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INDYCAR
EDMONTON INDY
Site: Edmonton, Alberta.
Schedule: Friday, practice; Saturday, practice, qualifying (NBC Sports Network, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Sunday, race, 2:45 p.m. (NBC Sports Network, 2-5 p.m.).
Track: Edmonton City Centre Airport (temporary road course, 2.224 miles).
Race distance: 166.8 miles, 75 laps.
Last year: Will Power held off Penske teammate Helio Castroneves for the fourth of his six 2011 victories. Power also won the 2009 race.
Last race: Ryan Hunter-Reay raced to his third straight victory to take the season points lead, winning in Toronto on July 8. The Andretti Autosport driver won on the street course after taking oval events at Milwaukee and Iowa.
Fast facts: Hunter-Reay is attempting to become the first driver in six years to win four straight races. He leads Power by 34 points with five races left. … The race is the seventh of the season on road or street courses. Castroneves won the opener at St. Petersburg, Power took the next three at Alabama, Long Beach and Sao Paulo, and Scott Dixon won at Belle Isle. … Dixon won the 2010 race when first-place finisher Castroneves was dropped to 10th for blocking teammate Power. Castroneves yelled at officials at the flag stand, then grabbed the IndyCar security chief and shook him. … Canadian James Hinchcliffe is fifth in the season standings for Andretti Autosport. He won the Indy Lights race at the track last year. … The Indy Lights race is Saturday (NBC Sports Network, Sunday, 12:30-2 p.m.).
Next race: Honda Indy 200, Aug. 5, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio.
Online: http://www.indycar.com
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NASCAR
SPRINT CUP
Next race: Crown Royal Your Hero’s Name Here 400, July 29, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis.
Last week: Kasey Kahne won at New Hampshire, taking the lead on the 240th of 300 laps when leader Denny Hamlin fell back with a four-tire stop. Hamlin rallied to finish second. Kahne also won at Charlotte.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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NATIONWIDE
STP 300
Site: Joliett, Ill.
Schedule: Saturday, practice (ESPN2, 12:30-2 p.m., 2:30-4 p.m.); Sunday, qualifying (ESPN2, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.), race, 3 p.m. (ESPN, 2-5:30 p.m.).
Track: Chicagoland Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 300 miles, 200 laps.
Last year: Justin Allgaier won, catching and passing Carl Edwards on the final lap as both cars ran out of fuel. Allgaier is from Riverview, Ill.
Last week: Brad Keselowski won at New Hampshire, taking the lead when fellow Sprint Cup driver Kevin Harvick was slowed by Amber Cope’s lapped car.
Fast facts: Kyle Busch is the only Sprint Cup regular entered. He has a record 51 Nationwide victories, two at Chicagoland. Busch is winless in nine starts this year in his own Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 54 Toyota. He raced to his last 36 victories and 38 overall in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 18 Toyota. … Elliott Sadler leads the season standings, three points ahead of Austin Dillon. … Danica Patrick is from Roscoe, Ill. She’s ninth in the standings. … The series will return to the track in September. Keselowski won the September race last year.
Next race: Indy 250, July 28, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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CAMPING WORLD TRUCK
AMERICAN ETHANOL 225
Site: Joliett, Ill.
Schedule: Friday, practice; Saturday, qualifying (Speed, 4-5 p.m.), race, 8 p.m. (Speed, 7:30-10:30 p.m.).
Track: Chicagoland Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 225 miles, 150 laps.
Last year: Austin Dillon raced to the second of his two 2011 victories en route to the season title, beating Kevin Harvick in the September race.
Last week: Timothy Peters won at Iowa Speedway to take the lead in the season standings. Ron Hornaday Jr. was second.
Fast facts: Peters has a 12-point lead over Justin Lofton. Ty Dillon is third, 14 points behind Peters. … The 54-year-old Hornaday has a series-record 51 victories. … Austin Dillon is now driving in the Nationwide Series.
Next race: Pocono Mountains 125, Aug. 4, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
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FORMULA ONE
GERMAN GRAND PRIX
Site: Hockenheim, Germany.
Schedule: Friday, practice (Speed, 8-9:30 a.m.); Saturday, practice, qualifying (Speed, 8-9:30); Sunday, race, 8 a.m. (FOX, noon-2 p.m.; Speed, 9-11 p.m.).
Track: Hockenheimring (road course, 2.84 miles).
Race distance: 190.42 miles, 67 laps.
Last year: McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton raced to the second of his three 2011 victories, beating Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso by 3.9 seconds at Nuerburgring.
Last race: Red Bull’s Mark Webber won the British Grand Prix on July 8, overtaking Alonso late in the race to cut the Ferrari driver’s lead in the season standings to 13 points. Webber won the Monaco Grand Prix in May.
Fast facts: Seven-time season champion Michael Schumacher is making his final F1 start in his home country. The 43-year-old driver has a record 91 victories, four at Hockenheimring. He’s winless since returning to racing in 2010 with Mercedes after a three-year retirement. … Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, the Bahrain winner in April, is 29 points behind Alonso in third place. The German star won 11 races last year en route to his second straight season title. … The race rotates between Hockenheim and Nuerburg. In 2010 at Hockenheim, Alonso won after Ferrari ordered Felipe Massa to give his teammate the lead. Ferrari was fined $100,000.
Next race: Hungarian Grand Prix, July 29, Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary.
Online: http://www.formula1.com
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NHRA FULL THROTTLE
MILE-HIGH NHRA NATIONALS
Site: Morrison, Colo.
Schedule: Friday, qualifying; Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2, 5-7 p.m.); Sunday, final eliminations (ESPN2, 7-9 p.m.).
Track: Bandimere Speedway.
Last year: John Force topped the Funny Car division, beating Matt Hagan in the final. Spencer Massey won in Top Fuel, Mike Edwards in Pro Stock and Karen Stoffer in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
Last event: Massey raced to his fourth Top Fuel victory of the season to regain the points lead, beating Steve Torrence on July 8 in Norwalk, Ohio. Mike Neff won in Funny Car, Vincent Nobile in Pro Stock, and Andrew Hines in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
Fast facts: Force won the season-opening Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., for his record 134th Funny Car victory. The 63-year-old driver has a record 15 season championships. … John Force Racing driver Robert Hight tops the Funny Car standings, 87 points ahead of Ron Capps. Hight won four straight events from February to April. … Massey leads the Top Fuel standings, 29 points ahead of Tony Schumacher.
Next event: NHRA Sonoma Nationals, July 27-29, Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Calif.
Online: http://www.nhra.com
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OTHER RACES
ARCA RACING SERIES: Ansell ActivArmr 150, Saturday (Speed, 5-7 p.m.), Chicagoland Speedway, Joliett, Ill. Online: http://www.arcaracing.com
AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES: Grand Prix of Mosport, Sunday (ESPN2, 1-3 p.m.), Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario. Online: http://www.americanlemans.com
WORLD OF OUTLAWS: Sprint Car: Friday-Saturday, Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Sunday, Lebanon Valley Speedway, West Lebanon, N.Y. Online: http://www.worldofoutlaws.com
U.S. AUTO RACING CLUB: Sprint Car: Thursday, Lincoln Park Speedway, Putnamville, Ind.; Friday, Bloomington Speedway, Bloomington, Ind.; Saturday, Tri-State Speedway, Haubstadt, Ind. Online: http://www.usacracing.com
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