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NASCAR CUP SERIES
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Web site: Darlington, South Carolina.
Schedule: Saturday, follow, 12:30 p.m., and qualifying, 1:20 p.m.; Sunday, race, 6 p.m (USA).
Observe: Darlington Raceway.
Race distance: 367 laps, 501.3 miles.
Final yr: Erik Jones received after beginning fifteenth.
Final race: Chris Buescher led RFK Racing’s first 1-2 end in 9 years, winnng at Daytona for the third time within the last 5 regular-season races.
Quick information: That is the primary race of the playoffs. … Buescher’s victory boosted Bubba Wallace into the ultimate postseason spot and eradicated fan favourite Chase Elliott, who completed fourth, from the playoffs for the primary time in eight seasons. … Brad Keselowski completed second, adopted by Aric Almirola. … Martin Truex Jr. took the regular-season championship over Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin, giving Truex an additional 15 playoff factors. … NASCAR red-flagged the race for practically 10 minutes after a crash that took out seven drivers competing for the final spot within the postseason. … 2004 sequence champion Kurt Busch, 45, introduced his retirement due to the lingering results of a concussion sustained final yr.
Subsequent race: Sept. 10, Kansas Metropolis, Kansas.
On-line: http://www.nascar.com
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES
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Web site: Darlington, South Carolina.
Schedule: Saturday, follow, 10:35 a.m., qualifying, 11:05 a.m., and race, 3:30 p.m. (USA).
Observe: Darlington Raceway.
Race distance: 147 laps, 200.8 miles.
Final yr: Noah Gragson received after startng second.
Final race: Justin Allgaier held off Sheldon Creed by 0.005 seconds in double time beyond regulation to prevail within the fourth-closest end in sequence historical past and win for the primary time in 26 begins at Daytona.
Quick information: Allgaier’s second victory of the season and twenty first general moved him to second within the factors race, 27 factors behind Austin Hill and one forward of John Hunter Nemechek with three regular-season races remaining. … Hill completed twenty third, Nemechek twenty eighth. … Daniel Hemric was third, adopted by Parker Kligerman and Cole Custer. … Hill and Trevor Bayne appeared to be in charge of the race late, however they began a multicar melee after they made contact with Chandler Smith following a restart with two laps to go. … Riley Herbst had a second consecutive unhealthy week and went from three factors forward of Kligerman to twenty factors behind within the struggle for the final playoff spot. Herbst has misplaced 54 factors in that struggle within the final two races.
Subsequent race: Sept. 9, Kansas Metropolis, Kansas.
On-line: http://www.nascar.com
NASCAR TRUCK SERIES
Final race: Grant Enfinger led 95 of 175 laps and handed Carson Hocevar on the 159th lap to win in Milwaukee. His third victory of the season superior him into the following spherical of the playoffs.
Subsequent race: Sept. 8, Kansas Metropolis, Kansas.
On-line: http://www.nascar.com
FORMULA ONE
Italian Grand Prix
Web site: Monza, Italy.
Schedule: Friday, follow, 7:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Saturday, follow, 6:30 a.m., and qualifying, 10 a.m.; Sunday, race, 9 a.m. (ESPN).
Observe: Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
Race distance: 53 laps, 190.596 miles.
Final yr: Max Verstappen received after beginning seventh.
Final race: Two-time defending sequence champion Max Verstappen received the rain-marred Dutch Grand Prix to equal Sebastian Vettel’s F1 document with 9 straight victories.
Quick information: The victory was Verstappen’s eighth this yr from the pole place and his third in a row from the pole at Zandvoort. … He and Purple Bull teammate Sergio Perez have mixed to win the final 14 races, together with all 13 this season, and 23 of the final 24. Verstappen has received 20 of them. The final non-Purple Bull driver to win was George Russell of Mercedes within the penultimate race final season.
Subsequent race: Sept. 17, Marina Bay, Singapore.
On-line: http://www.formula1.com
INDYCAR
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Web site: Portland, Oregon.
Schedule: Friday, follow, 6 p.m.; Saturday, follow, Midday, qualifying, 3:30 p.m., and last follow, 8:15 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (NBC).
Observe: Portland Worldwide Raceway.
Race distance: 119 laps, 216.04 miles.
Final yr: Scott McLaughlin received from the pole place.
Final race: Six-time sequence champion Scott Dixon earned his fifty fifth victory within the sequence in his record-extending 320th profession begin and did so in dominating style, beating Pato O’Ward by greater than 22 seconds.
Quick information: Dixon wanted solely three pit stops and held the lead for 82 laps earlier than making his last pit cease on lap 196 of 260. … Dixon moved inside 74 factors of Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Alex Palou within the championship struggle. Josef Newgarden is third, 125 again. … Newgarden led 101 of the primary 104 laps, however his streak of 5 consecutive victories on an oval monitor ended, two shy of A.J. Foyt’s mark of seven straight oval victories. Newgarden hit the wall on Lap 211 and completed twenty fifth. … That is the penultimate race of the 2023 season.
Subsequent race: Sept. 10, Monterey, California.
On-line: http://www.indycar.com
NHRA DRAG RACING
Final occasion: Antron Brown received in High Gas and Ron Capps received in Humorous automotive in Minnesota.
Subsequent occasion: Aug. 30-Sept. 4, Indianapolis, Indiana.
On-line: http://www.nhra.com
WORLD OF OUTLAWS
Subsequent occasions: Aug. 31, Sept. 1 and Sept. 2, Burlington, Washington.
On-line: http://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars
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