AUTO RACING THIS WEEK
NASCAR CUP SERIES XFINITY 500
Site: Martinsville, Virginia. Schedule: Sunday, race, 2 p.m.
Track: Martinsville Speedway.
Race distance: 500 laps, 263 miles.
Last year: Chase Elliott won after starting eighth.
Last race: Kyle Larson won his series-best ninth race of the season in Kansas City.
Fast facts: This race will determine the four drivers eligible for the championship in the season finale . ... Larson now has two three-race winning streaks this season. He’s the first to do that since Dale Earnhardt in 1987 . ... Larson leads Elliott, the defending series champion, by 74 points and Denny Hamlin by 76 with two races remaining . ... Larson has led 2,397 laps, or 998 more than No. 2 Hamlin . ... Hamlin is the only driver that’s been running at the finish of all 34 races . ... Hamlin leads active drivers with five wins on the 0.526-mile oval. Martin Truex Jr. has won three and Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch have won twice.
Next race: Nov. 7, Avondale, Arizona.
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES DEAD ON TOOLS 250
Site: Martinsville, Virginia. Schedule: Saturday, race, 6 p.m.
Track: Martinsville Speedway.
Race distance: 250 laps, 131.5 miles.
Last year: Virginia native Harrison Burton won after starting 10th.
Last race: At Kansas, rookie Ty Gibbs grabbed his fourth victory of the season.
Fast facts: This race will determine the four drivers eligible for the series championship in the season finale . ... Austin Cindric and A.J. Allmendinger are tied in points with Justin Allgaier 38 points back and Daniel Hemric 40 behind. Justin Haley is 47 back . ... Hemric leads all drivers with 29 lead-lap finishes in 31 races.
Next race: Nov. 6, Avondale, Arizona.
NASCAR TRUCK SERIES UNITED RENTALS 200
Site: Martinsville, Virginia. Schedule: Saturday, race, 1 p.m.
Track: Martinsville Speedway.
Race distance: 200 laps, 105.2 miles.
Last year: Grant Enfinger won after starting eighth.
Last race: At Talladega, Tate Fogelman won for the first time in 46 career starts.
Fast facts: This race will determine the four drivers eligible for the series championship in the season finale . ... John Hunter Nemechek was the only one of eight championship contenders to finish in the top 10 as many of the others were caught up in accidents . ... Nemechek leads Ben Rhodes by a single point in the standings with three-time champion Matt Crafton 26 points back.
Next race: Nov. 5, Avondale, Arizona.
FORMULA ONE
Last race: Max Verstappen outran seventime series champion Lewis Hamilton in Texas and claimed his series-high eighth victory of the year.
Next race: Nov. 7, Mexico City.
INDYCAR
Last race: Colton Herta won the season finale at
Long Beach, California, as Alex Palou wrapped up the series championship.
Next race: Feb. 27, St. Petersburg, Florida.