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NASCAR Sprint Cup
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
Site: Concord, N.C., Charlotte Motor Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practices (11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Speed), qualifying (4 p.m., Speed); Saturday, Sprint Showdown (6 p.m., Speed), All-Star Race (8 p.m., Speed)
Race distances: Sprint Showdown, 60 miles/40 laps; All-Star Race, 150 miles/100 laps (in segments of 50, 20, 20 and 10, with only green-flag laps counting in the final segment)
2009 winner: Tony Stewart
Fast facts: Kyle Busch completed a Nationwide-Sprint Cup sweep last weekend at Dover International Speedway, taking advantage of a rare speeding penalty by Jimmie Johnson to pull away. Jeff Burton was second. ... The top two in the Sprint Showdown and a driver selected in fan voting will complete the 21-car All-Star field Saturday. ... There will be a mandatory green-flag stop on lap 25, with teams required to change four tires. Between the first two segments, there will be a yellow-flag period allowing for fuel, tire changes and normal chassis adjustments. Between the third and final segments, there will be a 10-minute pit stop. In a format change, once the field takes a lap behind the pace car before the start of the final segment, all cars must enter pit road for a four-tire stop. The order exiting pit road will determine how they line up for the final 10-lap shootout. ... Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt are the only three-time All-Star winners.
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NASCAR Camping World Trucks
North Carolina Education Lottery 200
Site: Concord, N.C., Charlotte Motor Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practices (8 a.m. and 9:20 p.m., Speed), qualifying (2:30 p.m., Speed), race (6:30 p.m., Speed)
Race distance: 201 miles/134 laps
2009 winner: Ron Hornaday Jr.
Fast facts: Aric Almirola won for the first time in the Trucks Series last Friday, surviving a wild finish at Dover International Speedway. James Buescher was second. ... Almirola leads the series standings, 27 points ahead of Todd Bodine. ... Ron Hornaday, winless in six races this season for Kevin Harvick Inc., is fourth in the standings — 125 points behind Almirola. Hornaday also won the 2007 race at Charlotte. ... Brazil’s Nelson Piquet Jr. is driving the No. 15 Toyota for Billy Ballew Motorsports. Kyle Busch swept the 2005-06 races for Ballew. ... Elliott Sadler is driving the No. 2 Chevrolet for the second straight week in place of Harvick, the winner this year at Atlanta and Martinsville. ... Brad Keselowski will be in the No. 29 Dodge.
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IZOD IndyCar
Indianapolis pole qualifying
Site: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis
Qualifying schedule: Saturday, qualifying for positions 1-24 (10 a.m., Versus); Sunday, qualifying for positions 25-33 (11 a.m., Versus)
2009 pole winner: Helio Castroneves
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NHRA
NHRA Summer Nationals
Site: Topeka, Kan., Heartland Park Topeka
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (7 p.m., taped, ESPN2); Sunday, final eliminations (6 p.m., taped, ESPN2)
2009 winners: Ron Capps (Funny Car), Larry Dixon (Top Fuel) and Allen Johnson (Pro Stock)
Fast facts: Larry Dixon raced to his 52nd career Top Fuel victory last Sunday, beating Brandon Bernstein in the Southern Nationals final at Atlanta Dragway. Robert Hight won his second straight Funny Car event, Jeg Coughlin raced to his 50th Pro Stock victory, and Andrew Hines topped the Pro Stock Motorcycle field. ... John Force has three Funny Car 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 season standings — 115 points ahead of daughter Ashley Force Hood. ... In Top Fuel, Dixon has a 112-point lead over Cory McClenathan. Dixon has four victories this year, two more than McClenathan.
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American Le Mans Series
American Le Mans Series Monterey
Site: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
TV schedule: Saturday, race (12:30 p.m. May 29, taped, KTVT/Ch. 11)
Race duration: 6 hours
2009 winners: Simon Pagenaud, Gil De Ferran (overall, P1); Luis Diaz, Adrian Fernandez (P2); Jorg Bergmeister, Patrick Long (GT2),
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