AUTO RACING: NASCAR off to Kansas, Max wins, Indy 500 looms
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NASCAR CUP SERIES
Adventhealth 400
Site: Kansas City, Kansas.
Schedule: Saturday, practice, 5 p.m., and qualifying, 5:35 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (FS1).
Track: Kansas Speedway.
Race distance: 267 laps, 400 miles.
Last year: Kyle Busch won after starting ninth.
Last race: Joey Logano used a
Fast facts: Logano became the 10th different winner through 12 races. He also extended to 11 his streak of years with at least one victory. ... Byron and Ross Chastain are the lone two-time winners. ... Chase Elliott now leads Byron and Ryan Blaney by 65 points. Logano is fourth, 79 points back, with Chastain, Busch and Martin Truex Jr. all 89 behind. ... The race will be followed by the non-points all-star race at Texas, a virtual one-week break from the championship battle at the regular season midpoint for the premier series.
Next race: May 22, Fort Worth, Texas.
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NASCAR XFINITY SERIES
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Next race: May 21, Fort Worth, Texas.
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NASCAR TRUCK SERIES
Heart of America 200
Site: Kansas City, Kansas.
Schedule: Saturday, practice, noon, qualifying, 12:30 p.m., and race, 8 p.m. (FS1).
Track: Kansas Speedway.
Race distance: 134 laps, 201 miles.
Last year: Kyle Busch won after starting second.
Last race: Pole winner
Fast facts: Nemechek became the sixth different winner in seven races this season. Zane Smith is the only two-time winner. ... Nemechek jumped to second in the points race, 30 behind Ben Rhodes. Chandler Smith is 32 back. ... Zane Smith all leads all drivers with 6 top-10s, but is fifth in points, 42 back.
Next race: May 20, Fort Worth, Texas.
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FORMULA ONE
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Next race: May 22, Barcelona, Spain.
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INDYCAR
GMR Grand Prix
Site: Indianapolis, Indiana.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 9:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., and qualifying, 4 p.m.; Saturday, race, 3 p.m. (NBC).
Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
Race distance: 85 laps, 207.3 miles.
Last year: Rinus VeeKay won after starting seventh.
Last race:
Fast facts: O'Ward was the first driver outside the Team Penske tandem of Scott McLaughlin and Josef Newgarden to win this season through four races. Newgarden has won twice. ... Defending series champion Alex Palou leads all drivers with three top-three finishes and leads McLaughlin by three points and Newgarden by nine for the standings lead.
Next race: May 29, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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NHRA DRAG RACING
Last event: Mathew Gill won in Top Alcohol Funny Car at Concord.
Next event: May 15, North Dinwiddie, Virginia.
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WORLD OF OUTLAWS
Next events: May 13 and May 14, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
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