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NASCAR CUP SERIES
Wurth 400
Site: Dover, Delaware.
Schedule: Saturday, practice, 10:35 a.m., and qualifying, 11:20 a.m.; Sunday, race, 2 p.m. (FS1).
Track: Dover Motor Speedway.
Race distance: 400 laps, 400 miles.
Last year: Chase Elliott won after starting fourth.
Last race: Kyle Busch gambled on fuel and won under caution in double overtime at Talladega, becoming the third two-time winner through 10 races this season.
Fast facts: The race featured 57 lead changes, the last coming when leader Bubba Wallace’s third block of Ryan Blaney caused a race-ending crash. … Busch joined William Byron and Kyle Larson as two-time winners this year. … Blaney finished second, followed by Chase Briscoe, Chris Buescher and Brad Keselowski. … Christopher Bell remains the points leader with Ross Chastain five behind and Kevin Harvick 15 off the pace. … Larson is fourth, Busch is eighth and Byron 15th.
Next race: May 7, Kansas City, Kansas.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES
A-Game 200
Site: Dover, Delaware.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 3:05 p.m., and qualifying, 3:35 p.m.; Saturday, race, 1:30 p.m. (FS1).
Track: Dover Motor Speedway.
Race distance: 200 laps, 200 miles.
Last year: Josh Berry won after starting fourth.
Last race: Jeb Burton won in double overtime at Talladega, his second career victory and second on the biggest oval on the circuit in a race marred by multiple crashes.
Fast facts: Burton also won at Talladega in 2021. … Burton led both overtime restarts. … The race had 12 cautions and two red-flag stoppages and took nearly three hours to complete. Only 19 of the 38 entries finished on the lead lap. … Sheldon Creed finished second and Parker Kligerman was third as Chevrolet swept the podium. … Cole Custer was fourth as the top Ford and won the Dash 4 Cash $100,000 bonus.
Next race: May 13, Darlington, South Carolina.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
NASCAR TRUCK SERIES
Last race: Corey Heim won both stages and led 82 of the 124 laps run in a rain-shortened event at Martinsville for his first victory of the season.
Next race: May 6, Kansas City, Kansas.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
FORMULA ONE
Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Site: Baku, Azerbaijan.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 5:30 a.m., and qualifying, 9 a.m.; Saturday, practice, 5:30 a.m., and sprint, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, race, 7 a.m. (ESPN).
Track: Baku City Circuit.
Race distance: 51 laps, 190.170 miles.
Last year: Max Verstappen won after starting third.
Last race: Verstappen, the two-time defending champion, outran seven-time champ Lewis Hamilton in a three-lap sprint of a race filled with restarts to win for the second time in three races this year and the 18th time in the last 27.
Fast facts: Verstappen and his Red Bull teammate, Sergio Perez, have combined to win all three races this year and are 1-2 in the point standings. Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin is third with podium finishes in all three events. … Hamilton’s runner-up finish in the last race was his best in more than a year.
Next race: May 7, Miami.
Online: http://www.formula1.com
INDYCAR
Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix
Site: Birmingham, Alabama.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 3:40 p.m.; Saturday, practice, noon, and qualifying, 3 p.m. p.m.; Sunday, race, 3:15 p.m. (NBC).
Track: Barber Motorsports Park.
Race distance: 90 laps, 207 miles.
Last year: Pato O’Ward won after starting second.
Last race: Pole-sitter Kyle Kirkwood held off Andretti Autosport teammate Romain Grosjean on the downtown streets of Long Beach, California, leading a parade of Honda drivers who swept the top five finishing positions.
Fast facts: Kirkwood became the third different winner in as many races this year. … Marcus Ericsson, winner of the season-opener, leads O’Ward by 15 points in the standings and 2021 series champion Alex Palou by 19 points. … The other winners, Josef Newgarden and Kirkwood, are fourth and fifth. … The series will take next weekend off before moving to Indianapolis for two races in a three-week period capped by the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Next race: May 13, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Online: http://www.indycar.com
NHRA DRAG RACING
Last event: Antron Brown won in Top Fuel and Matt Hagan won in Funny Car in Las Vegas.
Next event: April 30, Concord, North Carolina.
Online: http://www.nhra.com
WORLD OF OUTLAWS
Next events: April 28 and 29, Granite City, Illinois.
Online: http://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars
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