Auto Racing Glance

[August 20, 2020]  NASCAR CUP SERIES: DRYDENE 311s (311 laps, 311 miles around a 1-mile D-shaped oval), Dover International Speedway; Dover, Del.

TV: Saturday and Sunday, 4 p.m. ET (Green flags approx. 4:16 p.m. ET) -- NBCSN (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: The series has run 23 events, with Chase Elliott winning the inaugural race at the Daytona road course last week. ... This will be the 101st series race at Dover, opened in 1969. ... Martin Truex Jr. won the first race here last year, with Kyle Larson -- now out of NASCAR -- winning last October. The "Monster Mile" is also known for its monster pileups as cars tend to collect others as they spin to the bottom of the high-banked concrete track. ... *Kevin Harvick leads the points with 939 followed by *Denny Hamlin (821), *Brad Keselowski (803), *Elliott (775), *Ryan Blaney (755), *Joey Logano (754), *Truex (753), Aric Almirola (682), Kurt Busch (673) and Kyle Busch (652) and rounding out the top 10. *Alex Bowman, *Austin Dillon and *Cole Custer would qualify for the playoffs with their wins despite being 12th (610), 18th (501) and 20th (413) respectively.

BEST BETS: Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. are co-favorites in Saturday's race at 15/4, with Chase Elliott at 11/2 and Denny Hamlin at 6/1. Matt Kenseth at 125/1 is an interesting play, but a better longshot is probably Clint Bowyer at 40/1. Sunday's odds are yet to post.

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

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

TV: Saturday, 12:30 p.m. ET and Sunday, 1 p.m. ET (Green flags approx. 12:46 and 1:16 p.m. ET) -- NBCSN (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: The 20th and 21st races on the season, the drivers go from the Daytona road course to the tricky "Monster Mile." ... Austin Cindric won at Daytona. ... These will be the 73rd and 74th series races at Dover. *Cindric (830) leads the standings, followed by *Chase Briscoe (782), *Noah Gragson (740), Ross Chastain (709), *Harrison Burton (645), *Justin Haley (637), Justin Allgaier (633), Michael Annett (567), *Brandon Jones (561) with Ryan Seig (462) edging Riley Herbst (462) by one playoff point for 10th.

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

NASCAR GANDER MOUNTAIN TRUCK SERIES: KDI OFFICE TECHNOLOGY 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. 5:16 p.m. ET) -- FS1 (Radio: Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: The trucks are also at Dover after Sheldon Creed won last week on the Daytona road course. ... This will be the 13th of 23 scheduled races on the season, and the 21st series race at Dover. ... *Austin Hill leads the Truck standings (476), followed by *Moffitt (422), *Zane Smith (417), Ben Rhodes (413), Christian Eckes (412), *Sheldon Creed (399), *Matt Crafton (375), *Grant Enfinger (366), Tyler Ankrum (343) and Todd Gilliland (340).

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

NTT INDYCAR SERIES: INDIANAPOLIS 500 (200 laps, 500 miles around a 2.5-mile quad-oval), Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Indianapolis, Ind.

TV: Sunday, 1 p.m. ET (approx. green flag 12:20 p.m. ET) -- NBC (Radio: Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network, Sirius 214, XM 209, IndyCar.com, indycarradio.com and on the INDYCAR Mobile app).

THIS WEEK: It's time for the biggest race in the series, and still the most important and anticipated race in the world, the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500. Marco Andretti won the pole for the event last week and is joined on the front row by Scott Dixon and Takuma Sato, all driving with Honda power. ... Dixon leads the standings (244), followed by Simon Pagenaud (195), Josef Newgarden (191), Pato O'Ward (162) and Will Power (142).

*Stats and standings per IndyCar.com.

FORMULA ONE

THIS WEEK: The series takes a week off after the Spanish Grand Prix, won by Lewis Hamilton, before heading to Belgium next week. ... Great Britain's Hamilton (132) leads the points in his Mercedes, with Belgian Max Verstappen (95) second in his Red Bull, Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas of Finland third (89), Monaco's Charles Leclerc fourth (45) for Ferrari, with Canada's Lance Stroll and his Racing Point Mercedes and Thai/British driver Alexander Albon in his Red Bull tied for fifth (40).

*Stats and standings per F1.com.

NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION

THIS WEEK: The series will get back in action Sept. 3-6 at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis for the fourth straight event at the revered strip. ... Steve Torrence won Funny Car two weeks ago in Indy, with Ron Capps taking Funny Car, Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Pro Stock and Angelle Sampey in Pro Stock Motorcycle. ... Five events have been run this season, with 10 still on the schedule. ... Doug Kalitta leads the Top Fuel points with 436, followed by Torrence (353) and Leah Pruett (347). ... Tommy Johnson Jr. leads Funny Car (416) with Jack Beckman (403) and Matt Hagan (388) giving chase. ... Jeg Coughlin Jr. leads Pro Stock (414) with Jason Line (370) and Erica Enders (337) behind him. ... Ryan Oehler leads Pro Stock Motorcycle (172), followed by Sampey (168) and Matt Smith (165).

Standings per NHRA.com.

--Field Level Media

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