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NASCAR Sprint Cup
LifeLock 400
Site: Brooklyn, Mich., Michigan International Speedway (oval, 2 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed, 2 p.m.); Sunday, race, (TNT, 12:30 p.m.)
Race distance: 400 miles/200 laps
2008 winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Fast facts: Dale Earnhardt Jr., an 18-time winner in the Cup series, is winless in 35 starts since his fuel-mileage victory at the track last year. After Lance McGrew replaced Tony Eury Jr. as crew chief following a season-worst 40th-place run at Charlotte, Earnhardt finished 12th at Dover and 27th at Pocono. He’s 20th in the season standings. ... Tony Stewart, the winner of the rain-shortened 2000 race at Michigan, tops the standings with 2,043 points, followed by Hendrick Motorsports’ Jeff Gordon (1,972) and Jimmie Johnson (1,940) and Stewart-Haas teammate Ryan Newman (1,840). Newman has six straight top-10 finishes. He won at Michigan for Roger Penske in 2003 and 2004. ... Kyle Busch, ninth in the standings, has a series-high three wins. Johnson, Matt Kenseth and Mark Martin are two-time winners. ... Roush Fenway Racing has won three of the last five Michigan races. Jack Roush is based in nearby Livonia.
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NASCAR Nationwide
Meijer 300
Site: Sparta, Ky., Kentucky Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles)
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2, 4 p.m.), race, (ESPN2, 7 p.m.)
Race distance: 300 miles/200 laps
2008 winner: Joey Logano
Fast facts: Kyle Busch, the 2004 Kentucky winner, leads the season standings with 2,031 points, followed by Carl Edwards (1,966), Jason Leffler (1,843), Brad Keselowski (1,838) and Joey Logano (1,670). ... Busch, Edwards and Logano also are racing in the Sprint Cup race in Michigan. Brad Coleman (Busch), Auggie Vidovich (Edwards) and Jeremy Clements (Logano) will serve as substitute drivers when the racers are absent.
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NASCAR Camping World Trucks
Michigan 200
Site: Brooklyn, Mich., Michigan International Speedway (oval, 2 miles)
TV schedule: Saturday, race, (Speed, 12:30 p.m.)
Race distance: 200 miles/100 laps
2008 winner: Erik Darnell
Fast facts: Kyle Busch is making his seventh series start of the season. He won at California and Atlanta. ... Matt Crafton, second in Texas, leads the season standings with 1,202 points, followed by Ron Hornaday Jr. (1,172), Mike Skinner (1,163) and Todd Bodine (1,136). ... Bodine, who earned his fifth win at Texas Motor Speedway last week to become the winningest driver at the track in any series, also won the season-opening race at Daytona. ... Defending series champion Johnny Benson, from Grand Rapids, won the 2006 race.
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NHRA
United Association NHRA SuperNationals
Site: Englishtown, N.J., Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2, 6 p.m., 10:30 p.m.); Sunday, final eliminations (ESPN2, 9 p.m.)
2008 winners: Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Chip Ellis (Pro Stock Motorcycle)
Fast facts: Scott Kalitta was killed after his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during the final round of qualifying in last year’s event at this track. As a safety measure following Kalitta’s death, the NHRA cut the length of Top Fuel and Funny Car races from the traditional quarter-mile to 1,000 feet — a reduction of 320 feet. ... Ron Capps, a three-time winner this season, tops the Funny Car standings with 760 points, followed by Tony Pedregon (702) and Ashley Force Hood (700). ... Antron Brown leads the Top Fuel standings with 770 points, followed by Schumacher (752) and Brandon Bernstein (701). Jeg Coughlin has the Pro Stock lead.
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Automobile Club de l’Ouest
24 Hours of Le Mans
Site: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France
TV schedule: Saturday-Sunday, race (Speed, Saturday, 7:30 a.m.-11 a.m., 3:30-9 p.m.; 11 p.m.-9 a.m. Sunday)
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