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IndyCar - Mid-Ohio: Rookie watch: James Davison is quietly doing a stellar job and is up to seventh, although he'll be in the pits soon. He admitted to AUTOSPORT on Friday that he's a little concerned about his fitness, so don't be surprised if his times drop off in the final third of the race.
Luca Filippi is 18th and stalking Tony Kanaan.
Up at the front, we've just passed the halfway mark, and Simon Pagenaud has pitted from the lead. Kimball regains control of the race, while Pagenaud rejoins in second ahead of Hunter-Reay.
Luca Filippi is 18th and stalking Tony Kanaan.
Up at the front, we've just passed the halfway mark, and Simon Pagenaud has pitted from the lead. Kimball regains control of the race, while Pagenaud rejoins in second ahead of Hunter-Reay.
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NASCAR - Pocono: "It's strange how quick your emotions change in racing..." reflects Gordon as he finds himself ruing second place.
IndyCar - Mid-Ohio: Graham Rahal has made his way up to 11th, and earned some praise from father/boss Bobby over the radio:
"I don't know what you're doing, but keep doing it. Good job."
"I don't know what you're doing, but keep doing it. Good job."
IndyCar 2013
IndyCar - Mid-Ohio: Kimball pits from the lead, and rejoins ahead of Ryan Hunter-Reay. Simon Pagenaud currently leads, but is due to stop in a few laps.
Kimball is 18s behind Pagenaud, with Hunter-Reay a further 6.1s back. Lots of different strategies at work here.
Checkered flag
NASCAR - Pocono: Kahne takes the win, followed by Gordon, Kurt Busch, Newman, Earnhardt, Keselowski, Logano and Kyle Busch.
Green flag
NASCAR - Pocono: Great restart for Gordon, but then Kahne carries a lot of speed down the outside into Turn 1 and gets alongside and slightly ahead.
And now Kahne completes the move and is back in the lead with a lap and a half to go.
And now Kahne completes the move and is back in the lead with a lap and a half to go.
NASCAR - Pocono: Going to be a green-white-chequered finish. Gordon will take the inside.
NASCAR - Pocono: Looking like a one lap shootout now. It's Kahne's chance to get back at Gordon.
Newman, Kurt Busch and Keselowski are next up, having demoted Earnhardt.
Kenseth's crash was a solo spin with a light bump into the wall.
Newman, Kurt Busch and Keselowski are next up, having demoted Earnhardt.
Kenseth's crash was a solo spin with a light bump into the wall.
Crash
NASCAR - Pocono: Matt Kenseth is into the inside wall, back to caution!
NASCAR - Pocono: A win would help cement Gordon's Chase status, and would be his first triumph since last year's finale. He's now got a bit of air between himself and Kahne with five laps left.
NASCAR - Pocono: Hendrick's lead pair are still side by side. Gordon finally makes it right in front of team-mate Kahne and into the lead. Kurt Busch is hard on their tails.
Green flag
NASCAR - Pocono: Restart with eight laps to go, and Gordon is alongside Kahne and trying to complete a move.
IndyCar Mid-Ohio: Timing is back! We're now at lap 30, and the lead three pitted together and rejoined in the same order, albeit closer together. Current leader, out of sequence, is Charlie Kimball.
NASCAR - Pocono: So in theory, as we've got Hendrick cars one-two-three with Kahne, Gordon and Earnhardt, this shouldn't be too wild at restart.
Newman, Kurt Busch, Keselowski, Stewart and Kyle Busch right behind will be in a hurry, though...
Newman, Kurt Busch, Keselowski, Stewart and Kyle Busch right behind will be in a hurry, though...
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Pocono: NASCAR race control heard us, there's a debris caution with 12 laps to go. Kahne had been 7.6s ahead...
X Games - Los Angeles: Seeding runs are complete for the Rallycross showdown, and Brian Deegan was quickest, slightly faster than Ken Block.
NASCAR - Pocono: AUTOSPORT wouldn't object to a debris caution right now as what has been a pretty tight race up front gets very spread out in the closing stages...
NASCAR - Pocono: Gordon has passed a fading Earnhardt for second, but Kahne is 6.6s ahead and the out-of-sequence David Ragan is still in Gordon's way. Twenty laps to go.
Ryan Hunter-Reay IndyCar 2013
IndyCar - Mid-Ohio: Can't tell you much about gaps, because the IndyCar live timing screen is stuck on lap nine, while the leaders are about to start lap 20.
We've had a few early stoppers, but the lead three is still Hunter-Reay, Power and Dixon.
NASCAR - Pocono: The leaders have completed their final pitstops so it's a straight fight to the flag.
Kahne leads Earnhardt by 5s now, with Gordon, Newman, Kurt Busch, Keselowski, Stewart and Kyle Busch next up.
Kurt Busch had a relatively slow stop, while Keselowski was among those who jumped forward by only taking two tyres.
Kahne leads Earnhardt by 5s now, with Gordon, Newman, Kurt Busch, Keselowski, Stewart and Kyle Busch next up.
Kurt Busch had a relatively slow stop, while Keselowski was among those who jumped forward by only taking two tyres.
Breaking news
BTCC - Snetterton: News just in and there will be no changes to the results of either races two or three.
WSR had protested both results after its driver Colin Turkington was taken out of the lead in each event following contact from Andrew Jordan in race two and Gordon Shedden in race three.
No further action was the verdict on the Jordan/Turkington race two incident, while Shedden was fined £500 and given three penalty points for the race three collision.
