It was a wonderful evening for race fans to watch some racing.
By Don Cook Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Kennedale Speedway Park (Kennedale) October 3 (Saturday)
Champions were crowned at Kennedale Speedway Park's 9th Annual Showdown Saturday night. A large crowd was on hand to watch some exciting racing. Six classes of cars competed for cash and trophies. Kennedale Speedway Park would like to thank all the racers and race fans that came out and made the Showdown a success. KSP will host one more show this year. The Texas Gobbler on November 28. For more information, go to: www.raceksp.com
Modified Feature Winner: Matt Guillaume, No. 50, picked up the $1,800 prize for his Modified feature win. Jeff Emerson, No. 35, had a strong run, but Matt managed to get past him for the win. Emerson, settled for second, Justin McCoy, No. 87, was third, Dean Abbey, No. 26, was fourth and John Gober, No. 52, was fifth. R. Martin, M. Martin, Bransom, Carter, and McGaha, rounded out the top ten. A full field of twenty-four cars started the feature.
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Sprint Feature Winner: Chad Wilson, No. 20, ran off with this one. Jeb Sessums, No. 01j, was getting close, but settled for second, George White, No. 10, was third, Claud Estes, No. 74e, was fourth and Jeff Emersom, No. 35, was fifth. Debrick, J. Melton, Gloeckler, Parson, and M. Melton, rounded out the top ten. Twenty-four cars started the feature.
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SportMod Feature Winner: Jacob Pirkle, No. 141, was looking great until the final lap. His car broke, giving the win to Jeffrey Abbey, No. 37, Jake UpChurch, No. 24, was second, Luke Fritchen, No. 99f, was third, Tory Yant, No. 00, was fourth and Jeremy Carter, No. 12x, was fifth. McCreery, Haney, Cogburn, W. Fritchen, and Young, rounded out the top ten.
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Stock Car Feature winner: Dennis Bissonette, No. 07d, held off the pack for the win. Craig Moss, No. 25, was second, Jay Bransom, No. 29, was third, Westin Abbey, No. 12a, was fourth and Ryan Powers, No. r12, was fifth. Kirkpatrick, Jones, Hammond, O'Bryan, and Guillaume, rounded out the top ten. Tewenty-four cars started the feature.
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Factory Stock Feature Wniner: Brett McMillin, No. 61,was the feature winner. Marvin Lough, No. 39, was second, Kirk Martin, No. 21, was third, Duane Wolff, No. 10, was fourth and Randy Buttery, No .06 was fifth. Shackleford, Kahanek II, Smitherman, Grogg, and Moss rounded out the top ten.
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Jr.Mini Stock Feature Winner: Jordan Hefler, No. 2j, was the winner. Patrick Bailey, No. 5x, was second, Casey Merrell, No. 141, was third, Jerrett Bransom, No. 29, was fourth and Cameron Cook, No. 04, was fifth. Ten cars started the feature.
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Brett McMillin was the King of the Hill.
Harley Cox was the Queen of the Hill.
