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Elliott rolling in NASCAR; Ferrari rebounding

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All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Ambetter 301

Site: Loudon, New Hampshire. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 11:35 a.m., and qualifying, 12:20 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (USA).

Track: New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Race distance: 301 laps, 318.46

miles.

Last year: Aric Almirola won after starting 22nd.

Last race: Chase Elliott passed Corey Lajoie with under two laps to go and won at Atlanta under yellow after Lajoie spun and crashed on the final lap.

Fast facts: Elliott led 97 of the 260 laps. He also extended his points lead to 47 over Ryan Blaney and 50 over Ross Chastain . ... The race featured 27 lead changes among 12 drivers and 13 caution periods . ... Elliott and his father, Bill, are the only Georgia-born drivers to win in the Cup Series on the 1.54-mile layout. They join the Jarretts (Ned and Dale) and the Earnhardts (Dale and Dale Jr.) as father-son duos to win there . ... Elliott became the first three-time winner this season.

Next race: July 24, Long Pond,

Pennsylvan­ia. Online: https://urldefense.com/v3/__ http://www.nascar.com__;!!jaqbbukh gpc!nrxtoffkkm­iyrra-61_ydd7pygmzw­1dshm_oijy2m1wqj­j7hoofc4iz­psvaall8nd­pg0jchyh1m­jxmjujcfjt­jgnmcaalwt­9fl4dq$

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES Crayon 200

Site: Loudon, New Hampshire. Schedule: Friday, practice, 5:05 p.m., and qualifying, 5:35 p.m.; Saturday, race, 2:30 p.m. (USA). Track: New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Race distance: 200 laps, 211.6 miles. Last year: Christophe­r Bell won after starting 14th.

Last race: Georgia native Austin Hill led an eight-car train to the checkered flag at Atlanta, his first victory there after three consecutiv­e second-place finishes.

Fast facts: Hill's runner-up results came in the Truck Series in 2020 and 2021 and in last spring's Xfinity Series race . ... He also earned the first stage win in his series career, taking the second stage . ... Polesitter Ty Gibbs had his chance at a season-best fifth victory end when he crashed after 93 laps. He limped home 35th . ... A.J. Allmending­er extended his points led to 29 over Gibbs and 30 over Justin Allgaier after his 15th top-10 run in 17 races.

Next race: July 23, Long Pond,

Pennsylvan­ia.

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NASCAR TRUCK SERIES

Last race: Parker Kligerman held off Zane Smith in a three-lap closing duel and won the series debut at Mid-ohio for his third career win in the series. It was the part-time driver's first since 2017.

Next race: July 23, Long Pond, Pennsylvan­ia. Online: https://urldefense.com/v3/__ http://www.nascar.com__;!!jaqbbukh gpc!nrxtoffkkm­iyrra-61_ydd7pygmzw­1dshm_oijy2m1wqj­j7hoofc4iz­psvaall8nd­pg0jchyh1m­jxmjujcfjt­jgnmcaalwt­9fl4dq$

FORMULA ONE

Last race: Charles Leclerc outran points leader and defending series champion Max Verstappen in Austria for his third victory of the season. The second consecutiv­e victory for Ferrari comes on the heels of six in a row for Red Bull.

Next race: July 24, Le Castellet,

France.

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INDYCAR Honda Indy Toronto

Site: Toronto, Canada. Schedule: Friday, practice, 2:30 p.m.; Saturday, practice, 10 a.m., and qualifying, 2 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (peacock).

Track: Exhibition Place street circuit. Race distance: 85 laps, 151.81 miles. Last year: Did not race (pandemic). Last race: Scott Mclaughlin won for the second time in his career, both this season, by outrunning defending series champion Alex Palou at Mid-ohio. Fast facts: Indy 500 winner Marcus Ericsson leads Will Power by 20 points in the season standings, with Josef Newgarden 34 points back and Palou 35 back . ... Simon Pagenaud won the last event here, in 2019 . ... Mclaughlin has led a series-best 285 laps, but is just seventh in points. Sixth-place Scott Dixon is next, having led 122 laps . ... This event has been off the schedule the last two seasons because of the pandemic and United States-canada travel restrictio­ns.

Next race: July 23-23, Newton, Iowa (races on Saturday and Sunday).

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NHRA DRAG RACING

Last event: Mike Salinas won in Top Fuel and Robert Hight won in Funny Car in Norwalk, Ohio. Next event: July 15-17, Morrison,

Colorado. Online: https://urldefense.com/v3/__ http://www.nhra.com__;!!jaqbbukhg pc!nrxtoffkkm­iyrra-61_ydd7pygmzw­1dshm_oijy2m1wqj­j7hoofc4iz­psvaall8nd­pg0jchyh1m­jxmjujcfjt­jgnmcaalxi­nx-uig$

WORLD OF OUTLAWS

Next events: July 13-15, Rossburg, Ohio.

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