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NASCAR - Michigan: Green again on lap 30 or 200. Johnson jumps clear up front, with Logano challenging him.
Johnson stayed out when the leaders all pitted, so is on a different pit sequence.
Johnson stayed out when the leaders all pitted, so is on a different pit sequence.
NASCAR - Michigan: Short of someone random winning (like Allmendinger did at Watkins Glen last weekend), the most likely changes to the Chase pack are in the Larson, Bowyer, Biffle, Kahne pack - just 13 points cover the foursome, with two in, two out at the moment.
IndyCar - Milwaukee: By 'mugs' we mean 'makes a heck of a move around the outside'. And it earned him the win - he has just taken the chequered flag ahead of Brabham, with Chaves in third.
IndyCar - Milwaukee: Restart, and Veach mugs Brabham at the green to take the lead with three laps to go.
NASCAR - Michigan: After today there are only three races until the Chase begins, and under 2014's bold new system, and this yellow is a good chance to recap who's currently in the title run-off and who isn't.
In thanks to winning: Earnhardt, Keselowski, Johnson, Gordon, Logano, Edwards, Harvick, Kyle Busch, Hamlin, Almirola, Kurt Busch, Allmendinger.
Currently in via points: Kenseth, Newman, Larson, Bowyer.
On the cusp: Biffle, Kahne, Dillon, Ambrose, Menard, Vickers, McMurray.
In thanks to winning: Earnhardt, Keselowski, Johnson, Gordon, Logano, Edwards, Harvick, Kyle Busch, Hamlin, Almirola, Kurt Busch, Allmendinger.
Currently in via points: Kenseth, Newman, Larson, Bowyer.
On the cusp: Biffle, Kahne, Dillon, Ambrose, Menard, Vickers, McMurray.
Crash
NASCAR - Michigan: That started with Stewart-Haas team-mates Patrick and Burton getting together, spinning Patrick, who collected a load of cars as she slid sideways down the track.
Everyone involved is trundling back to the pits with minor elements hanging off their cars.
Everyone involved is trundling back to the pits with minor elements hanging off their cars.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Milwaukee: And there it is. Razia spins and hits the wall.
IndyCar - Milwaukee: Anderson has caught Razia, who in turn is on Chaves' tail. This is a yellow waiting to happen.
Crash
NASCAR - Michigan: Michael Annett, Justin Allgaier, Martin Truex Jr, Danica Patrick, Matt Kenseth and Trevor Bayne are among those involved in the shunt.
Crash
NASCAR - Michigan: Back to green.. and then yellow for a multi-car tangle.
NASCAR - Michigan: Main men who stayed out were Newman and Johnson. They'll lead when we go green.
Earnhardt and Larson have both had to pit again for repairs after their contact.
Earnhardt and Larson have both had to pit again for repairs after their contact.
IndyCar - Milwaukee: We need Juan Pablo Garcia to take one for the team and bring out a yellow to liven this race up. He's currently four laps down on the leaders and lapping 1.5s off the pace.
Unless he does, Brahbam's 8.0s lead looks very secure with 15 laps left.
Unless he does, Brahbam's 8.0s lead looks very secure with 15 laps left.
NASCAR - Michigan: Most of the field took that chance to pit, but a few stayed out. When the field cycles back around, we'll give you an overall order update...
...but among those who pitted, Keselowski jumped ahead of Logano to lead the queue, having decided not to take fresh tyres.
Further back, looks like Earnhardt and Larson had a tangle.
...but among those who pitted, Keselowski jumped ahead of Logano to lead the queue, having decided not to take fresh tyres.
Further back, looks like Earnhardt and Larson had a tangle.
NASCAR - Michigan: Current order under this yellow:
1 Logano; 2 Gordon; 3 Harvick; 4 Keselowski; 5 McMurray; 6 Vickers; 7 Kurt Busch; 8 Larson; 9 Menard; 10 Newman
1 Logano; 2 Gordon; 3 Harvick; 4 Keselowski; 5 McMurray; 6 Vickers; 7 Kurt Busch; 8 Larson; 9 Menard; 10 Newman
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Michigan: As scheduled, we've got a yellow on lap 20.
