NASCAR NEXTEL CUP

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP
Tropicana 400
Site: Joliet, Ill.
Schedule: Today, qualifying (Speed Channel, 4 p.m.); Sunday, race (NBC, 3:30 p.m.)
Track: Chicagoland Speedway (tri-oval 1.5 miles, 18 degrees banking in turns)
Race distance: 400 miles, 267 laps
Last race: Jeff Gordon, starting from the pole for the third consecutive race, recorded his second straight win at the Pepsi 400 in Daytona. His Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson finished second.
Last year: Ryan Newman stretched his last tank of fuel and won the Tropicana 400.
Next race: New England 300, July 25, Loudon, N.H.
On the Net: http://www.nascar.com
NASCAR BUSCH
Tropicana Twister 300
Site: Joliet, Ill.
Schedule: Today, qualifying (Speed Channel, 2:30 p.m.); Saturday, race (NBC, 2 p.m.)
Track: Chicagoland Speedway (tri-oval 1.5 miles, 18 degrees banking in turns)
Race distance: 300 miles, 200 laps
Last race: Mike Wallace jumped from fifth to first on the last lap and won the Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona Beach, Fla. The victory snapped Wallace's 137-race winless streak in Busch races dating to 1994.
Last year: Bobby Hamilton Jr. overpowered the field, leading all but a handful of laps in winning the Tropicana Twister 300. Hamilton took the lead from polesitter Casey Mears on the third lap and led 186 of the 200 trips around the 11/2-mile oval, including the last 53.
Next race: New England 200, July 24, Loudon, N.H.
On the Net: http://www.nascar.com
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCKS
Built Ford Tough 225
Site: Lexington, Ky.
Schedule: Today, qualifying, 6 p.m.; Saturday, race (Speed Channel, 8 p.m.)
Track: Kentucky Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles, 14 degrees banking in turns)
Race distance: 225 miles, 150 laps
Last race: Carl Edwards overcame a first-lap accident to win the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway. But Edwards' Ford failed inspection after the race because it did not meet the minimum height requirement. NASCAR officials said it's possible the truck failed because of damage from the accident.
Last year: Edwards raced to his first truck victory, beating Ted Musgrave by 3.568 seconds in the Built Ford Tough 225.
Next race: Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200, July 17, Madison, Ill.
On the Net: http://www.nascar.com
CHAMP CAR WORLD SERIES
Grand Prix of Toronto
Schedule: Today, qualifying, 2 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 1:45 p.m.; Sunday, race (SPIKE, 4 p.m.)
Track: Toronto street circuit (temporary road course, 1.755 miles, 13 turns)
Race distance: 166.725 miles, 95 laps
Last race: Bourdais took advantage of a first-lap crash that knocked out polesitter Paul Tracy and won the Cleveland Grand Prix for the second straight year. Bourdais, who already has three victories this season, finished 15.130 seconds ahead of Newman-Haas teammate Bruno Junqueira.
Last year: Tracy led every lap of the Molson Indy and easily beat Michel Jourdain Jr. to win on his home track in Toronto for the first time in 10 years.
Next race: July 25, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
On the Net: http://www.cart.com
FORMULA ONE
British Grand Prix
Site: Silverstone, England
Schedule: Saturday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 9 a.m.); Sunday, race (Speed Channel, 7:30 a.m.)
Track: Silverstone Circuit (road course, 3.194 miles, 14 turns)
Race distance: 191.64 miles, 60 laps
Last race: Michael Schumacher continued his dominance by winning the French Grand Prix for the seventh time. Schumacher has won nine of the first 10 races this season and has a 22-point lead over Rubens Barrichello in the championship standings.
Last year: Ferrari's Barrichello won the British Grand Prix, ending the recent dominance of Williams-BMW. Barrichello finished 5.4 seconds ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya of Williams-BMW in a race disrupted on the 12th lap when a man ran onto the track.
Next race: German Grand Prix, July 25, Hockenheim
On the Net: http://www.formula1.com