This week’s races
Friday, March 15, 2002 | 10:38 a.m.
NASCAR
WINSTON CUP
Carolina Dodge Dealers 400
Site: Darlington, S.C.
Schedule: Today, qualifying; Sunday, race (Fox, 10 a.m.).
Track: Darlington Raceway (egg-shaped oval, 1.366 miles, 25 degrees banking in turns 1-2, 23 degrees in turns 3-4).
Race distance: 400 miles, 293 laps.
Last race: Tony Stewart passed Ward Burton with 24 laps to go and held off Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the MBNA America 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Next race: Food City 500, March 24, Bristol, Tenn.
Driver standings: 1. Sterling Marlin, 645. 2. Ryan Newman, 571. 3. Ward Burton, 565. 4. Mark Martin, 557. 5. Tony Stewart, 544. 6. Matt Kenseth, 540. 7. Kurt Busch, 535. 8. Rusty Wallace, 531. 9. Jeff Burton, 544. 10. Jimmie Johnson, 517.
On the net: www.nascar.com
BUSCH GRAND NATIONAL
DarlingtonRaceway.com 200
Site: Darlington, S.C.
Schedule: Today, qualifying; Saturday, race (FX, 10 a.m.).
Track: Darlington Raceway.
Race distance: 200 miles, 147 laps.
Last race: Pole winner Jeff Burton came from behind following his final pit stop and pulled away to win at Las Vegas on March 2 -- his 16th Busch victory.
Next race: Channellock 250, March 23, Bristol, Tenn.
Driver standings: 1. Jack Sprague, 446. 2. Randy LaJoie, 443. 3. Jason Keller, 437. 4. Michael Waltrip, 435. 5. Greg Biffle, 415.
On the net: www.nascar.com
CRAFTSMAN TRUCKS
Darlington 200
Site: Darlington, S.C.
Schedule: Qualifying was Thursday; Today, race, 1:30 p.m.
Track: Darlington Raceway.
Race Distance: 200 miles, 147 laps.
Last race: Making his Craftsman debut, Robert Pressley took the lead on a restart with two laps to go and held off Ted Musgrave to win the Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona on Feb. 15.
Next race: Advance Auto Parts 250, April 13, Martinsville, Va.
Driver standings: 1. Robert Pressley, 185. 2. Ted Musgrave, 175. 3. Brian Rose, 170. 4. Joe Ruttman, 165. 5. Rick Carelli, 160.
On the net: www.nascar.com
FORMULA ONE
Malaysian Grand Prix
Site: Kuala Lumpur.
Schedule: Sunday, qualifying (Speedvision); Monday, race, (Speedvision).
Track: Sepang International Circuit (permanent road course, 3.443 miles, 15 turns).
Race Distance: 192.879 miles, 56 laps.
Last race: Michael Schumacher avoided a pileup at the start and easily held off Juan Pablo Montoya to win his third straight Australian Grand Prix on March 3.
Next race: Brazilian Grand Prix, March 31, Sao Paulo.
Driver standings: 1. Michael Schumacher, 10. 2. Juan Pablo Montoya, 6. 3. Kimi Raikkonen, 4..
On the net: www.formula1.com
INDY RACING LEAGUE
Bombardier/ATV Indy 200
Site: Avondale, Ariz.
Schedule: Saturday, qualifying, 11 a.m.; Sunday, race (ABC, 1 p.m.).
Track: Phoenix International Raceway (oval, 1 mile, 11 degrees banking in turns 1-2, 9 degrees in turns 3-4).
Race Distance: 200 miles, 200 laps.
Last race: Defending series champion Sam Hornish Jr., who won the final race last season, won the season-opening Grand Prix of Miami on March 2, leading 166 of the 200 laps.
Next race: California 400, March 24, Fontana, Calif.
Driver standings: 1. Sam Hornish Jr., 52. 2. Gil de Ferran, 40. 3. Helio Castroneves, 35.
On the net: www.indyracingleague.com
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