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With all of the NASCAR storylines lately, the Sprint Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday night will certainly be one to tune into (and this isn’t the 600-mile version of the Charlotte stop). One such storyline is that six-time champion Jimmie Johnson is out — that’s right, actually out — of contention for the title after the first championship round. Kevin Harvick made a last-minute save of his championship hopes after some bad luck and , collecting a win in the final race of the first round and guaranteeing himself a spot in the round of 12.

Both MotoGP and the FIA World Endurance Championship are in Japan this weekend, and Formula One is in Russia. Like usual, all broadcasts are at quite the odd times — perfect for all of the night owls and early risers out there. Rally racing, off-road trucks and motocross will get some air time this weekend as well, so despite the light schedule, it’s still a pretty diverse lineup.

On a bit of a sad note, we in the U.S. The live stream of the race isn’t exactly super cheap — OK, it’s pretty reasonable at about $11 for the event — it’s just not totally free. For those interested, the endurance race is held on Mount Panorama and the single broadcast will be .

The annual Winchester 400 is in the same boat as the Bathurst 1000, and it’ll be available by . If you’ve never tuned into the Winchester 400, you might recognize a few names on the entry list this year — (whose fathers are, indeed, Matt Kenseth and Jeff Burton).

If we missed any showings or you have an awesome live stream to share with us this weekend, feel free to let us know in the comments below.

All times below are EDT.

Russian Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom

6:00 a.m. — Practice 3 on NBCSN

8:00 a.m. — Qualifying on NBCSN

GEICO Motorcycle Budds Creek National at Budds Creek Raceway in Mechanicsville, Maryland

1:00 p.m. — 1st Moto Coverage (delayed) on MAVTV

3:00 p.m. — 2nd Moto Coverage (delayed) on MAVTV

Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina

3:30 p.m. — Qualifying (replay) on NBCSN

7:00 p.m. — Race on NBC

6 Hours of Fuji at at Fuji International Speedway in Japan

10:00 p.m. — Race on Fox Sports 2

Motul Grand Prix of Japan at Twin Ring Motegi circuit

1:00 a.m. — Race on Fox Sports 1

Rally Italy in Cagliari

1:00 a.m. — Race (delayed) on MAVTV

Russian Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom

6:30 a.m. — Race on NBCSN

9:00 a.m. — F1 Extra on NBCSN

12:00 p.m. — Race (delayed) on NBCSN

2:30 p.m. — F1 Extra (delayed) on NBCSN

Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina

12:30 p.m. — Race () on NBCSN

Round 3 at Circuit Zolder in Belgium

1:00 p.m. — Race (delayed) on CBS Sports Network

Pro Lite and Pro 2 competitionRound 12, Battle South of the Border from Estero Beach

8:00 p.m. — Race (delayed) on CBS Sports Network

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