| By Matt Beer | Sunday, September 29th 2013, 16:00 GMT |
Honda has confirmed that contact with Marc Marquez caused Dani Pedrosa's violent accident in the Aragon Grand Prix
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| By Charles Bradley | Sunday, September 29th 2013, 17:08 GMT |
Gordon Shedden gave his slim British Touring Car Championship hopes a massive boost by winning the final race of the day at Silverstone on Sunday, sprinting through from seventh on the grid in his works Honda Civic
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| Sunday, September 29th 2013, 21:41 GMT |
Jimmie Johnson held off Hendrick Chevrolet team-mate Dale Earnhardt Jr to claim a record-breaking eighth win at Dover's 'Monster Mile'
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| By Glenn Freeman | Saturday, September 28th 2013, 19:36 GMT |
Kevin Magnussen has lost his victory in the first Formula Renault 3.5 race of the weekend after his car failed post-race scrutineering
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| By Gary Watkins | Saturday, September 28th 2013, 18:38 GMT |
The Murphy Prototypes squad took its first race victory in the European Le Mans Series finale at Paul Ricard with Brendon Hartley and Jonathan Hirschi.
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| By Glenn Freeman | Saturday, September 28th 2013, 20:49 GMT |
DAMS has revealed that Kevin Magnussen's exclusion following his Formula Renault 3.5 victory at Paul Ricard related to the paint used on his car's DRS flap
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| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, September 27th 2013, 17:46 GMT |
Conor Daly has received a late call-up to join Team Moore Racing for next weekend's Indy Lights round on the Houston street circuit
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| By Jamie O'Leary | Friday, September 27th 2013, 17:51 GMT |
AmD Milltek boss Shaun Hollamby will return to British Touring Car Championship action at the Brands Hatch season finale next month
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| Friday, September 27th 2013, 21:30 GMT |
Dale Earnhardt Jr held off NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader Matt Kenseth to claim pole for Sunday's Chase race at Dover
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, September 26th 2013, 14:45 GMT |
Caterham has restructured its technical department in a bid to ensure it is ready to make the most of the new 2014 regulations.
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| By Andrew van de Burgt | Thursday, September 26th 2013, 15:13 GMT |
NISMO, Nissan's in-house motorsport division, will assist Kelly Racing with the development of the engine used in its V8 Supercars racing programme.
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| Thursday, September 26th 2013, 20:27 GMT |
European Rally Championship leader Jan Kopecky only managed the fourth-fastest time on the Croatia Rally's opening superspecial as local driver Juraj Sebalj led
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| By Gary Watkins | Wednesday, September 25th 2013, 14:26 GMT |
The FIA GT Series finale on the streets of the Azerbaijani capital of Baku looks certain to be postponed from October to November
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| By David Evans | Wednesday, September 25th 2013, 16:06 GMT |
This week's FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting will confirm Greece's departure from the World Rally Championship
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| By David Evans | Wednesday, September 25th 2013, 16:16 GMT |
Robert Kubica is likely to make his World Touring Car Championship debut in a C-Elysee next season, if he remains a Citroen rally driver into 2014
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| By Matt Beer | Tuesday, September 24th 2013, 14:47 GMT |
Audi Sport Italia will be back up to a two-car line-up for the Imola Superstars weekend as the team tries to boost Gianni Morbidelli's championship bid.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, September 24th 2013, 15:10 GMT |
Fernando Alonso has been told he is dreaming if he thinks that the 2014 Formula 1 rule changes offer a total reset in Ferrari's bid to beat Red Bull
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| By David Evans | Tuesday, September 24th 2013, 16:05 GMT |
Sebastien Ogier says Sebastien Loeb winning the Rally of France would put a "shadow" on his coronation as 2013 World Rally champion.
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| By Gary Watkins | Monday, September 23rd 2013, 15:29 GMT |
The life of the Prototype class regulations that will come into force for next year's United SportsCar Championship has been extended into a third season
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, September 23rd 2013, 16:22 GMT |
Lotus is bullish about its chances of fighting at the front for the remainder of the Formula 1 season after its strong showing in the Singapore Grand Prix.
