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NASCAR Cup Series
Bank of America ROVAL 400.
Site: Concord, North Carolina.
Schedule: Saturday, practice, 12:30 p.m.; qualifying, 2 p.m., Sunday, race, 2 p.m. (NBC)
Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Race distance: 109 laps, 252.88 miles.
Last year: AJ Allmendinger led twice for 46 of the final 52 laps, including the final 33 after overtaking eventual series champion Ryan Blaney for the victory. Allendinger started sixth and beat William Byron by .666 seconds with Kyle Busch third as Chevy swept the top three spots. Ty Gibbs was fourth in a Toyota and Joey Logano fifth in a Ford.
Last race: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. became the second consecutive non-playoff driver to win as he conquered Talladega in overtime to end a 65-race drought dating back to last year’s Daytona 500. Stenhouse won in a three-wide finish between Brad Keselowski and William Byron, who advanced to the third round with his run. It was typical Talladega with a late crash collecting 27 of 40 cars, including Stenhouse’s Chevy, which was missing some safety foam on his driver’s side door. The race was red-flagged for nine minutes, and the chaotic cleanup left some teams livid after the race about NASCAR’s handling of the crash scene. Just four active playoff drivers finished in the top 10.