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WRC - Germany Meeke will also be pretty chuffed to be through Moselland. That's the stage where electrical gremlins ruined his mega, Sebastien Ogier-beating 2008 run in a Clio. Then three years and 200 metres up the road, his Mini was silenced with an electrical problem as well. Not this time though.
Please (please, please) don't let him have any kind of electrical trouble second time through. That would be just too weird.
Please (please, please) don't let him have any kind of electrical trouble second time through. That would be just too weird.
Breaking news
IndyCar - Houston: IndyCar medical staff have confirmed that Dario Franchitti has sustained two fractured vertebra, a fracture to his right ankle, and concussion. The Scot will be kept in hospital overnight.
NASCAR - Kansas: Kurt Busch and Gordon are having a civilised but vehement (yes, that combination is possible) post-race conversation-argument about an incident somewhere along the way.
Checkered flag
NASCAR - Kansas - results:
1 Harvick; 2 Kurt Busch; 3 Gordon; 4 Logano; 5 Edwards; 6 Johnson; 7 Menard; 8 Earnhardt; 9 Ambrose; 10 Almirola.
1 Harvick; 2 Kurt Busch; 3 Gordon; 4 Logano; 5 Edwards; 6 Johnson; 7 Menard; 8 Earnhardt; 9 Ambrose; 10 Almirola.
Trophy
NASCAR - Kansas: Harvick takes the win, Kurt Busch is second.
Johnson's wilting car hangs on for sixth, and Kenseth is only 11th.
Johnson's wilting car hangs on for sixth, and Kenseth is only 11th.
NASCAR - Kansas: Johnson's car slows, he reports that the engine is failing!
NASCAR - Kansas: If this stays green, Harvick is sorted for the win, and it'll bring him back into the title hunt.
Johnson is working on Logano for fourth, and Kenseth is trying to pick his way into the top 10. The Joe Gibbs man will keep the points lead at this rate, but it'll be slender.
Johnson is working on Logano for fourth, and Kenseth is trying to pick his way into the top 10. The Joe Gibbs man will keep the points lead at this rate, but it'll be slender.
NASCAR - Kansas: This is looking good for Harvick now. He's pulled out 1.3s on Kurt Busch and Gordon with just a dozen laps left.
NASCAR - Kansas: Muted restart for Johnson, he's sixth, Kenseth is now up to 14th.
Green flag
NASCAR - Kansas: Back to green with 19 laps to go, Harvick makes the best restart but it's Kurt Busch who surges through and takes second from Gordon.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Kansas: Vickers got into a solo spin and went head-on into the wall as he tried to catch it.
Crash
NASCAR - Kansas: A record 15th yellow here as Vickes has a big crash. He's OK.
NASCAR - Kansas: Johnson is charging forwards and already up to fifth, while Kenseth is 17th.
NASCAR - Kansas: Sure enough, Keselowski is straight past Burton, with Jeff Gordon following him.
Gordon had pitted under the previous yellow so just needed a swift top-up that time.
Gordon had pitted under the previous yellow so just needed a swift top-up that time.
Green flag
NASCAR - Kansas: Johnson is 14th, Kenseth only 30th. Back to green with 35 laps left.
NASCAR - Kansas: Everyone dived in for final pitstops in that yellow. Jeff Burton only took fuel and didn't change tyres, and that thrust him to the front, but with Harvick surely poised to pounce from second.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Kansas: That took a long time for Keselowski to get his car restarted and back out.
Now we have yet another yellow due to apparent debris in Turn 1.
Now we have yet another yellow due to apparent debris in Turn 1.
NASCAR - Kansas: Harvick grabs the lead from Keselowski as the Penske Ford abruptly runs out of fuel and has to trickle to the pits.
Scott Dixon
IndyCar - Houston: This is how the points now stand with 53 available at Fontana in a fortnight.
1 Scott Dixon 546
2 Helio Castroneves 521
3 Simon Pagenaud 491
4 Justin Wilson 460
5 Marco Andretti 457
6 Ryan Hunter-Reay 446
NASCAR - Kansas: Hamlin, who has been in the lead group most of the day, pits under green. He's probably the first of the frontrunners who can now make it all the way.
Green flag
NASCAR - Kansas: OK, we've managed a restart and several laps without mayhem now.
Harvick made a better getaway than Keselowski and briefly led, but the 2012 champion got himself back in front.
Menard is third, Earnhardt made a bad restart and fell to 12th.
Kenseth lost a huge amount of momentum in a mid-pack jostle and is down to 18th.
