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[April 06, 2017] The Sports Xchange

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES: O'REILLY AUTO PARTS 500 (334 laps, 501 miles), Texas Motor Speedway; Fort Worth, Texas.

TV: Sunday, April 9, 1:30 p.m. ET -- Fox Sports 1 (Radio: Performance Racing Network/SiriusXM Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: This will be the 33rd NASCAR Cup race held at Texas. ... Kyle Busch is the defending winner of this race, while Carl Edwards won last fall's race there. ... Jimmie Johnson is the winningest active driver at Texas (6 wins). ... Brad Keselowski won last Sunday's race at Martinsville Speedway and became the first multiple-race winner of 2017. ... Kyle Larson (268 points) continues to lead the NASCAR Cup standings. Chase Elliott is second (264), followed by Martin Truex Jr. (236), Keselowski (234) and Joey Logano (207).

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES: MY BARIATRIC SOLUTIONS 300 (200 laps, 300 miles), Texas Motor Speedway; Fort Worth, Texas.

TV: Saturday, April 8, 1:30 p.m. ET -- Fox Sports 1 (Radio: Performance Racing Network/SiriusXM Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: The Xfinity Series resumes action after being off last weekend. ... This will be the 33rd Xfinity race to be held at Texas. ... Kyle Busch won this race last spring, while Kyle Larson won last fall's race. ... Elliott Sadler remains atop the Xfinity Series points (189), followed by William Byron (172), Justin Allgaier and Ryan Reed (tied at 143 points) and Darrell Wallace Jr. (140).

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES: The series is off again this weekend. The series does not resume action until Friday, May 12, in the Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway.

THIS WEEK: Chase Elliott won last Saturday's Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway. ... Points leaders: Johnny Sauter (140), Christopher Bell (136), Matt Crafton (117), Timothy Peters (110) Kaz Grala (103).

VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES: TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH (80 laps on a 1.968-mile street course); Long Beach, Calif.

TV: Sunday, April 9, 4:30 p.m. ET -- NBCSN (Radio: IndyCar.com).

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This week: Nearly a month after the season-opening race at St. Petersburg, Fla., the second of the 17-race 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series schedule takes place this Sunday at one of its most popular venues, the Long Beach (Calif.) street course. ... Simon Pagenaud is the defending champion who used this race win, as well as several others, to parlay himself into the 2016 IndyCar championship. ... The 2017 season began with a big upset, as Sebastien Bourdais, in his first race for Dale Coyne Racing, took the checkered flag in the March 12 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Pagenaud finished second, followed by Scott Dixon. ... Points leaders (after one race): Bourdais (53 points), Pagenaud (41), Scott Dixon (35), Ryan Hunter-Reay (32), Takuma Sato (31).

NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION, MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING SERIES: No race this weekend (next race is NHRA SpringNationals, April 21-23, at Royal Purple Raceway in suburban Houston).

This week: With no race this weekend or next, the NHRA enjoys a two-week hiatus after last weekend's Denso Spark Plugs Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. ... Winners last weekend were Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Tommy Johnson Jr. (Funny Car) and Tanner Gray (Pro Stock). ... Several historic events occurred at Las Vegas including 17-year-old Gray becoming the youngest driver to ever win a Pro Stock national event, Don Schumacher earned his 300th NHRA national event win as a team owner and Brown became the first driver in all NHRA history to win at least one race per season for 10 consecutive seasons. ... Points leaders: Top Fuel -- Tony Schumacher (382 points), Leah Pritchett (376); Antron Brown (357), Doug Kalitta (301), Brittany Force (258); Funny Car -- Matt Hagan (368), Tommy Johnson Jr. (324), John Force (314), Ron Capps (275), Courtney Force (218); Pro Stock -- Greg Anderson (380), Jason Line (367), Bo Butner (299), Tanner Gray (296), Shane Gray (278); Pro Stock Motorcycle -- Eddie Krawiec (120), Andrew Hines (97), Joey Gladstone (81), Steve Johnson (74), Jerry Savoie (63).

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