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MOTOR SPORTS SCHEDULE

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP

No racing this weekend

LAST WINNER: Jimmie Johnson

NEXT RACE: April 15, Fort Worth, Texas

NASCAR BUSCH

THE RACE: Pepsi 300, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn., 225 laps of 1.33-mile tri-oval

WHEN: 12:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN2 (Cable 31)

LAST WINNER: Carl Edwards

2006 WINNER: Kevin Harvick

NEXT RACE: April 14, Fort Worth, Texas

NASCAR TRUCKS

No racing this weekend

NEXT RACE: April 28, Kansas City, Kan.

LAS VEGAS: Sept. 23

NHRA DRAG RACING

No racing this weekend

NEXT RACE: April 13-15, Las Vegas

OTHER LAS VEGAS: Oct. 26-29

INDY RACING LEAGUE

No racing this weekend

LAST WINNER: Helio Castroneves

NEXT RACE: April 21, Suzuka, Japan

CHAMP CAR WORLD SERIES

THE RACE: Vegas Grand Prix, downtown Las Vegas, 70 laps of 2.44-mile street course with 12 turns (or 1-hour, 45-minute time limit)

WHEN: Today through Sunday

TV: 12:30 p.m. Sunday, NBC (Channel 3)

LAST WINNER: Season opener

2006 WINNER: Inaugural event

NEXT RACE: April 15, Long Beach, Calif.

FORMULA ONE

THE RACE: Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, 56 laps of 3.443-mile road course with 15 turns

WHEN: 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Speed (Digital 329)

MORE TV: Qualifying, 11 p.m. Saturday, Speed

LAST WINNER: Kimi Raikkonen

2006 WINNER: Giancarlo Fisichella

NEXT RACE: April 15, Sakhir, Bahrain

LOCAL

TODAY: Drag racing test and tune, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 1-7 p.m.

Midnight Mayhem (street-legal drags), LVMS, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

SATURDAY: Pro Gas and Bike Shootout (motorcycle drags), LVMS, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Jerry's Nugget Championship Series (E.T. bracket drags), 5-11:30 p.m., LVMS

NASCAR All-American Series (Super Late Models, Late Models, Legends, Chargers, Thunder Roadsters, Bandoleros), LVMS Bullring, qualifying 5 p.m., racing 7 p.m.

INFO: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS.com, 644-4444), LVMS Bullring (632-8422), LVMS dragstrip (632-8459)

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