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MOTOR SPORT SCHEDULE

SPRINT CUP

THE RACE: Budweiser Shootout (nonpoints race), Daytona Beach, Fla.

WHEN: 5 p.m. Saturday, Fox (Channel 5)

PRACTICE: 1 and 3:30 p.m., today; 7:30 and 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Speed (Digital 329)

QUALIFYING: 10 a.m. Sunday, Daytona 500, Fox (5)

2008 WINNER: Dale Earnhardt Jr.

NEXT: Feb. 15, Daytona

LAS VEGAS: March 1, Las Vegas Motor Speedway

NATIONWIDE

OPENER: Feb. 14, Daytona

LAS VEGAS: Feb. 28, LVMS

CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS

OPENER: Feb. 13, Daytona

LAS VEGAS: Sept. 26, LVMS

NHRA DRAG RACING

THE RACE: Winternationals, Pomona, Calif.

WHEN: Today through Sunday

TV: Qualifying, 7 p.m. Saturday, ESPN2 (Cable 31), tape; eliminations, 4 p.m. Sunday, ESPN2, tape

2008 WINNERS: Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock)

NEXT: Feb. 20, Chandler, Ariz.

LAS VEGAS: April 2-5; Oct. 29-Nov. 1

INDY RACING LEAGUE

OPENER: April 5, St. Petersburg, Fla.

FORMULA ONE

OPENER: March 29, Australia

LOCAL

TONIGHT: Midnight Mayhem (street-legal drags), 7 p.m.-midnight, LVMS

SATURDAY: Street Wars Shakedown (race-vehicle, street-car drags), noon-6 p.m., LVMS

SUNDAY: Jr. Drag Racing Series (NHRA Jr. Dragsters, Legends Cars, Bandoleros), 9 a.m., LVMS

INFO: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS.com, 644-4444), LVMS Bullring (632-8422), LVMS dragstrip (632-8459), Death Valley Raceway (775 209-5291)

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