This weekend’s auto racing schedule
NASCAR SPRINT CUP
UAW-Dodge 400
Site: Las Vegas
TV: Friday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 6:30 p.m.); Sunday, race (FOX, 3:30 p.m.).
Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (D-shaped oval, 1.5 miles, 20 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 400 miles, 267 laps.
Last year: Jimmie Johnson beat teammate Jeff Gordon to win his third straight Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
NASCAR NATIONWIDE
Sam’s Town 300
Site: Las Vegas
TV: Saturday, qualifying (Speed Channel, Noon), race (ESPN2, 4 p.m.).
Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (D-shaped oval, 1.5 miles, 20 degrees banking in turns). Race distance: 300 miles, 200 laps.
Last year: Jeff Burton nudged a spinning Busch across the finish line to win a chaotic, caution-marred Sam’s Town 300. The race had 12 cautions for 58 laps, and the postrace debate overshadowed a spectacular finish that denied Busch a victory on his home track.
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