NASCAR
Winston Cup
Harrah's 500
Site: Fort Worth, Texas.
Schedule: Today, qualifying (Fox Sports Net, 3 p.m.); Sunday, race (Fox, 11:30 a.m.)
Track: Texas Motor Speedway (quad-oval, 1.5 miles, 24 degrees banking in turns).
Race distance: 501 miles, 334 laps.
Last race: Elliott Sadler earned his first career victory at the Food City 500 in Bristol, Tenn., where Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon made contact on the final lap, sending Stewart spinning. Stewart raced around the track on the cooldown lap and hit Gordon's car on pit road. NASCAR fined Stewart $10,000 and placed him on probation until Aug. 29.
Last year: Dale Earnhardt Jr. got his first Winston Cup victory in a car owned by his late father, who finished seventh.
Fast facts: Dale Earnhardt earned his first victory as a car owner when Dale Jr. won last year. ... Jeff Burton won the 1997 event for his first Winston Cup victory and Roush Racing teammate Mark Martin took the 1998 race.
Next race: Virginia 500, April 8, Martinsville, Va.
On the net: http://www.nascar.com
BUSCH
Jani-King 300
Site: Fort Worth, Texas.
Schedule: Saturday, race (Fox, 12:30 p.m.
Track: Texas Motor Speedway (quad-oval, 1.5 miles, 24 degrees banking in turns).
Race distance: 300 miles, 200 laps.
Last race: Matt Kenseth, struggling this season in his Winston Cup car, found success in the Busch series by winning the crash-filled Cheez-It 250 in Bristol, Tenn. Kenseth led the final 48 laps at Bristol Motor Speedway and easily beat Tim Fedewa to the finish line for his 12th career Busch victory.
Last year: Mark Martin beat Matt Kenseth by .403 seconds.
Fast facts: Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the 1998 event for his first BGN victory. ... Martin, who retired from the Busch series at the end of last season, has won three of the four Texas races. ... No driver has won from the pole. ... Defending series champion Jeff Green had a streak of 10 consecutive top-10 finishes snapped last week.
Next race: Pepsi 300, April 14, Nashville, Tenn.
On the net: http://www.nascar.com
Formula One
Brazilian Grand Prix
Site: Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Schedule: Saturday, qualifying, 10 a.m.; Sunday, race (Speedvision, 11:30 a.m.)
Track: Interlagos, Jose Carlos Pace (road course, 2.661 miles).
Race distance: 191.592 miles, 72 laps.
Last race: Michael Schumacher won his sixth straight Formula One race, taking the Malaysian Grand Prix despite tropical rain, a botched pit stop and a ride in a backup car. The three-time series champion also had to overcome a spinout and two aborted starts. Schumacher, whose streak dates to last season, is three victories short of the record nine set by Ferrari's Alberto Ascari in 1952-53.
Last year: Schumacher won for the second consecutive week.
Fast facts: From 1994-1998 and last year, the winner of the Brazilian Grand Prix went on to win the series title. ... McLaren won the race for the first time in 1974, with Emerson Fittipaldi driving. ... McLaren leads all constructors with nine victories at Interlagos.
Next race: San Marino Grand Prix, April 15, Imola, Italy.
On the net: http://www.formula1.com
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