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National, international racing schedule (June 11-13)

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NASCAR Sprint Cup
Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400
Site: Brooklyn, Mich., Michigan International Speedway (oval, 2 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (10:30 a.m., Speed), qualifying (2:30 p.m., Speed); Saturday, practice (11:30 a.m., Speed); Sunday, race (noon, TNT)
Race distance: 400 miles/200 laps
2009 winner: Mark Martin
Fast facts: Last week, Denny Hamlin raced to his fourth Pocono victory and series-leading fourth win of the year. Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch was second. ... Dale Earnhardt Jr. is winless in 71 races since the June 2008 race at Michigan, his only victory in 86 starts for Hendrick Motorsports. He has 18 career Sprint Cup wins. ... Kevin Harvick leads the season standings with 2,063 points. Kyle Busch is second with 2,044, followed by Hamlin (1,927), Matt Kenseth (1,893), Kurt Busch (1,881) and four-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson (1,849). ... Brian Vickers, sidelined by blood clots in his lungs and left leg, won the August race at the track.
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NASCAR Nationwide
Meijer 300
Site: Sparta, Ky., Kentucky Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice, (5:45 p.m., ESPN2); Saturday, qualifying (3 p.m., ESPN), race (7 p.m., ESPN)
Race distance: 300 miles/200 laps
2009 winner: Joey Logano
Fast facts: Brad Keselowski raced to his third Nationwide victory of the year last Saturday and ninth overall, easily holding off rival Carl Edwards at Nashville Superspeedway. Keselowski led 97 of 225 laps in his Penske Dodge. ... Keselowski leads the standings with 2,141 points. Kyle Busch is second with 1,945, but isn’t running for the championship after winning last year. Edwards is third with 1,864. ... Brad Coleman is taking Busch’s spot in the No. 18 Toyota, and Mike Bliss is driving Kevin Harvick’s No. 33 Chevrolet. ... Edwards won the 2005 race.
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NASCAR Camping World Trucks
VFW 200
Site: Brooklyn, Mich., Michigan International Speedway (oval, 2 miles)
TV schedule: Saturday, race (1 p.m., Speed)
Race distance: 200 miles/100 laps
2009 winner: Colin Braun
Fast facts: Todd Bodine raced to his record sixth Texas Motor Speedway victory in the Trucks Series last Friday, holding off Johnny Sauter. Bodine has 18 career series wins. ... Bodine leads the standings with 1,263 points, followed by Aric Almirola (1,198), Timothy Peters (1,128) and four-time series champion Ron Hornaday Jr. (1,108). ... Kyle Busch won at Charlotte on May 21 in his last series start.
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Formula One
Canadian Grand Prix
Site: Montreal, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (road course, 2.71 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (1 p.m., Speed); Saturday, practice, qualifying (3:30 p.m., Speed) Sunday, race (11 a.m., Fox)
Race distance: 189.7 miles/70 laps
2009 winner: No race
Fast facts: Lewis Hamilton led McLaren to a 1-2 finish on May 30 in the Turkish Grand Prix after a costly run-in between Red Bull teammates Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. Webber and Vettel touched as Vettel looked to pass for the lead, sending Vettel spinning out of the race. Webber recovered to finish third behind Jenson Button. ... The Canadian Grand Prix, a fixture at the track since 1978, was dropped from the 2009 calendar after negotiations with race organizers failed. ... In 2008, Robert Kubica raced to his first Formula One victory, teaming with Nick Heidfeld to give BMW Sauber a 1-2 finish. ... Webber, the winner last month in Spain and Monaco in consecutive weekends, leads the season standings with 93 points. Button, also a two-time winner in the first seven races, is second — five points back. Hamilton is third, nine points behind Webber. ... Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, driving for Ross Brawn-led Mercedes GP after a three-year retirement, is ninth with 34 points. He has a record 91 victories, winning at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 1994, ’97, ’98, 2000, ’02, ’03 and ’04.
