Auto Racing Glance

[June 14, 2018]  MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES

THIS WEEK: The series takes a week off for Father's Day on the heels of Clint Bowyer winning a rain-shortened race at Michigan on Sunday. ... Bowyer's win was the ninth this season for a Ford Fusion, with a Toyota Camry taking six of the other seven. That leaves the Chevrolet Camaro with a lone win, by Austin Dillon, in the season-opening Daytona 500. ... Chevy's struggles shouldn't come as a surprise as they break in a new car body this season while the Ford and Toyota brigades are able to refine older bodies on their cars. ... Next up for the series, the road course at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. ... *Kyle Busch leads the points standing with 664, followed by *Kevin Harvick (589), *Joey Logano (566), Brad Keselowski (514), * Bowyer (510), *Martin Truex (506), Kurt Busch (493), Denny Hamlin (468), Ryan Blaney (457) and Kyle Larson (443). ... Daytona 500 winner *Dillon is in 18th (292) and inside the playoff cutoff.

(All stats and standings per NASCAR.com)

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES: AMERICAN ETHANOL E15 250 (250 laps, 218.75 miles around a .875-mile oval), Iowa Speedway; Newton, Iowa.

TV: Sunday, 5 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 5:16 p.m. ET) - FS1 (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: The 14th of 33 races on the season sees the series head to Iowa for one of the highlights on the schedule. ... Iowa Speedway, designed partially by NASCAR legend Rusty Wallace, opened in 2006 and hosted its first Xfinity race in 2009. The series has raced there twice a year since 2011. ... William Byron won this race last year, with Ryan Preece winning the late summer race. ... Cup Series regular Austin Dillon won last week at Michigan. ... Elliott Sadler leads the Xfinity standings with 495 points, followed by Cole Custer (454), Daniel Hemric (446), *Tyler Reddick (440), *Christopher Bell (423), *Justin Allgaier (393), Brandon Jones (387), Ryan Truex (385), Matt Tifft (351) and Ryan Reed (333).

(All stats and standings per NASCAR.com)

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES: AMERICAN ETHANOL 200 (200 laps, 175 miles around a .875-mile oval), Iowa Speedway; Newton, Iowa.

TV: Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 7:16 p.m. ET) - FS1 (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: The series gets set for its second of a three-race stretch, coming off of Texas before heading to the outskirts of St. Louis. ... Iowa Speedway is a highlight of the schedule as the 7/8ths-mile track is a challenge of horsepower and car balance. .. This is the ninth of 23 races on the season. This will be the 12th series race at Iowa. ... John Hunter Nemechek won this race last year. ... Johnny Sauter won the race last week at Texas, his fourth victory of the season. ... *Sauter leads the Truck standings (378 points), followed by *Noah Gragson (301), *Brett Moffitt (283), Grant Enfinger (282), Matt Crafton (279), Ben Rhodes (271), Stewart Friesen (263), Justin Haley (253), Dalton Sargeant (219) and Myatt Snider (214). 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 a break before the Kohler Grand Prix at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., next week. ... Scott Dixon won the race in Texas on Saturday, with Simon Pagenaud second and Alexander Rossi rounding out the podium. ... New Zealand's Dixon leads the standings (357 points), followed by Rossi (334), Australian Will Power (321), Ryan Hunter-Reay (308) and Josef Newgarden (289) rounding out the top five.

FORMULA ONE

THIS WEEK: After a virtual parade in the Canadian Grand Prix, which ended two laps early due to a mistake on the flag stand when the checkered was used early, the series regroups before heading to the French Grand Prix next week. ... Sebastian Vettel won the race in Canada, starting from the pole and cruising to the easy win. ... Germany's Vettel leads the standings with 121 points in his Ferrari, followed by Great Britain's Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes (120), Finland's Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes (86), Australia's Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull (84) and Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari (68).

NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION: FITZGERALD USA NHRA THUNDER VALLEY NATIONALS, Friday-Sunday, at Bristol Dragway; Bristol, Tenn.

TV: Eliminations, Sunday, 7:30 p.m. ET (Tape-delayed) FS1

THIS WEEK: The NHRA travels to Bristol, Tenn., after spending last week in Virginia. ... This is the 11th of 24 events this season and the third of four straight weekends of action. ... Winners last week in the Virginia NHRA Nationals were Steve Torrence in Top Fuel, Courtney Force in Funny Car, Tanner Gray in Pro Stock and LE Tonglet in Pro Stock Motorcycle. The motorcycles are off this weekend. ... Torrence leads the Top Fuel standings (827 points), followed by Clay Millican (719), Doug Kalitta (665), Tony Schumacher (641) and Leah Pritchett (639) rounding out the top five. ... Force leads Funny Car (856), followed by Jack Beckman (683), Robert Hight (665), Matt Hagan (633) and J.R. Todd (615). ... Greg Anderson leads Pro Stock (720) followed by Vincent Nobile (703), Gray (693), Erica Enders (686) and Bo Butner (610). ... Andrew Hines leads Pro Stock Motorcycle (454), followed by Eddie Krawiec (401), Tonglet (367), Scotty Pollacheck (332) and Hector Arana Jr. (317).

--Field Level Media

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