The week ahead in motorsports

NASCAR WINSTON CUP

SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO 400

Schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 2 p.m.); Sunday, race (Fox, 11:30 a.m.).

n Track: Michigan Speedway (d-shaped oval, 2 miles, 18 degrees banking in turns).

Race distance: 400 miles, 200 laps.

BUSCH SERIES

MEIJER 300

Schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 4 p.m.); Saturday, race (FX, 6:30 p.m.).

n Track: Kentucky Speedway (tri-oval, 1.5 miles, 14 degrees banking in turns).

Race distance: 300 miles, 200 laps.

CART

GRAND PRIX OF MONTEREY

Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 4:50 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 4 p.m. (Speed Channel, 4:30 p.m., tape); Sunday, race (CBS, 2:30 p.m.).

n Track: Laguna Seca Raceway (permanent road course, 2.238 miles, 11 turns).

Race distance: 194.706 miles, 87 laps.

FORMULA ONE

CANADIAN GRAND PRIX

Schedule: Friday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 1 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying (Speed Channel, noon); Sunday, race (Speed Channel, 11:30 a.m.).

n Track: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (road course, 2.747 miles, 15 turns).

Race distance: 192.29 miles, 70 laps.

INDY RACING LEAGUE

RADISSON INDY 225

Schedule: Saturday, qualifying, 5:45 p.m.; Sunday, race (ABC, 4 p.m.).

n Track: Pikes Peak International Raceway (d-shaped oval, 1 mile, 10 degrees banking in turns).

Race distance: 225 miles, 225 laps.

NHRA

PONTIAC EXCITEMENT NATIONALS

Site: Columbus, Ohio.

n Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 3 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 10:30 a.m. (ESPN2, 6:30 p.m., tape); Sunday, eliminations, 10 a.m. (ABC, 3 p.m., tape).

Track: National Trail Raceway.

CRAFTSMAN TRUCKS

Next race: O'Reilly 200, June 21, Memphis, Tenn.

AREA EVENTS

Friday

Drag racing at Auto Tire andParts NAPA Racepark, Benton, 7 p.m.

n Late models, modifieds, pure stocks, mini stocks at Fredericktown Raceway, 7:30 p.m.

Late models, modifieds, hobby stocks, pure stocks, cruisers at Malden Speedway, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

Karts, ATVs, motorcycles at SEMO Raceway, Blodgett, 6 p.m.

n Super pro, pro, ET classes at Sikeston Drag Strip, 6 p.m.

n Sprints, MARA midgets, modifieds, pure stocks, cruisers at Auto Tire and Parts NAPA Racepark, 7 p.m.

Sprints, modifieds, hobby stocks, multis at St. Francois County Raceway, Farmington, 7 p.m.

Sunday

Trophy day drag racing at Auto Tire andParts NAPA Racepark, 1 p.m.

--Staff and wire reports