For OFFICIAL results and more information on Kennedale Speedway Park, go to: www.raceksp.com
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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 (11 a.m., Speed; 3 p.m., ESPN2); Saturday, qualifying (10 a.m., ESPN); Sunday, race (noon, ESPN) Race distance: 220.5 miles/90 laps 2009 winner: Tony Stewart Fast facts: Last Sunday, Greg Biffle gave owner Jack Roush, injured July 27 in a plane crash, his first victory of the season, winning at Pocono. Biffle snapped a 64-race winless streak. Tony Stewart was second.... Kevin Harvick leads the season standings with 3,080 points with five races left before the 10-race Chase. Jeff Gordon is second with 2,891, followed by Denny Hamlin (2,820) and four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson (2,803). Hamlin and Johnson lead the series with five victories, with each victory worth 10 bonus points when the points are reset for the 12-driver Chase. Harvick has two victories. ... In June at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., Johnson won for the first time on a road course, taking advantage of Marcos Ambrose’s late gaffe. Ambrose lost the lead when he stalled his engine trying to conserve gas under caution with six laps left. He restarted seventh and finished sixth. www.nascar.com
NASCAR Nationwide Zippo 200 at the Glen Site: Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International (road course, 2.45 miles) TV schedule: Friday, practice (1 p.m., ESPN2); Saturday, qualifying (8 a.m., ESPN2), race, (12:30 p.m., ESPN) Race distance: 200.9 miles/82 laps 2009 winner: Marcos Ambrose Fast facts: Last Saturday, Kyle Busch raced to his sixth victory in his last seven Nationwide starts and ninth in 17 events this season, leading 209 of 250 laps at Iowa Speedway. ... Busch is a victory away from the series season record of 10 he shares with Sam Ard. Busch, a 10-time winner in 2008, is second in series history with 39 victories — nine behind Mark Martin. Busch isn’t running for the championship after taking the season title last year. ... Brad Keselowski has a 231-point lead over second-place Carl Edwards. ... Canadian Ron Fellows, a three-time Nationwide winner at Watkins Glen, is driving the No. 88 Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt Jr. ... Former F1 champion Jacques Villeneuve will pilot the No. 32 Toyota for Braun Racing. www.nascar.com
NASCAR Camping World Trucks Nashville 200 Site: Gladeville, Tenn., Nashville Superspeedway (oval, 1.33 miles) TV schedule: Saturday, race (7:30 p.m., Speed) Race distance: 150 miles/100 laps 2009 winner: Ron Hornaday Jr. Fast facts: Last week, Sprint Cup driver Elliott Sadler won a NASCAR race for the first time in six years, pulling away from Kasey Kahne on the final lap at Pocono. Sadler drove the No. 2 Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick Inc. ... Brian Ickler is driving the No. 18 Toyota for Kyle Busch. On April 2 at the track, Busch raced to his first NASCAR victory as a team owner. ... Todd Bodine leads the season standings, 149 points ahead of Aric Almirola. www.nascar.com
IndyCar 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 (1:30 p.m., Versus) Race distance: 191.25 miles/85 laps 2009 winner: Scott Dixon Fast facts: Scott Dixon won in Edmonton on July 25 after Helio Castroneves crossed the finish line first, then was penalized for blocking Penske teammate Will Power. Castroneves, dropped to 10th and fined $60,000, yelled at officials at the flag stand, then grabbed the IndyCar security chief by the collar and shook him. ...Power leads the series with four victories — all on street and road courses — and tops the standings with 420 points. He swept the season-opening road races in Sao Paulo and St. Petersburg and also won consecutive events at Watkins Glen and Toronto. ... Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti is second with 370 points, followed by Dixon (349) and Briscoe (324). www.indycar.com
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: Saturday, race (5 p.m., Speed) Race duration: 2 hours 2009 winners: Nic Jonsson, Ricardo Zonta (overall, DP); Emil Assentato, Jeff Segal (GT) www.grand-am.com
American Le Mans Series Mid-Ohio Sportscar Challenge Site: Lexington, Ohio, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (road course, 2.258 miles) TV schedule: Saturday, race (11:30 a.m. Aug. 15, taped, CBS) Race duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes 2009 winners: Simon Pagenaud, Gil de Ferran (overall, P1); Luis Diaz, Adrian Fernandez (P2); Jorg Bergmeister, Patrick Long (GT2) www.americanlemans.com
