AUTO RACING PACKAGE: Auto Racing Glance
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NASCAR
SPRINT CUP
HOLLYWOOD CASINO 400
Site: Kansas City, Kansas
Schedule: Friday, practice (1 p.m., NBCSN), qualifying (6:15 p.m., NBCSN); Saturday, practice, (11 a.m., NBCSN), practice, (1:30 p.m., CNBC); Sunday, race, 2:15 p.m., NBC.
Track: Kansas Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 400.5 miles, 267 laps.
Last year: Joey Logano won the fall event at Kansas as part of a three-race winning streak.
Last week: Jimmie Johnson won at Charlotte to advance to the Round of Eight for the first time under the "win and you're in" format.
Fast facts: The Round of 12 features the top-four finishers from the spring event in Kansas; winner Kyle Busch, runner-up Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch and Matt Kenseth. ... Johnson is tied with Jeff Gordon with three victories at Kansas. But Kenseth and Logano have each won twice at the track. ...Martin Truex Jr. will make his 400th series start on Sunday.
Next race: Alabama 500, Oct. 23, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Alabama.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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XFINITY
KANSAS LOTTERY 300
Site: Kansas City, Kansas
Schedule: Friday, practice (2:30 p.m., NBCSN), practice (4:35 p.m., NBCSN); Saturday, qualifying (noon, CNBC), race, 3 p.m., NBCSN
Track: Kansas Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 300 miles, 200 laps.
Last year: Kyle Busch picked up his fifth of six series wins in 2015.
Last week: Logano beat Kyle Larson - who led all but 35 laps - on a late restart to win at Charlotte.
Fast facts: Ty Dillon, Ryan Sieg, Brennan Poole and Brandon Jones were eliminated from the series playoffs last weekend. ... None of the eight remaining Chase drivers has ever won at Kansas. ... Erik Jones, who already has four wins this season, is the fourth seed despite a terrible start to the playoffs. Jones has an average finish of 9.6 on 1.5-mile tracks.
Next race: O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, Nov. 5, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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CAMPING WORLD TRUCK
Last race: Tyler Reddick won for the first time this the season in Las Vegas two weeks ago.
Next race: Fred's 250, Oct. 22, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Alabama.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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FORMULA ONE
Last week: Nico Rosberg won in Japan to extend his series lead to 33 points. Rosberg has four of the last five races.
Next race: U.S. Grand Prix, Oct. 23, Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas.
Online: http://www.formula1.com
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NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING
TEXAS FALL NATIONALS
Site: Ennis, Texas.
Schedule: Friday, qualifying (6 p.m.), qualifying (9 p.m., FS1); Saturday, qualifying (2:30 p.m.), qualifying (5:30); Sunday, finals, 4:37 p.m., FS1
Track: Texas Motorplex.
Last year: Richie Crampton took first in Texas in 2015.
Last race: Antron Brown won in Pennsylvania to extend his series points lead.
Fast facts: Brown has a 77-point lead over Doug Kalitta, and Brittany Force is third. Tony Schumacher, who has eight Top Fuel world championships to his credit, is 141 points behind Brown. ... In Funny Car, Ron Capps has advanced to at least the semifinals in three straight playoff events. Capps is chasing his first series title.
Next race: Toyota Nationals, Oct. 27-30, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas.
Online: http://www.nhra.com
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OTHER RACES
WORLD OF OUTLAWS: Friday, National Open, Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania; Saturday, Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal, Pennsylvania.
Online: http://www.woosprint.com/