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NHRA
O’Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals
Site: Ennis, Texas Motorplex
Tickets: texasmotorplex.com
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (11:15 p.m., ESPN2); Sunday, final eliminations (6 p.m. ESPN2)
2008 winners: J.R. Todd (Top Fuel), Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car), Greg Stanfield (Pro Stock) and Chris Rivas (Pro Stock Motorcycle)
Fast facts: Cory McClenathan leads the Top Fuel standings with 2,162 points, 10 more than Antron Brown and Tony Schumacher with five events left. In Funny Car, Tony Pedregon has a one-point edge over Ashley Force Hood. Mike Edwards has a 56-point lead over Jeg Coughlin in Pro Stock, and Hector Arana is nine points ahead of Eddie Krawiec in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
NASCAR Sprint Cup
AAA 400
Site: Dover (Del.) International Speedway (mile oval)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (10 a.m., Speed), qualifying (2 p.m., ESPN2); Saturday, practice (6 p.m., ESPN); Sunday, race (1 p.m., ABC)
Race distance: 400 miles/400 laps
2008 winner: Greg Biffle
Fast facts: Jimmie Johnson won the May race at Dover, overcoming a slow pit stop to beat Tony Stewart. ... Mark Martin, Johnson and Jeff Gordon lead the 12 Chase drivers with four Dover victories. Martin has 21 top-five finishes at the Monster Mile.
NASCAR Nationwide
Dover 200
Site: Dover (Del.) International Speedway (mile oval)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (12:30 p.m., ESPN2); Saturday, qualifying (9:30 a.m., ESPN2), race (2:30 p.m., ESPN2)
Race distance: 200 miles,/200 laps
2008 winner: Kyle Busch
Fast facts: Brad Keselowski won the May race at Dover for the first of his three 2009 series victories. ... Kyle Busch leads the standings and has a series-high six victories, the last at Gateway International in July. He has a 201-point lead over Carl Edwards with eight races left. Keselowski is third, 297 points behind Busch.
NASCAR Camping World Trucks
Las Vegas 350
Site: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles)
TV schedule: Saturday, race (8:30 p.m. Speed)
Race distance: 219 miles/146 laps
2008 winner: Mike Skinner
Fast facts: The 51-year-old Ron Hornaday Jr. leads the series with six victories, winning a record five straight races in June, July and early August. Winless in five races, he has a series-record 45 career victories and a record three season titles. ... Mike Skinner won consecutive races this month at Iowa and Gateway. He has three wins this year and 28 overall. ... Matt Crafton is second in the standings, 217 points back with six races left. Skinner is third, 246 points behind Hornaday.
Formula One
Singapore Grand Prix
Site: Singapore, Marina Bay (road course, 3.148 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (8:30 a.m., Speed); Saturday, qualifying (9 a.m., Speed); Sunday, race (6:30 a.m., Speed)
Race distance: 191.97 miles,/61 laps
2008 winner: Fernando Alonso
Fast facts: Renault escaped severe punishment Monday for ordering Nelson Piquet Jr. to deliberately crash last year, receiving a suspended two-year ban from Formula One’s governing body. The team will be permanently disqualified from the sport if it breaks FIA rules within the next two years. Flavio Briatore, who quit as team principal last week, was banned indefinitely from any F1 activities by the World Motor Sport Council. Engineering executive director Pat Symonds, who also left the French team last week, was banned for five years. ... Jenson Button, the winner of six of the first seven races, leads the points race with 80. Rubens Barrichello is second with 66 with four races to go, followed by Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel (54) and Mark Webber (51.5).
American Le Mans Series
Petit Le Mans
Site: Braselton, Ga., Road Atlanta (2.54-mile road course)
TV schedule: Saturday, race (10 a.m., Speed)
Race duration: 1,000 miles/10 hours
2008 winners: Allan McNish, Emanuele Pirro (Overall, P1); Ryan Briscoe, Helio Castroneves (P2); Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen, Ron Fellows (GT1); Jaime Melo, Mika Salo (GT2)
Fast facts: For the first time since 2001, Speed will show the entire Petit Le Mans live and uninterrupted. Speed will also show live video coverage from qualifying at 1:25 p.m. (Central) Friday via SpeedTV.com. ... All class winners earn an entry into the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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