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Tyler Riddick reacts after winning a Kwik 250 ride after the auto race for the NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday, July 3, 2022 at Rhode America in Lake Elkhart, Wisconsin (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Tyler Riddick reacts after winning a Kwik 250 ride after the auto race for the NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday, July 3, 2022 at Rhode America in Lake Elkhart, Wisconsin (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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NASCAR Cup Series
Quaker State 400 provided by Walmart
Location: Hampton, Georgia.
Schedule: Saturday, qualifying, 11:35 a.m.; Sunday, the race, at 3 p.m. (USA).
Track: Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Race distance: 260 laps, 400 miles.
Last year: Kurt Bosch won after starting eighth.
Final Race: Tyler Reddick beat Chase Elliott to victory at Road America with his first NASCAR First Series win.
Fast Facts: Riddick became the thirteenth winner of the different race through 18 events and the fifth winner for the first time this season. … His win made 2014 Series Champion Kevin Harvick, the fourth non-winner in the standings, and the first driver not to make the 16-driver qualifier if the standings stayed the same for the last eight races of the regular season. . … Elliott widened the points lead to 33 over Ryan Blaney and 35 over Ross Chastain. … Blaney, Martin Truex Jr. and Christopher Bell are the non-winners in the top 16.
Next race: July 17, Loudoun, New Hampshire.
Connected: http://www.nascar.com
NASCAR XFINITY Series
250
Location: Hampton, Georgia.
Schedule: Saturday, qualifying, 10:05 a.m., and race, 5 p.m. (USA).
Track: Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Race distance: 163 laps, 251 miles.
Last year: Kyle Busch won first place.
The last race: T Gibbs passed Kyle Larson on the last lap of overtime at Road America and won the top prize for the fourth time this season.
Fast Facts: Gibbs cut his 25-point deficit to nine behind leader AJ Allmendinger. Justin Algaer is third with a 34-point lead. … Gibbs has won four times in 16 races this season and eight times in 34 races of his career. No other driver has won more than twice this season. … The Allmendinger scored his 14th in the top ten of the season. Noah Gregson is fourth with 11.
Next race: July 16, Loudoun, New Hampshire.
Connected: http://www.nascar.com
NASCAR Truck Series
O’Reilly Ato 150 Parts in Mid Ohio
Location: Lexington, Ohio.
Schedule: Friday, rehearsal, 9:35 a.m., qualifying 3:35 p.m.; Saturday, the race, 1:30 p.m. (FS1).
Track: Mid-Ohio Sports Motors Course.
Race distance: 67 laps, 151 miles.
Last year: for the first time in this place.
Final Race: Ryan Press pulled out of the second break 10 laps ago, then stopped challenges from Zane Smith and Carson Hocevar to win in Nashville for the second year in a row.
Fast Facts: Bryce has only won twice in eight career starts. … Zane Smith is the new points leader, 21 points over John Hunter Nemechek and 30 over defending Series Champion Ben Rhodes. …Smith also leads by eight places in the top five, 12 top 10s and 339 laps. …the top five in the standings are the only key players to have won races this season.
Next race: July 23, Long Pond, Pennsylvania.
Connected: http://www.nascar.com
Formula One
Austrian Grand Prix
Location: Spielberg, Austria.
Schedule: Friday, rehearsal, 7:30 a.m., qualifying, 11 a.m.; Saturday, Workout, 6:30AM, Sprint, 10:30AM; Sunday, the race, 9 a.m. (ESPN).
Track: Red Bull Ring.
Race distance: 71 laps, 190.42 miles.
Last year: Max Verstappen won consecutive weekends, both times from first place.
The last race: Carlos Sainz Jr. won the British Grand Prix, his first Formula 1 victory, when a late tire change allowed him to retire.
Fast Facts: Sainz’s victory came on his 150th debut in Formula One. …became the fourth different winner over 10 races, with points leader Verstappen winning six times. … Seven-time Series Champion Lewis Hamilton led laps for the first time this season and finished third, his third on the podium this season. … Verstappen, who finished seventh after an engine problem, has a 34-point lead over Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc with 43.
Next race: July 24, Le Castellet, France.
Connected: http://www.formula1.com
IndyCar
Final Race: Scott McLaughlin won for the second time in his career, both this season, by defeating defending champion Alex Ballou in mid-Ohio.
Next race: July 17, Toronto, Canada.
Connected: http://www.indycar.com
NHRA DRAG RACING
Final Event: Mike Salinas wins Top Fuel and Robert Height wins the Funny Car in Norwalk, Ohio.
Next event: July 15-17, Morrison, Colorado.
Connected: http://www.nhra.com
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The following events: July 8, West Burlington, Iowa, and July 9, Wilmot, Wisconsin.
Connected: http://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars
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