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SPRINT CUP

Southern 500

Site: Darlington, S.C.

Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 5:10 p.m. (Speed); Saturday, race, 7:20 p.m. (Fox).

Track: Darlington Raceway (egg-shaped oval, 1.366 miles).

Race distance: 501.3 miles, 367 laps.

Last week: Kyle Busch became the second Cup driver to win on his birthday, celebrating his 24th at Richmond with his fourth victory of the year, 15th overall and 50th in NASCAR's top three series. Busch also won the Nationwide race. Tony Stewart was second, followed by Jeff Burton and Ryan Newman. Cale Yarborough won twice on his birthday — at North Wilkesboro in 1977 and Atlanta in 1983.

Last year: Busch raced to the third of his eight 2008 Cup wins, leading a race-high 169 of the 367 laps in his Joe Gibbs Toyota. At 23, he became the youngest winner on NASCAR's oldest superspeedway. Carl Edwards finished second.

Fast facts: Seven-time Darlington winner Jeff Gordon tops the season standings with 1,441 points, 10 more than Busch. Stewart is third, 39 points back, in his first season as an owner-driver at Stewart-Haas Racing. ... Greg Biffle won in 2005 and 2006, and Jeff Gordon took the 2007 event. ... The Johnny Mantz Southern 500 trophy has been created in honor of the winner of the inaugural race in 1950.

Next race: NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, May 16, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.

On the Net: http://www.nascar.com

NATIONWIDE

Diamond Hill Plywood 200

Site: Darlington, S.C.

Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 3:10 p.m. (Speed); race, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2).

Track: Darlington Raceway (egg-shaped oval, 1.366 miles).

Race distance: 200.8 miles, 147 laps.

Last week: Sprint Cup star Kyle Busch raced to his third Nationwide Series win of the season, passing Carl Edwards with 22 laps to go at Richmond. Edwards was second, followed by Matt Kenseth and Brad Keselowski.

Last year: Tony Stewart won for the first time at Darlington, taking the lead with 27 laps to go and holding off Clint Bowyer in a green-white-checker finish. Only 23 of 43 starters were running at the end of the wreck-filled race.

Fast facts: Busch has an 82-point lead over Edwards in the season standings. Jason Leffler is third, 198 points back. ... Stewart's victory last year was Joe Gibbs Racing's third straight at Darlington. Denny Hamlin swept the 2006-07 races.

Next race: CARQUEST Auto Parts 300, May 23, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.

On the Net: http://www.nascar.com

CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS

Next race: North Carolina Education Lottery 200, May 15, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.

Last race: Mike Skinner gave football star Randy Moss his first victory as a NASCAR owner, winning the rain-shortened race at Kansas Speedway on April 27 in a Monday finish. The race was suspended after 52 laps the previous Saturday, then cut to 132 — 35 short of the scheduled distance. Skinner has 26 series victories. Johnny Benson finished second, and Brian Scott was third, giving Toyota the top three spots.

On the Net: http://www.nascar.com

FORMULA ONE

Spanish Grand Prix

Site: Barcelona, Spain.

Schedule: Saturday, qualifying, 8 a.m. (Speed); Sunday, race, 8 a.m. (Speed).

Track: Circuit de Catalunya (2.89-mile road course).

Race distance: 190.8 miles, 66 laps.

Last race: Brawn GP's Jenson Button won the Bahrain Grand Prix on April 26 for his third victory in the first four races of the season, beating Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel by 7.1 seconds.

Last year: Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen beat teammate Felipe Massa by 3.228 seconds to become the eighth straight wire-to-wire winner at Catalunya.

Fast facts: Button leads the season standings with 31 points, followed by Brawn teammate Rubens Barrichello (19), Vettel (18) and Toyota's Jarno Trulli (14.5) and Timo Glock (12). Brawn has a 22½-point lead over Red Bull in the constructors' race. ... After failing to earn points in the first three races, Ferrari picked up three in Bahrain with Raikkonen's sixth-place finish. ... Spain's Fernando Alonso won in 2006. He's the lone Spanish winner in the event.

Next race: Monaco Grand Prix, May 24, Monte Carlo, Monaco.

On the Net: http://www.formula1.com

INDY RACING LEAGUE

Next race: Indianapolis 500, May 24, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis.

Last race: New Zealand's Scott Dixon raced to his 17th series victory, beating Helio Castroneves by 0.71 seconds April 26 at Kansas Speedway.

On the Net: http://www.indycar.com

NHRA FULL THROTTLE

Next event: NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, May 15-17, Bristol Dragway, Bristol, Tenn.

Last week: Del Worsham raced to his first Funny Car win of the season, beating Ran Capps in the NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway International. Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won.

On the Net: http://www.nhra.com

OTHER RACE

ARCA RE/MAX SERIES: Kentucky 150, Saturday, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Ky. On the Net: http://www.arcaracing.com