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Pennsylvania 500 Site: Long Pond, Pa., Pocono Raceway (triangle, 2.5 miles) TV schedule: Friday, practice (11 a.m., Speed), qualifying (2:30 p.m., Speed); Saturday, practice (8:30 a.m. and 10:20 a.m., Speed); Sunday, race (noon, ESPN) Race distance: 500 miles/200 laps 2009 winner: Denny Hamlin Fast facts: Last Sunday, Jamie McMurray won at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to join Jimmie Johnson (2006) and Dale Jarrett (1996) as the only drivers to win the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same year. Kevin Harvick was second. ... Denny Hamlin also won the June 6 race at Pocono, his fourth victory in nine starts at the track. ... Harvick leads the season standings with 2,920 points with six races left before the 10-race Chase. Jeff Gordon is second with 2,736, followed by Hamlin (2,660) and four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson (2,649). Hamlin and Johnson lead the series with five victories, with each victory worth 10 bonus points when the points are reset for the 12-driver Chase. Harvick has two victories. www.nascar.com
NASCAR Nationwide U.S. Cellular 250 Site: Newton, Iowa, Iowa Speedway (oval, 0.875 miles) TV schedule: Saturday, race (6 p.m., ESPN2) Race distance: 218.75 miles/250 laps 2009 winner: Brad Keselowski Fast facts: Last week, Kyle Busch raced to his fifth victory in his last six Nationwide starts and eighth of the year, holding off Carl Edwards at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Clermont, Ind. ... Busch has 38 Nationwide victories, second behind Mark Martin (48) on the career list. Busch isn’t running for the championship after taking the season title last year. ... Brad Keselowski has a 205-point lead over second-place Edwards. ... Michael Annett, driving the No. 15 Toyota for Germain Racing, is from Des Moines. www.nascar.com
NASCAR Camping World Trucks Pocono Mountains 125 Site: Long Pond, Pa., Pocono Raceway (triangle, 2.5 miles) TV schedule: Friday, practice (4:30 p.m., Speed); Saturday, qualifying (9 a.m., Speed), race (11:30 a.m., Speed) Race distance: 125 miles/50 laps 2009 winner: Inaugural race. Fast facts: Last week, Ron Hornaday Jr. raced to his first victory of the year and series-record 46th, leading 129 of 200 laps at O’Reilly Raceway Park. The four-time series champion snapped a 22-race winless streak with his fourth victory at the track. ... Sprint Cup drivers Denny Hamlin, Kasey Kahne and Elliott Sadler are in Saturday’s field. Hamlin, driving the No. 15 Toyota for Billy Ballew Motorsports, has four Sprint Cup victories at the track. ... Todd Bodine leads the season standings, 177 points ahead of Aric Almirola. ... Multi-truck qualifying will be used for the first time to determine the starting lineup. The trucks will be released in approximately 25-second increments for their two-lap runs. The qualifying order will be set by inverting the drivers’ positions in the final practice. www.nascar.com
Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix Site: Budapest, Hungary, Hungaroring (road course, 2.72 miles) TV schedule: Friday, practice (7 a.m., Speed), Saturday, qualifying (7 a.m., Speed); Sunday, race (6:30 a.m., Speed) Race distance: 190.53 miles/70 laps 2009 winner: Lewis Hamilton Fast facts: Last Sunday, Fernando Alonso won the German Grand Prix after Ferrari ordered Felipe Massa to give his teammate the lead. Ferrari was fined $100,000. ... Lewis Hamilton, the winner in Turkey and Canada, leads the season standings with 157. McLaren teammate Jenson Button (143) is second, followed by Red Bull’s Mark Webber (136) and Sebastian Vettel (136) and Alonso (123). www.formula1.com
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Brickyard 400 Site: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (oval, 2.5 miles) TV schedule: Friday, practice (1 p.m., ESPN2; 2:30 p.m., Speed); Saturday, qualifying (9 a.m., ESPN2), practice (2:30 p.m., ESPN2); Sunday, race (noon, ESPN) Race distance: 400 miles/160 laps 2009 winner: Jimmie Johnson Fast facts: David Reutimann raced to his second career Sprint Cup victory, winning at Chicagoland Speedway on July 10. Carl Edwards was second. ... Kevin Harvick leads the season standings with 2,745 points, followed by Jeff Gordon (2,642) and four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson (2,557). Johnson and fourth-place Denny Hamlin lead the series with five victories, with each victory worth 10 bonus points when the points are reset for the 12-driver Chase. Harvick has two victories. ... Tony Stewart, from Indiana, won the 2005 and 2007 races at Indy. ... Gordon has a series-high four victories at the track. ... Montoya (2000) and Sam Hornish (2006) are Indy 500 winners. ... Kyle Busch also is racing in the Nationwide and Trucks races at O’Reilly Raceway Park. www.nascar.com
