Porterville Recorder

XFINITY ROCK N ROLL TEQUILA 170

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Site: Lexington, Ohio. Schedule: Friday, practice, 1:35 p.m. & 4:05 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 11:30 a.m., race, 3 p.m., NBCSN. Track: Mid-ohio Sports Car Course (road, 2.258 miles) Race distance: 169.35 miles, 75 laps. Last year: Sam Hornish came out of semi-retirement to win from the pole. Last race: Joey Logano won Watkins Glen after also being the fastest in qualifying. Fast facts: Logano beat among others Christophe­r Bell, who had won the previous three races. Bell was attempting to become the first series driver with four wins in a row since Sam Ard in 1983. ...Bell finished ninth, but he retained the series lead at 22 points over Cole Custer. Daniel Hemric and Elliott Sadler are in third and fourth place respective­ly . ... NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, 62, is set for a one-off Xfinity start at Road America on Aug. 25. Elliott hasn’t run a NASCAR event in six years. Next race: Food City 300, Aug. 17, Bristol Motor Speedway. Online: http://www.nascar.com

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