WSR had protested both results after its driver Colin Turkington was taken out of the lead in each event following contact from Andrew Jordan in race two and Gordon Shedden in race three.
No further action was the verdict on the Jordan/Turkington race two incident, while Shedden was fined £500 and given three penalty points for the race three collision.
NASCAR - Pocono: Here's Penske's move. Keselowski pits a lap earlier than anyone else and takes two tyres.
Now Kahne comes in from the lead and takes four.
Now Kahne comes in from the lead and takes four.
NASCAR - Pocono: Meanwhile it seems after his early retirement from this race, Denny Hamlin took time to describe ex-driver turned TV analyst Kyle Petty as "a moron", having taken exception to some of Petty's judgements during today's coverage.
NASCAR - Pocono: Kurt Busch has taken second from brother Kyle.
AUTOSPORT feels the need to praise Kurt a bit: he's made Furniture Row a consistent frontrunner and victory challenger, and has so far this year only been in the headlines for the right reasons.
AUTOSPORT feels the need to praise Kurt a bit: he's made Furniture Row a consistent frontrunner and victory challenger, and has so far this year only been in the headlines for the right reasons.
IndyCar - Mid-Ohio: Ryan Hunter-Reay has opened a small gap over Will Power, who is under increasing pressure from Scott Dixon.
Most of the action has been between fourth and eighth; a battle that involves the remaining Ganassi cars, Justin Wilson, Marco Andretti and Simona de Silvestro.
At the back, Luca Filippi has made up three places from last on the grid, and is lining up Tristan Vautier.
Most of the action has been between fourth and eighth; a battle that involves the remaining Ganassi cars, Justin Wilson, Marco Andretti and Simona de Silvestro.
At the back, Luca Filippi has made up three places from last on the grid, and is lining up Tristan Vautier.
NASCAR - Pocono: Big radio debate going on at Penske. Keselowski dropped to 15th at the last pitstops when he took four tyres while most took two, and he's struggling to get back through the field. They're pondering if there are any tricks to pull at the final stop to turn things back around.
X Games
X Games - Los Angeles: Ken Block has just gone fastest in the first seeding session. Here's the view AUTOSPORT's Toby Moody has. The cars don't use the massive ramp thing...
(,,,though Ken Block probably wants to)
Green flag
NASCAR - Pocono: Back to green with 44 laps left and Kahne makes a clear break this time.
Green flag
IndyCar - Mid-Ohio: Green flag! Everyone is safely through the first sequence of corners.
Checkered flag
WTCC - Argentina - Race 2:
1 Lopez; 2 Tarquini; 3 Oriola; 4 Nykjaer; 5 Michelisz; 6 Monteiro; 7 Nash; 8 Valente; 9 Coronel; 10 D'Aste.
1 Lopez; 2 Tarquini; 3 Oriola; 4 Nykjaer; 5 Michelisz; 6 Monteiro; 7 Nash; 8 Valente; 9 Coronel; 10 D'Aste.
Trophy
WTCC - Argentina: Lopez does it. The Argentine wins on his first weekend in the championship, leading from lights to flag in a messy Rio Hondo finale.
Muller fails to score for the first time this year after his drive through.
Muller fails to score for the first time this year after his drive through.
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NASCAR - Pocono: Danica's verdict on her shunt:
"These cars rely on side force and when someone is outside of you it makes it a little looser. I don't think I went in there like a hero. I just got loose, chased it up, spun around and unfortunately it ends the day."
"These cars rely on side force and when someone is outside of you it makes it a little looser. I don't think I went in there like a hero. I just got loose, chased it up, spun around and unfortunately it ends the day."
WTCC - Argentina: Onto the last lap, and Lopez has more than three seconds in hand over Tarquini and Oriola.
Crash
WTCC - Argentina: Five-car fight fights have a strong history of ending in tears, and its O'Young who loses out. After picking off Thompson in excellent fashion, he's then tagged by Valente and sent into a spin. Valente eighth now, but he's unlikely to keep that. Thompson clearly has gremlins - he's just ground to a halt one lap from the flag.
IndyCar - Mid-Ohio: Drivers, start your engines.
A colleague overheard this comment from a fan in the paddock earlier:
'Hey, that's not Danica. That's James Hinchcliffe'.
Was it the Canadian accent that gave it away, or the beard?
A colleague overheard this comment from a fan in the paddock earlier:
'Hey, that's not Danica. That's James Hinchcliffe'.
Was it the Canadian accent that gave it away, or the beard?
WTCC - Argentina: Three laps to go, and Thompson in eighth is suddenly struggling. Valente, O'Young, Coronel, MacDowall, and Chilton are swarming.
IndyCar - Mid-Ohio: Drivers are in their cars, and the command to start engines is moments away. Whoever controls the Mid-Ohio PA is trying to add to the atmosphere by playing Slade's 'Cum On Feel The Noize'. The crowd appears unmoved.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Pocono: That started when Kvapil and Patrick touched, went into long sideways slides towards the wall, and both Menard and Burton ploughed into Patrick.
WTCC - Argentina: Muller's penalty is a massive gift for Lopez - not only will the Frenchman drop back, but Monteiro is also out of the picture. He now leads by 4.4s from Tarquini. Oriola, Nykjaer, Michelisz and Monteiro are next up.
Crash
NASCAR - Pocono: Yellow for a multi-car crash. Travis Kvapil, Jeff Burton and Danica Patrick among those involved and damaged.
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