NASCAR Nationwide Kroger 200 Site: Clermont, Ind., O’Reilly Raceway Park (oval, 0.686 miles) TV schedule: Saturday, practice (11:30 a.m., ESPN2), qualifying (4 p.m., ESPN2), race (6:30 p.m., ESPN) Race distance: 137.2 miles/200 laps 2009 winner: Carl Edwards Fast facts: Last week, Carl Edwards won for the third time at Gateway International Raceway, wrecking Brad Keselowski for the victory after Keselowski bumped Edwards earlier on the final lap. Edwards has two victories this year. ... Keselowski has a 168-point lead over Edwards in the season standings. ... Kyle Busch, the 2004 and 2008 winner at O’Reilly Raceway Park, has seven victories this year and 37 overall, second behind Mark Martin (48) for the Nationwide lead. Busch took last week off to visit the Bahamas with fiance Sam Sarcinella. www.nascar.com
NASCAR Camping World Trucks AAA Insurance 200 Site: Clermont, Ind., O’Reilly Raceway Park (oval, 0.686 miles) TV schedule: Friday, qualifying (4 p.m., Speed), race (6:30 p.m., Speed) Race distance: 137.2 miles/200 laps 2009 winner: Ron Hornaday Jr. Fast facts: Last week, Sprint Cup star Kevin Harvick raced to his third Trucks victory of the year, leading 143 of 160 laps in the rain-delayed race at Gateway International. ... Todd Bodine, the 2006 series champion, has a 145-point lead over Aric Almirola in the season standings. Four-time champion Ron Hornaday Jr. is sixth, 305 points behind Bodine. Hornaday is winless in 11 races this year and 22 overall. www.nascar.com
IndyCar Honda Indy Edmonton Site: Edmonton, Alberta, Edmonton City Centre Airport (temporary road course, 1.96 miles) TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (5 p.m., Versus); Sunday, race (4 p.m., Versus) Race distance: 186.2 miles/95 laps 2009 winner: Will Power Fast facts: Will Power won the Honda Indy Toronto last weekend for his second straight victory and fourth of the season, passing Justin Wilson off a restart with 14 laps left and holding off Indianapolis 500 champion Dario Franchitti. ... All four of Power’s victories have come on street or road courses. The series leader — he’s 42 points ahead of Franchitti — won at Watkins Glen three weeks ago and swept the season-opening road races in Sao Paulo and St. Petersburg. ... Danica Patrick is coming off a sixth-place finish in Toronto, her best result in the first six street and road events of the year. www.indycar.com
Formula One German Grand Prix Site: Hockenheim, Germany, Hockenheimring (road course, 2.84 miles) TV schedule: Friday, practice (7 a.m., Speed); Saturday, qualifying (7 a.m., Speed); Sunday, race (11 a.m., taped, Fox) Race distance: 190.42 miles/67 laps 2009 winner: Mark Webber Fast facts: Mark Webber won the British Grand Prix on July 11 for his third victory of the season, overtaking Sebastian Vettel on the first lap. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton was second. ... Hamilton, the winner in Turkey and Montreal, leads the season standings with 145 points — 12 more than teammate Jenson Button. Webber is third with 128, followed by Vettel with 121. ... Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher is driving for Mercedes GP after a three-year retirement. There German star is ninth in the standings with 36 points. www.formula1.com
NHRA Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals Site: Morrison, Colo., Bandimere Speedway TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (5:30 p.m., taped, ESPN2); Sunday, final eliminations (6 p.m., taped, ESPN2) 2009 winners: Ron Capps (Funny Car), Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Allen Johnson (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycles) Fast facts: Last week, Ron Capps ended a one-year Funny Car winless streak, winning at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. Larry Dixon (Top Fuel), Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) and Michael Phillips (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won. ... John Force, a record 14-time season champion, has four Funny Car victories this season and a record 130 overall. The 61-year-old Force has a 43-point lead over teammate Robert Hight in the season standings. ... In Top Fuel, Larry Dixon has a 211-point advantage over Tony Schumacher. Dixon has eight victories this year. www.nhra.com
