Weekend review and results round-up

At Lexington, Dario Franchitti delivered another IndyCar win for the squad as he held championship leader Will Power at bay in a tense finale. But the biggest story was at Watkins Glen, where Juan Pablo Montoya finally achieved his second NASCAR Sprint Cup race win with one of his finest drives in stock cars yet.

There was a breakthrough in the American Le Mans Series too, where Dyson Racing's Chris Dyson and Guy Smith took their Lola-Mazda coupe to its first outright win - a maiden triumph for the Japanese manufacturer.

In Europe, it was a good weekend for championship leaders consolidating their status, as Bruno Spengler and Edoardo Mortara's victories in the DTM and Formula 3 Euro Series respectively strengthened their positions.

In the British Touring Car Championship, double winner Jason Plato left Snetterton with his points advantage much stronger, but Gordon Shedden kept himself in the hunt with a race three win, while Jean-Eric Vergne's 10th and 11th victories of the British Formula 3 season edged him closer to the crown.

The motorsport action

NASCAR: Montoya takes victory at Watkins Glen

BTCC: Plato wins and takes points lead

BTCC: Plato doubles up in race two

BTCC: Shedden wins Snetterton race three

IndyCar: Franchitti resists Power at Mid-Ohio

ALMS: Dyson takes Mazda to first ALMS win

IRC: Loix secures Madeira victory

DTM: Spengler wins and stretches lead

British F3: Calado beats Vergne in race one

British F3: Victorious Vergne closes on title

British F3: Vergne wins again in final race

Euro F3: Mortara extends lead with victory

Euro F3: Da Costa earns first Euro F3 win