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NASCAR Sprint Cup
Price Chopper 400
Site: Kansas City, Kan., Kansas Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (noon, Speed), qualifying (3:30 p.m., ESPN2); Saturday, practice (11:30 a.m., Speed; 5:30 p.m., taped, ESPN2); Sunday, race (1 p.m., ABC)
Race distance: 400 miles/267 laps
2008 winner: Jimmie Johnson
Fast facts: Jimmie Johnson has 44 career victories, 15 in Chase races after completing a season sweep at Dover, beating Hendrick teammate Mark Martin in the second of the 10 Chase races. Johnson is second in the standings, 10 points behind Martin with seven races left.. ... Juan Pablo Montoya (65 points behind Martin) is third in the standings, followed by Kurt Busch (-75), Tony Stewart (-106), Denny Hamlin (-108), Ryan Newman (-110), Jeff Gordon (-122), Greg Biffle (-138), Brian Vickers (-151), Carl Edwards (-153) and Kasey Kahne (-189). ... Gordon won the first two Cup races at Kansas (2001-02) and has a series-high five top-five finishes. ... Edwards is from Columbia, Mo. ... Clint Bowyer is from Emporia, Kan.
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NASCAR Nationwide
Kansas Lottery 300
Site: Kansas City, Kan., Kansas Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (2 p.m., Speed; 5 p.m., ESPN2); Saturday, qualifying (9 a.m., Speed), race (2 p.m., ESPN2)
Race distance: 300 miles/200 laps
2008 winner: Denny Hamlin
Fast facts: Kyle Busch has a series-high six victories — the last at Gateway in July — and leads the season standings. He won the 2007 race. ... Carl Edwards is second in the standings, 211 points behind Busch with seven races left.
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NHRA
O’Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals
Site: Memphis (Tenn.) Motorsports Park
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (9:30 p.m., ESPN2); Sunday, final eliminations (6 p.m., ESPN2)
2008 winners: Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car), Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) and Craig Treble (Pro Stock Motorcycle)
Fast facts: Tony Schumacher has a 27-point lead over Larry Dixon in the Top Fuel standings, Roberth Hight leads Ashley Force Hood by 13 points in Funny Car, and Mike Edwards has a 65-point advantage over Jeg Coughlin in Pro Stock.
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Formula One
Japanese Grand Prix
Site: Omaya, Japan, Fuji Speedway (road course, 3.61 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (midnight, Speed); Saturday, qualifying (midnight, Speed); Sunday, race (11 p.m., Saturday, Speed)
Race distance: 191.12 miles/53 laps
2008 winner: Fernando Alonso
Fast facts: Brawn GP’s Jenson Button, the winner of six of the first seven races, leads the points race with 84. Brawn teammate Rubens Barrichello is second with 69 with three races left, followed by Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel (59) and Mark Webber (51). ... Toyota said on Monday that continued participation in the sport is still unclear and dependent on the automaker’s financial performance and F1 cost reductions.
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