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AUTO RACING PACKAGE: Auto Racing Glance

Posted April 06, 2016 7:00 am

By The Associated Press

All Times Eastern

NASCAR

SPRINT CUP

DUCK COMMANDER 500

Site: Fort Worth, Texas

Schedule: Thursday, practice (FS1, 5:30-6:55 p.m.); Friday, qualifying (FS1, 2:45 p.m.), practice (FS1, 6:30-7:50 p.m.) Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m. (FOX).

Track: Texas Motor Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).

Race distance: (500 miles, 333 laps).

Last year: Jimmie Johnson moved up from the third row and held off Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the win.

Last week: Kyle Busch broke his Martinsville Speedway drought by sweeping the Sprint Cup and Camping World Trucks races.

Fast facts: Eight-time Martinsville winner Jimmie Johnson finished ninth last week in a race where he didn't lead a single lap...Brian Vickers had his best race of the year, coming in seventh...A.J. Allmendinger moved up to 12th in the points chase after a second-place finish at Martinsville.

Next race: Food City 500, April 17, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

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XFINITY

O'REILLY AUTO PARTS 330

Site: Fort Worth, Texas.

Schedule: Thursday, practice (FS1, 4-5:25, 7-7:55 p.m.); Friday, qualifying (FS1, 4:45 p.m.), race, 8:30 p.m. (FS1)

Track: Texas Motor Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).

Race distance: (300 miles, 200 laps).

Last year: Erik Jones won from the pole, claiming his first victory at just 19.

Last race: Austin Dillon passed Kyle Busch and Daniel Suarez on the final lap for his first Xfinity win of the season at the Auto Club Speedway on March 19.

Fast facts: Suarez leads a tight points race heading into Texas. He is 10 points ahead of Elliott Sadler, with Justin Allgaier, Brandon Jones and Ty Dillon all within 23 points of Suarez...By finishing second, Busch fell one win shy of becoming just the second driver in the series to win four straight events. Sam Ard pulled that off in 1983.

Next race: Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300, April 16, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee.

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 week: Kyle Busch began his Martinsville sweep by leading 123 laps and holding off John Hunter Nemechek for the win last weekend.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

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VERIZON INDYCAR

DESERT DIAMOND WEST VALLEY PHOENIX GRAND PRIX

Next race: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 17, Long Beach, California.

Last week: Scott Dixon dominated the first IndyCar race in Phoenix in 11 years, winning for the 20th time on an oval last weekend.

Online: http://www.indycar.com

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NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING

DENSO SPARK PLUGS NHRA NATIONALS

Next event: 4Wide NHRA Nationals, April 22-24, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Last weekend: Defending Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown won for the first time in 2016 in Las Vegas, hitting nearly 315 mph to hold off Troy Buff.

Online: http://www.nhra.com

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FORMULA ONE

Next race: Chinese Grand Prix, April 17, Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai.

Last week: Nico Rosberg of Mercedes won his fifth consecutive race in Bahrain. Rosberg is just the eighth F1 driver to win five in a row and all previous drivers that did so went on the win the championship.

Online: http://www.formula1.com

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OTHER RACES

WORLD OF OUTLAWS: Sprint Car: Saturday-Sunday, Wine Country Outlaw Showdown, Calistoga, California.

Online: http://www.worldofoutlaws.com

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