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ERC - Poland: Kosciuszko is throwing his new-generation Ford R5 around like its going out of fashion. The Pole is currently fifth overall, which is commendable given he is still recovering from a back injury he suffered in Germany last month.
ERC - Poland: Butvilas reaches the finish in 15m32.1s. "I finished with no brakes!" exclaims the Lithuanian, but even so he's won the Production Cup class in Rally Poland.
ERC - Poland: Ancian completes the stage in 15m10.0s.
"I did this stage only to be in the finish," says the Frenchman. "The rally was very difficult because we made some mistakes yesterday."
"I did this stage only to be in the finish," says the Frenchman. "The rally was very difficult because we made some mistakes yesterday."
ERC - Poland: Wait... Breen's next to finish. Where's Kangur?
ERC - Poland: Blimey, a third puncture for Breen. He completes the stage in 15m21.9s. The Irishman says Kangur had his boot open in the stage and is attending to a possible wheel issue.
ERC - Poland: Kosciuszko goes quickest - 14m44.5s. That's 25.5s quicker than anyone else, so far...
ERC - Poland: Holowcyzc posts a time 22.2s quicker than Breen and in doing so claims sixth overall on the last stage!
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ERC - Poland: "It's nice, we are flying a little bit but still at the finish," Holowcyzc said. "Sixth position is nothing special, but sixth is okay."
ERC - Poland: Kopecky posts a time of 14m42.8s and claims the final spot on the podium. We now wait and see how Kajetanowicz and Bouffier fair.
ERC - Poland: Kangur finally comes home and loses the best part of eight minutes. He says he hit a stone and subsequently had a puncture, before having to complete the stage minus powersteering.
ERC - Poland: Kajetanowicz sets a time of 14m41.7s. Can Bouffier (somehow) go 20s quicker?
Trophy
ERC - Poland: Silly question, of course he can't. But a valiant effort by the Frenchman at the end who completes the stage in 14m46.3s, which therefore means Kajetanowicz is the Rally Poland victor!
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ERC - Poland: "I am rally happy," says Kajetanowicz. "I have a fantastic team.
"I think it is the best day in my life, well not the best day, maybe the second best day."
"I think it is the best day in my life, well not the best day, maybe the second best day."
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ERC - Poland: "I did my best," claims Bouffier at the finish. "I tried to push as much as I could.
"We had a small technical problem, but I did my best. I'm looking forward to the next one (rally)."
"We had a small technical problem, but I did my best. I'm looking forward to the next one (rally)."
ERC - Poland - SS13 results:
Stage: 1 Kajetanowicz; 2 Kopecky +1.1s; 3 Kosciuszko +2.8s; 4 Bouffier +4.6s; 5 Holowcyzc +18.0s.
Finish: 1 Kajetanowicz; 2 Bouffier +23.3s; 3 Kopecky +1m28.4s; 4 Kosciuszko +2m14.1s; 5 Holowcyzc +3m15.5s.
Stage: 1 Kajetanowicz; 2 Kopecky +1.1s; 3 Kosciuszko +2.8s; 4 Bouffier +4.6s; 5 Holowcyzc +18.0s.
Finish: 1 Kajetanowicz; 2 Bouffier +23.3s; 3 Kopecky +1m28.4s; 4 Kosciuszko +2m14.1s; 5 Holowcyzc +3m15.5s.
BTCC - Rockingham: Andrew Jordan has extended his lead at the top of the standings after winning race. Full report and results are online.
NASCAR - Chicagoland: Meanwhile in Chicago, the Sprint Cup teams are looking at the sky as it is currently raining slightly, and the Air Titan is not on track to dry it up.
NASCAR - Chicagoland: Drivers are heading out to do pre-race introductions, but they're doing so under umbrellas. It's pretty murky overhead.
NASCAR - Chicagoland: It's been a wild week for NASCAR.
To summarise, there are 13 drivers in the 12-man Chase for the title, and you're no longer allowed to deliberately cause cautions, deliberately take rivals out, make phantom pitstops to manipulate races or collude with other teams to do likewise.
So that's that sorted.
