NASCAR SPRINT CUP
Ford Ecoboost 400
Site: Homestead, Fla.
Schedule: Friday, practice (ESPN2-26, 1:20-2 p.m.), qualifying (Speed-67, 5-6:30 p.m.); Saturday, practice (Speed-67, 2-3 p.m.); Sunday, race, 2 p.m. (ESPN-25, 1:20-6 p.m.).
Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 400.5 miles, 267 laps.
Last year: Tony Stewart won his third series championship, holding off Carl Edwards.
Last week: Brad Keselowski moved to the brink of his first Sprint Cup title, opening a 20-point lead over Jimmie Johnson with a sixth-place finish at Phoenix.
Fast facts: To win the championship, Keselowski needs only to finish 15th or better, 16th or better if he leads at least one lap, or 17th or better if he leads the most laps. ... Keselowski is trying to give team owner Roger Penske his first Cup title.
NATIONWIDE SERIES
Ford Ecoboost 300
Site: Homestead, Fla.
Schedule: Friday, practice (ESPN2-26, 2-3:30 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying (Speed-67, 10:30 a.m.-Noon), race, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN-25, 3-6:45 p.m.).
Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 300 miles, 200 laps.
Last year: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the series championship, finishing second behind Brad Keselowski.
Last week: Joey Logano won at Phoenix.
CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS
Ford Ecoboost 400
Site: Homestead, Fla.
Schedule: Friday, practice, qualifying (Speed-67, 3:30-5 p.m.), race, 7 p.m. (Speed-67, 6:30-9:30 p.m.).
Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 201 miles, 134 laps.
Last year: Austin Dillon won the series championship, finishing 10th in the season finale.
Last week: Brian Scott won at Phoenix.
FORMULA ONE
U.S. Grand Prix
Site: Austin, Texas.
Schedule: Friday, practice (Speed-67, 9-10:30 a.m., 1-2:30 p.m.), Saturday, practice (Speed-67, 9-10 a.m.), qualifying (Speed-67, Noon-1:30 p.m.); Sunday, race, 1 p.m. (Speed-67, 1:20-3 p.m.).
Track: Circuit of The Americas (road course, 3.427 miles).
Race distance: 191.94 miles, 56 laps.
Last year: Inaugural race.
Last race: Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen won the crash-filled Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Nov. 4.
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. (Clint Bowyer)
Oct. 21: Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. (Matt Kenseth)
Oct. 28: TUMS Fast Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va. (Jimmie Johnson)
Nov. 4: AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas (Jimmie Johnson)
Nov. 11: Kobalt Tools 500, Avondale, Ariz. (Kevin Harvick)
Sunday: Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead, Fla.
Original Print Headline: Auto Racing Glance
NASCAR Sprint Cup
1. Brad Keselowski 2,371
2. Jimmie Johnson 2,351
3. Kasey Kahne 2,321
4. Clint Bowyer 2,319
5. Denny Hamlin 2,309
6. Matt Kenseth 2,297
7. Greg Biffle 2,293
8. Kevin Harvick 2,285
9. Tony Stewart 2,284
10. Jeff Gordon 2,281
11. Martin Truex Jr. 2,260
12. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2,211
13. Kyle Busch 1,091
14. Ryan Newman 1,009
15. Carl Edwards 998
16. Paul Menard 973
17. Joey Logano 935
18. Marcos Ambrose 918
19. Jeff Burton 858
20. Jamie McMurray 844
Nationwide Series
1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1,212
2. Elliott Sadler 1,192
3. Austin Dillon 1,187
4. Sam Hornish Jr. 1,105
5. Michael Annett 1,050
6. Justin Allgaier 1,043
7. Cole Whitt 960
8. Mike Bliss 877
9. Brian Scott 816
10. Danica Patrick 806
11. Joe Nemechek 790
12. Mike Wallace 731
13. Jason Bowles 700
14. Jeremy Clements 679
15. Tayler Malsam 609
16. Erik Darnell 549
17. Eric McClure 542
18. Timmy Hill 452
19. Brad Sweet 442
20. Johanna Long 418
Camping World Trucks
1. James Buescher 777
2. Timothy Peters 766
3. Ty Dillon 765
4. Joey Coulter 748
5. Parker Kligerman 740
6. Matt Crafton 727
7. Nelson Piquet Jr. 706
8. Justin Lofton 675
9. Johnny Sauter 639
10. Miguel Paludo 629
11. Jason White 608
12. Cale Gale 587
13. Ron Hornaday Jr. 567
14. Todd Bodine 540
15. John Wes Townley 509
16. Ryan Sieg 501
17. Ross Chastain 468
18. Bryan Silas 460
19. David Starr 395
20. Dakoda Armstrong 370
