The week ahead in motorsports 10/24/02

WINSTON CUP

NAPA 500

Site: Hampton, Ga.

Schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 6 p.m.); Sunday, race (NBC, 11 a.m.).

Track: Atlanta Motor Speedway (quad-oval, 1.54 miles, 24 degrees banking in turns).

Race distance: 500.5 miles, 325 laps.

Last race: Kurt Busch became the 11th different winner in as many races at Martinsville when he took the Old Dominion 500. Busch won from the 36th starting position, replacing Lee Petty as the driver farthest back in the field to win in track history. Petty won the 1959 race from the 24th position.BUSCH SERIES

Aaron's 312

Site: Hampton, Ga.

Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 12:45 p.m.; Saturday, race (TNT, noon).

Track: Atlanta Motor Speedway (quad-oval, 1.54 miles, 24 degrees banking in turns).

Race distance: 312 miles, 203 laps.

Last race: A day after rain delayed the Sam's Town 250, Scott Wimmer won the race at Memphis after points leader and polesitter Greg Biffle crashed on lap 203. Wimmer held off late charges from Ron Hornaday, Stacy Compton and Jamie McMurray and recorded his second career victory and first since Dover on Sept. 21.CART

Honda Indy 300

Site: Surfers Paradise, Australia.

Schedule: Thursday, first-round qualifying (Speed Channel, 11 p.m.); Friday, second-round qualifying (Speed Channel, 10:30 p.m.); Saturday, race (Speed Channel, 11 p.m.).

Track: Australian Street Circuit (temporary road course, 2.795 miles, 12 turns).

Race distance: 195.65 miles, 70 laps.

Last race: Cristiano da Matta won the inaugural Grand Prix of the Americas in Miami and the season championship Oct. 6. Da Matta won his seventh race of the season, while his closest rival in the standings, Bruno Junqueira, finished fifth. NHRA

ACDelco Nationals

Site: Las Vegas

Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 5:15 p.m.; Saturday, early qualifying, 12:15 p.m. (ESPN2, 4:30 p.m., tape); Saturday, late qualifying (ESPN2, 11 p.m., tape); Sunday, eliminations, noon (ESPN, 4 p.m., tape).

Track: The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Last event: Jeg Coughlin moved another step closer to his second Pro Stock championship by winning at the O'Reilly Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex on Oct. 13, his third victory in a row and seventh in the last 10 events. Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Del Worsham (Funny Car) also won.

-- From wire reports