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 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES: Owens Corning Atticat 300, Chicagoland
Speedway, Joliet, Ill.
TV: Saturday, 9:30 p.m. ET -- Fox Sports 1 (Radio: Motor Racing
Network/SiriusXM Channel 90).
THEN AND NOW: This will be the first of two NXS races this season at
Chicagoland Speedway. Chase Elliott won this race last year, while
Kevin Harvick won the September 2014 race there. Harvick and Kyle
Busch are the leading winners in the 18 NXS races that have been
held to date at the 1.5-mile track, three apiece. Busch's most
recent win at Chicagoland came in September 2013. ... Busch won last
weekend's race at Michigan, his first NXS win since last season. ...
Last Saturday, Chris Buescher increased his lead in the NXS
standings to 25 points over second-place Ty Dillon. Elliott is in
third place, 35 points back, while Regan Smith is in fourth,
trailing by 55 points. Darrell Wallace Jr. is in fifth place, 61
points back.
NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES: American Ethanol 200, Iowa
Speedway, Newton, Iowa.
TV: Friday, 8:30 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1 (Radio: Motor Racing
Network/SiriusXM Channel 90).
THEN AND NOW: This is the ninth time the Camping World Truck Series
will visit the 7/8-mile Iowa Speedway. Erik Jones won this race last
season. Timothy Peters owns the most race victories there, two. ...
Cole Custer won last weekend's race at Gateway Motorsports Park,
just outside St. Louis. ... Matt Crafton had a rough go of it at
Gateway (21st place), but he still managed to hold onto his lead in
the Truck Series points standings. He is in front of Tyler Reddick
by 12 points. Third-place Johnny Sauter trails by 30 points, and
Jones is 33 points back in fourth. John Wes Townley is a distant 69
points back in fifth place.
VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES: After six races and Indianapolis 500
qualifying in the past six weeks (May 9-June 14), the IndyCar Series
enjoys a weekend off before resuming June 27 with the MAV TV 500 at
Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. NASCAR also will be in
California the same weekend, but Sonoma is about 500 miles north of
Fontana. ... Josef Newgarden earned his first win of the season
Sunday at Toronto. Luca Filippi finished second, and he was followed
by Helio Castroneves. ... As he has since the first race of the
season (which he won in St. Petersburg, Fla.), Juan Pablo Montoya
remains No. 1 in the point standings. He leads Will Power by 27
points and Scott Dixon by 45 points.
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NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING SERIES: NHRA
Thunder Valley Nationals, Bristol Dragway, Bristol, Tenn.
TV: Qualifying, Saturday, tape delay, 8-10 p.m. ET on ESPN2; final
eliminations, Sunday, live, 3-6 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
THEN AND NOW: Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel), Tommy Johnson Jr. (Funny
Car) and Erica Enders (Pro Stock) won this event last season at the
drag strip located across the street from the famous Bristol Motor
Speedway. ... Last weekend in New Hampshire, Tony Schumacher (Top
Fuel), John Force (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) won
their respective classes. It was the second win this season for both
Schumacher and Force, while Anderson won his third race of the
season. ... Heading into this weekend's event, Antron Brown remains
atop the Top Fuel standings, but he saw his 118-point lead over
Schumacher drop to just 33 points after the latter's win at New
Hampshire. Spencer Massey is a distant third in the standings, 133
points back. In Funny Car, Matt Hagan increased his lead over Ron
Capps from 39 to 61 points after New Hampshire, while Force vaulted
into third place, 94 points behind Hagan. In Pro Stock, Anderson saw
his lead jump from 22 to 70 points over second-place Enders. Jason
Line is a distant third, 131 points back.
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