If you're new to NASCAR, these 'competition cautions' are standard practice when there's been rain before a race as it gives teams chance to figure out tyre wear and set-up changes on the altered track surface.
Expect pitstops.
If you're new to NASCAR, these 'competition cautions' are standard practice when there's been rain before a race as it gives teams chance to figure out tyre wear and set-up changes on the altered track surface.
Expect pitstops.
IndyCar - Milwaukee: Fourth-placed Luiz Razia has taken advantage of traffic to close up onto the back of Chaves, so now we have a proper scrap for third. Hasn't amounted to much yet, but we live in hope.
NASCAR - Michigan: Truex is making great progress from the back too and is now 24th. Johnson has got back to 35th.
NASCAR - Michigan: Now Edwards is down to 14th and about to be passed by the flying Earnhardt, who is zipping up the order from 26th on the grid.
NASCAR - Michigan: Edwards is rapidly tumbling down the order, already back to ninth.
Logano and Gordon are stretching away at the front, then Harvick and Keselowski are escaping from the rest.
Logano and Gordon are stretching away at the front, then Harvick and Keselowski are escaping from the rest.
Breaking news
NASCAR - Michigan: The Gibbs team suggests a cut tyre caused Busch's early crash.
Green flag
NASCAR - Michigan: Back to green for lap eight. Logano keeps the lead ahead of Gordon, as Harvick takes third from Edwards.
NASCAR - Michigan: Kyle Busch needed more repairs to his Joe Gibbs Toyota than we suggested, so he's back in the garage area.
Jimmie Johnson pitted during this caution for set-up changes, which the team felt was worthwhile as he was so far back anyway. The champion is definitely out of sorts at the moment.
Jimmie Johnson pitted during this caution for set-up changes, which the team felt was worthwhile as he was so far back anyway. The champion is definitely out of sorts at the moment.
IndyCar - Milwaukee: Brabham now leads Veach by 3.4s. Chaves is a further 5.2s back in third and lapping at around the same pace, so don't expect any fireworks there in the immediate future. Brit Jack Harvey is the quickest guy on the track at the moment, but he's mired back in sixth and still needs to breach a 5.4s margin to Scott Anderson.
NASCAR - Michigan: We had three cars starting from the back as they changed drivers after qualifying.
It's been a tough week for the Truex family: Martin Jr missed Friday's track activities to be with his partner Sherry Pollex as she began cancer treatment. Matt Crafton stood in on qualifying duties at Furniture Row.
Truex's younger brother Ryan then crashed his BK Toyota heavily in Saturday morning practice. He suffered concussion, so JJ Yeley is standing in.
The other driver swap is for a more ordinary reason: Trevor Bayne missed qualifying to focus on his Nationwide campaign at Mid-Ohio, so Penske's protege Ryan Blaney got an early taste of his 2015 seat and qualified the Wood Brothers Ford.
Truex is now up to 30th and Bayne to 32nd.
Jeff Burton, who is standing in for Tony Stewart after last weekend's sprint car tragedy, is running 25th.
It's been a tough week for the Truex family: Martin Jr missed Friday's track activities to be with his partner Sherry Pollex as she began cancer treatment. Matt Crafton stood in on qualifying duties at Furniture Row.
Truex's younger brother Ryan then crashed his BK Toyota heavily in Saturday morning practice. He suffered concussion, so JJ Yeley is standing in.
The other driver swap is for a more ordinary reason: Trevor Bayne missed qualifying to focus on his Nationwide campaign at Mid-Ohio, so Penske's protege Ryan Blaney got an early taste of his 2015 seat and qualified the Wood Brothers Ford.
Truex is now up to 30th and Bayne to 32nd.
Jeff Burton, who is standing in for Tony Stewart after last weekend's sprint car tragedy, is running 25th.
NASCAR - Michigan: Here's the current order under yellow:
1 Logano; 2 Gordon; 3 Edwards; 4 Harvick; 5 Keselowski; 6 Vickers; 7 Newman; 8 McMurray; 9 Kurt Busch; 10 Stenhouse
1 Logano; 2 Gordon; 3 Edwards; 4 Harvick; 5 Keselowski; 6 Vickers; 7 Newman; 8 McMurray; 9 Kurt Busch; 10 Stenhouse
Crash
NASCAR - Michigan: Busch had got up from 24th on the grid to 18th and just slide high into the wall in the middle of a gaggle of cars.
