MOTOR SPORTS SCHEDULE
SPRINT CUP
THE RACE: Ford 400, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Fla.
WHEN: 12:45 p.m. Sunday, ABC (Channel 13), KCYE-FM (104.3)
QUALIFYING: Noon today, ESPN2 (Cable 31)
FAST FACT: Jimmie Johnson will win his third straight championship by finishing 36th or better, regardless of how Carl Edwards fares.
LAST WINNER: Johnson
2007 WINNER: Johnson
NEXT: Season completed
NATIONWIDE
THE RACE: Ford 300, Homestead, Fla.
WHEN: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN2 (Cable 31)
QUALIFYING: 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Speed (Digital 329)
FAST FACT: Points leader Clint Bowyer is 56 points ahead of Edwards.
LAST WINNER: Edwards
2007 WINNER: Jeff Burton
NEXT: Season completed
NASCAR TRUCKS
THE RACE: Ford 200, Homestead, Fla.
WHEN: 5 p.m. today, Speed (Digital 329)
QUALIFYING: 2 p.m. today, Speed
FAST FACT: Front-runner Johnny Benson leads reigning champion Ron Hornaday Jr. by three points.
LAST WINNER: Kevin Harvick
2007 WINNER: Ron Hornaday Jr.
NEXT: Season completed
NHRA DRAG RACING
THE RACE: Automobile Club Finals, Fairplex, Pomona, Calif.
WHEN: Today through Sunday
TV: Qualifying, 8 p.m. Saturday, ESPN2 (Cable 31), tape; eliminations, 4 p.m. Sunday, ESPN2, tape
FAST FACTS: Jeg Coughlin Jr. needs only to make a qualifying run to retain his Pro Stock championship; Cruz Pedregon leads Tim Wilkerson by 12 points and Robert Hight by 39 in Funny Car; Tony Schumacher clinched the Top Fuel title two weeks ago in Las Vegas.
LAST WINNERS: Schumacher (Top Fuel), Pedregon (Funny Car), Coughlin (Pro Stock), Chris Rivas (Pro Stock Motorcycle)
2007 WINNERS: Schumacher (Top Fuel), Hight (Funny Car), Coughlin (Pro Stock), Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle)
NEXT: Season completed
INDY RACING LEAGUE
Season completed
2008 CHAMPION: Scott Dixon
FORMULA ONE
Season completed
2008 CHAMPION: Lewis Hamilton
LOCAL
TODAY-SATURDAY: Duel in the Desert (IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, Legends Cars, Bombers), 6 p.m. each night, Las Vegas Motor Speedway dirt track
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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