Auto Racing Glance

[June 28, 2018]  MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES: OVERTON'S 400 (267 laps, 400.5 miles around a 1.5-mile D-shaped oval), Chicagoland Speedway; Joliet, Ill.

TV: Sunday, 2:30 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 2:46 p.m. ET) -- NBCSN (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: It's back to turning left for the series after last week's trip to the road course in Sonoma, Calif., won by Martin Truex Jr., his third win of the season and second in three races. ... This is the 17th of 36 races this season and the first on NBCSN, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. debuting in the broadcast booth. ... This will be the 18th series race at the track, dating back to its opening in 2001. ... Truex won this race last year on his way to the series championship, and he also won here in 2016. ... This is the first big schedule change of the season as Chicagoland moves to early summer after it was the opening race of the playoffs in previous years from 2011-17. ... With Truex's win at Sonoma, a Toyota Camry has won seven of the 16 races so far, with Ford Fusions wining eight and a Chevrolet Camaro only one. ... The track represents the type that makes up four of the 10-race playoffs -- 1.5-mile D-shaped ovals -- and teams will be focused on fine-tuning their car setups for the future. ... The series heads back to Daytona International Speedway next weekend. ... *Kyle Busch leads the points standings with 696, followed by *Kevin Harvick (624), *Joey Logano (584), Brad Keselowski (554), *Truex (546), *Clint Bowyer (544), Kurt Busch (524), Denny Hamlin (505), Kyle Larson (472) and Aric Almirola (471). ... Daytona 500 winner *Austin Dillon is in 18th (313) and inside the playoff cutoff.

(All stats and standings per NASCAR.com)

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES: OVERTON'S 300 (200 laps, 300 miles around a 1.5-mile D-shaped oval), Chicagoland Speedway; Joliet, Ill.

TV: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 3:46 p.m. ET) -- NBCSN (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: After taking a week off, the series is back in action in support of the top series. ... This is the 15th of 33 races this season. ... This will be the 23rd series race at the track. ... Justin Allgaier dominated on his way to Victory Lane two weeks ago at Iowa Speedway, the Xfinity regular's second of the season. Allgaier is the defending winner here. ... Chevrolet has been more competitive in the second series than the top one, winning six times. Fords have won five and Toyotas three. ... Four races have been won by full-time Xfinity drivers. ... Elliott Sadler leads the Xfinity standings with 504 points, followed by Cole Custer (500), Daniel Hemric (497), *Tyler Reddick (473), *Christopher Bell (471), *Allgaier (453), Brandon Jones (431), Ryan Truex (408), Matt Tifft (379) and Ryan Reed (354).

(All stats and standings per NASCAR.com)

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES: OVERTON'S 225 (150 laps, 225 miles around a 1.5-mile D-shaped oval), Chicagoland Speedway; Joliet, Ill.

TV: Friday, 9 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 9:16 p.m. ET) -- FS1 (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: The series kicks off the NASCAR triple-header at Chicagoland with a race under the lights. ... This will be the 10th series race at the track, with Johnny Sauter winning here last year. ... This is the 11th of 23 races on the season. ... Justin Haley won the race last week at Gateway International Raceway outside St. Louis, the first victory of his career. ... *Sauter leads the Truck standings (464 points), followed by *Noah Gragson (391), *Brett Moffitt (368), Grant Enfinger (337), Stewart Friesen (335), *Haley (325), Matt Crafton (325), Ben Rhodes (309), Myatt Snider (280) and Cody Coughlin (262). 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: After a race at Road America won by Josef Newgarden, the series takes a week off before heading to Iowa Speedway as the championship race heats up. ... There are seven races left on the schedule with five drivers within 65 points of each other, but leader Scott Dixon is up by 45. ... New Zealand's Dixon leads the standings (393 points), followed by Ryan Hunter-Reay (348), Alexander Rossi (348), Newgarden (243) and Australian Will Power (328) rounding out the top five.

FORMULA ONE: AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX (71 laps, 191 miles around a 2.688-mile 10-turn permanent road course), Red Bull Ring; Spielberg, Austria.

TV: Sunday, 9 a.m. ET (Green flag approx. 9:10 a.m. ET) -- ESPN2 (Radio: SiriusXM Radio Channel 132).

THIS WEEK: The Austrian Grand Prix dates back to 1970 but has been run at the revamped Red Bull Ring since 2014. This is the 30th Austrian Grand Prix. ... Valtteri Bottas won this race last season. ... Lewis Hamilton started on the pole and cruised to victory last week in the French Grand Prix, leaving second-place Max Verstappen more than seven seconds adrift. Kimi Raikkonen was a very distant third, nearly 26 seconds behind Hamilton. ... This is the ninth of 21 races this season and the middle race in a back-to-back-to-back that concludes next week at Silverstone and the British Grand Prix. Four more races in Europe will follow before the series leaves the continent for all but one of the remaining seven races. ... The Red Bull Ring circuit has a short home straight and is one of the shortest tracks overall. ... Great Britain's Hamilton leads the standings for Mercedes (145 points), followed by Germany's Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari (131), Australia's Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull (96), Finland's Bottas, Mercedes (92) and Finland's Raikkonen, Ferrari (83).

NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION

THIS WEEK: The NHRA takes a week off after racing in Ohio last week. Next up is the NHRA New England Nationals in Epping, N.H., from July 6-8. ... Winners last week at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park were Blake Alexander in Top Fuel, Matt Hagan in Funny Car, Tanner Gray in Pro Stock and Eddie Krawiec in Pro Stock Motorcycle. ... Steve Torrence leads the Top Fuel standings (964 points), followed by Clay Millican (847), Tony Schumacher (817), Doug Kalitta (749) and Leah Pritchett (736) rounding out the top five. ... Courtney Force leads Funny Car (1,038), followed by Jack Beckman (788), Hagan (788), Robert Hight (771) and J.R. Todd (767). ... Gray leads Pro Stock (882) followed by Greg Anderson (856), Erica Enders (830), Vincent Nobile (812) and Drew Skillman (751). ... Krawiec leads Pro Stock Motorcycle (515), followed by Andrew Hines (510), LE Tonglet (440), Jerry Savoie (389) and Hector Arana Jr. (377).

--Field Level Media

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