On the Tracks | This weekend’s auto races

AUTO RACING / This weekend’s events

NASCAR

SPRINT CUP

FORD 400

Site: Homestead, Fla.

Schedule: Today, practice (ESPN2, 3-4:30 p.m.; Speed, 6-7:30 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying (Speed, 2:30-4 p.m.); Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (ESPN, 2-7 p.m.).

Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).

Race distance: 400.5 miles, 267 laps.

Last year: Jimmie Johnson won his record fifth straight season title, becoming the first driver in Chase history to overcome a points deficit in the season finale. Johnson finished second behind Carl Edwards in the race to edge Denny Hamlin by 39 points. Hamlin, 15 points ahead of Johnson entering the race, finished 14th.

Last week: Kasey Kahne won at Phoenix International Raceway to snap an 81-race victory drought. Points leader Edwards was second. Tony Stewart finished third, leaving him three points behind Edwards in the season standings.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

NATIONWIDE

FORD 300

Site: Homestead, Fla.

Schedule: Today, practice (ESPN2, 12:30-2 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying (Speed, 1-2:30 p.m.), race, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2, 4-7:30 p.m.).

Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).

Race distance: 300 miles, 200 laps.

Last year: Kyle Busch raced to his series-record 13th victory of the season and gave Joe Gibbs Racing the owners’ championship. Busch also won the 2009 race.

Last week: Former IndyCar star Sam Hornish Jr. raced to his first NASCAR victory and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took a big step toward the Nationwide season title when Elliott Sadler was taken out late at Phoenix International Raceway.

CAMPING WORLD TRUCK

FORD 200

Site: Homestead, Fla.

Schedule: Today, practice (Speed, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.), qualifying (Speed, 4:30-6 p.m.), race 8 p.m. (Speed, 7:30-10 p.m.).

Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles).

Race distance: 201 miles, 134 laps.

Last year: Kyle Busch raced to his series-high eighth victory of the year.

Associated Press