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NASCAR Sprint Cup
Autism Speaks 400
Site: Dover (Del.) International Speedway (oval, mile)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (10:30 a.m., Speed), qualifying (2 p.m., Speed); Saturday, practice (11:30 a.m., Speed); Sunday, race (11 a.m., Fox)
Race distance: 400 miles/400 laps
2009 winner: Jimmie Johnson
Fast facts: Denny Hamlin became the first driver in 17 years to sweep the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races at Darlington Raceway last weekend. The Joe Gibbs Racing star has three victories — two since knee surgery — in the last six races. ... Talladega winner Kevin Harvick tops the standings with 1,622 points, 110 more than Jimmie Johnson. ... Johnson, 38th at Darlington after a hard wreck, leads active drivers with five Dover victories. He’s tied with Hamlin for the series victory lead with three. ... Dale Earnhardt Jr. is winless in 68 races and has only one victory in 83 starts for Hendrick Motorsports. He has 18 career Sprint Cup wins.
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NASCAR Nationwide
Heluva Good! 200
Site: Dover (Del.) International Speedway (oval, mile)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (noon, ESPN2); Saturday, qualifying (9 a.m., ESPN2), race (1 p.m., ABC)
Race distance: 200 miles/200 laps
2009 winner: Brad Keselowski
Fast facts: Brad Keselowski leads the season standings, 55 points ahead of defending champion Kyle Busch. Keselowski won consecutive races last month at Talladega and Richmond. Busch has a series-high three victories. ... Jason Keller is attempting to qualify for his record 500th start. Driving for startup team Tri-Star Motorsports, the 10-time series winner has failed to qualify for three of the first 10 races this season. ... Clint Bowyer won the September race at the track.
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NASCAR Camping World Trucks
Dover 200
Site: Dover (Del.) International Speedway (oval, mile)
TV schedule: Friday, qualifying (9 a.m. Speed), race (7 p.m., tape-delay, Speed)
Race distance: 200 miles/200 laps
2009 winner: Brian Scott
Fast facts: Johnny Sauter won May 2 at Kansas Speedway, holding off Ron Hornaday Jr. after they made late contact and saved their trucks in tire-smoking slides. ... Timothy Peters, the winner of the season-opening race at Daytona, has a 22-point lead over Todd Bodine in the standings. ... The 51-year-old Hornaday is fourth, 97 points behind Peters. Hornaday won his series record fourth title last season, winning six races for Kevin Harvick Inc. ... Elliott Sadler is driving the No. 2 Chevrolet in place of Harvick, the winner at Atlanta and Martinsville.
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Formula One
Monaco Grand Prix
Site: Monte Carlo, Monaco, Circuit de Monaco (street course, 2.075 miles)
TV schedule: Thursday, practice (7 a.m., Speed); Saturday, qualifying (7 a.m., Speed); Sunday, race (6:30 a.m., Speed)
Race distance: 161.9 miles/78 laps
2009 winner: Jenson Button
Fast facts: Red Bull’s Mark Webber had a comfortable wire-to-wire victory in the Spanish Grand Prix last Sunday. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso was second and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel third after McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton crashed with a lap left. ... Jenson Button, the winner in Australia and China in his first season with McLaren, leads the standings with 70 points. Alonso, the Bahrain winner, is second with 67, followed by Malaysia winner Vettel (60) and Webber (53). ... Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, driving for Ross Brawn-led Mercedes GP after a three-year retirement, is ninth with 22 points. He has a record 91 victories, winning at Monaco in 1994, ’95, ’97, ’99 and 2001.
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NHRA
NHRA Southern Nationals
Site: Commerce, Ga., Atlanta Dragway
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (7 p.m., taped, ESPN2); Sunday, final eliminations (6 p.m., taped, ESPN2)
2009 winners: Morgan Lucas (Top Fuel), Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle)
Fast facts: Tony Schumacher raced to his second Top Fuel victory of the season, beating Doug Kalitta in the Midwest Nationals on May 2 in Madison, Ill. Robert Hight (Funny Car), Warren Johnson (Pro Stock) and Michael Phillips (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won. It was Johnson’s Pro Stock-record 151st victory and first since 2007. ... In 2008 at the Atlanta Dragway, Ashley Force Hood beat father John Force to become the first female driver to win a national Funny Car event. ... John Force has three victories this year to push his record total to 129. The 60-year-old star, trying to add to his record 14 season championships, leads the Funny Car standings — 151 points ahead Matt Hagan. ... In Top Fuel, Larry Dixon has a 41-point lead over Cory McClenathan. Dixon has three victories this year, one more than McClenathan. ... Edwards, a three-time winner this year, has a 286-point lead in Pro Stock.
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