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NASCAR CUP SERIES
GEICO 500
Web site: Talladega, Alabama.
Schedule: Saturday, qualifying, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (FOX).
Monitor: Talladega Superspeedway.
Race distance: 188 laps, 500 miles.
Final yr: Ross Chastain received after beginning nineteenth.
Final race: Kyle Larson made a late two-tire pit cease repay and held off Joey Logano to win at Martinsville, his second victory in three races.
Quick information: Larson and Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron are the one a number of race winners by 9 occasions. … Larson led the final 29 laps. … Logano began behind the sector after a post-qualifying adjustment to his automotive and rallied from going a lap down twice within the race. … Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin completed third and fourth, their first top-five finishes of the season. … Chase Elliott returned after lacking six races due to surgical procedure to restore a damaged tibia sustained whereas snowboarding.
Subsequent race: April 30, Dover, Delaware.
On-line: http://www.nascar.com
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES
Ag-Professional 300
Web site: Talladega, Alabama.
Schedule: Friday, apply, 10:30 a.m., and qualifying, 5:35 p.m.; Saturday, race, 4 p.m. (FS1).
Monitor: Talladega Superspeedway.
Race distance: 113 laps, 300.58 miles.
Final yr: Brandon Jones received after beginning twelfth.
Final race: John Hunter Nemechek led 198 of the 250 laps at Martinsville to document his second victory of the season and his fourth within the sequence.
Quick information: Nemechek’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Sammy Smith completed second, adopted by Cole Custer, Josh Berry and Brandon Jones. … There have been 12 completely different winners within the final 12 Xfinity Collection races at Martinsville. … Nemechek and Berry share the sequence lead with seven top-10 finishes. … Nemechek additionally took over the sequence factors lead by 21 over three-time winner Austin Hill.
Subsequent race: April 29, Dover, Delaware.
On-line: http://www.nascar.com
NASCAR TRUCK SERIES
Final race: Corey Heim received each phases and led 82 of the 124 laps run in a rain-shortened occasion at Martinsville for his first victory of the season.
Subsequent race: Could 6, Kansas Metropolis, Kansas.
On-line: http://www.nascar.com
FORMULA ONE
Final race: Two-time defending champion Max Verstappen outran seven-time champ Lewis Hamilton in a three-lap dash of a race stuffed with restarts to win for the second time in three races this yr and the 18th time within the final 27. The end was Hamilton’s greatest in additional than a yr.
Subsequent race: April 30, Azerbaijan.
On-line: http://www.formula1.com
INDYCAR
Final race: Pole-sitter Kyle Kirkwood held off Andretti Autosport teammate Romain Grosjean on the downtown streets of Lengthy Seaside, California, main a parade of Honda drivers who swept the highest 5 ending positions.
Subsequent race: April 30, Birmingham, Alabama.
On-line: http://www.indycar.com
NHRA DRAG RACING
Final occasion: Antron Brown received in Prime Gasoline and Matt Hagan received in Humorous Automobile in Las Vegas.
Subsequent occasion: April 30, Harmony, North Carolina.
On-line: http://www.nhra.com
WORLD OF OUTLAWS
Subsequent occasions: April 21 and 22, Knoxville, Iowa.
On-line: http://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars
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