AUTO RACING: Brad Keselowski back in Victory Lane in NASCAR. Lando Norris wins in F1

 

NASCAR CUP SERIES

NASCAR All-Star Open & All-Star Race

Site: North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

Schedule: Friday, practice, 4:35 p.m., and qualifying, 5:40 p.m.; Saturday, All-Star Race Heat 1, 5:20 p.m., and Heat 2, 6:15 p.m.; Sunday, All-Star Open, 5:30 p.m., and All-Star Race, 8 p.m. (FS1).

Track: North Wilkesboro Speedway.

Race distance: All-Star Open, 110 laps, 62.5 miles; All-Star Race, 200 laps, 125 miles.

Last year: Kyle Larson beat Bubba Wallace to the finish by more than 4.5 seconds in the series return to North Wilkesboro.

 

Last race: Brad Keselowski ended a 110-race winless drought and gave Ford its first victory of the season, winning at Darlington, his first win as a principal owner in RFK Racing.

 

Fast facts: This is the second event, and second consecutive non-points All-Star weekend, taking place at North Wilkesboro since September 1996. … Larson, of Hendrick Motorsports, remains the points leader by 30 over Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. and 39 over JGR’s Denny Hamlin. … Hendrick’s Chase Elliott and William Byron are fourth and fifth in points. … Byron and Alex Bowman (ninth in points) lead all drivers with eight top-10 finishes through 13 races. … Truex and Elliott lead with 12 lead-lap finishes.