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WEEKEND AUTO RACING

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NASCAR CUP SERIES

Goodyear 400

TV: 3:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, FS1. Track: Darlington (S.C.) Raceway; race distance: 293 laps, 400.2 miles.

Fast facts: Chase Elliott increased his points lead from 21 to 50 over Ryan Blaney. William Byron and Kyle Busch share third, 65 points back. … Elliott also became the ninth different winner in 11 races and the fourth Hendrick Motorsport­s driver to win this season; no other organizati­on has had all four of its drivers win in the first 11 races of a season. … The top six drivers have accounted for seven victories thus far, with Byron and Ross Chastain having two each and Blaney none. … Chevrolets have won seven races, Ford and Toyota two each.

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES

Mahindra ROXOR 200

TV: 1:30 p.m. EDT Saturday, FS1. Track: Darlington Raceway; race distance: 147 laps, 200 miles.

Fast facts: JRM drivers claimed four of the top five spots in the last race, with Noah Gragson fourth and Sam Mayer fifth, the first time any team has done that since 2013. … Ty Gibbs was third, preventing a 1-2-3-4 finish for JRM. … A.J. Allmending­er continues to lead the points, now by 43 over Gibbs and Gragson. …. Allmending­er has finished in the top 10 in all 10 races this season. …

Gragson leads with seven top-five finishes, one more than Allmending­er.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Dead On Tools 200

TV: 7:30 p.m. EDT Friday, FS1. Track: Darlington Raceway; race distance: 147 laps, 200 miles.

Fast facts: Ben Rhodes leads Chandler Smith by 38 in the points standings with Stewart Friesen third, 51 behind. Zane Smith, the only two-time winner through six races, is fourth, 54 back. … Rhodes has five top-five finishes. No one else has more than three. … Corey Heim, who has raced just twice, and Cup Series regular William Byron account for the other two victories in the series.

Formula 1

Miami Grand Prix

TV: 3:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, ABC Track: Miami Internatio­nal Autodrome; race distance: 57 laps, 191.6 miles. Fast facts: Imola race winner Max Verstappen jumped from sixth to second in the points race, now 27 behind Charles LeClerc. Each has won a pair of the four races run this season. … LeClerc has led 143 of the 228 laps run so far or 62.7%. … Organizers went through 36 different layouts before settling on a 19-turn circuit for the race.

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