NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP
Subway Fresh 500
Site -- Phoenix
NASCAR
NEXTEL CUP
Subway Fresh 500
Site -- Phoenix
When -- Saturday, 8:25 p.m.
TV -- Ch. 45 (8 p.m.)
Track -- Phoenix International Raceway (1-mile oval)
Distance -- 312 laps, 312 miles (502.1 km)
2005 winner -- Kurt Busch
2005 pole-sitter -- Jeff Gordon
Last year -- Busch, who started second, led 219 of 312 laps and beat Michael Waltrip by 2.315 seconds in the first Nextel Cup night race at the track. Jeff Burton was third.
INDY RACING
LEAGUE
Indy Japan 300
Site -- Motegi, Japan
When -- Saturday, 12:01 a.m.
TV -- ESPN (Saturday, noon, tape delay)
Track -- Twin Ring Motegi (1.5-mile egg-shaped oval)
Distance -- 200 laps, 300 miles
2005 winner -- Dan Wheldon
Last year -- Wheldon beat Scott Sharp by 3.4612 seconds. Danica Patrick finished fourth.
FORMULA
ONE
Grand Prix of San Marino
Site -- San Marino, Italy
When -- Sunday, 8 a.m.
TV -- SPEED (April 30, 1 p.m., tape delay)
Track -- Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (3.065-mile closed circuit)
Distance -- 62 laps, 190.043 miles
2005 winner -- Fernando Alonso
Last year -- Alonso started second and edged Michael Schumacher by 0.2 of a second.
CHAMP CAR
WORLD SERIES
Next race -- Grand Prix of Houston
Site -- Houston
When -- May 13
