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VERIZON INDYCAR
INDIANAPOLIS 500
Site: Indianapolis.
Schedule: Friday, practice (NBC Sports Network, 11 a.m.-noon, 1-3:30 p.m.); Sunday, race, noon (ABC, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m.).
Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (oval, 2.5 miles).
Race distance: 500 miles, 200 laps.
Last year: Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay won the race for the first time, holding off Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves by 0.060 seconds.
Last race: Penske’s Will Power won the Grand Prix of Indianapolis on May 9 on the track’s road course. He led 65 of 82 laps en route to his first victory of the season.
Fast facts: The race, first run in 1911, is the first oval event of the season. … Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon won the pole Sunday with a four-lap average of 226.760 mph. Dixon won the 2008 race from the pole. Power qualified second and Penske teammate Simon Pagenaud third. … Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’ James Hinchcliffe is sidelined indefinitely after injuring his pelvic area and upper left thigh in a crash Monday. It was the fifth crash in a week, and IndyCar huddled with Honda and Chevrolet to determine whether new aero kits were causing problems. Hinchcliffe won in April in Louisiana. … Penske’s Juan Pablo Montoya leads the standings, five points ahead of Power. Montoya won the opener at St. Petersburg. … The Indy Lights race is Friday (NBC Sports Network, noon-1 p.m.).
Next races: Chevrolet Dual in Detroit, May 30-31, The Raceway at Belle Isle Park, Detroit.
Online: http://www.indycar.com
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NASCAR
SPRINT CUP
COCA-COLA 600
Site: Concord, North Carolina.
Schedule: Thursday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 2:30-4 p.m.), qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 7-8:30 p.m.); Saturday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 10-11 a.m., 1-2 p.m.); Sunday, race, 6 p.m. (Fox, 5:30-10:30 p.m.).
Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 600 miles, 400 laps.
Last year: Jimmie Johnson raced to the first of his four 2014 victories. The six-time series champion won the race for the fourth time and has a record seven Cup victories at the track.
Last week: Denny Hamlin won the Sprint All-Star race at the track for Joe Gibbs Racing’s first victory in the exhibition event. Kevin Harvick was second.
Fast facts: The race is NASCAR’s longest. … Johnson won the last points race May 9 in Kansas for his series-high third victory of the season. … Kyle Busch was sixth in the All-Star race, his first event since breaking his right leg and left foot in the Xfinity Series opener at Daytona. … Jeff Gordon, retiring after the season, won in 1994 for his first Cup victory. He also won in 1997 and 1998 and has two Charlotte fall victories. … Harvick won in October at the track. … Darrell Waltrip won the race a record five times.
Next race: FedEx 400, May 31, Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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XFINITY
HISENSE 300
Site: Concord, North Carolina.
Schedule: Thursday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 4-5 p.m., 5:30-7 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.), race, 2:45 p.m. (Fox, 2-5 p.m.).
Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 300 miles, 200 laps.
Last year: Kyle Larson raced to the second of his two 2014 victories.
Last week: Chris Buescher won at Iowa, pulling away on a restart in a green-white-checkered finish. Chase Elliott was second.
Fast facts: Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne are racing. Kahne won the Truck Series event at the track last week. … Erik Jones, second in the Truck race, is driving Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 20 Toyota. … Buescher leads the standings, eight points ahead of Ty Dillon.
Next race: Buckle Up 200, May 30, Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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CAMPING WORLD TRUCK
Next race: Lucas Oil 200, May 29, Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware.
Last week: Kasey Kahne won at Charlotte, beating Erik Jones by 0.005 seconds.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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FORMULA ONE
MONACO GRAND PRIX
Site: Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Schedule: Thursday (NBC Sports Network, 8-9:30 a.m.); Saturday, practice, qualifying (NBC Sports Network, 8-9:30 a.m.); Sunday, race, 8 a.m. (NBC, 7:30-10 a.m.; NBC Sports Network, 2:30-5 p.m.).
Track: Circuit de Monaco (street course, 2.075 miles).
Race distance: 161.9 miles, 78 laps.
Last year: Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg raced to the second of his five 2014 victories. Teammate Lewis Hamilton was second.
Last race: Rosberg won the Spanish Grand Prix on May 10 for his first victory of the year. Hamilton was second.
Fast facts: Hamilton has three victories in the first five races and leads the standings, 20 points ahead of Rosberg. Hamilton won in Australia, China and Bahrain. … Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel won in Malaysia. … Rosberg also won the 2013 event. His father, Keke Rosberg, won the 1983 race.
Next race: Canadian Grand Prix, June 7, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal.
Online: http://www.formula1.com
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NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING
NHRA KANSAS NATIONALS
Site: Topeka, Kansas.
Schedule: Friday, qualifying; Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2, 6-8 p.m.); Sunday, final eliminations (ESPN2, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.).
Track: Heartland Park Topeka.
Last year: Courtney Force raced to the 100th victory by a female driver in NHRA history, beating Cruz Pedregon in the Funny Car final. Spencer Massey won in Top Fuel, and Allen Johnson in Pro Stock.
Last week: Tim Wilkerson won the Southern Nationals in Georgia for his first Funny Car victory since 2011. Antron Brown won in Top Fuel, Jason Line in Pro Stock, and Hector Arana in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
Fast facts: Ron Capps leads the Funny Car standings, 21 points ahead of Matt Hagan. They each have two victories this year. … Brown has the Funny Car lead, and Line tops the Pro Stock standings. They also each have two victories in the first seven events of the year.
Next event: NHRA Summernationals, June 4-7, Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown, New Jersey.
Online: http://www.nhra.com
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OTHER RACES
ARCA RACING SERIES: ARCA 150, Sunday, New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, New Jersey. Online: http://www.arcaracing.com
U.S. AUTO RACING CLUB: Silver Crown: Hoosier 100, Thursday, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis; Day Before the 500, Saturday, Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Brownsburg, Indiana. Online: http://www.usacracing.com
WORLD OF OUTLAWS: Sprint Car: Friday, The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Concord, North Carolina; Monday, Lawrenceburg Speedway, Lawrenceburg, Indiana; Late Model: Saturday-Sunday, Tyler County Speedway, Middlebourne, West Virginia. Online: http://www.worldofoutlaws.com
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