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NHRA
NHRA Supernationals
Site: Englishtown, N.J., Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (10 p.m., taped, ESPN2); Sunday, final eliminations (3 p.m., taped, ESPN2)
2009 winners: Tony Pedregon (Funny Car), Larry Dixon (Top Fuel), Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) and Craig Treble (Pro Stock Motorcycle)
Fast facts: Last week, Larry Dixon won the Top Fuel division for the fifth time this season, beating champion Tony Schumacher in the Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Joliet, Ill. Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) and LE Tonglet (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won. ... In 2008 at the track, Scott Kalitta was killed after his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during qualifying. As a safety measure following Kalitta’s death, the NHRA cut the length of Top Fuel and Funny Car races from a quarter-mile to 1,000 feet — a reduction of 320 feet. ... John Force has three Funny Car victories this year. The 61-year-old star, trying to add to his record 14 season championships, is second in the standings — a point behind Robert Hight. ... In Top Fuel, Dixon has a 135-point advantage over Schumacher.
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Automobile Club De L’ouest
24 Hours of Le Mans
Site: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France
TV schedule: Saturday-Sunday (7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Speed; 5 p.m. Saturday-8:30 a.m. Sunday, Speed)
2009 winners: David Brabham, Mark Gene, Alex Wurz 
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National racing schedule

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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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This week's national racing schedule (March 19-21)

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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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NASCAR Sprint Cup
Carfax 400
Site: Brooklyn, Mich., Michigan International Speedway (oval, 2 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (11 a.m., Speed), qualifying (2:30 p.m., Speed); Saturday, practice (11:30 a.m., Speed); Sunday, race (1 p.m., ESPN)
Race distance: 400 miles/200 laps
2008 winner: Carl Edwards
Fast facts: Mark Martin won the June race at Michigan for his third victory of the year. Jimmie Johnson dominated most of the race, but ran out of fuel with two laps to go, giving the lead to Greg Biffle, who then ran out on the final lap. ... Tony Stewart needs only to start to wrap up a spot in the 12-driver Chase for the championship. Three-time defending series champion Johnson needs a 90-point gain on 13th place — currently Kyle Busch — to lock up a spot. Matt Kenseth is 12th, 58 points ahead of Busch.
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NASCAR Nationwide
Carfax 250
Site: Brooklyn, Mich., Michigan International Speedway (oval, 2 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (12: 30 p.m., Speed); Saturday, qualifying (9:30 a.m., Speed), race (2:30 p.m., ESPN2)
Race distance: 250 miles/125 laps
2008 winner: Carl Edwards
Fast facts: Kyle Busch, a six-time winner this year, has a series-record 10th consecutive top-two finishes. He leads the season standings with 3,646 points, followed by Edwards (3,434) and Brad Keselowski (3,237). ... Ryan Newman, driving the No. 5 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, won the 2001 and 2005 races in his only other series starts at the track. ... J.J. Yeley will drive the No. 81 MacDonald Motorsports Dodge, his first series ride since the 2007 season finale.
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NASCAR Camping World Trucks
O’Reilly 200
Site: Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (oval, .533 miles)
TV schedule: Wednesday (Aug. 19), race (7 p.m., Speed)
Race distance: 106.6 miles/200 laps
2008 winner: Kyle Busch
Fast facts: Ron Hornaday Jr. raced to his series-record fifth straight victory in the series last race, beating Brian Scott in a green-white-checker finish Aug. 1 at Nashville Superspeedway. The 51-year-old Hornaday has six wins this year for Kevin Harvick Inc., and a series-record 44 overall. He also has a record three season titles.
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NHRA
Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals
Site: Brainerd (Minn.) International Raceway.
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (5 p.m., 10 p.m., ESPN2); Sunday, final eliminations (9 p.m., ESPN2)
2008 winners: Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Tony Pedregon (Funny Car), Kurt Johnson (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle)
Fast facts: Antron Brown leads the Top Fuel standings with 1,283 points, followed by Tony Schumacher (1,084) and Larry Dixon (1,035). ... Tony Pedregon tops the Funny Car points race with 1,101, followed by Ron Capps (1,090) and Ashley Force Hood (1,054).
