Auto Racing Glance

[August 01, 2018]  MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES: GO BOWLING AT THE GLEN (90 laps, 220.86 miles around an 11-turn 2.454-mile permanent road course), Watkins Glen International; Watkins Glen, N.Y.

TV: Sunday, 2:30 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 2:48 p.m. ET) -- NBC (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: The series' second of three trips to a road course this season, the drivers get to turn both left and right for a change. ... This is the 22nd of 36 races this season. ... The perfect car setup is not possible on such a diverse track, but some drivers are better than others of making good use of what they have, and that favors this season's "big three" of Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr., who have six wins, six and four respectively. ... This will be the 36th race at The Glen dating back to 1957, with the race becoming a permanent fixture in 1986. ... Truex won here last season. Busch has won twice and Harvick once in their careers at The Glen. ... Among winless drivers to watch is A.J. Allmendinger, who won the race in 2014. ... Busch won last week at Pocono. ... *Busch leads the points standings with 891, followed by *Harvick (843), *Truex (762), *Joey Logano (690), *Clint Bowyer (677), Kurt Busch (677), Brad Keselowski (644), Kyle Larson (626), Denny Hamlin (618) and Ryan Blaney (612). ... *Erik Jones is in 14th (533) and *Austin Dillon is in 19th (402) and inside the playoff cutoff.

(All stats and standings per NASCAR.com)

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES: ZIPPO 200 (82 laps, 201.228 miles around an 11-turn 2.454-mile permanent road course), Watkins Glen International; Watkins Glen, N.Y.

TV: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 3:48 p.m. ET) -- NBC (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: The 20th of 33 races on the season, the series makes its first of four trips to a road course. ... This will be the 25th series race at the track dating back to 1991. ... The last full-time series driver to win here was Marcos Ambrose in 2008 and he went on to win three other times as a full-time Cup driver. ... Kyle Busch won this race last year, with Logano the two before that. ... The lumbering Xfinity cars will be good practice for many Cup drivers ahead of Sunday's race. ... Rookie Christopher Bell won last week at Iowa, his fourth victory of the season. ... *Bell leads the standings with 702 points, followed by Elliott Sadler (686), Cole Custer (684), Daniel Hemric (679), *Justin Allgaier (650), Brandon Jones (579), *Tyler Reddick (568), Ryan Truex (532), Matt Tifft (504) and Austin Cindric (484).

(All stats and standings per NASCAR.com)

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES

THIS WEEK: The Trucks take a week off having run 14 of 23 races this season, with Kyle Busch winning last week at Pocono. The highest-finishing series driver was Dalton Sargeant in third. ... *Johnny Sauter leads the Truck standings (587 points), followed by *Noah Gragson (522), Grant Enfinger (504), Stewart Friesen (495), *Brett Moffitt (485), Matt Crafton (465), *Justin Haley (462), *Ben Rhodes (456), Myatt Snider (371) and Cody Coughlin (356). Only eight drivers make the playoffs in the series.

(All stats and standings per NASCAR.com)

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth

VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES

THIS WEEK: The series takes two weeks off before heading to Pocono Raceway on Aug. 19 having run 13 of 17 races so far. ... Alexander Rossi won the race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course last week to help tighten up the championship race. ... It is still Scott Dixon's championship to lose as the New Zealander leads the standings (494 points), followed by Rossi (448), Josef Newgarden (434), Australia's Will Power (407) and Ryan Hunter-Reay (399).

FORMULA ONE

THIS WEEK: It is time for the long summer break after 12 of 21 races this season until racing resumes at the Belgian Grand Prix on Aug. 26. ... Great Britain's Lewis Hamilton got a little breathing room in the championship race with a win in Hungary last week, but his nemesis Sebastian Vettel of Germany finished second, albeit over 17 seconds adrift. ... Barring an injury, the series is down to a two-man race for the title between the two four-time champions. ... Hamilton leads the standings in his Mercedes with 213 points, followed by Vettel, Ferrari (189), Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari (146), Finland's Valterri Bottas, Mercedes (132) and Australia's Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull (118).

NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION: CATSPOT NHRA NORTHWEST NATIONALS, Friday-Sunday, at Pacific Raceways; Kent, Wash.

TV: Eliminations, Sunday, 4 p.m. ET (live) Fox

THIS WEEK: The NHRA finishes up its "Western Swing" with the third event in as many weeks, heading for Pacific Raceways outside Seattle. ... This will be the 18th of 27 races this season. ... Blake Alexander won in Top Fuel last week at Sonoma, with Robert Hight taking Funny Car, Jeg Coughlin Jr. winning in Pro Stock and LE Tonglet finishing on top in Pro Stock Motorcycle. ... Steve Torrence leads the Top Fuel standings (1,168 points), followed by Tony Schumacher (1,031), Clay Millican (1,025), Leah Pritchett (989) and Doug Kalitta (951) rounding out the top five. ... Courtney Force leads Funny Car (1,197), followed by Ron Capps (1,032), Hight (1,024), Matt Hagan (1,001) and Jack Beckman (967). ... Greg Anderson leads Pro Stock (1,126) followed by Tanner Gray (1,031), Erica Enders (1,023), Vincent Nobile (979) and Coughlin (956). ... Andrew Hines leads Pro Stock Motorcycle (687), followed by Eddie Krawiec (651), Tonglet (609), Hector Arana Jr. (562) and Jerry Savoie (534).

--Field Level Media

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