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That's it for AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live's Friday night Stateside coverage. Join us again tomorrow morning at 8.15am BST for resumed coverage of Rally France. Goodnight!
Checkered flag
IndyCar - Houston: Turn 2, again. Helio Castroneves, again. No contact with the wall, again. Red flag, again.
With just 90s left on the clock that will also end the session. Justin Wilson jumped to the top right at the end.
With just 90s left on the clock that will also end the session. Justin Wilson jumped to the top right at the end.
Green flag
IndyCar - Houston: Green flag, seven minutes left.
IndyCar - Houston: Hinchcliffe is reporting that his car suffered a battery failure.
IndyCar - Houston: What year was it that Jenson Button won in Monaco and then ran the full length of pitlane still in his helmet and race suit? Anyway, James Hinchcliffe is doing a decent impression of that right now as he hustles back from Turn 2 to pitlane. Given how hot it is, that's pretty impressive.
NASCAR - Kansas: This is the top five with just a handful of drivers remaining:
1 Harvick; 2 Stenhouse Jr; 3 Johnson; 4 Keselowski; 5 Logano.
1 Harvick; 2 Stenhouse Jr; 3 Johnson; 4 Keselowski; 5 Logano.
Red flag
IndyCar - Houston: Another spin in Turn 2 but this time the culprit was James Hinchcliffe, who may have been momentarily blinded by the bright pink paint job he's running this weekend.
Power is still P1. We suspect this is partly because nobody is getting enough time between the red flags to actually get up to speed.
Power is still P1. We suspect this is partly because nobody is getting enough time between the red flags to actually get up to speed.
Green flag
IndyCar - Houston: OK, let's try again. Ed Carpenter fact - he has a new engine this weekend due to the aforementioned fire, but will not incur a penalty due to the 'Act of God' clause. Apparently he's the first driver to benefit from this rule.
IndyCar - Houston: Ganassi's official Twitter account has tweeted a photo celebrating Tony Kanaan's imminent arrival, and highlighting his major achievements. We know they're excited, so we haven't the heart to tell them that TK won the IndyCar title in 2004, not 2005.
NASCAR - Kansas: I should have typed that sooner. Harvick rockets up to top spot with a 28.796s lap.
Red flag
IndyCar - Houston: And it's another red flag to allow for Carpenter's car to be rescued.
IndyCar - Houston: Power is P1. Carpenter is spinning again. Situations = normal.
NASCAR - Kansas: Stenhouse is still atop the times, Johnson is still second. Outgoing champion Brad Keselowski slots into third. It's all quiet other than that, nobody threatening the top.
Green flag
IndyCar - Houston: And another restart. While Castroneves was spinning into red flag-dom, we neglected to mention that he is also the early session leader.
Red flag
IndyCar - Houston: Spin from Helio Castroneves in the Turn 2 chicane. That's where Ryan Hunter-Reay crashed earlier this afternoon, but Helio has managed to avoid the wall.
Green flag
IndyCar - Houston: Back underway.
Red flag
IndyCar - Houston: And now he has stalled, bringing out the red flags. It's been quite a week for Carpenter, whose team transporter caught fire on a highway a few days ago.
Green flag
IndyCar - Houston: The second IndyCar practice session is underway. The reason we know this - apart from the noise - is that Ed Carpenter's car is in an escape road instead of pitlane.
NASCAR - Kansas: Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Jimmie Johnson have bumped Earnhardt down to third now. Kenseth and Hamlin lie fourth and fifth after their runs.15 drivers have set a time.
NASCAR - Kansas: After the first few drivers have set a time, Dale Earnhardt Jr has shot into provisional pole with a time of 29.021s. He's just ahead of Martin Truex Jr and Jeff Gordon.
Checkered flag
ALMS - Virginia: So, these are your polesitters for the race at Virginia International Raceway tomorrow:
LMP1: Smith/Mowlem (Dyson Racing)
LMP2: Briscoe/Tucker (Level 5)
LMPC: Cameron/Guasch
GT: Martin/Auberlen (BMW)
GTC: Faulkner/Keating
LMP1: Smith/Mowlem (Dyson Racing)
LMP2: Briscoe/Tucker (Level 5)
LMPC: Cameron/Guasch
GT: Martin/Auberlen (BMW)
GTC: Faulkner/Keating
IndyCar - Houston: Lights practice sends with Karam back on top ahead of Hawksworth and Daly. IndyCar's second practice session should start shortly.
ALMS - Virginia: Just as an update, Briscoe takes the LMP2 pole in third overall. Sharp did get out, and managed to climb to 10th overall, three places ahead of the DeltaWing.
ALMS - Virginia: Graf pits! That's pole for Guy Smith and the Dyson team. Cracking stuff.
ALMS - Virginia: Graf has been rumbled. He can't go quicker than Smith at the moment and makes a big mistake on his most recent effort to do so.
IndyCar - Houston: Conor Daly, who is making a Lights cameo appearance this weekend, jumps to P1 with three minutes remaining.
ALMS - Virginia: Graf has closed to 0.20s behind Smith now. A few minutes still remain, game on!
NASCAR - Kansas: Qualifying is coming up in Kansas, where Landon Cassill will be the first car on track.
ALMS - Virginia: As for LMP2, there's a lot of working going on to get Sharp back out, while Briscoe is quickest of the three runners just ahead of Franchitti.
ALMS - Virginia: Guy Smith is beating Klaus Graf in LMP1 at the moment. That's a good early effort in the Dyson Racing Lola. 1m36.347s is Smith's benchmark.
ALMS - Virginia: Early running and Scott Sharp has crashed at the final corner of his out-lap in the LMP2 championship-contending #1 Extreme Speed car. He's reversed and is back on track, but there's damage to the front.
ALMS - Virginia: After that enjoyable LMPC pole battle, it's time for the big boys of the ALMS.
Red flag
IndyCar - Houston: Peter Dempsey has stopped out on the track at Turn 6. There are 18 minutes of Lights practice left, with Jack Hawksworth currently leading the times.
ALMS - Virginia: Kimber-Smith cannot usurp Cameron and he has to settle for second. That bodes well for the race!
Stopwatch
ALMS - Virginia: Tom Kimber-Smith takes pole! The Brit's displaying his talent in a variety of vehicles in the ALMS this year. But then Cameron takes it back with just two minutes to go! Great fight for LMPC pole.
ALMS - Virginia: Dane Cameron leads the early running for LMPC pole on a 1m42.272s.
ALMS - Virginia: Cars are back on track. I repeat. There are cars back on track at Virginia International Raceway. It's qualifying time for the Protoype Challenge gang.
IndyCar - Houston: Indy Lights are on track for what will be their only practice session of the day. After 20 minutes, the current leader is Sage Karam. The series has a 12-car field this weekend.
ALMS - Virginia: Clean up operation is still going on. Malucelli looks set to lose his fastest time, but his second effort is still good enough to split the BMWs nonetheless.
ALMS - Virginia: Seems Malucelli's Ferrari was the cause of that fluid being dropped on the track. Maxime Martin claims the pole as the session will not restart. Malucelli and Muller make it a trio of Ms at the front.
By: Scott Mitchell, Sam Tremayne, David Evans, Matt Beer, Peter Mills, Jamie O'Leary, Mark Glendenning, Dan Cross, Pablo Elizalde
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