Harvick made a better getaway than Keselowski and briefly led, but the 2012 champion got himself back in front.
Menard is third, Earnhardt made a bad restart and fell to 12th.
Kenseth lost a huge amount of momentum in a mid-pack jostle and is down to 18th.
NASCAR - Kansas: A big black cloud of disgruntledness sweeps around the paddock as Kyle Busch talks to reporters about his frustrating day.
Things Busch hates today: Kansas Speedway. Tyres. Miscellaneous rivals.
Things Busch hates today: Kansas Speedway. Tyres. Miscellaneous rivals.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Kansas: A brush with Carl Edwards triggered Busch's shunt, and he tapped Brian Vickers into a spin on his way to the wall as well.
Crash
NASCAR - Kansas: Big crash for Kyle Busch on the restart lap.
He hops out of a very battered car unhurt.
So this is now a two-horse title fight.
He hops out of a very battered car unhurt.
So this is now a two-horse title fight.
NASCAR - Kansas: Title rivals Kenseth and Johnson will restart together eighth and ninth.
With Kyle Busch back in 20th and not enjoying today very much, the top two have a chance to break clear in the points.
With Kyle Busch back in 20th and not enjoying today very much, the top two have a chance to break clear in the points.
Crash
NASCAR - Kansas: Yellow #12 is out on lap 196 as Marcos Ambrose, who had picked his way forward into the top 10, spins wildly off Turn 2. No contact with anyone or anything.
NASCAR - Kansas: Keselowski holds the lead as Harvick bursts through to second.
Green flag
NASCAR - Kansas: Lap 190, 77 to go, another restart...
NASCAR - Kansas: Keselowski will have Kahne, Hamlin, Harvick, Martin Truex Jr, Earnhardt, Kenseth and Menard behind him on this restart.
Crash
NASCAR - Kansas: Yellow as Kyle Busch's unhappy day gets worse in an incident with Montoya.
Busch was trying to fend off Montoya but was tapped into a spin. No one hit Busch but Mark Martin slid into the wall in avoidance.
Busch is quick to criticise Montoya over the radio, but he did come down and turn across him...
Busch was trying to fend off Montoya but was tapped into a spin. No one hit Busch but Mark Martin slid into the wall in avoidance.
Busch is quick to criticise Montoya over the radio, but he did come down and turn across him...
Green flag
NASCAR - Kansas: Hamlin has a big go at Keselowski on the restart, has a slide and loses ground, but blocks Harvick's momentum as he does so, leading to some three and four-abreast action in the group behind.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Kansas: Another yellow as a chunk of Casey Mears' Germain Ford just dropped off following a tap of the wall.
Green flag
NASCAR - Kansas: Back to green with 92 laps left and Keselowski resists Hamlin to keep lead.
Breaking news
IndyCar - Houston: Local media is reporting that at least 13 fans were injured by a piece of debris fencing that landed in a grandstand after Dario Franchitti's last-lap accident. Most were treated at the scene, but two were reportedly taken to hospital.
NASCAR - Kansas: Menard, Harvick and Earnhardt was the order off pitlane, but Keselowski was among a few who stayed out and now cycle to the front.
Denny Hamlin, Kenseth and Kasey Kahne are second, third and fourth on that strategy.
Denny Hamlin, Kenseth and Kasey Kahne are second, third and fourth on that strategy.
NASCAR - Kansas: Leaders all dive into the pits. Mostly four-tyre changes this tme by the look of it.
Crash
NASCAR - Kansas: David Ragan crashes and causes a yellow. He's OK and taking his Front Row Ford back to the pits.
Green flag
NASCAR - Kansas: Back to green with 108 laps to go and it's Logano versus Montoya for the lead.
Montoya nearly makes it past but has to back out of it and is now being attacked by Kyle Busch and Menard.
Montoya nearly makes it past but has to back out of it and is now being attacked by Kyle Busch and Menard.
NASCAR - Kansas: It's a bush on an embankment above Turn 1 that has somehow caught fire.
Leader Harvick heads into the pits. Kenseth is pitting for yet more adjustments too.
Leader Harvick heads into the pits. Kenseth is pitting for yet more adjustments too.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Kansas: Something seems to be on fire away from the racetrack near Turn 1, sending a lot of smoke over the track. Yellow again.
By: Scott Mitchell, Sam Tremayne, David Evans, Matt Beer, Peter Mills, Jamie O'Leary, Mark Glendenning, Dan Cross, Pablo Elizalde
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