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NASCAR - Dover: No, it wasn't something thrown, it was the track surface that was torn up by a car and McMurray smote it at full pelt. Nasty.
Red flag
NASCAR - Dover: Second red flag of the race. It's done a serious amount of damage to McMurray's car and sent him clattering into the wall.
NASCAR - Dover: We could be in for a lengthy delay here while the track is repaired. An expansion joint at Turn 2 is the culprit, and is now being fixed by track workers. Ryan Newman's car flicked up the piece of loose concrete, which was hit by McMurray.
Red flag
NASCAR - Dover: Reminds this journalist of sitting for hours in the press room into the darkness at Daytona in 2010 as that year's 500 unintentionally became a night race.
Red flag
NASCAR - Dover: Kevin Harvick, our race leader, says he looked at that corner after yesterday's Nationwide race and wondered about the state of the track in that section.
NASCAR - Dover: The good thing about a huge delay in fixing the track at Daytona in 2010 was the availability of food and drink in the press box, sited well above the start/finish line at the hallowed Florida speedbowl.
It was a good evening for Jamie McMurray, who won the 500 that year.
Not so good in this scenario, as his team can't even fix his car under red flag conditions.
NASCAR - Dover: Plenty of work still going on at Turn 2 as we attempt to get this race underway once more.
NASCAR - Dover: Matt Kenseth reports "so far so good" as he's risen to second from a lowly starting spot. Harvick is the only man ahead of him, and the cars should restart any moment. Let's hope that track fix holds...
NASCAR - Dover: Cars are rolling once more, which will be a relief as it's pretty hot out there today. We're expecting a peak temperature of 72F in Delaware today.
Green flag
NASCAR - Dover: Phew, we're back racing. Harvick leads Kenseth, with Hamlin back to third.
NASCAR - Dover: Amazing. We've only just restarted and leader Harvick cuts a tyre.
NASCAR - Dover: Kenseth now leads, ahead of Hamlin (who's bounced back from a pitlane speeding penalty), Johnson, Gordon, Larson, Menard, Earnhardt Jr and Kurt Busch.
NASCAR - Dover: Harvick has rejoined two laps down. McMurray is also charging, trying to get back on the lead lap.
NASCAR - Dover: Johnson pings past Kenseth around the outside to grab the lead again - impressive stuff.
NASCAR - Dover: Half distance! The race order is Johnson leading from Gordon, Kenseth, Hamlin and Earnhardt Jr.
McMurray is 22nd. Harvick is 29th.
McMurray is 22nd. Harvick is 29th.
NASCAR - Dover: Earnhardt Jr pulls off a cheeky pass on Kenseth for third, that sent the Joe Gibbs Toyota up the race track. It's a Hendrick Motorsports 1-2-3 now.
IndyCar - Detroit: The Star-Spanged Banner has been sung, and the pre-race festivities are just wrapping up. Boogity-boogity-boogity, etc.
IndyCar - Detroit: AUTOSPORT took a walk along the dummy grid, and by our count there are roughly six drivers starting on a set of new reds. Conditions are a little warmer than yesterday - the current ambient temperature is around 29 degrees Celsius.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Dover: Alex Bowman crashes for not the first time today, bringing out the fifth yellow. He almost takes out Kenseth. A cut tyre was probably to blame; not sure what Kenseth was doing that high up the track.
IndyCar - Detroit: GM CEO Mary Barra gives the command to start engines.
IndyCar - Detroit: Plenty of potential intrigue for the opening laps here. Having the two most recent series champions sharing the last row should be entertaining, as should the prospect of Pagenaud and Power starting alongside one another. The former Team Australia Champ Car team-mates are developing quite a rivalry in IndyCar.
Green flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Green flag!
Green flag
NASCAR - Dover: We're racing again around the Monster Mile: Johnson leads Gordon, Kenseth and Earnhardt Jr.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Yellow flag!
IndyCar - Detroit: Race control waved the start off. The cars are forming up again ...
Green flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Green flag! This one looks better.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Newgarden was knocked out of kilter by Power, then got hit by Rahal, who in turn was rammed from behind by Wilson. All of that was started by Power, who took Pagenaud down the inside and then decided to try to take Newgarden with the same move.
We've also seen Kimball facing the wrong way. He wasn't involved in that incident, so it's not clear what happened to the Ganassi driver.
We've also seen Kimball facing the wrong way. He wasn't involved in that incident, so it's not clear what happened to the Ganassi driver.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Dover: Sixth caution in NASCAR-land as JJ Yeley's car explodes in flames. McMurray gets back on the lead lap despite the track's best efforts to thwart his day.
IndyCar - Detroit: Power's car appears to be undamaged. Newgarden and Wilson are on their way back to the pits for new nosecones, but Rahal looks like he's out for the day.
IndyCar - Detroit: Power actually did pit after that incident, but he has rejoined 13th. He's on the radio telling the team that "there was plenty of room outside". Look forward to hearing what Newgarden has to say about that later.
IndyCar - Detroit: Meanwhile RLL is going to try to get Rahal back out. Kimball is also up and running again, so whatever his earlier problem was has been taken care of.
Green flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Restart.
IndyCar - Detroit: Power makes the same move at the same spot, and gains P12 from Hawksworth. Sato leads from Castroneves and Hinchcliffe.
Green flag
NASCAR - Dover: Back to racing at Dover too. Johnson takes a big jump ahead of Gordon and Earnhardt Jr. But here comes Kenseth, who wrecks the Hendrick party and jumps to second.
IndyCar - Detroit: Power's first-lap move is under investigation by race control. The Australian is on a charge, and has just taken P11 from team-mate Montoya.
IndyCar - Detroit: Drive-through penalty for Power for causing avoidable contact. No surprise there.
IndyCar - Detroit: Power serves his penalty immediately, and rejoins in 20th behind Wilson, and last of the drivers on the lead lap.
Up at the front, Sato has a gap of about 0.6s over Castroneves, who in turn has Hinchcliffe bobbing around on his rear wing.
Up at the front, Sato has a gap of about 0.6s over Castroneves, who in turn has Hinchcliffe bobbing around on his rear wing.
IndyCar - Detroit: Hinchcliffe pulls out of Castroneves' slipstream and outdrags the Brazilian to reclaim second place. Sato has quite a lead at the moment - the gap is in the 3.4s range.
NASCAR - Dover: Gordon wrests second from Kenseth, with 261 of the 400 laps in the book. No signs of his bad back playing him up.
IndyCar - Detroit: Sato is the only driver on the track with a set of new reds. All of the other drivers who started on them swapped to the harder compound during that first caution.
By: Matt Beer, Andrew van Leeuwen, Mark Glendenning, Glenn Freeman, Sam Smith, Dan Cross, Gary Watkins, AUTOSPORT staff, Charles Bradley
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