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American Le Mans Series
Time Warner Cable Road Race Showcase
Site: Elkhart Lake, Wis., Road America (4.048-mile, 14-turn road coarse)
TV schedule: Sunday, race (2 p.m., Speed)
Race duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes
2008 winners: Lucas Luhr, Marco Werner (P1, overall); David Brabham, Scott Sharp (P2); Jan Magnussen, Johnny O’Connell (GT1); Bryce Miller, Richard Westbrook, Dirk Werner (GT2)
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NASCAR Sprint Cup
Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips At The Glen
Site: Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International (road course, 2.45 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (10:30 a.m., Speed), qualifying (2 p.m., ESPN2); Saturday, practice (11 a.m., Speed; 12:30 p.m., ESPN2); Sunday, race (1 p.m., ESPN)
Race distance: 220.5 miles/90 laps
2008 winner: Kyle Busch
Fast facts: Tony Stewart tops the season standings with 3,188 points with five races to go before the 12-driver Chase for the championship. Three-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson (2,991) is second, followed by Jeff Gordon (2,989), Kurt Busch (2,751), Hamlin (2,713), Carl Edwards (2,665), Kasey Kahne (2,642), Juan Pablo Montoya (2,631), Ryan Newman (2,627), Mark Martin (2,622), Matt Kenseth (2,564) and Greg Biffle (2,563). Kyle Busch, a three-time winner this year, is 13th, 101 points behind Biffle. ... Stewart and Gordon each have a track-record four Sprint Cup victories at Watkins Glen. ... Kahne won the first road-course race of the season June 21 at Sonoma. ... Marcos Ambrose won the Nationwide race last year at the track for his first NASCAR victory, then finished third the next day in the Sprint Cup race.
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NASCAR Nationwide
Zippo 200 at The Glen
Site: Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International (road course, 2.45 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (12:30 p.m., Speed; 4:30 p.m., ESPN2); Saturday, qualifying (9 a.m., ESPN2), race, (2 p.m., ESPN2)
Race distance: 200.9 miles/82 laps
2008 winner: Marco Ambrose
Fast facts: Kyle Busch, a six-time winner this year, has nine consecutive top-two finishes, tying the series record set by Jack Ingram in 1983. Busch leads the season standings with 3,471 points, followed by Carl Edwards (3,264) and Brad Keselowski (3,099). ... Road racers Ron Fellows and Boris Said are entered.
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IndyCar Series
Honda Indy 200
Site: Lexington, Ohio, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (road course, 2.258 miles)
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (5 p.m., Versus); Sunday, race, (noon, Versus)
Race distance: 191.25 miles/85 laps
2008 winner: Ryan Briscoe
Fast facts: Points leader Briscoe, also the winner of the season-opening race in St. Petersburg, Fla., has 416 points in the championship standings. Scott Dixon is second with 408, followed by Dario Franchitti (405), Helio Castroneves (341) and Danica Patrick (309). ... Scott Dixon won the 2007 race at Mid-Ohio.
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Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
Crown Royal 200 at The Glen
Site: Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International (road course, 2.45 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, race (7 p.m., taped, Speed)
Race distance: 200 miles or 2 hours
2008 winners: Brian Frisselle, Mark Wilkins (DP and overall)
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American Le Mans Series
Acura Sports Car Challenge
Site: Lexington, Ohio, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (road course, 2.258 miles)
TV schedule: Saturday, race (1:30 p.m. Sunday, taped, NBC)
2008 winners: Marco Werner, Luca Luhr (P1, overall); Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas (P2); Dominik Farnbacher, Dirk Mueller (GT2); Johnny O’Connell, Jan Magnussen (GT1)
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NASCAR Nationwide
Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250
Site: Madison, Ill., Gateway International Raceway (oval, 1.25 miles)
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (4 p.m., ESPN2), race (8:30 p.m., ESPN2)
Race distance: 250 miles/200 laps
2008 winner: Carl Edwards
Fast facts: Kyle Busch, a five-time winner this year, leads the season standings with 2,931 points. Carl Edwards is second with 2,739, followed by Brad Keselowski (2,597), Jason Leffler (2,527) and Joey Logano (2,395). ... Sprint Cup drivers Kevin Harvick and Reed Sorenson, two-time winners at Gateway, are entered in the race.
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NASCAR Camping World Trucks
Built Ford Tough 225
Site: Sparta, Ky., Kentucky Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles)
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (4 p.m., Speed), race (5:30 p.m., Speed)
Race distance: 225 miles/150 laps
2008 winner: Johnny Benson
Fast facts: Points leader Ron Hornaday Jr., the 2006 Kentucky winner, has 1,713 points. Matt Crafton is second with 1,637, followed by Mike Skinner (1,579) and Todd Bodine (1,564). ... Johnny Benson lost his ride this year when Red Horse Racing failed to find sponsorship, then was injured June 13 in a fiery crash in a Supermodified event in Michigan.
