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Up next races on major auto racing circuits

 
Published July 4, 2014

Sprint Cup

What: Coke Zero 400

When/where: Today, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.); Saturday, race (TNT, 7:30 p.m.); Daytona

Fast facts: Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the season-opening Daytona 500. … Michael Waltrip is driving the No. 66 Toyota. Three of Waltrip's four Cup victories have come at the track.

Standings: 1. Jeff Gordon, 618; 2. Jimmie Johnson, 594; 3. Earnhardt, 594; 4. Brad Keselowski, 560; 5. Matt Kenseth, 555; 6. Carl Edwards, 536; 7. Joey Logano, 519; 8. Ryan Newman, 514; 9. Kevin Harvick, 509; 10. Kyle Busch, 508

Nationwide

What: Subway Firecracker 250

When/where: Today, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.), race (ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.); Daytona

Fast fact: Kyle Busch won the season-opening race at the track.

Standings: 1. Elliott Sadler, 541; 2. Chase Elliott, 537; 3. Regan Smith, 533; 4. Ty Dillon, 512; 5. Brian Scott, 494

IndyCar

What: Pocono IndyCar 500

When/where: Saturday, practice, qualifying (NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.); Sunday, race (NBCSN, 1 p.m.); Long Pond, Pa.

Fast facts: The race last year was the first major open-wheel event at the track since 1989. … The Indy Lights race is Saturday (4 p.m. Sunday, NBCSN). … The future of IndyCar at Pocono is in jeopardy because of a dramatic attendance drop expected for the race. IndyCar returned last year after a 24-year absence for the first race of a three-year contract. Track CEO and president Brandon Igdalsky said this week he planned to speak with IndyCar CEO Mark Miles and other series executives about possibly dumping the final year of the contract. Igdalsky refused to divulge numbers but said ticket sales "were kind of scary" compared with last year. The track does not disclose attendance figures, but 30,000 to 35,000 fans were estimated at last year's race.

Standings: 1. Will Power, 405; 2. Helio Castroneves, 366; 3. Ryan Hunter-Reay, 364; 4. Simon Pagenaud, 346; 5. Juan Pablo Montoya, 289

Formula One

What: British Grand Prix

When/where: Today, practice (NBC Sports Network, 9 a.m.); Saturday, practice, qualifying (CNBC, 8 a.m.; NBCSN, 2 p.m.); Sunday, race (CNBC, 8 a.m.); Silverstone, England

Fast facts: Mercedes' Nico Rosberg won the season-opening race in Australia, finished second behind teammate Lewis Hamilton in Malaysia, Bahrain, China and Spain, and then won in Monaco and Austria.

Standings: 1. Nico Rosberg, 165; 2. Lewis Hamilton, 136; 3. Daniel Ricciardo, 83; 4. Fernando Alonso, 79; 5. Sebastian Vettel, 60

NHRA

What: Summit Racing Equipment Nationals

When/where: Today, qualifying; Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2, 11 p.m.); Sunday, final eliminations, (ESPN2, 9 p.m.); Norwalk, Ohio.

Standings: Top Fuel — 1. Doug Kalitta, 1,001; 2. Antron Brown, 844. Funny Car — 1. Robert Hight, 970; 2. Alexis DeJoria, 716. Pro Stock — 1. Erica Enders-Stevens, 972; 2. Jeg Coughlin, 789. Pro Stock Motorcycle — 1. Andrew Hines, 482; 2. Eddie Krawiec, 445

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Trucks

Next: American Ethanol 200, July 11, Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa

Standings: 1. Johnny Sauter, 297; 2. Matt Crafton, 289; 3. Timothy Peters, 286; 4. Ryan Blaney, 285; 5. Ron Hornaday, 284