American Le Mans Series Northeast Grand Prix Site: Lakeville, Conn., Lime Rock Park (road course, 1.51 miles) TV schedule: Saturday, race (1 p.m., Speed) Race duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes 2009 winners: Gil de Ferran, Simon Pagenaud (overall, P1); Marino Franchitti, Butch Leitzinger (P2); Patrick Long, Jorg Bergmeister (GT2) www.americanlemans.com
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IndyCar Honda Indy Toronto Site: Toronto, Streets of Toronto (street course, 1.755 miles) TV schedule: Sunday, race (11:30 a.m., ABC) Race distance: 149.175 miles/85 laps 2009 winner: Dario Franchitti Fast facts: Will Power won at Watkins Glen on July 4, giving Team Penske its first IndyCar Series win at the New York road course. Power beat teammate Ryan Briscoe by 1.2 seconds for his third win of the season, all on road courses. ... Power leads the season standings with 327 points. Dario Franchitti, the Indianapolis 500 winner, is second with 295, followed by Scott Dixon with 287. ... Paul Tracy, from nearby Scarborough, is driving for KV Racing Technology. He won CART races in Toronto in 1993 and 2003. ... The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series is racing Saturday and the IndyLights event is Sunday morning. www.indycar.com
NASCAR Nationwide Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 Site: Madison, Ill., Gateway International Raceway (oval, 1.25 miles) TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (3:30 p.m., ESPN2), race (7 p.m., ESPN2) Race distance: 250 miles/200 laps 2009 winner: Kyle Busch Fast facts: Last week, Kyle Busch won at Chicagoland Speedway, beating Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano. Busch has seven Nationwide victories this year and 37 overall, second behind Mark Martin (48) for the series lead. ... Busch is skipping Saturday’s race. He’s vacationing in the Bahamas with fiance Sam Sarcinella. ... Brad Keselowski has a 227-point lead over Sprint Cup rival Carl Edwards in the season standings. Edwards, from Columbia, Mo., won the 2006 and 2008 races at the St. Louis-area track. ... Sprint Cup points leader Kevin Harvick is racing in both the Nationwide and Trucks races at Gateway. A two-time Nationwide winner this year, Harvick won the 2000 and 2001 races at the track. www.nascar.com
NASCAR Camping World Trucks CampingWorld.com 200 Site: Madison, Ill., Gateway International Raceway (oval, 1.25 miles) TV schedule: Friday, qualifying (6 p.m., Speed), race (7:30 p.m., Speed) Race distance: 200 miles/162 laps 2009 winner: Mike Skinner Fast facts: Last week, rookie Austin Dillon raced to his first Trucks victory, edging Sauter in a green-white-checker finish at Iowa Speedway. The 20-year-old grandson of NASCAR owner Richard Childress drove a black No. 3 — the combination made famous by Dale Earnhardt when he drove for Childress. ... Todd Bodine, the 2006 series champion, has an 88-point lead over Aric Almirola in the season standings. Four-time champion Ron Hornaday Jr. is third, 191 points behind Bodine. Hornaday is winless in 10 races this year for Kevin Harvick Inc. after winning six times last year. ... Harvick is making his first Trucks start at the track since 1999. The Sprint Cup points leader has two Trucks victories this year. www.nascar.com
NHRA Fram Autolite NHRA Nationals Site: Sonoma, Calif., Infineon Raceway TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (10 p.m., taped, ESPN2); Sunday, final eliminations (5 p.m., taped, ESPN2) 2009 winners: Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) Fast facts: Last week, Cory McClenathan (Top Fuel), Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) won the Northwest Nationals in Kent, Wash. The event was marred by the death of Top Alcohol driver Mark Niver. He slammed into the protective netting at the end of the runway after his parachutes ripped away from the car. ... John Force, a record 14-time season champion, has four Funny Car victories this season and a record 130 overall. The 61-year-old Force has a 41-point lead over teammate Robert Hight in the season standings. ... In Top Fuel, Larry Dixon has a 172-point advantage over McClenathan. Dixon has seven victories this year. www.nhra.com
Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series NJMP 250 Site: Millville, N.J., New Jersey Motorsports Park (road course, 2.25 miles) TV schedule: Sunday, race (noon, Speed) Race duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes 2009 winners: Terry Borcheller, Joao Barbosa, Ryan Dalziel (overall, DP); David Haskell, Sylvain Tremblay, Nick Ham, Jonathan Bomarito (GT) www.grand-am.com
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NASCAR Sprint Cup LifeLock.com 400 Site: Joliet, Ill., Chicagoland Speedway (tri-oval, 1.5 miles) TV schedule: Friday, practice (11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., Speed), qualifying (5 p.m., Speed); Saturday, race (6:30 p.m., TNT) Race distance: 400.5 miles/267 laps 2009 winner: Mark Martin Fast facts: Last week, points leader Kevin Harvick won at Daytona International Speedway, beating Kasey Kahne in a green-white-checker finish. ... Harvick, also the Talladega winner in April, has a 210-point lead over Jeff Gordon with eight races left before the start of the Chase. Four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson is third, 225 points behind Harvick. Johnson and fifth-place Denny Hamlin lead the series with five victories, with each victory worth 10 bonus points when the points are reset for the 12-driver Chase. ... Harvick (2000-01) and Tony Stewart (2004 and 2007) are two-time winners at Chicagoland. Kyle Busch won in 2008 at the track. ... Gordon is making his 600th Cup start. www.nascar.com
NASCAR Nationwide Dollar General 300 Site: Joliet, Ill., Chicagoland Speedway (tri-oval, 1.5 miles) TV schedule: Friday, practice (10 a.m., Speed), qualifying (3 p.m., Speed), race (6:30 p.m., ESPN) Race distance: 300 miles/200 laps 2009 winner: Joey Logano Fast facts: Last Friday, Dale Earnhardt raced to his first Nationwide victory since 2006, winning at Daytona International Speedway in a No. 3 car honoring his late father. ... Brad Keselowski leads the season standings, 277 points ahead of Sprint Cup rival Carl Edwards. ... Kyle Busch has a series-high six victories. He isn’t running for the championship this year after winning the title last season. ... Danica Patrick, from Roscoe, Ill., is making the fifth of her scheduled 13 starts in Earnhardt’s No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet. www.nascar.com
NASCAR Camping World Trucks Lucas Oil 200 Site: Newton, Iowa, Iowa Speedway (oval, 0.875 miles) TV schedule: Sunday, race (12:30 p.m., Speed) Race distance: 175 miles/200 laps 2009 winner: Mike Skinner Fast facts: In the series’ last race, Aric Almirola raced to his second victory of the year, holding off Todd Bodine and Kyle Busch on June 12 at Michigan International Speedway. ... Bodine, the 2006 series champion, has a 55-point lead over Almirola in the season standings. Timothy Peters is third, 165 points back, and four-time champion Ron Hornaday Jr. is fourth, 170 points behind Bodine. Hornaday is winless in nine races this year after winning six times last year. ... Ken Schrader is driving Kevin Harvick Inc.’s No. 2 Chevrolet, and Brian Ickler will be in Busch’s No. 18 Toyota. www.nascar.com
NHRA NHRA Northwest Nationals Site: Kent, Wash., Pacific Raceways TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (9 p.m., taped, ESPN2); Sunday, final eliminations (10:30 p.m., taped, ESPN2) 2009 winners: Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) Fast facts: Greg Anderson raced to his first Pro Stock victory of the season June 27 in the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Anderson also won the K&N Horsepower Challenge all-star event. Larry Dixon (Top Fuel), Wilkerson (Funny Car) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) won their divisions. ... John Force, a record 14-time season champion, has four victories this season and a record 130 overall. He has a 73-point lead over teammate Robert Hight in the Funny Car standings. ... In Top Fuel, Dixon has a 176-point advantage over Tony Schumacher. Dixon has seven victories this year. www.nhra.com