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NHRA
Northwest Nationals
Site: Kent, Wash., Pacific Raceways
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (6 p.m., ESPN2); Sunday, final eliminations (8 p.m., ESPN2)
2008 winners: Tony Bartone (Funny Car), Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Jason Line (Pro Stock)
Fast facts: Funny Car points leaders Ron Capps and Ashley Force Hood have 965 points, 54 more than third-place Tony Pedregon. ... Antron Brown leads the Top Fuel points race with 1,056, followed by Larry Dixon (940) and Schumacher (938).
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Grand-Am Rolex Sports Cars
Porsche 250
Site: Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Ala. (2.3-mile road course)
TV schedule: Sunday, race (2 p.m., Speed)
Race duration: 250 miles or 2 hours, 45 minutes
2008 winners: Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas (DP, Overall); Sylvain Tremblay, Nick Ham (GT)
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American Le Mans Series
Northeast Grand Prix
Site: Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Conn. (1.53-mile road course)
TV schedule: Saturday, race (1 p.m., Speed)
Race duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes
2008 winners: Scott Sharp, David Brabham (P2, Overall); Lucas Luhr, Marco Werner (P1); Jan Magnusssen, Johnny O'Connell (GT1); Jorg Bergmeister, Wolf Henzler (GT2) 
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NASCAR Sprint Cup
LifeLock 400
Site: Brooklyn, Mich., Michigan International Speedway (oval, 2 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed, 2 p.m.); Sunday, race, (TNT, 12:30 p.m.)
Race distance: 400 miles/200 laps
2008 winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Fast facts: Dale Earnhardt Jr., an 18-time winner in the Cup series, is winless in 35 starts since his fuel-mileage victory at the track last year. After Lance McGrew replaced Tony Eury Jr. as crew chief following a season-worst 40th-place run at Charlotte, Earnhardt finished 12th at Dover and 27th at Pocono. He’s 20th in the season standings. ... Tony Stewart, the winner of the rain-shortened 2000 race at Michigan, tops the standings with 2,043 points, followed by Hendrick Motorsports’ Jeff Gordon (1,972) and Jimmie Johnson (1,940) and Stewart-Haas teammate Ryan Newman (1,840). Newman has six straight top-10 finishes. He won at Michigan for Roger Penske in 2003 and 2004. ... Kyle Busch, ninth in the standings, has a series-high three wins. Johnson, Matt Kenseth and Mark Martin are two-time winners. ... Roush Fenway Racing has won three of the last five Michigan races. Jack Roush is based in nearby Livonia.
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NASCAR Nationwide
Meijer 300
Site: Sparta, Ky., Kentucky Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles)
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2, 4 p.m.), race, (ESPN2, 7 p.m.)
Race distance: 300 miles/200 laps
2008 winner: Joey Logano
Fast facts: Kyle Busch, the 2004 Kentucky winner, leads the season standings with 2,031 points, followed by Carl Edwards (1,966), Jason Leffler (1,843), Brad Keselowski (1,838) and Joey Logano (1,670). ... Busch, Edwards and Logano also are racing in the Sprint Cup race in Michigan. Brad Coleman (Busch), Auggie Vidovich (Edwards) and Jeremy Clements (Logano) will serve as substitute drivers when the racers are absent.
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NASCAR Camping World Trucks
Michigan 200
Site: Brooklyn, Mich., Michigan International Speedway (oval, 2 miles)
TV schedule: Saturday, race, (Speed, 12:30 p.m.)
Race distance: 200 miles/100 laps
2008 winner: Erik Darnell
Fast facts: Kyle Busch is making his seventh series start of the season. He won at California and Atlanta. ... Matt Crafton, second in Texas, leads the season standings with 1,202 points, followed by Ron Hornaday Jr. (1,172), Mike Skinner (1,163) and Todd Bodine (1,136). ... Bodine, who earned his fifth win at Texas Motor Speedway last week to become the winningest driver at the track in any series,  also won the season-opening race at Daytona. ... Defending series champion Johnny Benson, from Grand Rapids, won the 2006 race.
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NHRA
United Association NHRA SuperNationals
Site: Englishtown, N.J., Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2, 6 p.m., 10:30 p.m.); Sunday, final eliminations (ESPN2, 9 p.m.)
