Auto Racing Glance

[May 17, 2018]  MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES: ALL-STAR OPEN AND ALL-STAR RACE (Open is 50 laps, 75 miles around a 1.5-mile D-shaped oval; All-Star Race is 80 laps, 120 miles), Charlotte Motor Speedway; Concord, N.C.

TV: Saturday, 6 p.m. ET (Green flag for Open approx. 6:16 p.m. ET; Green flag for All-Star Race approx. 8:46 p.m. ET) - FS1 (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: It's the annual weekend for pride and money, but no points toward the championship for NASCAR's top series. ... The series is home for All-Star week and then the Memorial Day weekend 600-mile race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. ... The All-Star Race has been held since 1985, with only one year not at Charlotte (Atlanta, 1986). ... 17 drivers are already qualified for the All-Star race itself based on 2017-18 race winners (whether full time or not) as long as their wins didn't have any rules violations, and any past All-Star Race winner or past Cup champion if they are full time. ... Every other full-time driver has a chance to get in based on winning one of the three stages in the Open -- which runs 20 laps, 20 laps and then the final 10 -- which precedes the main event, or by earning their way in via the All-Star Fan Vote. The driver voted in must have a car still capable of competing. ... The winner of the main race - 30 laps, 20 laps, 20 laps and then the final 10 -- gets $1 million and plenty of air time for their sponsors. ... Kyle Busch won the race last year. ... Kevin Harvick is coming off a victory at Kansas, his fifth of the season. ... With the standings not coming into play this week, *Busch leads with 503 points, followed by *Joey Logano (491), *Harvick (484), Brad Keselowski (396), Kurt Busch (393), *Clint Bowyer (386), Denny Hamlin (380), *Martin Truex Jr. (376), Ryan Blaney (365) and Kyle Larson (356). ... Daytona 500 winner *Austin Dillon is in 17th (241) and inside the playoff cutoff.

(All stats and standings per NASCAR.com)

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES

THIS WEEK: The series is taking the second of two weeks off having run 10 of 33 races. ... Justin Allgaier won the race two weeks ago at Dover, his first win of the season. ... Elliott Sadler leads the Xfinity standings with 401 points, followed by Allgaier (368), *Tyler Reddick (363), *Christopher Bell (349), Daniel Hemric (343), Cole Custer (323), Brandon Jones (304), Ryan Truex (285), **Spencer Gallagher (277) and Matt Tifft (270).

(All stats and standings per NASCAR.com)

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth

**Denotes race winner but no playoff berth

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES: NC EDUCATION LOTTERY 200 (134 laps, 251 miles around a 1.5-mile D-shaped oval), Charlotte Motor Speedway; Concord, N.C.

TV: Friday, 8:30 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 8:46 p.m. ET) - FS1 (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: The Trucks are running the seventh race of 23 on the season before heading for two weekends off. ... This will be the 16th Truck race at Charlotte and the only race at home this season for the teams. ... Noah Gragson won last week at Kansas and dominated the race, winning the two stages as well. ... Kyle Busch won last season's race at Charlotte driving for his own team. ... *Johnny Sauter leads the Truck standings (275 points), followed by *Gragson (240), Grant Enfinger (214), *Brett Moffitt (213), Ben Rhodes (213), Matt Crafton (205), Stewart Friesen (178), Justin Haley (173), Dalton Sargeant (168) and Matt Snider (167).

(All stats and standings per NASCAR.com)

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth

VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES: INDYCAR 500 QUALIFYING (4 lap heats around a 2.5-mile quad-oval), Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Indianapolis, Ind.

TV: Saturday and Sunday, 4 p.m. ET - ABC (Radio: Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network, Sirius 214, XM 209, IndyCar.com, indycarradio.com and on the INDYCAR Mobile app).

THIS WEEK: The series holds qualifying for its signature event of the season, next week's Indianapolis 500. ... Qualifying for a shot at the pole position will be contested Saturday, with the nine fastest qualifiers moving on to a shootout scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday. ... The rest of the field will be set Sunday after they first qualify Saturday based on those cars not in the Fast 9. ... With more than 33 cars entered -- the number that will take the green flag on race day -- some may be bumped out of the field and try to scramble their way back in with another qualifying run. ... France's Sebastien Bourdais won the race last week on the Indy road course. ... Josef Newgarden leads the standings with 178 points, followed by American Alexander Rossi (176), Bourdais (152), New Zealander Scott Dixon (147) with Canada's James Hinchcliffe (144) rounding out the top five.

FORMULA ONE

THIS WEEK: The series takes a week off after five of 21 races this season. ... Up next is the Grand Prix of Monaco the day before Memorial Day, the signature event in the series. Britain's Lewis Hamilton won last week at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and leads the standings in his Mercedes with 95 points. Germany's Sebastian Vettel is second in his Ferrari with 78 points, followed by Finland's Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes (58), Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari (48), and Australia's Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull (47).

NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION: NHRA MENARDS HEARTLAND NATIONALS PRESENTED BY MINTIES, Friday-Sunday, at Heartland Motorsports Park; Topeka, Kan.

TV: Eliminations, Sunday, 2-5 p.m. ET (Live) FS1

THIS WEEK: The NHRA gears up for the eighth of 24 events in 2018. Drivers are coming off the Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway, where Leah Pritchett won in Top Fuel, Courtney Force in Funny Car, Vincent Nobile in Pro Stock and Eddie Krawiec in Pro Stock Motorcycle. ... The motorcycles have the week off in Kansas... Steve Torrence leads the Top Fuel standings (581 points), followed by Tony Schumacher (461), Doug Kalitta (458), Clay Millican (448) and Pritchett (435) rounding out the top five. ... Force leads Funny Car (546), followed by Jack Beckman (538), Matt Hagan (487), Tommy Johnson Jr. (436) and J.R. Todd (428). ... Nobile leads Pro Stock (534) followed by Bo Butner (486), Greg Anderson (463), Chris McGaha (460) and Drew Skillman (444). ... Krawiec leads Pro Stock Motorcycle (286), followed by Andrew Hines (261), Scotty Pollacheck (246), Jerry Savoie (203) and Angelle Sampey (177).

--Field Level Media

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