AUTO RACING: All-star break for Cup Series; F1 in Barcelona
All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES NASCAR All-star Race
Site: Fort Worth, Texas.
Schedule: Saturday, practice (open and combined), 7 p.m., qualifying (open), 7:35 p.m.; and (all-star), 7:55 p.m.; Sunday, all-star open, 5:30 p.m.; and all-star race, 8 p.m. (FS1).
Track: Texas Motor Speedway.
Race distance: 100 laps, 150 miles.
Last year: Kyle Larson won at Texas, his second all-star victory.
Last race: Kurt Busch passed Larson with eight laps to go and won at Kansas to become the 11th different winner through 13 races this year.
Fast facts: Larson's victory last season in the non-points race came during a stretch when he won four consecutive main events in the series on his way to becoming the season champion . ... Busch ended a 27-race winless streak at Kansas and gave 23XI it's first victory as a team. Busch has now won Cup Series races for five different car owners and with four different manufacturers . ... Chase Elliott's points lead is now 52 over Ryan Blaney and 58 over Kyle Busch.
Next race: May 29, Concord, North Carolina.
Online: nascar.com http://www.
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES SRS Distribution 250
Site: Fort Worth, Texas.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 6 p.m., and qualifying, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, race, 1:30 p.m. (FS1).
Track: Texas Motor Speedway.
Race distance: 167 laps, 250.5 miles.
Last year: Kyle Busch won after starting 14th.
Last race: Justin Allgaier ended a 34-race winless streak with his second consecutive victory at Darlington, beating teammate Noah Gragson and leading a second consecutive 1-2 finish for JR Motorsports.
Fast facts: A.J. Allmendinger leads Gragson by 25 points in the standings through 11 races. Allmendinger also leads with 11 top10 finishes, but Gragson leads with 8 topfive runs . ... Ty Gibbs is 41 points back despite a series-best three wins. ... The top six drivers in the standings have all won at least once.
Next race: May 28, Concord, North Carolina.
Online: nascar.com http://www.
NASCAR TRUCK SERIES Sppedycash.com 220
Site: Fort Worth, Texas.
Schedule:
Friday, practice, 6 p.m., and qualifying, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, race, 1:30 p.m. (FS1).
Track: Texas Motor Speedway.
Race distance: 147 laps, 220.5 miles.
Last year: John Hunter Nemechek won from the pole.
Last race: Zane Smith led 108 of 134 laps to win at Kansas, his series-best third victory of the season.
Fast facts: Smith climbed to third in the points race, 21 behind Ben Rhodes and one point behind Nemechek . ... Smith also leads with seven top10 finishes and has led a series-high 201 laps through eight races . ... Rhodes has one victory and leads with five topfive runs . ... Ty Majeski was second at Kansas.
Next race: May 27, Concord, North Carolina.
Online: nascar.com http://www.
FORMULA ONE Spanish Grand Prix
Site:
Spain.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Saturday, practice, 7 a.m., and qualifying, 10 a.m.; Sunday, race, 9 a.m. (ESPN).
Track: Circuit de Barcelona-catalunya.
Race distance: 66 laps, 191.6 miles.
Last year: Lewis Hamilton won from the pole.
Last race: Max Verstappen passed both front-row Ferraris as he went from third to first in the first nine laps and won the series' first race in Miami.
Fast facts: Verstappen's victory was his third in five races to start the season and closed the defending series champion to within 19 points of leader Charles Leclerc in the standings . ... Leclerc leads all drivers with four top-three finishes. ... Seven-time series champ Hamilton is
Barcelona, sixth in points, 68 back.
Next race: May 29, Monaco.
Online: http://www. formula1.com
INDYCAR
Last race: Colton Herta overcame two late pit stops and pulled away from Simon Pagenaud to win on a rainy Indianapolis road race.
Next race: May 29, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Online: http://www. indycar.com
NHRA DRAG RACING
Last event: Brittany Force won in Top Fuel and Robert Hight won in Funny Car in Virginia.
Next event: June 5, Epping, New Hampshire.
Online: nhra.com http://www.
WORLD OF OUTLAWS
Next events: May 20, Attica, Ohio, and May 21, Hartford, Ohio.
Online: http://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars