FAST FACTS: Kevin Harvick passed Tony Stewart for the lead with three laps to go Sunday at Watkins Glen, N.Y., to win his first road race. ... Harvick has six straight top-10 Cup finishes and seven straight top-10 Busch finishes. ... Jeremy Mayfield was released from Evernham Motorsports this week and has been replaced by Elliott Sadler, who has left Robert Yates Racing. RYR is expected to replace Sadler with David Gilliland in the No. 38 Ford. ... A year ago in the second Michigan race, Mayfield ran the last 52 laps on a single tank of fuel to win for Evernham.
NEXT RACE: Aug. 26, Bristol, Tenn.
2007 LAS VEGAS: March 11, LVMS
NASCAR BUSCH
THE RACE: Carfax 250, Michigan International Speedway, 125 laps
FAST FACTS: Las Vegas native Kurt Busch held off Robby Gordon over the last lap to win Saturday at Watkins Glen for his second victory and fifth top-five finish in only his sixth series start. ... A year ago, Ryan Newman started 38th and went on to win his second consecutive race.
NEXT RACE: Aug. 25, Bristol, Tenn.
2007 LAS VEGAS: March 10, LVMS
NASCAR TRUCKS
No racing this weekend
FAST FACTS: Johnny Benson took advantage of some bumping by race leaders Todd Bodine and Mike Skinner to win Saturday at Gladeville, Tenn.
NEXT RACE: Aug. 23, Bristol, Tenn.
LAS VEGAS RACE: Sept. 23, LVMS
NHRA DRAG RACING
THE RACE: O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals, Memphis (Tenn.) Motorsports Park
FAST FACTS: Brandon Bernstein upset three-time series champion Tony Schumacher in the Top Fuel final Sunday at Brainerd, Minn. Other pro winners were Tommy Johnson Jr. (Funny Car), Dave Connolly (Pro Stock) and Antron Brown (Pro Stock Motorcycle). ... A year ago at Memphis, Las Vegas resident Rod Fuller won his first Top Fuel title by beating Schumacher.
NEXT RACE: Sept. 4, Clermont, Ind.
LAS VEGAS RACE: Oct. 26-29, LVMS
INDY RACING LEAGUE
No racing this weekend
FAST FACTS: Sam Hornish Jr. passed Scott Dixon with four laps left Sunday to win at Kentucky Speedway, regaining the points lead with two races remaining.
NEXT RACE: Aug. 27, Sonoma, Calif.
CHAMP CAR WORLD SERIES
No racing this weekend
FAST FACTS: With teammate Paul Tracy taking out Sebastien Bourdais on the final turn Sunday, A.J. Allmendinger won the Grand Prix of Denver by about 30 seconds. Tracy locked his brakes and slid into Bourdais, causing both cars to go out before the finish. Tracy was fined $25,000 and docked three championship points.
NEXT RACE: Aug. 27, Montreal
2007 LAS VEGAS: April 8, downtown
FORMULA ONE
No racing this weekend
NEXT RACE: Aug. 27, Istanbul, Turkey
LOCAL
TODAY: Show 'n' Go Series (test and tune, bracket racing), 5 p.m.-midnight, Las Vegas Motor Speedway dragstrip
SATURDAY: NASCAR Weekly Series (Super Late Models, Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, Legends Cars, Thunder Roadsters, Demolition Derby), qualifying 5:30 p.m., racing 7:30 p.m.
