 of 75 over-scheduled laps and outlasted the field through three overtime attempts for his first win of the 2023 Cup season in Austin.