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[September 28, 2017]  The Sports Xchange

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES: APACHE WARRIOR 400 (400 laps, 400 miles around a 1-mile banked concrete oval), Dover International Speedway; Dover, Del.

TV: Sunday, 2 p.m. ET -- NBCSN (Radio: Motor Racing Network /SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: This will be the 96th NASCAR Cup race at Dover, which has been hosting NASCAR since 1969. ... Martin Truex Jr. is defending winner of this race, while Jimmie Johnson won there in June. ... Kyle Busch won last Sunday's race at New Hampshire. ... This is the third race of the 10-race playoffs. It is a crucial race as four of the 16 NASCAR Cup playoff contenders will be eliminated after this race, the end of the first round. Only 12 will advance to the second round. .... Here's the Cup point standings after Chicagoland: Truex (2,149 points), Kyle Larson (2,125), Busch (2,119), Brad Keselowski, (2,106), Denny Hamlin (2,088), Matt Kenseth (2,087), Johnson (2.076), Ryan Blaney (2,070), Chase Elliott (2,070) and Kevin Harvick (2,069).

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES: USE YOUR MELON, DRIVE SOBER 200 (200 laps, 200 miles around a 1-mile banked concrete oval), Dover International Speedway; Dover, Del.

TV: Saturday, 3 p.m. ET -- NBCSN (Radio: Motor Racing Network/SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: This will be the 68th Xfinity race at Dover. ... Defending winner of this race is Daniel Suarez. Larson won there in June, as well. ... Tyler Reddick won last Saturday's race at Kentucky Speedway. ... Saturday's race at Dover will be the second race of the Xfinity Series' 7-race playoffs. ... Justin Allgaier and Cole Custer are tied for the lead in the standings (each with 2,057 points), followed by Elliott Sadler (2,055), Daniel Hemric (2,052), William Byron (2,051), Brennan Poole (2,047), Matt Tifft (2,036), Ryan Reed (2,034), Brendan Gaughan (2,026), Blake Koch (2.025), Michael Annett (2,022) and Jeremy Clements (2,020).

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES: LAS VEGAS 350 (146 laps, 219 miles around a 1.5-mile oval), Las Vegas Motor Speedway; Las Vegas.

TV: Saturday, 8 p.m. ET -- FoxSports1 (Radio: Motor Racing Network /SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: This will be the 21st Truck Series race held at LVMS. ... Reddick won this race last year. ... Christopher Bell won last Saturday's race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. ... This is the second race of the Truck Series' seven-race playoffs. ... Bell is No. 1 in the point standings (2,100), followed by Johnny Sauter (2,060), Matt Crafton (2,059), Ben Rhodes (2,050), Austin Cindric (2,043), Kaz Grala (2,038), Chase Briscoe (2,035), and John Hunter Nemechek ((2,031).

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VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES: The 2017 season has concluded. ... Josef Newgarden won his first IndyCar championship two weeks ago in Sonoma, Calif. It was the 15th IndyCar championship for Team Penske. ... Simon Pagenaud won the season finale at Sonoma. ... Winners of all 17 races this season were Sebastien Bourdais (St. Petersburg), James Hinchcliffe (Long Beach), Newgarden (Alabama, Toronto, Mid-Ohio, Gateway), Pagenaud (Phoenix, Sonoma), Will Power (IndyCar Grand Prix), Takuma Sato (Indy 500), Graham Rahal (both Belle Isle races), Power (Texas, Pocono), Scott Dixon (Road America), Helio Castroneves (Iowa) and Alexander Rossi (Watkins Glen). ... Here's the final standings for the 2017 season: Newgarden (642), Pagenaud (629), Dixon (621), Helio Castroneves (598), Power (562), Rahal (522), Rossi (494), Sato (441), Ryan Hunter-Reay (421) and Tony Kanaan (403).

NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION, MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING SERIES: AAA INSURANCE MIDWEST NHRA NATIONALS, Sept. 29-OCT. 1, Gateway Motorsports Park; Madison, Illi.

TV: Sunday, Oct. 1, 2 p.m. -- 5 p.m. ET -- FoxSports1.

THIS WEEK: The six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs moves into its third round this weekend. ... The winners in last Sunday's Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway were Brittany Force (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car), Bo Butner (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle). ... Here are the updated point standings after Charlotte: Top Fuel -- Steve Torrence (2,259 points), Doug Kalitta (2,237), Brittany Force (2,236), Antron Brown (2,208), Tony Schumacher (2,174), Clay Millican (2,171), Leah Pritchett (2,162), Terry McMillen (2,083), Scott Palmer (2,074) and Shawn Langdon (2,068); Funny Car -- Ron Capps (2,273 points), Robert Hight (2,265), Courtney Force (2,234), Matt Hagan (2,183), Jack Beckman (2,173), Tommy Johnson Jr. (2,159), J.R. Todd (2,135), John Force (2,116), Tim Wilkerson (2,098) and Cruz Pedregon (2,065); Pro Stock -- Bo Butner (2,307 points), Greg Anderson (2,266), Tanner Gray (2,265), Jason Line (2,217), Drew Skillman (2,169), Erica Enders (2,144), Allen Johnson (2,119), Jeg Coughlin Jr. (2,116), Chris McGaha (2,067) and Vincent Nobile (2,052); Pro Stock Motorcycle -- Eddie Krawiec (2,319 points), L.E. Tonglet (2,248), Hector Arana Jr. (2,230), Jerry Savoie (2,203), Andrew Hines (2,199), Scotty Pollachek (2,171), Matt Smith (2,160), Karen Stoffer (2,096), Joey Gladstone (2,085) and Angie Smith (2,065).

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