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NASCAR Nationwide
NAPA Auto Parts 200
Site: Montreal, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (road course, 2.709 miles)
TV schedule: Saturday, qualifying (ESPN2, 8 p.m., taped); Sunday, race (1:30 p.m., ESPN2)
Race distance: 200.466 miles/74 laps
2008 winner: Ron Fellows
Fast facts: Kyle Busch leads the season standings with 3,900 points, followed by Carl Edwards (3,652) and Brad Keselowski (3,597). ... Jacques Villeneuve is driving the No. 32 Toyota on the track named in honor of his late father. ... Mike Wallace will drive J-D Motorsports’ No. 01 Chevrolet for the rest of the season, replacing Danny O’Quinn Jr. ... Marcos Ambrose won the Nationwide road-course race at Watkins Glen on Aug. 8 for his second NASCAR victory.
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Grand-Am Rolex Sports Cars
Montreal 200
Site: Montreal, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (road course, 2.709 miles)
TV schedule: Saturday, race (1 p.m., Speed)
Race duration: 200 miles or 2 hours
2008 winners: Brian Frisselle, Mark Wilkins (DP, overall), Andrew Davis, Robin Liddell (GT)
Fast facts: NASCAR Sprint Cup stars Carl Edwards and Marcos Ambrose will co-drive the No. 77 Ford Dallara DP car fielded by Doran Racing. NASCAR Nationwide rookie Brendan Gaughan, who is making his first trip to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, will co-drive the No. 66 Porsche GT3 with Andy Lally. ... With three races remaining, Memo Rojas and Scott Pruett lead the Daytona Prototype drivers standings by four points (248 to 244) over Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty, who drive the No. 99 Pontiac Riley DP car fielded by Dallas-based GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing.
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NASCAR Camping World Trucks
EnjoyIllinois.com 225
Site: Joliet, Ill., Chicagoland Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, qualifying (4 p.m., Speed, taped), race, (8 p.m., Speed)
Race distance: 225 miles/150 laps
2008 winner: Inaugural event
Fast facts: Kyle Busch is trying to complete a career sweep at Chicagoland Speedway. He won the Sprint Cup and Nationwide races last year. ... The 51-year-old Ron Hornaday Jr., a six-time winner this year for Kevin Harvick Inc., leads the season standings with 2,458 points. Matt Crafton is second with 2,247, followed by Mike Skinner (2,153).
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IndyCar Series
Peak Indy 300
Site: Joliet, Ill., Chicagoland Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, qualifying (5 p.m., Versus); Saturday, race (8 p.m., Versus)
Race distance: 300 miles/200 laps
2008 winner: Helio Castroneves
Fast facts: Ryan Briscoe leads the season standings with 497 points, four more than Dario Franchitti with three races left. Scott Dixon is third, 20 points behind Briscoe. ... Franchitti, who won the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma on Sunday, held off Dixon on the final lap at Chicagoland in 2007 to win the series title.
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Formula One
Belgian Grand Prix
Site: Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium (road course, 4.35 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (7 a.m., Speed); Saturday, qualifying (7 a.m., Speed); Sunday, race (6:30 a.m., Speed)
Race distance: 191.415 miles/44 laps
2008 winner: Felipe Massa
Fast facts: Brawn GP’s Jenson Button, a six-time winner this year, leads the season standings with 72 points. Rubens Barrichello is second with 54, followed by Mark Webber (51.5) and Sebastian Vettel (47). ... Massa was seriously injured in Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying July 26 when he was hit in the helmet by debris and crashed into a tire barrier at 120 mph. He returned home to Brazil after surgery to repair multiple skull fractures and hopes to return to racing at the Brazilian Grand Prix in October.
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American Le Mans Series
Grand Prix of Mosport
Site: Bowmanville, Ontario, Mosport International Raceway (road course, 2.49 miles)
TV schedule: Sunday, race (2 p.m., Speed)
Race duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes
2008 winners: Marco Werner, Lucas Luhr (P1, overall); Scott Sharp, David Brabham (P2); Johnny O’Connell, Jan Magnussen (GT1); Jaime Melo, Mika Salo (GT2)
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