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Championship Round - Brickyard 400 Presented by PPG
Site: Speedway, Indiana.
Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Race distance: 160 laps, 400 miles.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 1:05 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 2:25 p.m.; Sunday, race, 2 p.m. (TNT and MAX).
Last year: Leading only seven of 167 laps, Kyle Larson managed to secure the victory in double overtime while holding off Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney.
Last race: Denny Hamlin earned his fourth series win of the year after keeping a surging Chase Briscoe at bay in a double-overtime finish at Dover.
Next race: August 3, Newton, Iowa.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
Pennzoil 250
Site: Speedway, Indiana.
Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Race distance: 100 laps, 250 miles.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 12:05 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 1 p.m., race, 4:30 p.m. (CW).
Last year: Riley Herbst stole the lead from Aric Almirola in the final lap, marking his second series win and first of the season.
Last race: Connor Zilisch earned his fourth win of the season after leading 77 laps in a race that was shortened due to rain.
Next race: August 2, Newton, Iowa.
Online: http://www.nascar.com
TSport 200
Site: Indianapolis.
Track: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Race distance: 200 laps, 137.2 miles.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 3:05 p.m., qualifying, 4:10 p.m., race, 8 p.m. (FS1).
Last year: Ty Majeski gets his first win of the year after taking the lead for good with 56 laps to go.
Last race: Pole sitter Corey Heim locked in his fifth win of the season while dominating 99 out of 100 laps at Lime Rock Park.
Next race: August 8, Watkins Glen, N.Y..
Online: http://www.nascar.com
Moet & Chandon Belgian Grand Prix
Site: Stavelot, Belgium.
Track: Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps.
Race distance: 44 laps, 191.4 miles.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 6:25 a.m., sprint qualifying, 10:55 a.m.; Saturday, sprint race, 5:55 a.m., qualifying, 9:55 a.m.; Sunday, race, 8:55 a.m. (ESPN).
Last year: Lewis Hamilton secured the win after original winner and teammate George Russell was disqualified for an underweight car.
Last race: Lando Norris scored his first victory at his home race in Silverstone after capitalizing on teammate Piastri’s 10-second penalty amidst a safety-car restart.
Next race: August 4, Mogyorod, Hungary.
Online: http://www.formula1.com
Java House Grand Prix of Monterey
Site: Monterey, California.
Track: WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Race distance: 95 laps, 212.61 miles.
Schedule: Friday, practice, 5 p.m.; Saturday, practice, 11:30 a.m., qualifying, 2:30 p.m.; Sunday, warmup, noon, race, 3 p.m. (FOX).
Last year: Pole-sitter Alex Palou lost the lead early but ultimately regained it, earning him his second win in a row at the Java House GP.
Last race: Pato O’Ward took the lead with 27 laps to go, securing the victory and further chipping away at Alex Palou's lead in the standings.
Next race: August 10, Portland, Oregon.
Online: http://www.indycar.com
Denso Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge
Site: Sonoma, California.
Track: Sonoma Raceway.
Race distance: 1/4 mile.
Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 5:30 p.m., qualifying, 8:15 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 11:45 a.m., qualifying, 2:15 p.m.; Sunday, race, 4 p.m. (FS1).
Next race: August 17, Brainerd, Minnesota.
Online: http://www.nhra.com
Bricker's Bash
Prairie Dirt Classic - Night 1
C&D Rigging Summer Nationals
Prairie Dirt Classic - Night 2
C&D Rigging Summer Nationals
Empire State Challenge
Wilmot Late Model Showdown
Next race: July 31 - August 2.
Online: http://worldofoutlaws.com
AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/apf-AutoRacing
Denny Hamlin celebrates in Victory Lane after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Dover Motor Speedway, Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Dover, Del. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)
Christopher Bell (20) spins behind leader Denny Hamlin (11) during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Dover Motor Speedway, Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Dover, Del. (AP Photo/Derik Hamilton)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ahn Sung-ki, one of South Korean cinema’s biggest stars whose prolific 60-year career and positive, gentle public image earned him the nickname “The Nation’s Actor,” died Monday. He was 74.
The death of Ahn, who had suffered blood cancer for years, was announced by his agency, the Artist Company, and the Seoul-based Soonchunhyang University Hospital.
“We feel deep sorrow at the sudden, sad news, pray for the eternal rest of the deceased and offer our heartfelt condolences to his bereaved family members," the Artist Company said in a statement.
Born to a filmmaker in the southeastern city of Daegu in 1952, Ahn made his debut as a child actor in the movie “The Twilight Train” in 1957. He subsequently appeared in about 70 movies as a child actor before he left the film industry to live an ordinary life.
In 1970, Ahn entered Seoul’s Hankuk University of Foreign Studies as a Vietnamese major. Ahn said he graduated with top honors but failed to land jobs at big companies, who likely saw his Vietnamese major largely useless after a communist victory in the Vietnam War in 1975.
Ahn returned to the film industry in 1977 believing he could still excel in acting. In 1980, he rose to fame for his lead role in Lee Jang-ho’s “Good, Windy Days,” a hit coming-of-age movie about the struggle of working-class men from rural areas during the country’s rapid rise. Ahn won the best new actor award in the prestigious Grand Bell Awards, the Korean version of the Academy Awards.
He later starred in a series of highly successful and critically acclaimed movies, sweeping best actor awards and becoming arguably the country’s most popular actor in much of the 1980-90s.
Some of his memorable roles included a Buddhist monk in 1981’s “Mandara,” a beggar in 1984’s “Whale Hunting,” a Vietnam War veteran-turned-novelist in 1992’s “White Badge,” a corrupt police officer in 1993’s “Two Cops,” a murderer in 1999’s “No Where To Hide,” a special forces trainer in 2003’s “Silmido” and a devoted celebrity manager in 2006’s “Radio Star.”
Ahn had collected dozens of trophies in major movie awards in South Korea, including winning the Grand Bell Awards for best actor five times, an achievement no other South Korean actors have matched yet.
Ahn built up an image as a humble, trustworthy and family-oriented celebrity who avoided major scandals and maintained a quiet, stable personal life. Past public surveys chose Ahn as South Korea’s most beloved actor and deserving of the nickname “The Nation’s Actor.”
Ahn said he earlier felt confined with his “The Nation's Actor” labeling but eventually thought that led him down the right path. In recent years, local media has given other stars similar honorable nicknames, but Ahn was apparently the first South Korean actor who was dubbed as “The Nation's Actor.”
“I felt I should do something that could match that title. But I think that has eventually guided me on a good direction,” Ahn said in an interview with Yonhap news agency in 2023.
In media interviews, Ahn couldn’t choose what his favorite movie was, but said that his role as a dedicated, hardworking manger for a washed-up rock singer played by Park Jung-hoon resembled himself in real life the most.
Ahn was also known for his reluctance to do love scenes. He said said he was too shy to act romantic scenes and sometimes asked directors to skip steamy scenes if they were only meant to add spice to movies.
“I don’t do well on acting like looking at someone who I don’t love with loving eyes and kissing really romantically. I feel shy and can’t express such emotions well,” Ahn said in an interview with the Shindonga magazine in 2007. “Simply, I’m clumsy on that. So I couldn’t star in such movies a lot. But ultimately, that was a right choice for me.”
Ahn is survived by his wife and their two sons. A mourning station at a Seoul hospital was to run until Friday.
FILE - South Korean actor Ahn Sung-ki smiles for a photo on the red carpet at the 56th Daejong Film Awards ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, June 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
FILE - South Korean actor Ahn Sung-ki attends an event as part of the 11th Pusan International Film Festival in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
