THIS WEEKEND
NASCAR
Last race: Clint Bowyer, starting 12th, won for the second time this season. Next race: Toyota/save Mart 350, June 24, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California. Online: http://www.nascar.com
XFINITY IOWA 250
Site: Newton, Iowa Schedule: Saturday, practice, 12:05 p.m. (FS2), practice, 2:40 p.m. (FS1); Sunday, qualifying, 11:35 a.m. (FS1), race, 2 p.m., FS1 Track: Iowa Speedway (oval, 0.875 miles). Race distance: 218.75 miles, 250 laps. Last year: William Byron won his first race of 2017. Last race: Austin Dillon took first in a rain-shortened race in Michigan. Fast facts: Last week’s win w as the ninth of Dillon’s career. He took the lead on lap 72 and held it for 19 more laps before weather forced officials to call the race. ...Dillon’s victory was also Richard Childress Racing’s first in Xfinity since Michael Mcdowell took the checkered flag at Road America in 2016 . ... NASCAR Next driver Riley Herbst will make his debut this weekend in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 18 car. Herbst has made 27 ARCA starts over the past two years and scored a win at Pocono. Next race: Overton’s 300, June 30, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois. Online: http://www.nascar.com
CAMPING WORLD TRUCK M&M’S 200
Site: Newton, Iowa Schedule: Saturday, practice, 6:35 a.m. (FS1), practice, 8:05 a.m. (FS2), qualifying, 1:30 p.m. (FS2), race, 4 p.m. (FS1). Track: Iowa Speedway Race distance: 175 miles, 200 laps. Last year: John Hunter Nemechek won his second race in a row. Last race: Johnny Sauter made it back-to-back wins in Texas. Fast facts: Sauter has won four of the eight races run so far in 2018. He’s got a 77-point lead over Noah Gragson in the point standings . ... Saturday’s race will be a homecoming for Brett Moffitt, who grew up in nearby Grimes, Iowa. Moffitt is third in the standings, 95 points back of Sauter . ... Todd Gilliland led a race-high 62 laps last week, just hours after receiving his high school diploma in a pre-race ceremony. Next race: Overton’s 225, June 29, Chicagoland Speedway Online: http://www.nascar.com