AUTO RACING PACKAGE: Auto Racing Glance
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NASCAR
SPRINT CUP
FOLDS OF HONOR QUIKTRIP 500
Site: Hampton, Georgia.
Schedule: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 1-2:30 p.m.), qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 5:30-7 p.m.); Saturday, practice (Fox Sports 1, noon-1:30 p.m.); Sunday, race, 1 p.m. (Fox, 12:30-5 p.m.).
Track: Atlanta Motor Speedway (tri-oval, 1.54 miles).
Race distance: 500.5 miles, 325 laps.
Last year: Kasey Kahne won the August race to wrap up a Chase position.
Last week: Joey Logano won the season-opening Daytona 500. He surged ahead of the pack on a two-lap sprint to the finish and had command when a wreck behind him brought out a caution.
Fast facts: David Ragan is driving Kyle Busch's No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. Busch broke his right leg and left foot Saturday in a wreck in the Xfinity race at Daytona. ... Regan Smith will be back in Stewart-Haas Racing's No. 41 Chevrolet. Smith was 16th at Daytona in place of suspended driver Kurt Busch. NASCAR suspended Busch last week after a Delaware judge said the 2004 series champion almost surely choked and beat his former girlfriend at Dover International Speedway last fall. ... Jeff Gordon made his series debut in November 1992 at the track. He's retiring after the season. ... The track had two Cup races a year from its opening in 1960 to 2010. Speedway Motorsports Inc. shifted one of the races to Kentucky Speedway.
Next race: Kobalt 400, March 8, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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XFINITY
HISENSE 250
Site: Hampton, Georgia.
Schedule: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 9-10:30 a.m.), race, 2 p.m. (Fox Sports 1, 1:30-5 p.m.).
Track: Atlanta Motor Speedway (tri-oval, 1.54 miles).
Race distance: 251.02 miles, 163 laps.
Last year: Kevin Harvick raced to the third of his four 2014 series victories.
Last week: Ryan Reed won the season-opening race at Daytona for his first career national series victory. Kyle Bucch broke his right leg and left foot in a late wreck.
Fast facts: Erik Jones is driving Busch's No. 54 car. Jones is racing full-time this season in the Truck series in Kyle Busch Motorsports' No. 4 Toyota. The 18-year-old Jones had three victories in 12 starts last season, splitting time with Busch in the No. 51 truck. ... Harvick, Daytona 500 winner Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth are in the field.
Next race: Boyd Gaming 300, March 7, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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CAMPING WORLD TRUCK
HYUNDAI CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 200
Site: Hampton, Georgia.
Schedule: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 2:30-5:30 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 10:30 a.m.-noon), race, 5:30 p.m. (Fox Sports 1, 5-7:30 p.m.).
Track: Atlanta Motor Speedway (tri-oval, 1.54 miles).
Race distance: 200.2 miles, 130 laps.
Last year: No race.
Last week: Tyler Reddick won the opener at Daytona for his first series victory and Brad Keselowski's first as a team owner.
Fast facts: The series last raced at the track in August 2012. ... Keselowski is driving his own No. 29 Ford.
Next race: Kroger 250, March 28, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING
Next event: Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, March 13-15, Auto-Plus Raceway, Gainesville, Florida.
Last week: Matt Hagan raced to his second Funny Car victory of the season and third straight overall, beating Del Worsham in Chandler, Arizona, with a track-record run. Tony Schumacher won in Top Fuel, and Rodger Brogdon in Pro Stock.
Online: http://www.nhra.com
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OTHER RACES
U.S. AUTO RACING CLUB: Sprint Car: Winter Dirt Games, Thursday-Saturday, East Bay Raceway Park, Gibsonton, Florida. Online: http://www.usacracing.com