2008 winners: Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Chip Ellis (Pro Stock Motorcycle)
Fast facts: Scott Kalitta was killed after his Funny Car burst into flames and crashed at the end of the track during the final round of qualifying in last year’s event at this track. As a safety measure following Kalitta’s death, the NHRA cut the length of Top Fuel and Funny Car races from the traditional quarter-mile to 1,000 feet — a reduction of 320 feet. ... Ron Capps, a three-time winner this season, tops the Funny Car standings with 760 points, followed by Tony Pedregon (702) and Ashley Force Hood (700). ... Antron Brown leads the Top Fuel standings with 770 points, followed by Schumacher (752) and Brandon Bernstein (701). Jeg Coughlin has the Pro Stock lead.
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Automobile Club de l’Ouest
24 Hours of Le Mans
Site: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France
TV schedule: Saturday-Sunday, race (Speed, Saturday, 7:30 a.m.-11 a.m., 3:30-9 p.m.; 11 p.m.-9 a.m. Sunday)

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NASCAR Sprint Cup
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
Site: Concord, N.C., Lowe’s Motor Speedway (quad-oval, 1.5 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, Sprint Showdown qualifying (Speed, 4 p.m.); Sprint All-Star Race qualifying (Speed, 5 p.m.). Saturday, Sprint Showdown (Speed, 6 p.m.); NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (Speed, 8 p.m.)
Race distances: Sprint Showdown, 60 miles, 40 laps; NASCAR Sprint 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.
2008 winner: Kasey Kahne
Fast facts: The top two finishers in the Sprint Showdown and a driver selected in fan voting will complete the 21-car All-Star field. Kasy Kahne, Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart, Brad Keselowski, Matt Kenseth and Ryan Newman earned spots with race victories in 2008 and ’09. Kevin Harvick qualified with his 2007 All-Star victory, and Bobby Labonte got in as the 2000 series champion. ... 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. ... The winner will receive $1,022,975. ... On Thursday, 24 crews will compete in the Pit Crew Challenge. Each of the seven over-the-wall pit-crew positions will compete for a $10,000 prize. The finishing order will decide the selection order of pit stalls for the All-Star Race. ... Gordon and Dale Earnhardt are the only three-time All-Star winners. ... Hendrick Motorsports has the most wins (6), followed by Richard Childress Racing (4). ... Martin, only the fourth driver 50 or older to win a Cup race, won the All-Star Race in 1998 and 2005.
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NASCAR Camping World Trucks
North Carolina Education Lottery 200
Site: Concord, N.C., Lowe’s Motor Speedway (quad-oval, 1.5 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed, 2:30 p.m.); race (Speed, 6:30 p.m.)
Race distance: 201 miles/134 laps
2008 winner: Matt Crafton
Fast facts: Mike Skinner leads the season standings with 801 points, followed by Ron Hornaday Jr. (776), Todd Bodine (744), Matt Crafton (707) and Johnny Benson (685). ... Sprint Cup star Kyle Busch won the 2005 and 2006 races. He has two victories in four starts this season in the No. 51 Billy Ballew Motorsports Toyota. ... Circle Bar Racing rookie and Plano native James Buescher is coming off a victory Saturday in the ARCA RE/MAX Series race at Kentucky Speedway. He also won the ARCA race in Daytona in February.
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NHRA
NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals
Site: Bristol (Tenn.) Dragway
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2, Saturday, 5 p.m.); Sunday, final eliminations (ESPN2, 6 p.m.)
2008 winners: Melanie Troxel (Funny Car), Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Dave Connolly (Pro Stock)
Fast facts: Ron Capps, the winner of three of the first seven events, leads the Funny Car standings with 562 points. Del Worsham is second, 119 points back. Antron Brown has an 18-point lead over Tony Schumacher in Top Fuel, Jeg Coughlin leads the Pro Stock standings, and Eddie Krawiec tops the Pro Stock Motorcycle class.
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IndyCar Series
Indianapolis 500 qualifying/Bump Day
Site: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (11 a.m., Versus); Sunday, Bump Day qualifying (11 a.m., Versus)
Format: Final 11 spots in 33-car field will be determined for May 24 race.
2009 pole winner: Helio Castroneves
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Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series
Verizon Festival of Speed
Site: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif. (2.238-mile, 11-turn road course)
TV schedule: Sunday, race (Speed, 3 p.m.)
Race duration: 250 miles or 2 hours, 45 minutes
2008 winners: Henri Zogaib and Ryan Dalziel (overall and Daytona Prototype); Paul Edwards and Kelly Collins (GT)
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