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NASCAR Sprint Cup
Food City 500
Site: Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (oval, 0.533 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (11 a.m., Speed), qualifying (2:30 p.m., Speed); Saturday, practice (noon, Speed); Sunday, race (noon, KDFW/Ch. 4)
Race distance: 266.5 miles/500 laps
2009 winner: Kyle Busch
Fast facts: Kevin Harvick leads the season standings with 644 points, followed by Matt Kenseth (585), Greg Biffle (585) and four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson (570). Johnson won at California and Las Vegas to push his career victory total to 49. ... Darrell Waltrip holds the track record with 12 Cup victories, winning seven straight races from 1980-84. Jeff Gordon and Kurt Busch each have five Bristol wins to top the active drivers.
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NASCAR Nationwide
Scotts Turf Builder 300
Site: Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (oval, 0.533 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., Speed); Saturday, qualifying (11 a.m., taped, Speed) and race (1 p.m., WFAA/Ch. 8)
Race distance: 159.9 miles/300 laps
2009 winner: Kevin Harvick
Fast facts: The race is the fourth of the year. Tony Stewart opened the season with a victory at Daytona, defending series champion Kyle Busch won at California, and Kevin Harvick won Feb. 27 in Las Vegas. ... Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski are racing for the first time since Edwards’ retaliatory bump that flipped Keselowski’s Sprint Cup car in Atlanta. Edwards leads the season standings with 505 points, followed by Keselowski (464) and Brian Vickers (457). ... David Ragan won the August race at Bristol.
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American Le Mans Series
Twelve Hours of Sebring
Site: Sebring (Fla.) International Raceway (road course, 3.7 miles)
TV schedule: Saturday, race (9 a.m.-11 a.m., 1 p.m.-10 p.m., Speed)
Race duration: 12 hours
2009 winners: Allan McNish, Dindo Capello, Tom Kristensen (overall, P1); Luis Diaz, Adrian Fernandez (P2); Jan Magnussen, Johnny O’Connell (GT1); Mika Salo, Pierre Kaffer, Jaime Melo (GT2).
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