Should be able to get that repaired in the pits and rejoin.
Should be able to get that repaired in the pits and rejoin.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Michigan: Early yellow on lap three - Kyle Busch has slid into the wall.
Green flag
NASCAR - Michigan: Logano immediately attacks Gordon and grabs the lead as the race begins.
IndyCar - Milwaukee: Although just as we say that, Brabham clamps up to the rear of Veach's car. It looks like Veach might have cooked his tyres .... and indeed, Brabham makes the pass to take the lead.
IndyCar - Milwaukee: The Indy Lights race is underway, and frankly, not much is happening. Veach currently leads Brabham by 0.5s, and the remaining six cars are driving around by themselves. There are still another 65 laps of this to come.
NASCAR - Michigan: For the second week in a row, it's Jeff Gordon on pole position.
He has Joey Logano alongside him, then it's Carl Edwards, Brian Vickers, Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick.
Watch out for Gordon's Hendrick team-mates Kasey Kahne, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Jimmie Johnson making progress - they start back in 15th, 26th and 30th.
Here's the full line-up:
Michigan NASCAR qualifying report
He has Joey Logano alongside him, then it's Carl Edwards, Brian Vickers, Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick.
Watch out for Gordon's Hendrick team-mates Kasey Kahne, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Jimmie Johnson making progress - they start back in 15th, 26th and 30th.
Here's the full line-up:
Michigan NASCAR qualifying report
NASCAR - Michigan: The cars are rolling on the pace laps ahead of this 200-lap, 400-mile race.
There's going to be a competition caution after 20 laps as track conditions will have been changed by the earlier rain.
There's going to be a competition caution after 20 laps as track conditions will have been changed by the earlier rain.
NASCAR - Michigan: The 'start your engines' command was just delivered by Olympic gold medal winning ice skaters Charlie White and Meryl Davis, who risked the crowd's wrath by semi-whispering it in an ironic low-key fashion rather than screaming.
The cars did fire up though, so it did the job.
The cars did fire up though, so it did the job.
Air Titan
NASCAR - Michigan: We've had some Air Titan action at Michigan earlier today but the track is dry now, and although the forecast has some dodgy elements, we're getting ready to go racing in just a moment.
Over the next few hours we'll be bringing as-it-happens coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan Speedway plus the IndyCar Series from the Milwaukee Mile.
We'll also be bringing you further news and reaction from today's events in MotoGP, the DTM, European Formula 3, British F3 and Auto GP, plus keeping you up to speed with the Indy Lights title fight as Gabby Chaves, Zach Veach and Jack Harvey head towards the decider at Sonoma next weekend.
We'll also be bringing you further news and reaction from today's events in MotoGP, the DTM, European Formula 3, British F3 and Auto GP, plus keeping you up to speed with the Indy Lights title fight as Gabby Chaves, Zach Veach and Jack Harvey head towards the decider at Sonoma next weekend.
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We'll be back from 6pm UK time tonight to take you through the American racing evening with NASCAR and IndyCar, as well as bringing you the full stories and reaction from the F3, DTM, MotoGP and Auto GP events. See you later.
MotoGP - Brno: Marquez says there wasn't anything in particular wrong today, just that he didn't feel as confident in his Honda, so preferred to gather the points rather than pushing too hard.
MotoGP - Brno: Marquez has been speaking about that defeat for the first time, and says losing has "taken the pressure off" after his huge run of success.
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MotoGP - Brno: Lorenzo says he felt he had an excellent chance to win this race early on, and then maybe should have been more aggressive when Pedrosa overtook him and inched away.
After that he reckoned he had the pace to come back at and probably pass the Honda if he'd had more laps.
After that he reckoned he had the pace to come back at and probably pass the Honda if he'd had more laps.
By: Matt Beer, AUTOSPORT staff, Andrew van Leeuwen, Marcus Simmons, Mark Glendenning
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