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AUTO RACING: NASCAR's weekend off puts open wheel series on center stage
All Times Eastern
NASCAR CUP SERIES
Last race: Martin Truex Jr. passed Chase Elliott after a final stage restart at Sonoma and easily held off Kyle Busch for his fourth career victory at the track. Truex also assumed the points lead by 13 over William Byron.
Next race: June 25, Nashville, Tennessee.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES
Last race: Aric Almirola won the inaugural Xfinity Series race at Sonoma, capitalizing on a late restart and an even later mistake by Kyle Larson for the first-ever victory for RSS Racing, his first career road-course victory, his fourth victory overall and first in the series since 2017.
Next race: June 24, Nashville, Tennessee.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
NASCAR TRUCK SERIES
Last race: Grant Enfinger outran Christian Eckes in a two-lap overtime at World Wide Technology Raceway to become the third multiple race winner of the season.
Next race: June 23, Nashville, Tennessee.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
FORMULA ONE
Canadian Grand Prix
Site: Montreal, Canada.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.; Saturday, practice, 12:30 p.m., and qualifying, 4 p.m.; Sunday, race, 2 p.m. (ESPN).
Track: Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve.
Race distance: 70 laps, 189.694 miles.
Last year: Max Verstappen won after starting from the pole position.
Last race: Verstappen, the two-time defending series champion, started from the pole position and was never challenged in Spain, his fifth win of the season and the seventh for Red Bull in as many races. Seven-time series champion Lewis Hamilton matched his best finish of the season, running second, and his Mercedes teammate, George Russell, was third.
Fast facts: Verstappen leads Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez by 53 points through seven races and could finish last in the next two races, earning no points, and still lead the standings, with a maximum of 26 points available for each race. Third place Fernando Alonso is 71 points behind. ... The top three have accounted for 16 of 21 available podium finishes. Only Hamilton, with two, has more than one among the other competitors. ... Verstappen has won 21 of the last 31 races.
Next race: July 2, Spielberg, Austria.
Online: http://www.formula1.com
INDYCAR
Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America
Site: Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 4 p.m.; Saturday, practice, 10:55 a.m., and qualifying, 1:55 p.m.-2:55 p.m.; Sunday, race, 1 :15 p.m. (USA).
Track: Road America.
Race distance: 55 laps, 220.55 miles.
Last year: Josef Newgarden won after starting second.
Last race: Alex Palou led 74 of the 100 laps, took the lead for keeps on Lap 77 and won in the series’ return to the streets of Detroit, his second victory in less than a month.
Fast facts: Palou and Newgarden are the only multiple race winners this season through seven events. ... Palou, the 2021 series champion, leads Marcus Ericsson by 51 points and Newgarden by 70 in the season standings. ... Palou, Ericsson and eighth-place Will Power share the lead with six lead-lap finishes while Palou, Ericsson and Pato O'Ward share the lead with three podium finishes. ... Ryan Hunter-Reay will replace Conor Daly for Ed Carpenter Racing. Daly stood 20th in the points with a top finish of eighth in the Indy 500.
Next race: July 2, Lexington, Ohio.
Online: http://www.indycar.com
NHRA DRAG RACING
Last event: Justin Ashley won in Top Fuel and Ron Capps won in Funny Car in Bristol, Tennessee.
Next event: June 25, Norwalk, Ohio.
Online: http://www.nhra.com
WORLD OF OUTLAWS
Next events: June 16-17, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
Online: http://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars
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