Schedule: Friday, exercise, 4:35 p.M. & 7:30 p.M. (NBCSN); Saturday, qualifying, 4:05 p.M. (NBCSN); Sunday, race, 7 p.M., NBCSN.
Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).
Race distance: 400 miles, 267 laps.
Last 12 months: Brad Keselowski won the fall race in Las Vegas.
Last race: Kevin Harvick won at Indianapolis from the pole.
Fast information: Last week’s victory changed into the third of 2019 for Harvick. … Clint Bowyer and Ryan Newman snagged the final two playoff spots final weekend. The postseason starts on Sunday, with Kyle Busch atop the sector accompanied with the aid of Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr., And Harvick. … Seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson overlooked the playoffs for the first time. … William Byron and Alex Bowman are the simplest new drivers in the postseason field as compared to 2018. They update Johnson and Austin Dillon.
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES
RHINO PRO TRUCK OUTFITTERS 300
Site: Las Vegas
Schedule: Friday, exercise, three:35 p.M. & 6:35 p.M. (NBCSN); Saturday, qualifying, 2:35 p.M. (NBCSN), race, 7:30 p.M., NBCSN.
Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (oval, 1 mile).
Race distance: three hundred miles, 2 hundred laps.
Last year, Ross Chastain picked up his first series win.
Last race: Kyle Busch received in Indianapolis.
Fast facts: Busch is now simply four wins shy of a hundred inside the second-tier collection. He also has 254 pinnacle-10 finishes in a profession that dates to 2003. … Busch held off Justin Allgaier by zero.132 seconds in Indy after Christopher Bell and Tyler Reddick wrecked with seven laps left. … Jeb Burton, the son of former NASCAR stalwart Ward Burton, finished a career-first-rate fourth. It turned into his fourth top-10 in his five begins this season with JR Motorsports.
NASCAR TRUCK SERIES
WORLD OF WESTGATE two hundred
Site: Las Vegas
Schedule: Friday, practice, 11:05 a.m., qualifying, five:35 p.m. (FS1), race, 9 p.m., FS1.
Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (oval, 1 mile).
Race distance: 201 miles, 134 laps.
Last 12 months: Grant Enfinger nabbed his second career win.
Last race: Defending series champion Brett Moffitt finished in Canada.
Fast records: Moffitt, the protecting trucks champion, leads the series standings with 2 factors. … Chastain’s selection to interchange from Xfinity to Truck Series points would possibly pay off. The “Watermelon Man” is in the 2nd area, 22 factors in the back of Moffitt. Two-time champion Matt Crafton has had a thrilling season. He has 15 top-10 finishes, six top-fives, three wins, and poles. But Crafton has yet to win a race in 2019.
FORMULA ONE
Last race: Charles Leclerc received his second instant start in Italy.
Next race: Singapore Grand Prix, Sept. 22, Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore.
Last race: Will Power received for the second time in 3 races in Portland.
Next race: Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey, Sept. 22, Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, California.
MOPAR EXPRESS LANES NATIONALS
Site: Mohnton, Pennsylvania.
Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 2 & 5 p.M.; Saturday, qualifying, 12 & 3 p.M.; Sunday, finals, 11 a.M., FS1.
Track: Maple Grove Raceway.
Last occasion: John Force (Funny Car) won at Indianapolis for the fifth time in his career.
Last year, Steve Torrence started his playoff sweep with a win in Pennsylvania.
Fast records: NHRA officers released the 2020 timetable for the Pro Stock category on Monday. Pro Stock will return subsequent season to Houston, Atlanta, Topeka, Kan., Bristol, Tenn. And Epping, N.H. It’ll even have a five-game postseason. Steve Torrence heads to the Top Fuel playoffs in the first round, accompanied by Doug Kalitta and Antron Brown. Robert Hight is at the pinnacle of Funny Car, Bo Butner leads Pro Stock, and Andrew Hines is first in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
