NASCAR SPRINT CUP
Bank of America 500
Site: Concord, N.C.
Schedule: Thursday, practice (ESPN2-26, 2:30-4 p.m.), qualifying (ESPN2-26, 6-7:30 p.m.; Friday, practice (ESPN2-26, 4:30-6 p.m.); Saturday, race, 6:30 p.m. (KTUL-8, 6-10:30 p.m.).
Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 501 miles, 334 laps.
Fast facts: The race is the fifth of 10 in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. ... In May at the track, Kasey Kahne won the Coca-Cola 600 and Jimmie Johnson took the non-points All-Star race. Johnson has six Cup victories at the track.
NATIONWIDE
Dollar General 300
Site: Concord, N.C.
Schedule: Thursday, practice (ESPN2-26, 1-2:30 p.m., 5-6 p.m.); Friday, qualifying (ESPN2-26, 3-4 p.m.), race, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN-25, 6-9:30 p.m.).
Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 300 miles, 200 laps.
Fast facts: Kyle Busch, the series career victory leader with 51, is winless in 17 starts this season in his own Toyota. He has one national series victory this year - the Sprint Cup race in April at Richmond - after winning 18 times last season.
CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS
Next race: Kroger 200, Oct. 27, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va.
FORMULA ONE
Korean Grand Prix
Site: Yeongam, South Korea.
Schedule: Friday, practice (Speed-67, Midnight-1:30 a.m.); Saturday, qualifying (Speed-67, Midnight-1:30 a.m.); Sunday, race, 1 a.m. (Speed-67, 1:20-3 a.m.; 2:30-5 p.m.).
Track: Korea International Circuit (road course, 3.493 miles).
Race distance: 192.1 miles, 55 laps.
Fast facts: The circuit is about 250 miles south of Seoul.
NHRA FULL THROTTLE
Next event: Big O Tires Nationals, Oct. 26-28, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas.
2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule and standings
Sprint Cup schedule
(Race winner in parenthesis)
x-non-points race
Feb. 18: x-Budweiser Shootout, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Kyle Busch)
Feb. 23: x-Gatorade Duel 1, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Tony Stewart)
Feb. 23: x-Gatorade Duel 2, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Matt Kenseth)
Feb. 26: Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Matt Kenseth)
March 4: Subway Fresh Fit 500, Avondale, Ariz. (Denny Hamlin)
March 11: Kobalt Tools 400, Las Vegas (Tony Stewart)
March 18: Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Brad Keselowski)
March 25: Auto Club 400, Fontana, Calif. (Tony Stewart)
April 1: Goody's Fast Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va. (Ryan Newman)
April 14: Samsung Mobile 500, Fort Worth, Texas (Greg Biffle)
April 22: STP 400, Kansas City, Kan. (Denny Hamlin)
April 28: Richmond 400, Richmond, Va. (Kyle Busch)
May 6: Aaron's 499, Talladega, Ala. (Brad Keselowski)
May 12: Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. (Jimmie Johnson)
May 19: x-Sprint Showdown, Concord, N.C. (Jimmie Johnson)
May 19: x-Sprint All-Star, Concord, N.C. (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)
May 27: Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (Kasey Kahne)
June 3: Dover 400, Dover, Del. (Jimmie Johnson)
June 10: Pocono 400, Long Pond, Pa. (Joey Logano)
June 17: Quicken Loans 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)
June 24: Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. (Clint Bowyer)
June 30: Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. (Brad Keselowski)
July 7: Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Tony Stewart)
July 15: Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Loudon, N.H. (Kasey Kahne)
July 29: Crown Royal Presents The Curtiss Shaver 400 at The Brickyard, Indianapolis (Jimmie Johnson)
Aug. 5: Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa. (Jeff Gordon)
Aug. 12: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. (Marcos Ambrose)
Aug. 19: Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Greg Biffle)
Aug. 25: Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn. (Denny Hamlin)
Sept. 2: AdvoCare 500, Hampton, Ga. (Denny Hamlin)
Sept. 8: Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va. (Clint Bowyer)
Sept. 16: GEICO 400, Joliet, Ill. (Brad Keselowski)
Sept. 23: Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H. (Denny Hamlin)
Sept. 30: AAA 400, Dover, Del. (Brad Keselowski)
Oct. 7: Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500, Talladega, Ala. (Matt Kenseth)
Oct. 13: Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C.
Oct. 21: Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan.
Oct. 28: TUMS Fast Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va.
Nov. 4: AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas
Nov. 11: Kobalt Tools 500, Avondale, Ariz.
Nov. 18: Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead, Fla.
2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule and standings
Points leaders
NASCAR Sprint Cup
1. Brad Keselowski 2,179.
2. Jimmie Johnson 2,165.
3. Denny Hamlin 2,156.
4. Kasey Kahne 2,143.
5. Clint Bowyer 2,139.
6. Jeff Gordon 2,137.
7. Tony Stewart 2,133.
8. Martin Truex Jr. 2,131.
9. Greg Biffle 2,130.
10. Kevin Harvick 2,130.
11. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2,128.
12. Matt Kenseth 2,117.
13. Kyle Busch 912.
14. Ryan Newman 865.
15. Carl Edwards 844.
16. Paul Menard 830.
17. Marcos Ambrose 816.
18. Joey Logano 797.
19. Jeff Burton 748.
20. Jamie McMurray 714.
Nationwide
1. Elliott Sadler 1,054.
2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1,045.
3. Austin Dillon 1,029.
4. Sam Hornish Jr. 994.
5. Justin Allgaier 926.
6. Michael Annett 916.
7. Cole Whitt 843.
8. Mike Bliss 781.
9. Brian Scott 703.
10. Joe Nemechek 678.
11. Danica Patrick 675.
12. Mike Wallace 642.
13. Jason Bowles 622.
14. Tayler Malsam 609.
15. Jeremy Clements 606.
16. Erik Darnell 473.
17. Eric McClure 444.
18. Timmy Hill 413.
19. Johanna Long 397.
20. Brad Sweet 361.
Camping World Trucks
1. Ty Dillon 679.
2. James Buescher 678.
3. Timothy Peters 653.
4. Parker Kligerman 645.
5. Joey Coulter 629.
6. Matt Crafton 623.
7. Justin Lofton 593.
8. Nelson Piquet Jr. 584.
9. Johnny Sauter 542.
10. Miguel Paludo 539.
11. Jason White 528.
12. Cale Gale 511.
13. Ron Hornaday Jr. 510.
14. Todd Bodine 466.
15. John Wes Townley 424.
16. Ross Chastain 423.
17. Ryan Sieg 414.
18. Bryan Silas 396.
19. Dakoda Armstrong 370.
20. David Starr 344.
