Harrison Burton and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team are headed to Martinsville Speedway, the home track of their team owners, the Wood Brothers from nearby Stuart, Va.
The Motorcraft/Quick Lane team is always highly motivated to perform well at Martinsville, given the Wood family’s association with the track. It was at Martinsville back in 1953 that Wood Brothers founder Glenn Wood made his and the team’s debut on the elite NASCAR circuit now known as the Cup Series.
Sunday’s Xfinity 500 will be Burton’s sixth Cup start on the challenging, paper-clip-shaped oval, and it will be the 127thMartinsville start for the Wood Brothers.
This weekend many fans will watch from the Glenn Wood Tower as Burton and interim crew chief Grant Hutchens campaign the No. 21 Mustang Dark Horse.
Hutchens will lead the team in the season finale at Phoenix, after which Miles Stanley will assume the role of crew chief for the No. 21 team and its driver for 2025, Josh Berry.
Eddie Wood said that despite the upcoming changes to the line-up, the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team is committed to finishing the 2024 season with two strong runs.
“The team raced hard at Homestead, and I look for the same kind of effort at Martinsville,” he said.
Practice for the Xfinity 500 is set for Saturday at 1 p.m. Eastern Time to be followed by qualifying at 2:05. Coverage can be found on the NBC Sports App.
Sunday’s 500-lap, 263-mile race is set to get the green flag just after 2 p.m., with TV coverage on NBC.
Stage breaks are planned for Laps 130 and 260.
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