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[May 10, 2018] MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES: KC MASTERPIECE 400 (267 laps, 400.5 miles around a 1.5-mile D-shaped oval), Kansas Speedway; Kansas City, Kan.

TV: Saturday, 8 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 8:46 p.m. ET) - FS1 (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: The 12th of 36 races this season, the Cup series heads to Kansas before going home to Charlotte for All-Star week and then the Memorial Day weekend 600-mile race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. ... This will be the 25th series race at Kansas, which opened in 2001. ... Martin Truex Jr. swept both races at Kansas last season on his way to his first championship, his only two wins at Kansas. Jimmie Johnson has won here three times, and Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick twice each. ... Harvick is coming off a dominant victory at Dover, his fourth win of the season. ... Chevrolet is now 0-for-10 since winning the season-opening Daytona 500 with the Camaro SS. ... With Harvick's win, a Ford Fusion has taken six victories this season, the other four were by a Toyota Camry. ... *Kyle Busch leads the Cup standings with 466 points, followed by *Logano (444), *Harvick (426), *Clint Bowyer (380), Brad Keselowski (365), Kurt Busch (358), Ryan Blaney (346), Denny Hamlin (344), *Truex (340) and Kyle Larson (307). ... Daytona 500 winner *Austin Dillon is in 19th (221) and inside the playoff cutoff.

(All stats and standings per NASCAR.com)

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES

THIS WEEK: The series is taking the first of two weeks off, having run 10 of 33 races. ... Justin Allgaier won a thriller last week at Dover, his first win of the season. ... Elliott Sadler leads the Xfinity standings with 401 points, followed by Allgaier (368), *Tyler Reddick (363), *Christopher Bell (349), Daniel Hemric (343), Cole Custer (323), Brandon Jones (304), Ryan Truex (285), **Spencer Gallagher (277) and Matt Tifft (270).

(All stats and standings per NASCAR.com)

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth

**Denotes race winner but no playoff berth

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES: 37 KIND DAYS 250 (167 laps, 250.5 miles around a 1.5-mile D-shaped oval), Kansas Speedway; Kansas City, Kan.

TV: Friday, 8:30 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 8:46 p.m. ET) - FS1 (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: The Trucks are running the sixth race of 23 on the season after getting back in action last week at Dover following a five-week layoff. ... This will be the 18th Truck race at the venue and the only trip the series will make to Kansas this season. ... Johnny Sauter won last week at Dover for his second win of the season, and he won here in 2010. ... Kyle Busch won last season's race driving for his own team. ... *Sauter leads the Truck standings (238 points), followed by Ben Rhodes (187), Noah Gragson (180), *Brett Moffitt (175), Grant Enfinger (175), Matt Crafton (169), Justin Haley (146), Matt Snider (145), Dalton Sargeant (142) and Stewart Friesen (137).

(All stats and standings per NASCAR.com)

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth

VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES: INDYCAR GRAND PRIX (85 laps, 207.315 miles around a 2.439-mile 14-turn road course), Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Indianapolis, Ind.

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TV: Sunday, 3:30 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 3:40 p.m. ET) - ABC (Radio: Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network, Sirius 214, XM 209, IndyCar.com, indycarradio.com and on the INDYCAR Mobile app).

THIS WEEK: The series returns to Indianapolis for the remainder of the month of May, running the road course this weekend for the fifth of 17 races on the season before taking to the mammoth 2.5-mile quad-oval for the Indy 500 on Memorial Day weekend. ... This will be the fifth race in series history on the road course. ... The Indy road course is a technical one, but with a front straightaway long enough to land a 747 jumbo jet on. Turn 1 has been especially troublesome for the cars to navigate, particularly on the first lap. The pole-winner has gone on to win the last three races at Indy, with Will Power winning last year. ... American Josef Newgarden won the last race at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala., and two races before that in Phoenix. ... Newgarden leads the standings with 158 points, followed by American Alexander Rossi (145), France's Sebastien Bourdais (119), American Graham Rahal (119) with Canada's James Hinchcliffe (118) rounding out the top five.

FORMULA ONE: SPANISH GRAND PRIX (66 laps, 190.872 miles around a 16-turn, 2.892-mile road circuit), Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya; Barcelona, Spain.

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

THIS WEEK: This is the fifth of 21 races this season. ... The Spanish GP dates back to 1913 in one form or another and will be run at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the 28th consecutive year since the track opened in 1991. Great Britain's Lewis Hamilton won this race last year, and won the race two weeks ago in Azerbaijan in his Mercedes. ... A Mercedes has won three of the last four races at the track, with Max Verstappen breaking up the string in his Red Bull in 2016. ... Hamilton leads the standings with 70 points. Germany's Sebastian Vettel is second in his Ferrari with 66 points, followed by Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari (48), Finland's Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes (40), and Australia's Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull (37).

NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION

THIS WEEK: The NHRA is off after seven of 24 events in 2018. Drivers are coming off the Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway and head to Kansas next week for the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals. ... In Atlanta, Leah Pritchett won in Top Fuel, Courtney Force in Funny Car, Vincent Nobile in Pro Stock and Eddie Krawiec in Pro Stock Motorcycle. ... Steve Torrence leads the Top Fuel standings (581 points), followed by Tony Schumacher (461), Doug Kalitta (458), Clay Millican (448) and Pritchett (435) rounding out the top five. ... Force leads Funny Car (425), followed by Jack Beckman (538), Matt Hagan (487), Tommy Johnson Jr. (436) and J.R. Todd (428). ... Nobile leads Pro Stock (534) followed by Bo Butner (486), Greg Anderson (463), Chris McGaha (460) and Drew Skillman (444). ... Krawiec leads Pro Stock Motorcycle (286), followed by Andrew Hines (261), Scotty Pollacheck (246), Jerry Savoie (203) and Angelle Sampey (177).

--Field Level Media

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