Formula One British Grand Prix Site: Silverstone, England, Silverstone circuit (road course, 3.667 miles) TV schedule: Friday, practice (8 a.m., Speed); Saturday, practice, qualifying (7 a.m., Speed); Sunday, race (1 p.m., taped, KDFW/Ch. 4) Race distance: 190.6 miles/52 laps 2009 winner: Sebastian Vettel Fast facts: Sebastian Vettel won the European Grand Prix on June 27 in Valencia, Spain, for his second victory of the year, dominating from the pole in a race marked by Mark Webber’s spectacular crash. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton was second. ... Hamilton, the winner of consecutive races in Turkey and Montreal, leads the season standings with 127 — six more than teammate Jenson Button. Vettel is third, 12 points behind Hamilton, and Webber is fourth, 24 points behind the leader. ... Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, driving for Mercedes GP after a three-year retirement, is ninth with 34 points. www.formula1.com
American Le Mans Series Utah Grand Prix Site: Tooele, Utah, Miller Motorsports Park (road course, 3.048 miles) TV schedule: Sunday, race (3:30 p.m., Speed) Race duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes 2009 winners: Gil de Ferran, Simon Pagenaud (overall, P1); Luis Diaz, Adrian Fernandez (P2); Jorg Bergmeister, Patrick Long (GT2); www.americanlemans.com
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Coke Zero 400 Site: Daytona Beach, Fla., Daytona International Speedway (tri-oval, 2.5 miles) TV schedule: Thursday, practice (3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., Speed); Friday, qualifying (3 p.m., Speed); Saturday, race (6:30 p.m., TNT) Race distance: 400 miles/160 laps 2009 winner: Tony Stewart Fast facts: Last Sunday, Jimmie Johnson raced to his second straight victory and fifth of the season, bumping his way past Kurt Busch with two laps left at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Stewart was second, and Kurt Busch third. ... Kevin Harvick leads four-time defending series champion Johnson by 105 points. Harvick, the 2007 Daytona 500 winner, raced to his lone victory of the season in April at Talladega. He also won the preseason Budweiser Shootout in February at Daytona. ... Johnson and Denny Hamlin are tied for the series victory lead with five. Each victory is worth 10 bonus points in the Chase. ... Jamie McMurray won the season-opening Daytona 500. ... Dale Earnhardt Jr., winless in 74 races, is 13th in the standings — three points behind Carl Edwards in the race for the final Chase spot. www.nascar.com
NASCAR Nationwide Subway Jalapeno 250 Site: Daytona Beach, Fla., Daytona International Speedway (tri-oval, 2.5 miles) Schedule: Thursday, practice (4:30 p.m., ESPN2); Friday, qualifying (noon, ESPN2), race (6:30 p.m., ESPN) Race distance: 250 miles/100 laps 2009 winner: Clint Bowyer Fast facts: Last Saturday, Kyle Busch raced to his sixth Nationwide victory of the year and 36th overall, winning at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Busch also broke Mark Martin’s series record for career laps led with 8,118. ... The Daytona race is the first for the series’ new car model. The car also will be used at Michigan, Richmond and Charlotte before being fully integrated in 2011. Ford also is moving from Fusion to Mustang, and Dodge from Charger to Challenger. ... Dale Earnhardt Jr. is driving the No. 3 Wrangler Chevrolet in memory of his father. ... Brad Keselowski leads the season standings, 247 points ahead of Carl Edwards. ... Tony Stewart won the season-opening race at Daytona. ... Kenny Schrader is driving the No. 09 RAB Racing Ford. www.nascar.com
IndyCar Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen Site: Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International (road course, 3.4 miles). TV schedule: Sunday, race (2:30 p.m., WFAA/Ch. 8) Race distance: 204 miles/60 laps 2009 winner: Justin Wilson Fast facts: Andretti Autosport’s Tony Kanaan won the Iowa 250 on June 20 for his first victory in nearly two years, passing Helio Castroneves with 10 laps left. ... Penske’s Will Power leads the season standings, 11 points ahead of Scott Dixon and 14 in front of Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti. Power won the season-opening road races in Sao Paulo and St. Petersburg. ... Castroneves (Alabama) and Ryan Hunter-Reay (Long Beach) also have road-course victories this season. ... Dixon swept the 2005-07 races at Watkins Glen. ... Danica Patrick was 30th last week in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race in New Hampshire. www.indycar.com
Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Brumos Porsche 250 Site: Daytona Beach Fla., Daytona International Speedway (speedway road course, 3.56 miles) TV schedule: Saturday, race (noon, Speed) Race duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes 2009 winners: Max Angelelli, Brian Frisselle (overall, DP); Leh Keen, Dirk Werner (GT) www.grand-am.com
