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NASCAR CUP SERIES
Federated Auto Parts 400
Site: Richmond, Virginia.
Schedule: Saturday, practice, 5:05 p.m, and qualifying, 5:50 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (USA).
Track: Richmond Raceway.
Race distance: 400 laps, 300 miles.
Last year: Martin Truex Jr. won after starting third.
Last race: Kevin Harvick broke a 65-race winless streak and became the 15th different race winner this season, pulling away after a restart on the 166th of 200 laps at Michigan.
Fast facts: With three regular-season races remaining and 15 unique winners, second-place Ryan Blaney and fourth-place Truex could be battling for the lone playoff spot based on points. They are just 19 points apart. … Truex had won three of the previous five races on the 0.75-mile oval before Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin won in early April. … Bubba Wallace, also a non-winner this year, finished second at Michigan. … Points leader Chase Elliott leads Blaney by 119 points and Ross Chastain by 137. … Kurt Busch has missed three straight races after a concussion and is now the lowest-ranked race winner of the season. He’s 20th, three spots — and 39 points — behind Hamlin.
Next race: Aug. 21, Watkins Glen, New York.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES
Last race: Ty Gibbs grabbed the lead to start the final stage and held it throughout the stage-long green-flag run at Michigan for his series-best fifth victory of the season.
Next race: Aug. 20, Watkins Glen, New York.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
NASCAR TRUCK SERIES
Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation
Site: Richmond, Virginia.
Schedule: Saturday, practice, 3 p.m., qualifying, 3:30 p.m., and race, 8 p.m. (FS1).
Track: Richmond Raceway.
Race distance: 250 laps, 187.5 miles.
Last year: John Hunter Nemechek won after starting 18th in mid-April.
Last race: Grant Enfinger used fresh tires to pass points leader Zane Smith for the lead on the next-to-last lap of overtime and win the first race of the playoffs, and the first at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park since 2011.
Fast facts: Smith leads defending series champion Ben Rhodes by 14 points and Enfinger and Stewart Friesen by 22. Nemecheck and Chandler Smith are 26 back. … Rhodes rallied to edge Zane Smith for second at Michigan. … Nemechek wound up 10th despite leading a race-high 75 laps. … Three-time series champion Matt Crafton finished the opening playoff race below the cutline — top eight of 10 advance after three races — with two chances remaining to stay in the running for a fourth championship.
Next race: Sept. 9, Kansas City, Kansas.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
FORMULA ONE
Last race: Defending series champion Max Verstappen overcame a spin and his worst starting spot of the season to win the Hungarian Grand Prix, his second victory in a row and eighth in 13 races, stretching his championship lead.
Next race: Aug. 28, Francorchamps, Malmedy, and Stavelot, Belguim.
Online: http://www.formula1.com
INDYCAR
Last race: Scott Dixon beat Scott McLaughlin in a two-lap dash to the finish in Nashville’s IndyCar debut to win for the 53rd time, breaking a tie with Mario Andretti for second in a career. He also jumped to second in the points race as he pursues a seventh series title that would tie A.J. Foyt’s career record.
Next race: Aug. 20, Madison, Illinois.
Online: http://www.indycar.com
NHRA DRAG RACING
Last event: Tony Schumacher won in Top Fuel and Robert Hight won in Funny Car at Kent, Washington.
Next event: Aug. 12-14, Topeka, Kansas.
Online: http://www.nhra.com
WORLD OF OUTLAWS
Next events: Aug. 10-13, Knoxville, Iowa.
Online: http://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars
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