ON THE TRACKS \ This weekend’s events

NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP
Toyota/Save Mart 350
Sonoma, Calif.

Schedule: Today, qualifying (Speed Channel, 7 p.m.); Sunday, race (TNT, 3:30 p.m.)
Track: Infineon Raceway (permanent road course, 1.99 miles, 10 turns)
Race distance: 218.90 miles, 110 laps.
Last race: Carl Edwards snapped his 52-race winless streak at Michigan International Speedway. He last won a race on Nov. 6, 2005.
Last year: Jeff Gordon combined patience with a fast race car at Infineon Raceway to grab a record ninth road course victory. Gordon took the lead for the first time on lap 49 of the 110-lap Dodge/Save Mart 350. Terry Labonte grabbed the lead after a slick fuel strategy, but Gordon moved back in front on lap 88 and pulled away for his fifth victory at Infineon.
Fast facts: The Car of Tomorrow will make its road course debut this weekend. Five of the first six events with those cars have had a margin of victory of less than a second. ... Eight of the nine different race winners this season are currently in position to be eligible for the Chase for the Championship. ... Edwards’ victory gave Roush his second win of the season — and the first since Matt Kenseth won Feb. 25 at California — and temporarily sidetracked Hendrick Motorsports’ season-long domination. Hendrick cars have won 10 of the 15 races this season.

BUSCH SERIES
AT&T 250
West Allis, Wis.

Schedule: Saturday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 5:30 p.m.), race (ESPN2, 8 p.m.)
Track: The Milwaukee Mile (oval, 1 mile, 9 degrees banking in turns).
Race distance: 250 miles, 250 laps.
Last race: Stephen Leicht took advantage of Carl Edwards’ late wreck, then passed good friend Brad Coleman with 13 laps to go to win the Meijer 300 at Sparta, Ky., for his first Busch victory.
Last year: Paul Menard took advantage of a mistake by Jason Leffler, then held on in the closing laps to win the AT&T 250.
Next race: Camping World 200, June 30, Loudon, N.H.

CRAFTSMAN TRUCKS
Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200
West Allis, Wis.

Schedule: Today, qualifying, 6:30 p.m., race (Speed Channel, 8:30 p.m.)
Track: The Milwaukee Mile
Race distance: 200 miles, 200 laps.
Last race: Travis Kvapil stalked Kyle Busch around Michigan International Speedway, finally passing him with one lap to go to score his first truck win since 2004.
Last year: After winning his first career truck race the previous week, Johnny Benson made it two in a row with a victory in the Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200. Benson drove past Ron Hornaday Jr. with 41 laps to go, then held off Hornaday on a restart with 25 laps to go for the victory.
Next race: O’Reilly 200, June 30, Memphis, Tenn.

CHAMP CAR WORLD SERIES
Grand Prix of Cleveland

Schedule: Today, qualifying, 4 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 2 p.m.; Sunday, race (CBS, 1 p.m.)
Track: Burke Lakefront Airport (temporary road course, 2.106 miles, 10 turns).
Race distance: 204.282 miles, 97 laps.
Last race: Sebastien Bourdais passed pole-sitter Justin Wilson to start the 56th lap on June 10, and cruised to his third straight victory, and the Grand Prix of Portland introduced Champ Car’s first standing start without a hitch. It was Champ Car’s first use of a standing start, where drivers take off from a dead stop like in Formula One. Champ Car has traditionally used rolling starts.
Last year: A.J. Allmendinger won his second straight race, avoiding major trouble in the Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland in which Bourdais was knocked out after a spectacular first-lap crash.
Fast facts: Bourdais won this race in 2003 and 2004 to join Alex Zanardi (1997-98) as the only drivers to post consecutive victories at Cleveland. ... Allmendinger was involved in a nasty wreck during qualifying at Cleveland in 2005 and was hospitalized. He was cleared to race only a few hours before the start and finished second. ... Paul Tracy won the 2005 event for his 30th career victory. The previous year, Tracy stormed off the course after he was hit from behind at the treacherous Turn 1, knocking the pole-sitter off track and out of the race just seconds after it began. ... Justin Wilson, who recorded his first career pole last weekend in Portland, has been knocked out of two of his three Cleveland starts due to contact.
Next race: Mont-Tremblant07, July 1, Canada

INDY RACING LEAGUE
Iowa Corn 250
Newton

Schedule: Saturday, qualifying, 6:15 p.m.; Sunday, race (ABC, 1 p.m.)
Track: Iowa Speedway (oval, 0.875 miles, 12-14 degrees banking in turns).
Race distance: 218.75 miles, 250 laps.
Last race: Sam Hornish Jr. finally got in front and the defending champion stayed there to get his first victory of the season on June 9. Hornish led 159 of 228 laps in a dominating race and held off a late charge from a lucky Tony Kanaan and Danica Patrick to win the Bombardier Learjet 550 at Texas Motor Speedway. It was Hornish’s IndyCar Series-best 19th career victory.
Last year: No race, this year is inaugural event.
Fast facts: Danica Patrick finished third at Texas, her best finish in 37 IndyCar Series races. ... Marco Andretti finished better than 15th only once in the first seven races this season, and that was fourth on the road course in St. Petersburg on April 1. ... The IRL fined driver Ed Carpenter an undisclosed amount for using inappropriate language during an interview at Texas. ... Only 51 points separate the top six drivers in the standings. Dario Franchitti leads with 253. ... Former NASCAR champion Rusty Wallace designed the track.
Next race: SunTrust Indy Challenge, June 30, Richmond, Va.

NHRA
SuperNationals
Englishtown, N.J.

Schedule: Today, qualifying, 3:30 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, Noon (ESPN2, 11 p.m., tape); Sunday, eliminations, 11 a.m. (ESPN2, 10 p.m., tape).
Track: Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.
Last event: Larry Dixon tied Kenny Bernstein with his 39th career Top Fuel title, beating points leader Rod Fuller to win the Torco Race Fuels Route 66 Nationals. Also winning titles were: Gary Scelzi in Funny Car, Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. and reigning Pro Stock Motorcycle champ Andrew Hines.
Last year: Top Fuel driver Rod Fuller ended Dixon’s Father’s Day winning streak at five, beating him in the final of the Supernationals. Ron Capps won the Funny Car competition, Jason Line topped the Pro Stock field and Matt Smith took the Pro Stock Motorcycle title.
Fast facts: Dixon hadn’t won since September 2005 in Indianapolis, a span of 37 races. He has three career victories at Raceway Park... Scelzi became the fourth racer in history to win double-digit titles in both nitro categories (Top Fuel and Funny Car). ... Fuller’s runner-up finish moved him back atop the Top Fuel standings, 31 points ahead of Brandon Bernstein. ... John Force has suffered first-round losses in each of the last two events and has only one elimination round victory this season, May 6 at Madison, Ill. ... Kalitta won Top Fuel at the 2000 and 2003 events.
Next event: Summit Racing Equipment Nationals, July 1, Norwalk, Ohio.

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