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Sam Hornish Jr
NASCAR - Michigan: Sprint Cup qualifying is underway at Michigan, where Kyle Busch just topped Truck practice.
Meanwhile final Nationwide practice was wrapping up at Mid-Ohio, with Sam Hornish Jr (pictured) setting the pace.
Moto2 - Indianapolis: Somehow Pol Espargaro managed to first win an argument with the marshals and then ride that mangled bike back to the pits.
Crash
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Frightening crash for Moto2 title contender and 2013 Tech 3 MotoGP rider Pol Espargaro in Moto2 practice.
He's unhurt after a high-side in which his rolling bike nearlty landed on him several times.
He's unhurt after a high-side in which his rolling bike nearlty landed on him several times.
Race Centre Live will continue for a few hours yet, to bring you reaction from MotoGP practice, updates on Moto2 qualifying, news from NASCAR Nationwide and Truck practice at Mid-Ohio and Michigan, plus full live coverage of Sprint Cup qualifying.
Breaking news
MotoGP - Indianapolis: An all-Honda top three but no one looks like a runaway yet. Here's the story of practice.
Indianapolis MotoGP practice two report
Indianapolis MotoGP practice two report
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Indianapolis: That's it for day one, and Marquez is on top again.
1 Marquez; 2 Pedrosa; 3 Brad; 4 Lorenzo; 5 Crutchlow; 6 Rossi; 7 Bautista; 8 Smith; 9 Hayden; 10 Dovizioso.
1 Marquez; 2 Pedrosa; 3 Brad; 4 Lorenzo; 5 Crutchlow; 6 Rossi; 7 Bautista; 8 Smith; 9 Hayden; 10 Dovizioso.
Crash
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Valentino Rossi has a bit of a wobble into Turn 13 and skitters over the gravel. He stays upright and all is well.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Into the final seconds, Bradl's popped up to third to make it an all-Honda top three behind the works pair.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Now Marquez does go top, a 1m39.524s beats Pedrosa by 0.062s.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Marquez and Lorenzo are inching closer to Pedrosa. It's a Honda one-two as Marquez gets to within 0.034s of his team-mate, with Lorenzo another tenth back.
Crash
MotoGP - Indianapolis: A tumble for Hiroshi Aoyama at Turn 4. He's unhurt.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Here come the other Hondas: Marquez and Bradl up to second and third behind Pedrosa, demoting Crutchlow.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Cal Crutchlow goes up to second, 0.4s off Pedrosa.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Pedrosa promised he'd be quicker this afternoon once he'd "loosened up". He was right, he goes fastest with a 1m39.582s, half a second clear of Marquez.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Marquez now leads the way again, but only by 0.034s over Lorenzo.
Green flag
MotoGP - Indianapolis: And we're back underway again with just over half an hour left.
Red flag
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Practice is red-flagged, causing much bemusement initially as all the bikes are safely heading back to the pits.
The cause turns out to be a safety cone near the entry to Turn 1 that has fallen or been knocked over.
The cause turns out to be a safety cone near the entry to Turn 1 that has fallen or been knocked over.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Indianapolis: An improvement from Lorenzo up front as he goes to 1m40.131s, 0.232s faster than Bradl.
Crash
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Just after Lorenzo pipped him up front, Bradl crashes at the final corner on what was shaping up to be a very rapid lap. He's unhurt and on his way back to the pits.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: First few flying laps are in, and it's Bradl narrowly ahead of Lorenzo up front, with Marquez back in fourth behind Valentino Rossi.
Marc Marquez
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Second MotoGP practice is about to start.
Marc Marquez was quickest this morning.
Euro F3 - Nurburgring: There's now a full set of grids for all three races in our qualifying report. Marciello has all three poles.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Moto3 practice has just finished, and Maverick Vinales started the weekend on top, but only 0.039s ahead of the resurgent Romano Fenati.
1 M Vinales; 2 Fenati; 3 Marquez; 4 Miller; 5 Rins; 6 Folger; 7 Salom; 8 I Vinales; 9 Sissis; 10 Techer.
1 M Vinales; 2 Fenati; 3 Marquez; 4 Miller; 5 Rins; 6 Folger; 7 Salom; 8 I Vinales; 9 Sissis; 10 Techer.
Checkered flag
NASCAR - Michigan: The practice session ends with Jimmie Johnson jumping to the top, ahead of Montoya.
1 Johnson; 2 Montoya; 3 Kyle Busch; 4 Logano; 5 Edwards; 6 Burton; 7 Harvick; 8 Earnhardt; 9 Martin; 10 Gordon.
Qualifying for Sunday's race takes place in a couple of hours.
1 Johnson; 2 Montoya; 3 Kyle Busch; 4 Logano; 5 Edwards; 6 Burton; 7 Harvick; 8 Earnhardt; 9 Martin; 10 Gordon.
Qualifying for Sunday's race takes place in a couple of hours.
NASCAR - Michigan: Joey Logano is the latest man to top free practice, with Montoya now second.
NASCAR - Michigan: Montoya's time on top didn't last long. Jeff Burton is now setting the pace in the Childress car.
