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Site: Martinsville, Virginia.
Schedule: Saturday, practice, 2:05 p.m., qualifying, 3:10 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (FS1).
Track: Martinsville Speedway.
Race distance: 400 laps, 210.4 miles.
Last year: William Byron took the lead with 73 laps to go and held onto it during a two-lap overtime finish to enhance Hendrick Motorsports' celebration of its 40-year anniversary.
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