Here's a breakdown of this weekend's action in the world of motorsports. (All times ET)

Winston Cup

FAST FACTS
Event	Sharpie 500
Site	Bristol, Tenn.
Schedule	Friday, qualifying (TNT, 3 p.m.); Saturday, race (TNT, 8 p.m.).
Track	Bristol Motor Speedway (oval, .533 miles, 36 degrees banking in turns).
Distance	266.5 miles, 500 laps.

Last race: Dale Jarrett rebounded from a spin on the 12th lap and passed Jeff Burton with five laps to go to win the Pepsi 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Jarrett's 30th career victory -- and fourth at Michigan -- came on the 11th anniversary of his first Winston Cup win, when he edged the late Davey Allison by inches on the two-mile track.

	Drivers to Watch
	Check out a short list of drivers to keep an eye on this weekend at Bristol.

Last year: Tony Stewart notched his first win at Bristol Motor Speedway in six tries, holding off Kevin Harvick and Jeff Gordon in the Sharpie 500. Harvick, who won the Busch race at Bristol the previous night, was second. Gordon, the series points leader, finished third and extended his lead in the standings to 308 over Ricky Rudd.

Fast facts: Kurt Busch picked up his first career win at the Food City 500 in Bristol on March 24. Busch took the lead after tapping the rear of Jimmy Spencer's Dodge with 55 laps to go and held on to win. ... Gordon has a winless streak of 31 races dating to a victory in Kansas in September. He finished third in last year's race. ... Sterling Marlin saw his points lead shrink to 43 over Mark Martin following a sixth-place finish last week. The top four drivers in the standings are separated by just 84 points. ... Darrell Waltrip leads all drivers with 12 wins at Bristol. Rusty Wallace leads active drivers with nine, including a two-race sweep in 2000. ... The race was run under the lights for the first time in 1978, when Cale Yarborough was the winner. ... Bristol Motor Speedway is the shortest track on the circuit. ... Wood Bros. Racing said Rudd will be driving for their team in 2003.

Next race: Southern 500, Sept. 1, Darlington, S.C.

CART

FAST FACTS
Event	Molson Indy
Site	Montreal
Schedule	Friday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 2 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying (Speed Channel, 1:30 p.m.); Sunday, race (Speed Channel, 2 p.m.).
Track	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (road course, 2.747 miles, 15 turns).
Distance	216.72 miles, 80 laps.

Last race: Cristiano da Matta returned to form, ending a three-race slump with a victory in the Motorola 220. The CART series leader won for the first time on the scenic four-mile road course at Road America, earning his sixth win in 12 starts this season and the 10th of his career.

	Drivers to Watch
	Check out a short list of drivers to keep an eye on this weekend in Montreal.

Last year: Inaugural event.

Fast Facts: The event won't be the first in the Canadian province of Quebec for the CART series as Sanair Super Speedway in St. Pie hosted the series from 1984-86 with Danny Sullivan, Pancho Carter and Bobby Rahal earning victories. ... Patrick Carpentier has finished among the top-10 in seven of the last eight events to move into second place tie with Bruno Junqueira in the standings, 42 points behind da Matta. ... Da Matta is the first driver since Juan Pablo Montoya in 1999 to win as many as six races in a season. ... Alex Tagliani has scored points in a career-high eight straight races. ... Dario Franchitti has failed to finish four of his last five races. ... The track, named for the fabled Ferrari driver and father of former CART champion Jacques Villeneuve, has been the site of the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix since 1978.

Next race: Shell Grand Prix, Sept. 1, Denver.

IRL

FAST FACTS
Event	Gateway Indy 250
Site	Madison, Ill.
Schedule	Saturday, qualifying, 4:45 p.m.; Sunday, race (ESPN, 3 p.m.).
Track	Gateway International Raceway (egg-shaped oval, 1.25 miles, 11 degrees banking in turns 1-2, 9 degrees in turns 3-4.).
Distance	250 miles, 200 laps.