To summarise, there are 13 drivers in the 12-man Chase for the title, and you're no longer allowed to deliberately cause cautions, deliberately take rivals out, make phantom pitstops to manipulate races or collude with other teams to do likewise.
So that's that sorted.
NASCAR - Chicagoland: One thing is sure, though - for an organisation sometimes accused of glossing over rule-bending, NASCAR hasn't shied away from laying down the law this time.
Twitter
NASCAR - Chicagoland: Stewart-Haas Racing's ever-sharp Twitter feed is probably spot on: "After driver intros, Jet Dryer media availability will begin here @ChicagolndSpdwy"
NASCAR - Chicagoland: The now 13-strong Chase field just lined up for a new official picture.
So we've had the original 12, Truex out/Newman in, and now Gordon in as well.
So we've had the original 12, Truex out/Newman in, and now Gordon in as well.
NASCAR - Chicagoland: Good news: the drizzle has ceased sufficiently for the jet dryer to get on track. Potentially bad news: forecasts predict a load more rain will turn up very soon.
NASCAR - Chicagoland: For now at least, the jet dryer is gallantly plugging on around the speedway.
NASCAR - Chicagoland: A race might happen soon! Cars are scheduled to roll out to pitlane in the next few minutes.
NASCAR - Chicagoland: Word is we're going to be racing in about half an hour...
NASCAR - Chicagoland: The national anthem is sung so the start isn't far away. And in what is surely also a good sign, this week's Voice/X Factor/something else off the telly veteran doing the anthem singing didn't insert 870 superfluous notes into every line of it...
NASCAR - Chicagoland: OK, stay poised. Command to start engines is a few minutes away yet as the jet dryers haven't quite finished their work. Another five minute pause, we hear.
Chase
NASCAR - Chicagoland: Here they are, the 13 drivers contending for this year's title. No Truex, but with added Gordon and Newman. And Dale Earnhardt Jr in a cosy jacket.
NASCAR - Chicagoland: Approximately 15 people off the telly and a policeman give the 'start your engines!' command. At last, we're going racing in Chicago.
NASCAR - Chicagoland: The scheduled race distance is 267 laps, but the forecast for the rest of the day is pretty mediocre.
If the rain comes back after half-distance, the race can be declared, although NASCAR has been keen to get full events in when possible this year, even if that means some very late nights.
If the rain comes back after half-distance, the race can be declared, although NASCAR has been keen to get full events in when possible this year, even if that means some very late nights.
Green flag
NASCAR - Chicagoland: The finally starts, poleman Joey Logano making a clean break in the lead as Juan Pablo Montoya jumps Brad Keselowski for seecond,
Breaking news
NASCAR - Chicagoland: One note of moderate interest: midfielder Josh Wise was dumped to the back for the start as a punishment for not turning up to the driver introduction ceremonies.
NASCAR - Chicagoland: Keselowski has reclaimed second from Montoya.
Breaking news
Bruno Spengler
DTM - Oschersleben: A bad day for DTM champion Bruno Spengler gets worse, as he picks up a grid penalty for the next round for clashing with Robert Wickens today.
NASCAR - Chicagoland: We're 19 laps in and Logano is into the backmarkers. He's keeping a lead of about a second over Penske team-mate Keselowski.
There's going to be a yellow at lap 30 to give teams a chance to assess things on the post-rain track.
There's going to be a yellow at lap 30 to give teams a chance to assess things on the post-rain track.
NASCAR - Chicagoland: It's drizzling again but NASCAR isn't worried it's going to turn into anything troublesome.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Chicagoland: Here's the yellow, and the race order is 1 Logano; 2 Keselowski; 3 Johnson; 4 Montoya; 5 Biffle; 6 Stenhouse; 7 Gordon; 8 Kahne; 9 Kyle Busch; 10 Edwards.
NASCAR - Chicagoland: Uh-oh... caution being extended due to rain at Turn 3...
But just for one more lap, it seems.
But just for one more lap, it seems.
By: Sam Tremayne, David Evans, Jamie O'Leary, Pablo Elizalde, Dan Cross, Glenn Freeman, Connell Sanders Jr, Ben Anderson, Matt Beer
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