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