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NASCAR CUP SERIES GEICO 500

Site: Talladega, Alabama. Schedule: Saturday, 10:30 a.m. qualifying, Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (FOX). Track: Talladega Superspeedway. Race distance: 188 laps, 500.08 miles. Last year: Kyle Busch won after starting 17th.

Last race: Chase Elliott pulled ahead and cleared Ross Chastain on the first lap after the second restart in overtime at Texas, ending a 42-race winless streak.

Fast facts: The race ended on the 16th caution after Elliott had taken the white flag for the 276th lap in a race scheduled for 267 laps. The caution flag flew after William Byron bumped second-place Ross Chastain. Byron finished third; Chastain 32nd . ... Elliott’s win was his first since Talladega in 2022. It also was the fifth win this season for Hendrick Motorsports and the 306th for NASCAR’s winningest team . ... Brad Keselowski was second and has now gone 107 races since his last win at Talladega in April 2021 . ... Denny Hamlin kept alive his streak of being the only driver to leads laps in all nine races. He was battling Elliot for the lead with two laps left in regulation before sliding backwards into the wall, forcing the extra racing.

Next race: April 28, Dover, Delaware.

NASCAR TRUCK SERIES

Last race: Kyle Busch overcame a series of late restarts and led 112 of 167 laps to win for the sixth time in the truck series at Texas and the 20th time overall on the 1.5-mile layout.

Next race: May 4, Kansas City, Kansas.

FORMULA ONE Chinese Grand Prix

Site: Shanghai, China. Schedule: Thursday, practice, 11:30 p.m.; Friday, Sprint qualifying, 3:30 a.m., and Sprint, 11 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 3 a.m.; Sunday, race, 3 a.m. (ESPN). Track: Shanghai International Circuit. Race distance: 56 laps, 189.559 miles. Last year: Not held (pandemic).

Last race: Max Verstappen won in Japan, his third win in four races this season.

Fast facts: Verstappen, the three-time defending champion, has won 22 of the last 26 races . ... Since 2021, when he won his first championship, Verstappen has won 47 of 70 races . ... F1 has not run in Shanghai since 2019 with four races called off because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Next race: May 5, Miami Gardens, Florida.

INDYCAR Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

Site: Long Beach, California. Schedule: Friday, practice, 5:50 p.m., Saturday, practice, 11:25 a.m., and qualifying 2:25 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (USA). Track: Streets of Long Beach.

Race distance: 85 laps, 167.28 miles. Last year: Kyle Kirkwood won from the pole position.

Last race: Two-time and reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou won the Thermal $1 Million Challenge, leading all 20 laps of IndyCar’s first non-points race since 2008.

Fast facts: Josef Newgarden won the only points race of the season and leads runner-up Pato O’Ward by 14 in the points race and third-place Scott McLaughlin by 19.

Next race: April 28.

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