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MOTOR SPORTS SCHEDULE

NASCAR SPRINT CUP

THE RACE: Samsung 500, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, 334 laps of 1.5-mile quad-oval

WHEN/TV/RADIO: 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Fox (Channel 5), KCYE (104.3 FM)

QUALIFYING: 1:30 p.m. today, Speed (Digital 329)

FAST FACTS: Jeff Burton took the points lead from Kyle Busch on Sunday in Martinsville, Va.

LAST WINNER: Denny Hamlin

2007 WINNER: Jeff Burton

NEXT: April 12, Avondale, Ariz.

NASCAR NATIONWIDE

THE RACE: O'Reilly 300, Texas Motor Speedway, 200 laps

WHEN/TV: Noon Saturday, ESPN2 (Cable 31)

LAST WINNER: Scott Wimmer

2007 WINNER: Matt Kenseth

NEXT: April 11, Avondale, Ariz.

NASCAR TRUCKS

No racing this weekend

NEXT: April 26, Kansas City, Kan.

LAS VEGAS: Sept. 20

NHRA DRAG RACING

No racing this weekend

NEXT: April 10-13, Las Vegas

MORE LAS VEGAS: Oct. 30-Nov. 2

INDY RACING LEAGUE

THE RACE: Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (Florida), 100 laps of 1.8-mile street course with 14 turns

WHEN/TV: 11:30 a.m. Sunday, ESPN (Cable 30)

LAST WINNER: Scott Dixon

2007 WINNER: Helio Castroneves

NEXT: April 19, Motegi, Japan

FORMULA ONE

THE RACE: Bahrain Grand Prix, Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, 57 laps of 3.37-mile road course with 12 turns

WHEN/TV: 4 a.m. Sunday, Speed (Digital 329)

QUALIFYING: 4 a.m. Saturday, Speed

LAST WINNER: Kimi Raikkonen

2007 WINNER: Felipe Massa

NEXT: April 27, Barcelona, Spain

SPORTS CARS

THE RACE: Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg (Fla.), American Le Mans Series, 1.8-mile street course with 14 turns

WHEN: 10:30 a.m. Sunday

TV: 3:30 p.m. Sunday (tape), ABC (Channel

13)

LOCAL

TODAY: Test and Tune (drag racing), 3:30-9 p.m., Las Vegas Motor Speedway dragstrip;

Midnight Mayhem (street-legal drags), 9 p.m.-1 a.m., LVMS dragstrip

SATURDAY: Jr. Drag Racing, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., LVMS dragstrip; Jerry's Nugget Series (E.T. bracket racing), 4:30 p.m., LVMS dragstrip;

NASCAR All-American Series (Super Late Models, Late Models, Modifieds, Chargers, Legends Cars, Bandoleros), heat races, 5:15 p.m., feature races, 7 p.m., LVMS Bullring;

Death Valley Raceway (IMCA Modifieds, Super Stocks, Mini Stocks, Coupes, Minis, Dwarf Cars), 7 p.m., Amargosa Valley

INFO: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS.com, 644-4444), LVMS Bullring (632-8422), LVMS dragstrip (632-8459), Death Valley Raceway (775-209-5291)

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