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Toyota/Save Mart 350 Site: Sonoma, Calif., Infineon Raceway (road course, 1.99 miles) TV schedule: Friday, practice (2 p.m., Speed), qualifying (5:30 p.m., Speed); Saturday, practice (11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Speed); Sunday, race (2 p.m., TNT) Race distance: 218.9 miles/110 laps 2009 winner: Kasey Kahne Fast facts: Denny Hamlin raced to his series-leading fifth victory of the season last Sunday, easily pulling away from Kasey Kahne on a restart with 14 laps left at Michigan International Speedway. Hamlin led 123 laps. ... Jeff Gordon has a Cup-record nine road-course wins, five at Sonoma and four at Watkins Glen. ... Juan Pablo Montoya won the 2007 race for his lone Cup victory. Before joining NASCAR, the Colombian won seven Formula 1 races, the 1999 Champ Car title and 11 open-wheel races. ... Kevin Harvick has a 22-point lead over Kyle Busch in the series standings. Hamlin is third, 47 points back. Four-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson is 170 points behind in sixth. ... Kyle Busch swept the 2008 road-course races at Infineon and Watkins Glen. ... Tony Stewart won last August at Watkins Glen. He has seven round-course wins, two at Infineon and five at Watkins Glen. www.nascar.com
NASCAR Nationwide Bucyrus 200 Site: Elkhart Lake, Wis., Road America (road course, 4.048 miles) TV schedule: Saturday, race (2 p.m., ESPN2) Race distance: 202.4 miles/50 laps 2009 winner: Inaugural race. Fast facts: Last Saturday, Joey Logano became the first Nationwide driver to win three consecutive races from the pole at the same track, holding off Carl Edwards at Kentucky Speedway. Logano led 106 of 200 laps. ... Road America replaced the Milwaukee Mile on the schedule. ... Brad Keselowski has a 272-point lead over Sprint Cup rival Edwards in the season standings. ... Canadian road racer Ron Fellows, a four-time Nationwide winner on road courses, is driving the Dale Earnhardt Jr.-owned No. 88 Chevrolet. Fellows has Trans-Am and American Le Mans wins at Road America. ... Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 Formula 1 champion, will be in Braun Racing’s No. 32 Toyota. He won CART races at the track in 1994 and 1995. ... Keselowski, Edwards and Paul Menard are the only Cup drivers in the race, the last of three straight Nationwide standalone events. Menard, from Wisconsin, won a NASCAR Re/Max Challenge Series at the track in 2001. www.nascar.com
IndyCar Iowa Corn Indy 250 Site: Newton, Iowa, Iowa Speedway (oval, 0.875 miles) TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (5 p.m., Versus); Sunday, race (12:30 p.m., Versus) Race distance: 218.75 miles/250 laps 2009 winner: Dario Franchitti Fast facts: Ryan Briscoe won June 5 at Texas Motor Speedway for owner Roger Penske, pulling away from second-place Danica Patrick in the closing laps. ... Dario Franchitti has a three-point lead over Will Power in the season standings. ... Dan Wheldon won the 2008 race for Ganassi, driving the final 90 laps without pitting. ... Former NASCAR star Rusty Wallace designed the track. www.indycar.com
NHRA NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Site: Bristol (Tenn.) Dragway TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (6 p.m., taped, ESPN2); Sunday, final eliminations (3 p.m., taped, ESPN2) 2009 winners: Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Del Worsham (Funny Car) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) Fast facts: Larry Dixon raced to his sixth Top Fuel victory of the year, beating Antron Brown on Monday in the rain-delayed NHRA SuperNationals in New Jersey. Bob Tasca (Funny Car), Edwards (Pro Stock) and Michael Phillips (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won. The event was marred by Neal Parker’s death in Top Alcohol Funny Car qualifying. ... Dixon has a 199-point lead over Tony Schumacher in the Top Fuel standings. Robert Hight tops the Funny Car points, 25 ahead of John Force. ... Mike Edwards has won three straight events and seven of 11 this season. www.nhra.com
Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series EMCO Gears Classic Site: Lexington, Ohio, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (road course, 2.258 miles) TV schedule: Saturday, race (4 p.m., Speed) Race duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes 2009 winners: Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas (DP, Overall); Leh Keen, Dirk Werner (GT) www.grand-am.com