ON TRACK This week's events

BUSCH SERIES
Charter Pipeline 250
Schedule: Today, qualifying, 5:35 p.m. (Speed Channel, 7 p.m., tape); Saturday, race (FX, 2:30 p.m.).
Track: Gateway International Raceway, Madison, Ill. (egg-shaped oval, 1.25 miles, 11 degrees banking in turns 1-2, 9 degrees in turns 3-4).
Race distance: 250 miles, 200 laps.
Last race: Kevin Harvick took the lead with 51 laps to go and needed a late caution to hold off Scott Riggs to win the crash-filled Hardee's 250 under caution. The race at Richmond, Va., featured an event-record 14 cautions that slowed the pace for 93 laps, including a crash by Mike Bliss that brought out the 13th yellow flag after 241 laps.
Last year: Greg Biffle got his third Busch victory of the 2002 season, holding off Ron Hornaday in the Charter Pipeline 250 at Gateway International Raceway.
Next race: Nazareth 200, May 18, Nazareth, Pa.
CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACING TEAMS
German 500
Schedule: Saturday, qualifying, 8:30 a.m. (Speed Channel, 4 p.m., tape); Sunday, race, 8 a.m. (CBS, 1 p.m., tape).
Track: EuroSpeedway, Lausitz, Germany (triangular oval, 2 miles).
Race distance: 308 miles, 154 laps.
Last race: Rookie Sebastien Bourdais recorded his first CART victory in only his fourth career start after winning the circuit's first visit to Brands Hatch, England. His teammate, Bruno Junqueira finished second.
Next race: Milwaukee Mile 250, May 31, West Allis, Wis.
-- Associated Press