AUTO RACING PACKAGE: Auto Racing Glance
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NASCAR
SPRINT CUP
TOYOTA OWNERS 400
Site: Richmond, Virginia
Schedule: Friday, practice (FS1, 11-12:25 p.m.); qualifying (FS1, 4 p.m.); Saturday, practice (FS1, 8:30-9:25 a.m.), practice (FS1, 11-11:50 a.m.); Sunday, race, 1 p.m. (FOX).
Track: Richmond International Raceway (oval, 0.75 miles).
Race distance: 300 miles, 400 laps.
Last year: Kurt Busch dominated Richmond's tri-oval, leading 291 laps to top a field that saw Chevrolet capture the first four spots.
Last week: Carl Edwards took the lead on the final restart in Bristol for his first win since September. It was the fourth win at Bristol for Edwards, who led the race eight times.
Fast facts: Eight different drivers have won the last eight races at Richmond, including Matt Kenseth in last season's fall event...Edwards has led the most laps in the last two races...Virginia native Denny Hamlin has won twice in 19 starts in Richmond, with seven top-five finishes and a pair of poles.
Next race: Geico 500, May 1, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Alabama.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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XFINITY
TOYOTACARE 250
Site: Richmond, Virginia
Schedule: Friday, practice (FS1, 12:30 p.m.), Friday, practice (FS1, 3 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying, (FS1, 9:30 a.m.) race, 12:30 p.m. (FS1)
Track: Richmond International Raceway (oval, 0.75 miles).
Race distance: Two heat races, 26.25 miles (35 laps); main race, 105 miles (140 laps)
Last year: Hamlin led all but two laps in dominant performance. Joey Logano was second, followed by Regan Smith and Erik Jones.
Last race: Jones picked up his first win of the season at Bristol, which will likely ensure his place in the Series Chase in September.
Fast facts: Jones also collected $100,000 last week as the first winner in the Dash 4 Cash program...series leader Daniel Suarez has six top-10s in seven starts...Elliott Sadler fell from second to fourth in the standings by finishing just 15th last week.
Next race: NASCAR Xfinity May Dover Race, May 14, Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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CAMPING WORLD TRUCK
Next race: Toyota Tundra 250, May 6, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas.
Last race: Kyle Busch started a sweep at Martinsville by holding off John Hunter Nemechek for the win on April 2.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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VERIZON INDYCAR
HONDA INDY GRAND PRIX OF ALABAMA
Site: Birmingham, Alabama
Schedule: Friday, practice (NBCSN, 12-1:15 p.m.), practice (4-5:15 p.m.); Saturday, practice (12-12:45 a.m.), qualifying (NBCSN, 4-5:15 p.m.); Sunday, practice (11:30-12 p.m.), race, 3:30-5:45 p.m. (NBCSN).
Track: Road, 2.38 miles.
Race distance: 214.2 miles, 90 laps.
Last year: Josef Newgarden held off Helio Castroneves for his first victory of the season. Newgarden had four podium finishes in 2015, finishing seventh in the standings.
Last race: Simon Pagenaud picked up his first series win for Team Penske at Long Beach. Scott Dixon and his Chip Ganassi Racing team thought Pagenaud should have been penalized for crossing a blend line as he returned to the track following a pit stop, but Pagenaud got off with a warning.
Fast facts: Takuma Sato picked up his first top-five of 2016 at Long Beach, which was his best race since taking second in the second race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit at Belle Isle last year...All five of Pagenaud's wins in IndyCar have come on road or street courses.
Next race: Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis, May 14, Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
Online: http://www.indycar.com
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NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING
NHRA 4WIDE NATIONALS
Site: Concord, North Carolina
Schedule: Friday, qualifying (5 p.m.), qualifying (7 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying (2:30 p.m.), qualifying (4:30 p.m.); Sunday, final eliminations (3:55 p.m.).
Track: zMax Dragway, Charlotte Motor Speedway
Last year: Antron Brown won for the second straight time in Top Fuel at Charlotte, defeating Steve Torrence, Richie Crampton and Clay Millican.
Last race: Brown won in Las Vegas on April 3, hitting nearly 315 mph to hold off Troy Buff.
Fast facts: This weekend's race in North Carolina will be the only four-wide event on the NHRA schedule in 2016...Leah Prichett will run for the Lagana family after her previous team owner, Bob Vandergriff Jr., announced his immediate retirement and left Prichett scrambling to find a ride.
Next event: NHRA Spring Nationals, April 29-May 1, Royal Purple Raceway, Houston.
Online: http://www.nhra.com
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FORMULA ONE
Last race: Nico Rosberg became just the fourth driver in F1 history to win six straight races on April 17 in Shanghai. Rosberg has a 36-point lead over Lewis Hamilton - the only driver with even half as many points as Rosberg.
Next race: Russian Grand Prix, May 1, Sochi Autodrum, Sochi, Russia.
Online: http://www.formula1.com
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OTHER RACES
WORLD OF OUTLAWS: Sprint Car: Texas Outlaw Nationals, April 22-23, Devil's Bowl Speedway, Mesquite, Texas; World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Cars event, April 26, I-30 Speedway, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Online: http://www.woosprint.com/