Last race: Felipe Giaffone narrowly beat fast-closing Sam Hornish Jr. in the Belterra Casino Indy 300 on Aug. 11 for his first victory in the IRL. The Brazilian, whose best previous finish was second at Texas last year and at Nazareth, Pa., in April, led the final 39 laps after the leaders made their final pit stops for fuel. Sarah Fisher started from the pole, becoming the first woman to start there in a major auto race.

	Drivers to Watch
	Check out a short list of drivers to keep an eye on this weekend in Madison, Ill.

Last year: Al Unser Jr. picked up his 33rd career victory with a win at the inaugural Gateway Indy 250. Unser used fuel strategy that allowed him to stay on the track while Sam Hornish Jr. was forced to pit with 10 laps remaining.

Fast facts: Giaffone became the ninth different IRL driver to win a race this season, tying the circuit record set in the 1996-97 season. Giaffone also became the sixth different driver this season to score his first IRL victory in 2002, all of them coming in the last seven races. ... There were an IRL-record 13 cars running on the lead lap at the end of last week's race, topping the mark of 11 set at Nazareth, Indianapolis and Michigan this year. ... Team Penske teammates Gil de Ferran and Helio Castroneves are the only drivers who have been running at the finish of every race this season. ... This is the only 1.25-mile track on which the IRL competes. ... Six of the 12 races this season have been decided by less than one-half of a second. ... Gateway International Raceway was built in 1997. ... The top four drivers in the points standings are separated by just 17 points. Hornish Jr. is first, five ahead of Castroneves.

Next race: Delphi Indy 300, Sept. 8, Cicero, Ill.

Busch

FAST FACTS
Event	Food City 200
Site	Bristol, Tenn.
Schedule	Thursday, qualifying, 3:15 p.m.; Friday, race (TNT, 8 p.m.).
Track	Bristol Motor Speedway (oval, .533 miles, 36 degrees banking in turns).
Distance	133.25 miles, 250 laps.

Last race: Michael Waltrip outlasted Jeff Burton by 3.901 seconds to win the Cabela's 250 at Michigan International Speedway. Waltrip recorded his ninth career Busch Series victory and first in 36 races dating to October 1999 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Last year: Kevin Harvick overcame a two-lap deficit to win the Food City 250. Harvick, the Busch series points leader, easily beat Jeff Green to the finish line to win the race for the second straight year and give car owner Richard Childress his 100th career NASCAR win.

Fast facts: Green survived a record-tying 14 cautions and a final shootout after a red flag to win his 15th career Busch series event in the Channellock 250 at Bristol on March 23. ... Last week's race featured a circuit-record 21 lead changes among 10 drivers. ... Chevrolets have dominated Bristol, winning 17 times since 1982. ... Standings leader Greg Biffle still holds a 56-point lead over second-place Jason Keller despite leaving last week's race after 18 laps with engine trouble. ... Jack Sprague has a fifth-place starting and fourth place finishing average in five career truck races at Bristol.

Next race: Darlington 200, Aug. 31, Darlington, S.C.

Formula One
Last event: Rubens Barrichello edged teammate Michael Schumacher to win the Hungarian Grand Prix, and their 1-2 finish allowed Ferrari to clinch the Formula One team title with four races left in the season. By finishing 0.4 seconds behind Barrichello, Schumacher just missed becoming the first to win 10 races in a season.

Next race: Belgian Grand Prix, Sept. 1, Spa-Francorchamps.

Craftsman Trucks
Last race: Mike Bliss won a dash to the checkered flag and recorded his fourth truck series victory of the season at the Federated Auto Parts 200 at Nashville Superspeedway on Aug. 10. Bliss overtook Ted Musgrave on a restart with 10 laps to go before fending off charges from Rick Crawford and Musgrave on a green-white-checker restart.

Next race: Craftsman 200, Sept. 5, Richmond, Va.

NHRA
Last race: John Force got his 10th Funny Car victory in Minnesota, beating teammate Gary Densham in the final round of the Rugged Liner NHRA Nationals. Force has an NHRA-record 103 career victories. Kenny Bernstein, Jeg Coughlin and Geno Scali also won their divisions at Brainerd International Raceway.

Next race: Mac Tools U.S. Nationals, Sept. 2, Clermont, Ind.