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Auto racing on tap

By Compiled by Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times, published September 30, 2000

Today

WC: NAPA AutoCare 500 second-round qualifying, 11:15 a.m., Martinsville, Va.

CART: Texaco-Havoline G.P., second-round qualifying, 2 p.m., Houston.

NHRA: Advance Auto Parts Nationals, second-round qualifying, 11 a.m., Topeka, Kan.

Sunday

WC: NAPA AutoCare 500, 1 p.m., Martinsville, Va.

CART: Texaco-Havoline G.P., 4 p.m., Houston.

NHRA: Advance Auto Parts Nationals, final eliminations, 10 a.m., Topeka, Kan.

Coming up

WC: UAW-GM Quality 500, Oct. 8, Concord, N.C.

CART: Honda Indy 300, Oct. 15, Surfers Paradise, Australia.

NHRA: Autozone Nationals, Thursday-Oct. 8, Memphis, Tenn.

BGN: All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300, Oct. 7, Concord, N.C.

TRUCKS: O'Reilly 300, Oct. 13, Fort Worth, Texas.

F1: Japanese Grand Prix, Oct. 8, Suzuka.

INDY RACING: Excite 500, Oct. 15, Fort Worth, Texas.

TV/Radio

Today

CART: Texaco-Havoline G.P., qualifying, 1:30 a.m., ESPN (taped)

Sunday

WC: NAPA AutoCare 500, 1 p.m., ESPN

CART: Texaco-Havoline G.P., 4 p.m., Houston, Ch. 28.

NHRA: Advance Auto Parts Nationals, finals, 4:30 p.m., TNN (taped)

Who's hot

Fitting that the best driver in the world captured the U.S. Grand Prix Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Michael Schumacher also took the points lead and is on his way to a third F1 championship.

Who's not

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s chances of winning Winston Cup rookie of the year have all but faded away. He hasn't had a top-10 finish since June 4 at Dover Downs and is 23 points behind fellow rookie Matt Kenseth.

Quotable

"We started racing in 1950 with a car we bought for $50. We put No. 50 on the side of the car because it just seemed like the right thing to do. Now, here we are 50 years later."

-- Glen Wood, Winston Cup team owner on his team making its 1,000th start Sunday at Martinsville.

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