AUTO RACING PACKAGE: Auto Racing Glance
____
All Times Eastern
NASCAR
MONSTER CUP
AAA 400 DRIVE FOR AUTISM
Site: Dover, Delaware.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 10:30 (FS2), qualifying, 3:50 p.m. (FS1); Saturday, practice, 9 a.m. (FS1), practice, 11:30 a.m., (FS1); Sunday, race, 1 p.m., FS1.
Track: Dover International Speedway (oval, 1 mile).
Race distance: 400 miles, 400 laps.
Last year: Matt Kenseth, starting 10th, won the spring Dover event.
Last race: Austin Dillon won in Charlotte, his first victory in 2017.
Fast facts: Dillon became the 28th different driver to win a race in all three of NASCAR's major series, joining the likes of Kurt and Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin. ...Martin Truex Jr. now leads in points and has six stage wins, twice as many as his nearest competitor. ...Though Joe Gibbs Racing remains winless in 2017, all four of its drivers finished in the top 11 in Charlotte.
Next race: Axalta presents the Pocono 400, June 11, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Online: http://www.nascar.com
___
NASCAR
XFINITY
ONE MAIN FINANCIAL 200
Site: Dover, Delaware.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 10:30 a.m., (FS2), practice, 1:30 p.m., (FS1); Saturday, qualifying, 10:05 a.m., (FS1), race, 1 p.m., FS1.
Track: Dover International Speedway (oval, 1 mile).
Race distance: 200 miles, 200 laps.
Last year: Erik Jones led 76 of 120 laps, holding off Darrell Wallace Jr.
Last race: Ryan Blaney picked up his first series win of the season.
Fast facts: Blaney passed Kevin Harvick on a restart 198 laps into last week's 200-lap race. Harvick finished 0.244 seconds behind Blaney, and Dillon was third. ...Christopher Bell's fourth-place finish might have been the most impressive of the race, considering he spun out on lap 3. ...Justin Allgaier has pulled within six points of Elliott Sadler for the series lead.
Next race: Pocono Green 250, June 10, Pocono Raceway.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
___
NASCAR
CAMPING WORLD TRUCK
BAY HARBOR 200
Site: Dover, Delaware.
Schedule: Thursday, practice, 2 p.m., practice, 4 p.m.; Friday, qualifying, 2:35 p.m., (FS1), race, 5:30, FS1.
Track: Dover International Speedway (oval, 1 mile).
Race distance: 200 miles, 200 laps.
Last year: Matt Crafton picked up his first of two consecutive victories.
Last race: Kyle Busch won his second straight trucks race in Charlotte.
Fast facts: Kevin Bellicourt, the crew chief for No. 24 team from GMS Racing, was suspended for one race and fined $5,000 after the truck failed a post-race height requirement inspection following the Charlotte race. Driver Justin Haley lost 10 points, falling from 18th to 22nd in the standings. ...Johnny Sauter, with four top-five finishes in five events, heads to Dover with a 15-point lead in the standings.
Next race: Gateway 200, June 17, Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison, Illinois
Online: http://www.nascar.com
___
INDYCAR
DETROIT GRAND PRIX
Site: Detroit
Schedule: Friday, practice, 10:20 a.m., practice, 3:30 p.m.; Saturday, qualifications, 10 a.m., race, 3:30 p.m., ABC; Sunday, qualifications, 10:45 a.m., race, 3:30 p.m., ABC.
Track: The Raceway at Belle Isle Park (circuit, 2.34 miles).
Last year: Sebastian Bourdais and Will Power each won races in Belle Isle.
Last race: Takuma Sato held off three-time champion Helio Castroneves to win the Indy 500.
Fast facts: Sato became the first Japanese driver to win the Indianapolis 500. Sato pocketed $2.45 million after surviving the sixth-closest finish in race history. ...Castroneves became the seventh different driver with three runner-ups at Indy. ... Fernando Alonso acquitted himself quite well in his series debut. The Formula 1 star qualified fifth and led 27 laps before a mechanical issue ruined his afternoon.
Next race: Rainguard Water Sealers 600, June 10, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas.
Online: http://www.indycar.com
___
FORMULA ONE
Last week: Sebastian Vettel won in Monaco, his third victory of the season.
Next race: Grand Prix of Canada, June 11, Gilles-Villeneuve Circuit, Montreal.
Online: http://www.formula1.com
___
NHRA
NEW ENGLAND NATIONALS
Site: Epping, New Hampshire
Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 5 p.m., qualifying, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 2 p.m., qualifying, 4:30 p.m.; Sunday, finals, 3:15 p.m.
Track: New England Dragway.
Last year: Antron Brown won in New England.
Last race: Brown won the Heartland Nationals in Topeka, Kansas.
Fast facts: Brown's win in Epping in 2016 helped propel him to his second straight world championship. ...Brown and series leader Leah Pritchett have won six of the first eight events of the season. But Steve Torrence is in second heading to New Hampshire, 30 points behind. Brown is in third, 41 points back of Pritchett.
Next race: Summernationals, June 8-10, Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown, New Jersey.
___
OTHER RACES
WORLD OF OUTLAWS: Thursday-Saturday, 39th Annual Jackson Nationals, Jackson Motorplex, Jackson, Minnesota.
Online: http://www.woosprint.com/