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AUTO RACING PACKAGE: Auto Racing Glance

Posted November 15, 2017 6:00 am

By The Associated Press

All Times Eastern

NASCAR

MONSTER CUP

FORD ECOBOOST 400

Site: Homestead, Florida.

Schedule: Friday, practice, 12:30 p.m., (NBCSN), qualifying, 6:15 p.m. (NBCSN); Saturday, practice, 10 a.m. (CNBC), practice, 1 p.m., (NBCSN); Sunday, race, 2 p.m., NBC.

Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles)

Race distance: 400.5 miles, 267 laps.

Last year: Jimmie Johnson won his seventh championship.

Last race: Matt Kenseth took first in Phoenix.

Fast facts: The 2017 season concludes in Miami. ... Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and Brad Keselowski will vie for the championship. Truex won the regular season title, but he's searching for his first series championship. ... Harvick won the title in 2014 and Busch won a year later. ... Keselowski, the 2012 champion, has finished in the top five four times. ... It will be the final race for Dale Earnhardt Jr., the most popular driver in the sport. Other drivers with uncertain futures include Matt Kenseth and Danica Patrick.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

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NASCAR

XFINITY

FORD ECOBOOST 300

Site: Homestead, Florida.

Schedule: Friday, practice, 2:30 p.m. & 5 p.m. (NBCSN); Saturday, qualifying, 11:15 a.m. (CNBC), race, 3:30 p.m., NBCSN.

Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Race distance: 300 miles, 200 laps.

Last year: Daniel Suarez won from the pole to secure the series championship.

Last race: William Byron claimed his fourth victory of 2017 in Phoenix.

Fast facts: Justin Allgaier will have a new crew chief for the title race in Billy Wilburn. Jason Burdett was suspended for the final race because of an unattached brake cooling hose found after the race in Phoenix. ... Allgaier, JR Motorsports teammates Byron and Elliott Sadler, and Richard Childress Racing's Daniel Hemric are the last four drivers left with a title shot. ... Byron has four wins so far in 2017. Allgaier has won twice, and Sadler and Hemric are winless this season.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

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NASCAR

CAMPING WORLD TRUCK

FORD ECOBOOST 200

Site: Homestead

Schedule: Friday, practice, 8:30 a.m. & 10 a.m. (FS1), qualifying, 3:30 p.m. (FS1), race, 8 p.m., NBCSN.

Track. Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Race distance: 201 miles, 134 laps.

Last year: William Byron won from the pole

Last race: Johnny Sauter won his second race in a row.

Fast facts: Sauter, Christopher Bell, Matt Crafton and Austin Cindric will compete for the championship. Ben Rhodes and John Hunter Nemechek were both eliminated in Phoenix, with Rhodes getting knocked out after making contact with Cindric. ... Sauter is the defending series champion. ... Bell leads the circuit with five wins and 14 top-10s in 2017. ...Crafton won the title in 2013 and 2014.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

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FORMULA ONE

Last week: Sebastian Vettel won the Grand Prix of Brazil.

Next race: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Nov. 26, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Online: http://www.formula1.com

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NHRA

Last week: Brittany Force became just the second woman to win the world title in Pomona.

Next race: Season complete.

Online: http://www.nhra.com

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