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Chase Elliott and Ryan Blaney have both triumphed in must-win situations at Martinsville and will try to do it again Sunday.<\/p>\n
In the Xfinity Series, JR Motorsports teammates Connor Zilsich and Justin Allgaier have secured two of the four Championship 4 berths heading into Saturday night\u2019s 250-lap race at Martinsville. Jesse Love and Carson Kvapil are in the last two provisional spots on points, and Sammy Smith, Brandon Jones, Sam Mayer and Sheldon Creed are below the cutline.<\/p>\n
With Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe locked into the Championship 4, there will be six drivers vying for the remaining two title-eligible spots over 500 laps Sunday afternoon in the Cup Series. Christopher Bell (plus-37 points) and Kyle Larson (plus-36) are comfortably above the cutline, and William Byron, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott and Ryan Blaney are in must-win territory to make it to Phoenix.<\/p>\n
The Whelen Modified Tour and Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup series also will be racing Thursday at Martinsville.<\/p>\n
Martinsville Speedway weekend schedule<\/p>\n
(All Times Eastern)<\/p>\n
Thursday, Oct. 23<\/p>\n
Garage open<\/p>\n
9:45 a.m. \u2014 Whelen Modified Tour9;45 a.m. \u2014 Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup<\/p>\n
Track activity<\/p>\n
Noon – 12:30 p.m. \u2014 MX-5 Cup practice12:35 – 1:05 p.m. \u2014 Modified practice1:10 – 1:40 p.m. \u2014 MX-5 Cup practice1:45 – 2:15 p.m. \u2014 Modified practice2:30 p.m. \u2014 MX-5 Cup qualifying3:30 p.m. \u2014 Modified qualifying6 p.m. \u2014 MX-5 Cup race (100 laps, 52.6 miles)7:30 p.m. \u2014 Modified race (200 laps, 105.2 miles, Flo Racing)<\/p>\n
Friday, Oct. 24<\/p>\n
Garage open<\/p>\n
Noon – 5 p.m. \u2014 Xfinity Series9 a.m. – 12 a.m. \u2014 Truck Series<\/p>\n
Track activity<\/p>\n
2:05 – 3 p.m. \u2014 Truck practice (FS2)3:10 – 4 p.m. \u2014 Truck qualifying (FS2)6 p.m. \u2014 Truck race (200 laps, 105.2 miles; Stage 1 at Lap 50, Stage 2 at Lap 100; FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)<\/p>\n
Saturday, Oct. 25<\/p>\n
Garage open<\/p>\n
11 a.m. – 7 p.m. \u2014 Cup Series11:30 a.m. – 11:45 p.m. \u2014 Xfinity Series<\/p>\n
Track activity<\/p>\n
1 – 1:55 p.m. \u2014 Xfinity practice (CW App)2:05 – 3 p.m. \u2014 Xfinity qualifying (CW App)4:30 – 5:30 p.m. \u2014 Cup practice (truTV, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)5:40 – 6:30 p.m. \u2014 Cup qualifying (truTV, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)7:30 p.m. \u2014 Xfinity race (250 laps, 131.5 miles; Stage 1 at Lap 60, Stage 2 at Lap 120; CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)<\/p>\n
Sunday, Oct. 26<\/p>\n
Garage open<\/p>\n
11 a.m. – 9 p.m. \u2014 Cup Series<\/p>\n
Track activity<\/p>\n
2 p.m. \u2014 Cup race (500 laps, 263 miles; Stage 1 at Lap 130, Stage 2 at Lap 260; NBC, Peacock, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)Weekend weather<\/p>\n
Friday<\/a>: Mainly sunny with a high of 64 degrees and a 3% chance of rain with winds from the northwest at 5 to 10 mph. It\u2019s expected to be 59 degrees with a 0% chance of rain at the start of the Truck race.<\/p>\n