Auto Racing Glance

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES: QUAKER STATE 400 (COKE ZERO 400 (267 laps, 400.5 miles on a 1.5-mile oval), Kentucky Speedway; Sparta, Kentucky.

TV: Saturday, July 8, 7:30 p.m. ET — NBCSN (Radio: Performance Racing Network/SiriusXM Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: This will be the seventh NASCAR Cup race held at Kentucky Speedway. … Brad Keselowski is the defending winner of this race. In addition, Keselowski has won three of the first six races at Kentucky. … Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won this past Saturday’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway, his second career Cup win and also his second consecutive win on a restrictor plate track, having also won in April at Talladega Superspeedway. … Kyle Larson remains atop the NASCAR Cup standings (667 points). Martin Truex Jr. is second (649 points), followed by Kyle Busch (559), Kevin Harvick (557), Brad Keselowski (535), Chase Elliott (524), Jimmie Johnson (516), Jamie McMurray (504), Denny Hamlin (498) and Clint Bowyer (469).

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES: ALSCO 300 (200 laps, 300 miles around a 1.5-mile oval), Kentucky Speedway; Sparta, Ky.

TV: Friday, July 7, 8 p.m. ET — NBCSN (Radio: Performance Racing Network/SiriusXM Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: This will be the 22nd Xfinity Series race at Kentucky. … Kyle Busch won this race last year, while Elliott Sadler won the early fall race there. … William Byron won his second straight race last Saturday at Daytona International Speedway. … Elliott Sadler (553 points) remains No. 1 in the Xfinity driver rankings. William Byron moved up to second (494), followed by Justin Allgaier (484), Brennan Poole (378), Daniel Hemric (368), Ryan Reed (353), Cole Custer (337), Matt Tifft (334), Darrell Wallace Jr. (321) and Dakoda Armstrong (318).

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES: BUCKLE UP IN YOUR TRUCK 225 (150 laps, 225 miles on a 1.5-mile oval), Kentucky Speedway; Sparta, Ky.

TV: Thursday, July 6, 7:30 p.m. ET — Fox Sports 1 (Motor Racing Network/SiriusXM Channel 90).

THIS WEEK: This will be the 20th Truck Series race at Kentucky Speedway. … William Byron won this race last year. … John Hunter Nemechek won the most recent Truck race, nearly two weeks ago at Iowa Speedway, making it two wins in a row for the son of veteran NASCAR driver Joe Nemechek. The younger Nemechek is one of only two drivers with multiple wins this season. Christopher Bell also has two Truck Series wins in 2017. … Johnny Sauter (433) remains No. 1 in the point standings, followed by Christopher Bell (391), Chase Briscoe (357), Matt Crafton (338), Ben Rhodes (310), Grant Enfinger (300), Ryan Truex (292), John Hunter Nemechek (280), Noah Gragson (255) and Kaz Grala (247).

VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES: IOWA CORN 300 (300 laps, 268.2 miles on .894-mile paved oval), Iowa Speedway; Newton, Iowa.

TV: Sunday, July 9, 5 p.m. ET — NBCSN; Radio: IndyCar Radio Network.

THIS WEEK: This will be the 11th IndyCar race to be held at Iowa Speedway. Josef Newgarden is the defending winner, but Ryan Hunter-Reay won three of the last five races there. … Scott Dixon won the most recent race two weeks ago at Road America in Wisconsin. It was also Dixon’s first win of 2017. Josef Newgarden was second, followed by Helio Castroneves. … Winners of the first 10 races have been Sebastien Bourdais (St. Petersburg), James Hinchcliffe (Long Beach), Josef Newgarden (Alabama) Simon Pagenaud (Phoenix), Will Power (IndyCar Grand Prix), Takuma Sato (Indy 500), Graham Rahal (both Belle Isle races), Will Power (Texas) and Dixon (Road America). … Scott Dixon (379 points) remains No. 1 in the IndyCar standings, followed by Simon Pagenaud (345 points), Helio Castroneves (342), Takuma Sato (323), Josef Newgarden (318), Will Power (316), Graham Rahal (307), Tony Kanaan (273), Alexander Rossi (271) and Ed Jones (254).

NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION, MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING SERIES: ROUTE 66 NHRA NATIONALS, Route 66 Raceway; Joliet, Illinois.

TV: Sunday, July 9, 3-6 p.m. ET (live), Fox Sports 1.

THIS WEEK: The NHRA kicks off the second half of the 24-race season with this weekend’s event in suburban Chicago. … Winners of the most recent race, the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals two weeks ago, were Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Bo Butner (Pro Stock) and L.E. Tonglet (Pro Stock Motorcycle). It was Torrence’s fourth win (a career-best single-season mark) in the first 12 races, the third win of the season for both Butner and Tonglet, and Beckman’s second win of 2017. … Points leaders: Top Fuel — Steve Torrence (1,071), Leah Pritchett (1,021), Antron Brown (990), Tony Schumacher (856) and Doug Kalitta (781); Funny Car — Ron Capps (1,095), Matt Hagan (946), Jack Beckman (855), Robert Hight (809) and Tommy Johnson Jr. (739); Pro Stock — Bo Butner (1,067), Greg Anderson (941), Tanner Gray (887), Jeg Coughlin (820), Jason Line (781); Pro Stock Motorcycle — L.E. Tonglet (480), Eddie Krawiec (389), Scotty Pollacheck (325), Jerry Savoie (322) and Andrew Hines (317).