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NASCAR Sprint Cup
Tums Fast Relief 500
Site: Martinsville (Va.) Speedway (oval, 0.526 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (10:30 p.m., Speed), qualifying (2 p.m., ESPN2); Saturday, practice (9 a.m., 5:30 p.m., ESPN2); Sunday, race (noon, ABC)
Race distance: 263 miles/500 laps
2008 winner: Jimmie Johnson
Fast facts: Points leader Jimmie Johnson earned his second straight victory and third in five Chase events Saturday to open a 90-point lead with five races left. Mark Martin is second in the standings and Jeff Gordon (135 points behind Johnson) is third, all three driving for Hendrick Motorsports. Tony Stewart is fourth, 155 points behind, and his first-year Stewart-Haas Racing team uses Hendrick engines. ... Gordon leads active drivers with seven Martinsville victories. He swept the 2005 races for his last wins at the track.
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NASCAR Nationwide
Kroger On Track for the Cure 250
Site: Memphis (Tenn.) Motorsports Park (oval, 0.75 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, practice (3:30 p.m., ESPN2); Saturday, qualifying (9:45 a.m., ESPN2), race (2 p.m., ESPN2)
Race distance: 187.5 miles/250 laps
2008 winner: Carl Edwards
Fast facts: Kyle Busch has a 195-point lead over Carl Edwards with four races left. Casey Atwood will stand in for Busch — racing at Memphis for the first time since 2004 — during practice and qualifying because of conflicts with the Sprint Cup event at Martinsville. ... Sprint Cup driver Matt Kenseth is making his first Memphis start since the inaugural series race at the track in 1999. ... Landon Cassill, the 2008 Nationwide rookie of the year, will drive the No. 1 Miccosukee Resort Chevrolet in his first series appearance of the year. ... Kenny Wallace is making his 450th series start.
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NASCAR Camping World Trucks
Kroger 200
Site: Martinsville (Va.) Speedway (oval, 0.526 miles)
TV schedule: Friday, qualifying (noon, Speed); Saturday, race (11:30 a.m., Speed)
Race distance: 105.2 miles/200 laps
2008 winner: Johnny Benson
Fast facts: Ron Hornaday Jr. has a 197-point lead over Matt Crafton with five races left. The 51-year-old Hornaday won five straight races this summer and has a series-high six victories. He has 45 career wins and three season titles, both records. ... Mike Skinner is making his 200th series start. The 1995 champion has three victories at Martinsville, matching Dennis Setzer for the lead. Skinner has three wins this year and is third in the standings, 255 points behind Hornaday. ... Johnny Benson lost his ride in June when Red Horse Racing failed to find sponsorship, then was injured a week later in a Supermodified event at his home track in Michigan.
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