Auto Racing Glance

[May 02, 2019]  MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES: GANDER RV 400 (400 laps, 400 miles around a 1-mile D-shaped oval), Dover International Speedway; Dover, Del.

TV: Sunday, 2 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 2:15 p.m. ET) - FS1 (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: In the 11th of 36 races on the season, the Cup series makes the turn at Dover toward Kansas and then All-Star week and the Memorial Day weekend 600-miler at Charlotte. ... This will be the 99th series race at Dover, opened in 1969. ... Kevin Harvick won this race last year, with Chase Elliott winning in the fall. Elliott also won last week at Talladega and with the win, Chevrolet finally won a race this season with the Camaro SS. ... Toyota has six wins and Ford has three. ... *Kyle Busch leads the Cup standings with 430 points, followed by *Joey Logano (415), *Denny Hamlin (367), Harvick (350), *Brad Keselowski (337), *Martin Truex Jr. (328), Elliott (324), Kurt Busch (323), Ryan Blaney (306) and Clint Bowyer (288) rounding out the top 10.

BEST BETS: You can get Talladega winner Chase Elliott at 12/1, but Kyle Busch is the favorite - again - at 3/1 and Kevin Harvick is second at 4/1. Jimmie Johnson is going to win one of these weeks, and 20/1 is a good price point for a guy who has won 11 times at Dover. There's plenty of good long shots to be had, with Austin Dillon leading the way at 80/1. Ryan Newman and Alex Bowman at 100/1 are good values, as well.

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth. Standings per NASCAR.com.

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES: ALLIED STEEL BUILDINGS 200 (200 laps, 200 miles around a 1-mile D-shaped oval), Dover International Speedway; Dover, Del.

TV: Saturday, 1:30 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 1:45 p.m. ET) - FS1 (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: In the 10th of 33 races on the season, the drivers go from mammoth Talladega Superspeedway and the use of tapered spacers on the engines to the treacherous Monster Mile. ... This will be the 71st series race at Dover, and the series will be back in the fall. ... Justin Allgaier won this race last year, with Christopher Bell winning in the fall. ... Tyler Reddick earned his first win of the season last week at Talladega. ... In a series long known for drivers coming down from the top series to take wins and glory, six wins by series regulars in nine races is a marked improvement. ... *Reddick leads the Xfinity standings with 413 points, followed by *Bell (381), Austin Cindric (339), *Cole Custer (338), Allgaier (298), John Hunter Nemechek (295), Chase Briscoe (295), Ryan Seig (289), Noah Gragson (284) and Justin Haley (273) in the top 10. Daytona winner *Michael Annett (270) remains playoff eligible in 11th place.

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth. Standings per NASCAR.com.

NASCAR GANDER OUTDOORS TRUCK SERIES: JEGS 200 (200 laps, 200 miles around a 1-mile D-shaped oval), Dover International Speedway; Dover, Del.

TV: Friday, 5 p.m. ET (Green flag approx. 5:15 p.m. ET) - FS1 (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: The Trucks are finally back in action after a five-week layoff and Dover presents a unique challenge with its high banking and concrete racing surface. This is the fifth race of 23 on the season. ... This will be the 20th Truck race at the venue and the only trip the series will make to Dover this season. ... Johnny Sauter won this race last year, and the year before that. ... Stewart Friesen leads the Truck standings (200 points), followed by Grant Enfinger (194), Ben Rhodes (184), Sauter (178), Brett Moffitt (174), Matt Crafton (171), *Austin Hill (151), Todd Gilliland (149), Harrison Burton (148) and Sheldon Creed (133).

*Denotes race winner and playoff berth. Standings per NASCAR.com.

NTT INDYCAR SERIES

THIS WEEK: The series is taking a break after four of 17 races this season, having last raced at Long Beach, Calif., three weeks ago. ... They are next on track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to run the road course for the IndyCar Grand Prix on May 11. ... American Alexander Rossi won at Long Beach, the fourth different winner in as many races this season. ... American Josef Newgarden leads the standings with 166 points, followed by Rossi (138), New Zealand's Scott Dixon (133), Japan's Takuma Sato (116) and American Ryan Hunter-Reay (96) rounding out the top five.

Standings per INDYCAR.com.

FORMULA ONE

THIS WEEK: The series takes a week off after four of 21 races this season following the Azerbaijan Grand Prix last weekend. ... Finland's Valtteri Bottas won the race in his Mercedes, followed by his teammate from Great Britain, Lewis Hamilton, and Germany's Sebastian Vettel in his Ferrari. Bottas leads the points heading into next week's Spanish Grand Prix at Catalunya with 87, followed by Hamilton (86), Vettel (52), Belgium's Max Verstappen, Red Bull (51) and Monaco's Charles Leclerc, Ferrari (47).

Standings per F1.com.

NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION: NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS POWERED BY MELLO YELLO, Friday-Sunday, at Atlanta Dragway; Commerce, Ga.

TV: Eliminations, Sunday, 6-9 p.m. ET (Delayed) FS1

THIS WEEK: The NHRA goes to Atlanta Dragway, open since 1976, for the Southern Nationals, the seventh of 24 events in 2019. Drivers are coming off the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals near Charlotte, N.C., won by Steve Torrence in Top Fuel, Shawn Langdon in Funny Car and Andrew Hines in Pro Stock Motorcycle. Pro Stock did not compete for points. The motorcycles are in action in Atlanta. Pro Stock is off again this week. ... Winners of this event last year were Leah Pritchett in Top Fuel, Courtney Force in Funny Car and Eddie Krawiec in Pro Stock Motorcycle. ... Torrence leads the Top Fuel standings (460 points), followed by Doug Kalitta (426), Force (349), Clay Millican (394), Mike Salinas (384) and Brittany Force (382) rounding out the top five. ... Robert Hight leads Funny Car (582), followed by Matt Hagan (440), John Force (417), Jack Beckman (394) and J.R. Todd (394). ... Bo Butner is on top in Pro Stock (425), followed by Alex Laughlin (285), Matt Hartford (284), Jason Line (261) and Erica Enders (239). ... Hines leads Pro Stock Motorcycle (319), followed by Krawiec (281), Hector Arana Jr. (278), Matt Smith (204) and Ryan Oehler (158).

Standings per NHRA.com.

--By K. Lee Davis, Field Level Media

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