LifeLock 400
Site: Kansas City, Kan.
Schedule: Friday, qualifying (ESPN2, 1 p.m.); Sunday, race (Channel 9, 11 a.m.).
Track: Kansas Speedway (tri-oval, 1.5 miles, 15 degrees banking in turns)
Race distance: 400 miles, 267 laps
Last race: Carl Edwards' victory at Dover was marred by a failed post-race inspection that cost him 25 points in the standings. The penalty dropped Edwards from third in the Chase for the championship standings to sixth. He's now 28 points behind series leader Jeff Gordon.
Fast facts: Gordon leads Tony Stewart by two points in the standings and Jimmie Johnson by four. … Edwards' win was the 100th for owner Jack Roush, who also was docked 25 points for the failed inspection. Roush, who started with Ford Racing in 1988, won his first career race with Mark Martin on Oct. 22, 1989. … Gordon is the only driver with multiple wins at Kansas (2001-02), but he finished 39th in last year's race. … Juan Pablo Montoya has a 13-point lead over David Ragan in the Rookie of the Year race.
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Next race: UAW-Ford 500, Oct. 7, Talladega, Ala.
NASCAR BUSCH
Yellow Transportation 300
Site: Kansas City, Kan.
Schedule: Saturday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 8 a.m.), race (ESPN2, 12:30 p.m.)
Track: Kansas Speedway (tri-oval, 1.5 miles, 15 degrees banking in turns)
Last race: Denny Hamlin shook off an illness and found the energy to dominate and win the caution-filled race at Dover International Speedway, his third victory of the season.
Fast facts: Carl Edwards increased his lead in the standings to 754 points over David Reutimann after finishing sixth at Dover. … Jason Keller will try to qualify for his 417th career race, which would tie the career record set by Tommy Houston. … Tony Raines was fined $15,000 and docked 25 points on Tuesday for throwing his helmet at Robby Gordon. Raines was angry that Gordon had knocked him out of last weekend's race, and he waited on the track for Gordon to pass by under caution. He then hurled his helmet at Gordon. … There have been six different winners in as many Busch races at Kansas.
Next race: Dollar General 300, Oct. 12, Concord, N.C.
FORMULA ONE
Japanese Grand Prix
Site: Suzuka
Schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 10 p.m.); Saturday, race (Speed Channel, 9 p.m.)
Track: Fuji Speedway (2.856 miles, 13 turns).
Last race: Kimi Raikkonen dominated from start to finish to win the Belgian Grand Prix on Sept. 16 for the third straight time, beating Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa. World champion Fernando Alonso took third ahead of McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton to reduce the rookie's lead in the standings to two points with three races remaining.
Fast facts: Accused of using leaked secret data from its main rival Ferrari, the McLaren team was hit with a record $100 million fine on Sept. 13 by the World Motor Sport Council in the biggest scandal to hit auto racing's premier circuit. Although McLaren drivers Hamilton and Alonso escaped punishment, the team was stripped of its constructors' points. McLaren decided against appealing the sanctions. … Raikkonen, who won the 2005 event, is third in the standings with 84 points, while and Massa sits fourth with 77. … India will hold its first Formula One race in 2010, the head of the Indian Olympic Association announced on Sept. 17.
Next race: Chinese Grand Prix, Oct. 7, Shanghai
