Camping World Truck Series

AAA Insurance 200 - Dover International Speedway - Dover, DE

After winning the 200-mile race at Lowe's earlier this month, Ron Hornaday Jr. captured the points lead in the Camping World Truck Series. Hornaday moved atop the standings for the first time since last November at Phoenix. He currently holds an 84-point advantage over Mike Skinner.

Hornaday also took over the points lead after his first win at Lowe's in 2007. He went on to win at Dover two weeks later.

"After a win you always have momentum on your side," Hornaday said. "I have always felt this team thrives off winning. Our season up until Charlotte had not been bad. We have not finished outside the top-10 yet, so I would say that we kick started our season in Daytona, and we are just now showing our strength."

Hornaday won his third series championship and gave Kevin Harvick Inc. its first title in NASCAR competition in '07.

J.R. Fitzpatrick will team with Hornaday this weekend at Dover, as Fitzpatrick will run the first of his scheduled eight races in the No.4 Chevrolet for KHI. The Canadian driver will also compete in selected Nationwide events for Harvick's team this year.

"This is a great opportunity for me, and I firmly believe that I am joining the best team in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series," Fitzpatrick said. "I believe racing is all about confidence, and I have that knowing that I am going to be in great equipment driving for Kevin Harvick Inc."

Ricky Carmichael drove the No.4 truck in the first five races this season before Ryan Newman took the wheel for the 200-mile event at Lowe's.

There have been nine different winners in as many truck races at Dover. Hornaday and Kyle Busch are the only previous winners in the field for this year's race. Busch is competing in all three NASCAR events this weekend.

Thirty-seven teams are on the preliminary entry list for the AAA Insurance 200.

INDYCAR SERIES

ABC Supply/A.J. Foyt Indy 225 - The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI

Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves kicked off a "Victory Tour" Tuesday in New York. Castroneves made several stops in The Big Apple, including an appearance on "Live With Regis and Kelly" and an event at Radio City Music Hall, where he performed a brief chorus line kick routine with several members of the Rockettes.

"This place is incredible," Castroneves said. "It's been a great way to celebrate my victory. I got to see the biggest theater in the world, surrounded by beautiful women."

Castroneves will also make stops in Fort Worth, TX and Chicago this week before heading to Milwaukee for Sunday's ABC Supply/A.J. Foyt Indy 225. He'll make an appearance on "The Late Show With David Letterman" on June 1.

Five weeks after his acquittal of federal income tax evasion charges, Castroneves won the Indy 500 for the third time in his career. He had a spectacular month at Indy by capturing the pole and pacing the way in practices before winning IndyCar's biggest race of the year. Castroneves earned a record $3,048,005 for his Indy 500 victory.

Despite missing the season-opener at St. Petersburg, FL due to his trial, Castroneves has now moved to within five points of leader Dario Franchitti.

Castroneves has won two poles at The Milwaukee Mile (2006 and '07), but has finished no better than fifth since the series started racing there in 2004.

Ryan Briscoe, who is Castroneves' teammate at Penske Racing, scored his first career IndyCar victory in last year's race at Milwaukee. After a fast pit stop late in the event, Briscoe captured the lead for the first time with 19 laps to go. He then held off Scott Dixon before the race ended under caution for a four-car crash.

Tony Kanaan is the only repeat winner at Milwaukee. Kanaan's victories came the same years that Castroneves started on the pole there. He finished third in last year's race.

Kanaan crashed hard into the turn three wall at Indy after his car experienced mechanical failure midway through the race. Kanaan suffered soft tissue damage on his ribs from the incident. He also complained of soreness in his right leg.

"I am racing in Milwaukee no matter what," Kanaan said.

Meanwhile, Paul Tracy, the 2003 Champ Car World Series champion, will replace the injured Vitor Meira in the No.14 car for A.J. Foyt Racing at Milwaukee. Tracy is coming off a ninth-place finish in the Indy 500, driving an entry for KV Racing Technology.

"I'm excited to get an opportunity to drive, albeit as a fill-in for Vitor as I know it's a short-term thing," Tracy said. "When I started my career (1991), I competed against A.J. He was one of my idols growing up."

Meira suffered two fractured vertebrae in his back during a horrifying crash in turn one late in the Indy 500. Rookie Raphael Matos was also involved in the incident, but he did not sustain any injuries. Meira is expected to be released from an Indianapolis hospital on Wednesday. He will likely be cleared by doctors to fly home to South Florida this weekend. According to Dr. Michael Olinger, Indy Racing League's director of medical services, a non-operative management program (torso brace) was implemented.