Austin WEC, Loudon NASCAR
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WEC - Austin: McNish crosses the line 23s to the go. The G-Drive ORECA ended up a lap up on the Pecom car in P2, while Mako's late splash reduced his advantage in GTE Pro to 15s.
WEC - Austin: Campbell-Walter is through into the lead of GTE Am.
WEC - Austin: Mako takes a splash, but comfortably hangs onto his lead.
WEC - Austin: Campbell-Walter is closing down on fellow Aston driver Poulsen in the battle for GTE Am honours. He's only two seconds behind with 23 minutes to go.
WEC - Austin: Sarrazin is 30s behind. Those few lost seconds really didn't make much difference.
WEC - Austin: Buemi pits for his splash - he's taken it early. Sarrazin gets in, but the driver change takes longer than the fuel dump.
WEC - Austin: McNish is in the pits - out of a 37s lead. He takes 34 minutes' worth of fuel and no tyres.
WEC - Austin: McNish is regularly in the 1m48s and extending the lead. It's now up to 36s.
Checkered flag
NASCAR - New Hampshire: Kenseth takes his seventh win of the year with a very assured performance. Kyle Busch makes it a Joe Gibbs Racing 1-2 with second, while Biffle holds off Johnson for third. A late pass on Junior earns McMurray fifth, the first non-Chaser home.
NASCAR - New Hampshire: 10 to go. Kenseth appears to have this in the bag, although Kyle Busch is just over a second behind. The same can't be said for third place, which Biffle and Johnson remain locked in combat over.
WEC - Austin: Vilander pits out of a close-second in GTE Pro. The leading Aston stopped with an hour and three minutes to go, which suggests it can go to the end. Even if Mako does have to stop, it's going to be more for a sniff of fuel rather than a splash.
NASCAR - New Hampshire: 25 to go and Kenseth has a clear lead from Kyle Busch who's well clear of a great fight for third between Biffle and Johnson. Junior and McMurray are squabbling over fifth.
WEC - Austin: McNish is 30s to the good, but this race has a couple of twists and turns to go. Will the Audi take tyres at its final stop and how much fuel will it need than the Toyota at its final stop?
WEC - Austin: Buemi pits with just over an hour to go and doesn't take a full dump of fuel. Even so he's still only going to need a splash after this to get to the finish.
NASCAR - New Hampshire: Great stuff from Greg Biffle as he takes Johnson and Junior in one move to run third.
WEC - Austin: Mako has just stopped (and foregone tyres) and is now a couple of seconds ahead of Vilander. Bruni is a further 10s behind.
Green flag
NASCAR - New Hampshire: Not for the final time I suspect, we are underway again.
WEC - Austin: McNish is closing down on Buemi, who is shortly to stop.
NASCAR - New Hampshire: Not much pit action except for a very slow stop for Bowyer. It's made little difference to his overall position though.
WEC - Austin: Thiim has just taken Campbell-Walter for the lead in GTE Am in the all-Aston battle.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - New Hampshire: Kahne hits the wall ending a strong run for the #5.
Green flag
NASCAR - New Hampshire: With 50 to go we're off again.
NASCAR - New Hampshire: Kenseth keeps his lead with a two-tyre stop, a strategy almost everyone opted for. Truex leapfrogged Jimmie Johnson to take over second, while McMurray, who's done brilliantly to recover from his early spin, lost a place to Kyle Busch, who's now fourth in line ahead of the restart.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - New Hampshire: Gilliand blows up bringing out a caution. Poor timing for Bowyer who'd just pitted from fifth. This should be the final stop.
WEC - Austin: TK pits to hand over to McNish for what will be the #2 Audi's penultimate stop. Buemi retakes the lead, but with a stop to come.
WEC - Austin: Buemi has had a spin or similar and lost eight or nine seconds. TK is now 54s ahead.
WEC - Austin: Mako is 53s up on Vilander in GTE Pro, but he's got a pitstop to come.
WEC - Austin: It never rains, it pours, at least for the #1 Audi today. Fassler has been brought in for a stop-go for a track limits violation from Treluyer some time ago.
NASCAR - New Hampshire: Sounds like Kevin Harvick is in trouble. The water temperature is sky high in the RCR Chevy. He's 21st at the moment.
NASCAR - New Hampshire: Kenseth uses his superior grip to pass Bowyer for the lead, but he had to work hard for it.
Green flag
NASCAR - New Hampshire: Racing resumes with Bowyer in front on old tyres.
NASCAR - New Hampshire: Oh dear. Gordon overshoots his pitbox and has to back up. They changed all four tyres and he's now at the back of the pack. For the first time today, Clint Bowyer leads after not pitting.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - New Hampshire: Debris brings the race to a temporary close. It's too far to make it to the end on fuel from here though surely...
WEC - Austin: Buemi is now 45s behind the leader. The Toyota should save somewhere in the region of 25s foregoing a tyre change at its final stop. The other factor is fuel. It will need fewer litres at that final stop and will save more seconds.
NASCAR - New Hampshire: 200 down, 100 to go. Gordon looks comfortable out in front, but having taken just two tyres last time it will be fascinating to see what he does at the next (final?) stop. Junior is second, Truex runs third.
WEC - Austin: Davo pits and is replaced by Buemi. That means the Swiss is going to go to the end on one set of Michelins.
Giancarlo Fisichella
WEC - Austin: Fisichella pits the #51 AF Ferrari out of second place and hands over to Bruni. That promotes Mako in the Aston to second place, 13s behind Vilander in the second AF Pro entry.
WEC - Austin: Davo pumps in the fastest Toyota lap of the race. It's not going to be enough to get him in and out of the pits ahead of the Audi, though.
Green flag
NASCAR - New Hampshire: Here we go. Gordon leads them away. Truex is flying on his four new tyres and is already up to third.
NASCAR - New Hampshire: Jeff Gordon takes just two tyres and leads off pit road. The previous leaders all took four and are 6th - Truex, 7th - Kenseth and 16th - Keselowski.
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