Auto racing schedule for June 27-29

Published 3:26 pm Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Lenox Industrial Tools 301

Site: Loudon, N.H.

Schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed Channel, noon); Sunday, race (TNT, 9:30 a.m.).

Track: New Hampshire International Speedway (oval, 1.058 miles, 12 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 318 miles, 301 laps.

Last race: Kyle Busch snapped a two-week slump by racing to his first Cup win on a road course. Busch, who had a poor qualifying run and started 30th at Infineon Raceway, steadily moved through the field and grabbed the lead away from defending race winner Juan Pablo Montoya on an early restart before hanging on for his series-best fifth victory of the season.

Last year: A two-tire gamble for Denny Hamlin paid off with his first Cup victory of 2007 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Hamlin edged Jeff Gordon by 0.068 seconds — less than a car length.

Camping World RV Sales 200

Site: Loudon, N.H.

Schedule: Saturday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 7 a.m.), race (ABC, 11:30 a.m.).

Track: New Hampshire International Speedway (oval, 1.058 miles, 12 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 211.6 miles, 200 laps.

Last race: Carl Edwards knocked Clint Bowyer sideways with 25 laps to go, then held off rookie Joey Logano for his first Nationwide victory of the season after dominating the series last year. Edwards is having an outstanding season in the Cup series, but hadn’t won in Nationwide since a race at Nashville last June.

Last year: Kevin Harvick held off a late challenge by Carl Edwards to grab his second victory of the season at New Hampshire International Speedway.

O’Reilly 200

Site: Memphis, Tenn.

Schedule: Saturday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 3 p.m.), race (Speed Channel, 5:30 p.m.).

Track: Memphis Motorsports Park, (tri-oval, 0.75 miles, 11-degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 200 miles, 150 laps.

Last race: After weathering a brief delay for lightning, Johnny Benson bolted away to win at the Milwaukee Mile. It was the third straight truck series victory at the track for Benson, who held onto his lead in the series points standings.

Last year: Travis Kvapil passed a spinning Brad Keselowski with nine laps to go and pulled away on the restart to capture the O’Reilly 200.

SunTrust Indy Challenge

Site: Richmond, Va.

Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 4 p.m.; Saturday, race (ESPN, 5 p.m.).

Track: Richmond International Raceway (D-shaped oval, 0.75 miles, 14 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 225 miles, 300 laps.

Last race: Dan Wheldon celebrated his 30th birthday by winning the Iowa Corn Indy 250, his second victory of the season. Wheldon took the lead out of a caution flag with 90 laps to go after making the risky decision not to pit. The move paid off, as Wheldon held off Andretti Green drivers Hideki Mutoh and Marco Andretti down the stretch.

Last year: Pole-sitter Dario Franchitti led all but nine laps and held off Scott Dixon and Wheldon with the help of a late caution en route to his first IndyCar victory. Franchitti became the second consecutive winner at Richmond to set a record by leading the most laps in series history (241).

Summit Racing Equipment Nationals

Site: Norwalk, Ohio

Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 12:30 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 9:10 a.m. (ESPN2, 7 p.m., tape); Sunday, eliminations, 8 a.m. (ESPN2, 4 p.m., tape).

Track: Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park.

Last event: A day after Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta was killed in an accident, five-time world champion Tony Schumacher raced to his first Top Fuel win in 12 tries at the Lucas Oil SuperNationals. The event was overshadowed by the death of Kalitta, who died from multiple injuries after his car went out of control in the fourth round of qualifying. Tim Wilkerson, Greg Anderson and Chip Ellis also won in their divisions.

Last year: Mike Ashley won the Funny Car competition during the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Norwalk, Ohio, after getting disqualified in each of the previous two events. Schumacher took Top Fuel, Dave Connolly claimed his second Pro Stock win of the season Andrew Hines picked up his second Pro Stock Motorcycle victory in his last three outings.

Mont Tremblant

Site:St. Jovite, Quebec

Schedule:Race Sunday.

Track Circuit Mont Tremblant, 2.65 mile road course.

Last event: Mukilteo, Wash., racer Carl Skerlong came in second to James Hinchliffe at the Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on May 18.

Last year: Franck Perera won Mont Tremblant on July 1, 2007.