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See you then.
Checkered flag
IndyCar - St Petersburg: Will Power crosses the line 1.9s ahead of Hunter-Reay, with Helio Castroneves third. Dixon, Pagenaud, Kanaan, Sato, Wilson, Newgarden and Briscoe complete the top 10.
Juan Pablo Montoya's first street race in six years ends with him in 15th place.
Juan Pablo Montoya's first street race in six years ends with him in 15th place.
Trophy
IndyCar - St Petersburg: Will Power wins!
NASCAR - Martinsville: Seems unlikely that Kurt Busch still plans to do all the things to Keselowski's face that he was planning earlier now he's got a race win to celebrate instead.
Twitter
NASCAR - Martinsville: Oh hello Brad Keselowski... As a fan tweets him to suggest he might be keeping a low profile after his spat with winner Kurt Busch, the 2012 champion rapidly replies:
"I'm here. Laughing at all the hate tweets. #freeEntertainment"
"I'm here. Laughing at all the hate tweets. #freeEntertainment"
IndyCar - St Petersburg: It's a push-to-pass frenzy right through the field as we enter the final three laps. The result is looking like a foregone conclusion though, with Power still more than 2.0s ahead of Hunter-Reay. Assuming, of course, that no action is taken by race control for that restart.
Breaking news
Kurt Busch
NASCAR - Martinsville: Here's the full story of and results from Kurt Busch's return to victory lane after a long and turbulent absence.
Martinsville race report
IndyCar - St Petersburg: Josef Newgarden is having a good afternoon: having started from last place, he has just passed Ryan Briscoe for ninth.
IndyCar - St Petersburg: There are 14 laps to go, and Power leads Hunter-Reay by 1.7s. There's a similar gap back to Castroneves in third.
IndyCar - St Petersburg: Three drive-through penalties are announced: Conway for passing the pace car, Bourdais for not packing up, and Huertas for taking full service in the pits when pitlane was closed.
Green flag
IndyCar - St Petersburg: That's more like it. Hunter-Reay passes Castroneves for second.
IndyCar - St Petersburg: Penske's Tim Cindric says that Power was caught unawares by the green, which he says was waved earlier than he'd been told to expect it.
Quote
IndyCar - St Petersburg: Michael Andretti:
"Will casued the crash – the guys in the back had nowhere to go. It was wrong. You’re not allowed to do that."
Meanwhile, Marco is nursing a sore hand from that impact, which happened too fast for him to get his hand off the wheel.
"Will casued the crash – the guys in the back had nowhere to go. It was wrong. You’re not allowed to do that."
Meanwhile, Marco is nursing a sore hand from that impact, which happened too fast for him to get his hand off the wheel.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - St Petersburg: Leader Power had the field bunched up at the start, and it simply concertinaed up. Power didn't appear to be in any hurry to put the hammer down there - interesting to see what race control makes of that. The two unlucky drivers had nowhere to go.
Munoz was caught up in that, too - Hawksworth hit him before spinning into Andretti.
Munoz was caught up in that, too - Hawksworth hit him before spinning into Andretti.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - St Petersburg: Need to see another replay to work out what happened here.
Crash
IndyCar - St Petersburg: Hawksworth and Andretti are in the wall.
Green flag
IndyCar - St Petersburg: Restart.
Checkered flag
NASCAR - Martinsville - results:
1 Kurt Busch
2 Johnson
3 Earnhardt
4 Logano
5 Ambrose
6 Kenseth
7 Harvick
8 Almirola
9 Bowyer
10 Menard
1 Kurt Busch
2 Johnson
3 Earnhardt
4 Logano
5 Ambrose
6 Kenseth
7 Harvick
8 Almirola
9 Bowyer
10 Menard
IndyCar - St Petersburg: Conway is being shown in third, but the Brit is under review for passing the pace car. Bourdais is also under review for not packing up.
Checkered flag
NASCAR - Martinsville: Busch takes the victory by two tenths over Johnson, ending his two-year winning drought - and despite that tangle with Keselowski.
Trophy
NASCAR - Martinsville: Kurt Busch wins!
NASCAR - Martinsville: Final lap and Kurt Busch still has a tiny lead...
NASCAR - Martinsville: Busch hangs on ahead of Johnson into the final five laps, with traffic looming.
IndyCar - St Petersburg: ... but not that much, with Power leading the pack back out ahead of Castroneves. Disaster for Conway, who missed the order to come in and has to do so on the follow lap.
NASCAR - Martinsville: Kurt Busch surges down the inside of Johnson and back into the lead with 10 laps left, as Earnhardt takes third from Logano.
NASCAR - Martinsville: Busch shoves Johnson hard but to no avail, the champion still leads.
IndyCar - St Petersburg: The pits are open, and almost the entire field pits in unison. This is going to mix things up ...
NASCAR - Martinsville: Busch isn't letting Johnson escape, and they've got Logano and Earnhardt catching them fast in traffic with 14 laps to go.
NASCAR - Martinsville: Johnson slips down the inside and grabs the lead back with 18 laps left.
IndyCar - St Petersburg: There's barely any damage to Kimball's car - indeed, it has already been recovered.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - St Petersburg: After 76 laps under green flag conditions, Charlie Kimball goes into the tyres and brings out the yellows.
NASCAR - Martinsville: Earnhardt is all over Logano for third place. Petty men Ambrose and Almirola complete the top six.
NASCAR - Martinsville: Busch can't get away, Johnson is still on his tail.
NASCAR - Martinsville: Kurt Busch slips inside Johnson and leads with 27 laps to go.
Stunning turnaround after Busch looked set to spend this race being rammed by Keselowski and pondering a fist-fight.
Stunning turnaround after Busch looked set to spend this race being rammed by Keselowski and pondering a fist-fight.
NASCAR - Martinsville: Earnhardt moves up to fourth but has a tyre rubbing on his Chevy's bodywork.
Green flag
NASCAR - Martinsville: Johnson holds the lead at the restart, Kurt Busch gets past Logano for second.
IndyCar - St Petersburg: Carlos Munoz is having problems with his car, although the team is yet to diagnose exactly what is creating headaches for the young Colombian. He has fallen back to 16th.
Things are getting interesting at the front, where Castroneves has catching Power at a rate of 0.5s per lap. There's just 3.8s between the two Penskes right now.
Things are getting interesting at the front, where Castroneves has catching Power at a rate of 0.5s per lap. There's just 3.8s between the two Penskes right now.
NASCAR - Martinsville: Kurt Busch is third, and Almirola has jumped to fourth for Petty.
NASCAR - Martinsville: Bowyer has fallen right back to 10th place. Logano is now back in lead contention in second.
NASCAR - Martinsville: Johnson gets back into the lead in the pits. Not a great stop for erstwhile leader Bowyer.
By: Scott Mitchell, Mark Glendenning
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