NASCAR - Michigan: In the week it became clear that he was losing his Earnhardt Ganassi seat at the end of 2013, Juan Pablo Montoya is now quickest in Michigan practice.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Less than an hour until practice two now, and the afternoon sessions have already started with Moto3 on track.
The junior series' morning session was slightly disrupted by a brief rain shower. Jonas Folger was quickest there, and is second behind Alex Rins right now.
The junior series' morning session was slightly disrupted by a brief rain shower. Jonas Folger was quickest there, and is second behind Alex Rins right now.
IndyCar: Looks like the IndyCar Series is moving closer to adding a second Indianapolis race on the road course.
AUTOSPORT's US editor Mark Glendenning reports on the exploratory test being planned.
AUTOSPORT's US editor Mark Glendenning reports on the exploratory test being planned.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Michigan: Another interruption to practice as Jamie McMurray's engine blows.
Jimmie Johnson is currently fastest ahead of Martin Truex Jr and Jeff Gordon.
Jimmie Johnson is currently fastest ahead of Martin Truex Jr and Jeff Gordon.
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Dani Pedrosa
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Dani Pedrosa was a muted presence in opening practice this morning. He admitted that it was taking time for him to 'loosen up' after his recent injury and the long break.
"I was a little stiff on the bike so I need some more time to find the feeling again after the summer break.
"I'm sure this afternoon and lap-by-lap I will loosen up on the bike and feel more comfortable"
Twitter
MotoGP - Indianapolis: One of the big news stories from the summer break was Casey Stoner getting back on a MotoGP bike to do some testing for Honda.
Inevitably rumours of a potential comeback have swirled since the first hints of a test plan leaked out, but Stoner has emphatically denied that he is even tempted.
Sure enough this weekend, rather than jealously pacing around in the garages at Indianapolis, he's in Melbourne with Australian fishing television presenter Paul Worsteling, taking their respective wives to a Pink concert.
And despite initially intimating that this was purely for Mrs Stoner, it seems he rather enjoyed it:
"P!NK was awesome!!!! She has put together an amazing show, I needed more eyes to watch everything, very entertaining!"
Inevitably rumours of a potential comeback have swirled since the first hints of a test plan leaked out, but Stoner has emphatically denied that he is even tempted.
Sure enough this weekend, rather than jealously pacing around in the garages at Indianapolis, he's in Melbourne with Australian fishing television presenter Paul Worsteling, taking their respective wives to a Pink concert.
And despite initially intimating that this was purely for Mrs Stoner, it seems he rather enjoyed it:
"P!NK was awesome!!!! She has put together an amazing show, I needed more eyes to watch everything, very entertaining!"
Twitter
MotoGP - Indianapolis: For the first time since he got injured at last year's Malaysian Grand Prix 10 months ago, Ben Spies is fully fit and feeling chipper after opening practice at Indy:
"Felt good to ride a bike with two arms again! Now we just got to slowly get back up to speed"
"Felt good to ride a bike with two arms again! Now we just got to slowly get back up to speed"
Checkered flag
European F3 - Nurburgring: Qualifying for race 3 results:
1 Marciello; 2 Auer; 3 Rosenqvist; 4 King; 5 Derani; 6 Sims.
1 Marciello; 2 Auer; 3 Rosenqvist; 4 King; 5 Derani; 6 Sims.
BMW tent
DTM - Nurburgring: Other than the 'roll-out' session, there's no DTM action today as European F3 and Auto GP fill the track.
So that means the DTM teams are in PR mode. Audi's already convinced Sebastien Ogier that he should come to the DTM when he's finished winning World Rally titles.
BMW's PR activities have been more low-key: its drivers have been to the fan campsites and had a tent-erecting contest.
Augusto Farfus and Joey Hand look pretty chuffed with their achievement.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Michigan: It didn't take long for opening Cup practice to be interrupted. An oil spill from Marcos Ambrose's Ford has brought out an early yellow.
European F3 - Nurburgring: There have just been four changes of provisional polesitter in under two minutes.
Sims, Kvyat, Rosenqvist and Marciello have taken turns at the top. Marciello is currently fastest on 1m22.584s.
Sims, Kvyat, Rosenqvist and Marciello have taken turns at the top. Marciello is currently fastest on 1m22.584s.
European F3 - Nurburgring: Local racer Lucas Wolf has set the early pace from Andre Rudersdorf, but the established top men have yet to show their hand.
Green flag
European F3 - Nurburging: The final FIA F3 European Championship qualifying session of the weekend has commenced.
Results from the session will determine the starting order for Sunday morning's Race 3.
Results from the session will determine the starting order for Sunday morning's Race 3.
NASCAR: The Nationwide Series is trying out a new road course venue this weekend. It's farewell to Montreal for 2013 and hello to Mid-Ohio.
Brian Vickers has just gone fastest ahead of Nelson Piquet and AJ Allmendinger.
The Sprint Cup and Truck Series are at Michigan, with Cup practice just commencing.
Brian Vickers has just gone fastest ahead of Nelson Piquet and AJ Allmendinger.
The Sprint Cup and Truck Series are at Michigan, with Cup practice just commencing.
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