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NASCAR
SPRINT CUP
DUCK COMMANDER 500
Site: Fort Worth, Texas.
Schedule: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-3:30 p.m.), qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 6:30-8 p.m.); Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m. (Fox, 7:30-11:30 p.m.).
Track: Texas Motor Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 501 miles, 334 laps.
Last year: Joey Logano won the rain-delayed race, passing Jeff Gordon on the last lap in a green-white-checkered finish.
Last race: Denny Hamlin won at Martinsville on March 29, holding off Brad Keselowski for his 25th Sprint Cup victory.
Fast facts: Kevin Harvick was eighth at Martinsville, ending his run of top-two finishes at eight. The defending series champion had four victories – winning this year in consecutive starts in Las Vegas and Phoenix – and four second-place finishes during the streak. He’s winless at the track. … Logano won the season-opening Daytona 500. … Jimmie Johnson has a series-record four victories at the track, winning in the fall the last three years.
Next race: Food City 500, April 19, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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XFINITY
O’REILLY AUTO PARTS 300
Site: Fort Worth, Texas.
Schedule: Thursday, practice; Friday, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 4:30-6 p.m.), race, 8:30 p.m. (Fox Sports 1, 8-11 p.m.).
Track: Texas Motor Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 300 miles, 200 laps.
Last year: Chase Elliott raced to his first series victory.
Last race: Kevin Harvick won at California on March 21 for his second victory of the year.
Fast facts: Roush Fenway’s Chris Buescher, second behind Ty Dillon in the season standings, is from Prosper, Texas. He also will drive Front Row’s No. 34 Sprint Cup car. … Kyle Busch won the fall race at the track. He’s sidelined after breaking his right leg and left foot in the Xfinity opener at Daytona. Denny Hamlin is driving Joe Gibbs’ No. 54 Toyota in place of Busch. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Brad Keselowski also are racing.
Next race: Drive To Stop Diabetes 300, April 18, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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CAMPING WORLD TRUCK
Next race: Kansas 250, May 8, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas.
Last race: Daytona 500 champion Joey Logano won at Martinsville on March 28 to become the 26th driver to win in all three of NASCAR’s top series.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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VERIZON INDYCAR
INDY GRAND PRIX OF LOUISIANA
Site: Avondale, Louisiana.
Schedule: Friday, practice, Saturday, practice, qualifying (NBC Sports Network, 5-6:30 p.m.); Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (NBC Sports Network, 2:30-6 p.m.).
Track: NOLA Motorsports Park (road course, 2.74 miles).
Race distance: 205.5 miles, 75 laps.
Last year: Inaugural race.
Last race: Juan Pablo Montoya won the season-opening race in St. Petersburg, Florida, on March 29. Penske teammate Will Power was second.
Fast facts: Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud also are driving for Penske. Castroneves was fourth at St. Petersburg, and Pagenaud finished fifth in his team debut. Power is the defending season champion. … Simona de Silvestro is driving for Andretti Autosport. She was 18th in the opener. … The track is about 15 miles southwest of downtown New Orleans.
Next race: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 19, Streets of Long Beach, Long Beach, California.
Online: http://www.indycar.com
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FORMULA ONE
CHINESE GRAND PRIX
Site: Shanghai.
Schedule: Friday, practice (NBC Sports Network, 2-3:30 a.m.); Saturday, practice, qualifying (NBC Sports Network, 3-4:30 a.m.); Sunday, race, 2 a.m. (NBC Sports Network, 1:30-4:30 a.m.).
Track: Shanghai International Circuit (road course, 3.39 miles).
Race distance: 189.7 miles, 56 laps.
Last year: Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton raced to the third of his 11 2014 victories en route to the season title. Teammate Nico Rosberg was second.
Last race: Sebastian Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix on March 29 in his second start for Ferrari, ending Mercedes’ winning streak at eight races.
Fast facts: The race is the third of the season. Hamilton won the opener in Australia. … Hermann Tilke and Peter Wahl designed the track. The course is shaped like the Chinese character “shang,” which stands for “high” or “above.”
Next race: Bahrain Grand Prix, April 19, Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain.
Online: http://www.formula1.com
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NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING
SUMMITRACING.COM NHRA NATIONALS
Site: Las Vegas.
Schedule: Friday, qualifying; Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2, 6-8:30 p.m.); Sunday, final eliminations (ESPN2, 8-11 p.m.).
Track: The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Last year: Alexis DeJoria won in Funny Car and Erica Enders-Stevens topped the Pro Stock field for the second female double in NHRA history. Tony Schumacher won in Top Fuel.
Last event: Jack Beckman won the Funny Car final in the Four-Wide Nationals at Concord, North Carolina, on March 29 to end a 54-event drought. Antron Brown won in Top Fuel, Larry Morgan in Pro Stock, and Andrew Hines in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
Fast facts: The event is the fifth of the season. … Matt Hagan opened the Funny Car season with victories in California and Arizona. … The series will return to the track Oct. 29-Nov. 1 for the second-to-last event of the season.
Next event: O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA SpringNationals, April 24-26, Royal Purple Raceway, Baytown, Texas.
Online: http://www.nhra.com
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OTHER RACES
ARCA RACING SERIES: Troop Aid 200, Saturday, Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville, Tennessee. Online: http://www.arcaracing.com
WORLD OF OUTLAWS: Sprint Car: Wine Country Outlaw Showdown, Saturday-Sunday, Calistoga Speedway, Calistoga, California. Late Model: Friday, Duck River Raceway Park, Wheel, Tennessee; Saturday, Tazewell Speedway, Tazewell, Tennessee. Online: http://www.worldofoutlaws.com
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