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 TV: Saturday, May 21, 9 pm ET - Fox Sports 1 (Radio: Motor Racing
Network/SiriusXM Channel 90).
THEN AND NOW: NASCAR's annual all-star event, a non-points paying
exhibition race that includes a $1 million prize to the winning
driver/team, returns for its yearly competition at Charlotte Motor
Speedway. This will be the 32nd annual renewal of the All-Star race,
with all but one edition having been hosted by CMS. ... Denny Hamlin
won last year's All-Star Race for Joe Gibbs Racing. ... Jimmie
Johnson is the winningest driver in All-Star history with four wins,
followed by three each from the late Dale Earnhardt and recently
retired Jeff Gordon, and two wins each by the late Davey Allison,
Terry Labonte and Mark Martin. All other winners have won the race
just once in their career. ... Hendrick Motorsports leads all teams
with eight All-Star wins, followed by four each from Roush Fenway
Racing and Richard Childress Racing, and two wins each by Junior
Johnson & Associates, Robert Yates Racing and Penske Racing. ...
Chevrolet has won the most All-Star Races (17), followed by Ford
(10), Dodge (1), Pontiac (1) and Toyota (1). ... Prior to Saturday's
main event, the Sprint Showdown will be held on Friday, with the top
two finishers earning transfers into the All-Star Race. One other
driver will also "transfer" into the All-Star event, that coming via
the top vote-getter in the Sprint Fan Vote.
 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES: The series is off this weekend.
THEN AND NOW: Erik Jones captured last Saturday's Xfinity Series
race at Dover International Speedway. Darrell Wallace Jr. finished
second, followed by Alex Bowman, Justin Allgaier and Ty Dillon. ...
Winners of the first 10 Xfinity Series races this season have been
Chase Elliott (Daytona), Kyle Busch (Atlanta, Las Vegas, Phoenix and
Texas), Austin Dillon (Fontana), Erik Jones (Bristol and Dover),
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Richmond) and Elliott Sadler (Talladega). ...
Elliott Sadler leads the Xfinity Series point standings with 349
points. Daniel Suarez is second (346 points), followed by Ty Dillon
(319), Justin Allgaier (317), Erik Jones (309), Brendan Gaughan
(305), Brandon Jones (290), Brennan Poole (282), Darrell Wallace Jr.
(268) and Ryan Reed (244). ... The next Xfinity Series race will be
the Hisense 4K TV 300 on Saturday, May 28, at Charlotte Motor
Speedway.
NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES: NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION LOTTERY
200 (134 LAPS, 201 MILES); Charlotte Motor Speedway; Concord, N.C.
TV: Friday, May 20, 8:30 pm ET - Fox Sports 1 (Radio: Motor Racing
Network/SiriusXM Channel 90).
THEN AND NOW: The Truck Series returns to Charlotte for just the
14th time. Kasey Kahne, in a one-off start, won last year's Truck
race at CMS. Kyle Busch has won six of the first 13 Truck races
there, including four of the last six starts. ... Two-time series
champ Matt Crafton earned his first win of the season this past
weekend at Dover. ... Winners thus far this season have been Johnny
Sauter (Daytona), John Hunter Nemechek (Atlanta), Kyle Busch
(Martinsville), William Byron (Kansas) and Matt Crafton (Dover). ...
With his win at Dover, Crafton vaulted five spots in the standings
to take over the Truck Series points lead (124 points). Timothy
Peters is a close second (122), followed by Daniel Hemric (119),
Ryan Truex (118), Spencer Gallagher (112), William Byron (111), John
Hunter Nemechek (108), Tyler Young (101), Christopher Bell (99) and
Tyler Reddick (96).
VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES: INDIANAPOLIS 500 QUALIFYING, Indianapolis
Motor Speedway; Indianapolis, Indiana.
TV: Saturday, May 21, 4 pm to 6 pm ET -- ABC. Sunday, May 22, 4 pm
to 6 pm ET (bump day) - ABC.
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THEN AND NOW: Qualifying for the 100th running of the Indianapolis
500 takes place this weekend at the legendary Indianapolis Motor
Speedway. Drivers will qualify Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5:50 p.m.
ET. That session will lock in the first 10 starting drivers for the
500. On Sunday, drivers will qualify - or in some cases, have to
qualify again if they are bumped out of the top 33 cars for the
33-car field on race day. In addition, there will be three practice
sessions on each day. ... Juan Pablo Montoya is the defending winner
of last year's Indianapolis 500. ... Simon Pagenaud won this past
Saturday's Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis road course race
at IMS. It was Pagenaud's third consecutive win this season,
following victories at Long Beach and Birmingham. ... Pagenaud (242
points) has jumped out to a commanding lead in the Verizon IndyCar
Series points standings. Defending series champion Scott Dixon is
second (166), followed by Montoya (160), Helio Castroneves (159),
Graham Rahal (133), Tony Kanaan (111), Charlie Kimball (111), James
Hinchcliffe (110), Ryan Hunter-Reay (109) and Will Power (105).
NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING SERIES: NHRA
KANSAS NATIONALS, Heartland Park Topeka; Topeka, Kansas.
TV: Final eliminations on Sunday, May 22, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET on Fox
Sports 1 (live).
THEN AND NOW: Last year's winners at Topeka were Richie Crampton
(Top Fuel), Jack Beckman (Funny Car) and Erica Enders (Pro Stock).
... Winners of the most recent race, last weekend at Atlanta Dragway
in Commerce, Georgia, were Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan
(Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock
Motorcycle). Of note in last weekend's race, Kalitta and teammate
J.R. Todd raced to the closest Top Fuel finish in NHRA history, with
a .0000 margin of victory for Kalitta. Also, Line continued his
torrid streak in Pro Stock. He has now won four of the first six
races and finished runner-up in the other two thus far. ... In the
NHRA point standings, Doug Kalitta leads Top Fuel (586 points),
followed by defending series champ Antron Brown (522), Brittany
Force (518), Steve Torrence (474) and J.R. Todd (418). ... In Funny
Car, Courtney Force remains No. 1 (522 points), followed by Jack
Beckman (482), Tim Wilkerson (476), Ron Capps (471) and Robert Hight
(458). Defending Funny Car champ Del Worsham climbed from seventh to
sixth place (429 points, while John Force is seventh (416). ... In
Pro Stock, Jason Line continues to lead the standings (812 points),
followed by teammate Greg Anderson (716), Bo Butner (553), Drew
Skillman (432) and Chris McGaha (393). Defending series champ Erica
Enders (289 points) dropped to ninth place and is more than 500
points behind Line. ... In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Eddie Krawiec leads
the standings with 353 points, followed by defending series champ
Andrew Hines (233), Hector Arana (207), Jerry Savoie (204) and Chip
Ellis (193).
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