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| By Marcus Simmons | Monday, September 23rd 2013, 19:01 GMT |
Thruxton will return to the British Formula 3 calendar in 2014 after a three-year absence
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| By Jonathan Noble | Sunday, September 22nd 2013, 20:08 GMT |
Lotus has no doubts that Romain Grosjean would have finished on the podium in the Singapore Grand Prix if his engine had not hit trouble
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| Sunday, September 22nd 2013, 21:26 GMT |
Matt Kenseth kept up his perfect 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase record by taking an assured win at New Hampshire, his seventh of the season
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| By Gary Watkins | Sunday, September 22nd 2013, 22:20 GMT |
Audi trio Loic Duval, Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen claimed victory at Austin to extend their World Endurance Championship lead
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| By Gary Watkins | Saturday, September 21st 2013, 20:21 GMT |
Loic Duval and Allan McNish claimed pole position for Audi at the Austin round of the World Endurance Championship
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| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, September 21st 2013, 19:14 GMT |
New Jersey has won a temporary reprieve for inclusion on the 2014 Formula 1 calendar, with a June 1 slot set to be left open when the FIA approves the provisional schedule next week
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| By Gary Watkins | Sunday, September 22nd 2013, 00:40 GMT |
Chevrolet drivers Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen won a thrilling American Le Mans Series GT battle at Austin to retake the championship lead, while the Pickett HPD triumphed outright again
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| By Sam Tremayne | Saturday, September 21st 2013, 00:31 GMT |
Tiago Monteiro led his new team-mate Takuya Izawa as Honda claimed a one-two in first World Touring Car practice at Suzuka
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| By Gary Watkins | Friday, September 20th 2013, 22:35 GMT |
Next year's World Endurance Championship will remain at eight rounds with an unchanged sequence of events through the year
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| By Sam Tremayne | Saturday, September 21st 2013, 03:38 GMT |
Yvan Muller surged clear of an otherwise incredibly tight field to set the pace in the final World Touring Car Championship practice session at Suzuka
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| By Sam Tremayne | Wednesday, September 18th 2013, 15:15 GMT |
Lada is planning to expand to a three-car operation for the second full year of its new factory World Touring Car Championship programme
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| By David Evans | Wednesday, September 18th 2013, 16:29 GMT |
Sebastien Ogier will be free to fight with arch-rival Sebastien Loeb on next month's Rally of France
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| Wednesday, September 18th 2013, 18:22 GMT |
Karel Abraham will miss the rest of the 2013 MotoGP season due to continued problems with his shoulder injury
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| Monday, September 16th 2013, 16:19 GMT |
Marc Marquez pipped Jorge Lorenzo to set the pace in MotoGP's post-weekend test at Misano.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, September 16th 2013, 16:21 GMT |
Comment: Juan Pablo Montoya's IndyCar move different to F1 exit
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| By Mark Glendenning | Monday, September 16th 2013, 18:24 GMT |
Juan Pablo Montoya has targeted a win in next year's Indy 500 following his self-described "dream" move to IndyCar with Team Penske
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| Sunday, September 15th 2013, 19:39 GMT |
DTM champion Bruno Spengler has picked up a grid penalty for the next round at Zandvoort after tangling with Robert Wickens at Oschersleben
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| By Matt Beer | Sunday, September 15th 2013, 20:11 GMT |
Yonny Hernandez will move to the Pramac Ducati team for forthcoming MotoGP races
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| Sunday, September 15th 2013, 21:50 GMT |
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase opener at Chicagoland Speedway looks set to be delayed until at least Sunday night local time due to repeated rain showers
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| By David Evans | Thursday, September 12th 2013, 16:13 GMT |
Sebastien Ogier insists he will not sandbag during Rally Australia in order to set up a home championship coronation in next month's Rally France
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| By Dieter Rencken and Jonathan Noble | Thursday, September 12th 2013, 16:28 GMT |
Force India team principal Vijay Mallya says his outfit cannot just sit back and blame Pirelli's switch of tyres for its recent struggles.
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| By Matt Beer | Friday, September 13th 2013, 01:57 GMT |
Sebastien Ogier topped all three Friday morning stages on Rally Australia as he inched out a lead over Citroen duo Kris Meeke and Mikko Hirvonen
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| By Matt Beer | Tuesday, September 10th 2013, 16:06 GMT |
Robert Kubica has escaped unhurt from a massive accident during testing for his European Rally Championship return in Poland this weekend.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, September 10th 2013, 19:05 GMT |
Felipe Massa has revealed that he will not be at Ferrari next season, with his departure leaving the way open for Kimi Raikkonen to rejoin the team.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, September 10th 2013, 19:44 GMT |
Felipe Massa may not have done enough at Ferrari this season to keep his seat for 2014, but he can leave Maranello with his head held high.
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| By Sam Tremayne | Sunday, September 8th 2013, 19:24 GMT |
Tom Chilton wrapped up his first World Touring Car Championship victory at Sonoma after withstanding race-long pressure from Honda's Tiago Monteiro
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| By Sam Tremayne | Sunday, September 8th 2013, 22:29 GMT |
Gabriele Tarquini cruised to his second win of the season at Sonoma to move into second in the championship and delay Yvan Muller's coronation as 2013 World Touring Car champion
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| By Connell Sanders Jr | Friday, September 6th 2013, 22:43 GMT |
Jeff Gordon boosted his hopes of squeezing into the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase by claiming pole for the deciding race at Richmond
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| By Sam Tremayne | Saturday, September 7th 2013, 01:09 GMT |
Tiago Monteiro put Honda at the top of the timesheets in World Touring Car Championship testing at Sonoma on Friday
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| By Edd Straw and Jonathan Noble | Thursday, September 5th 2013, 17:24 GMT |
Sergey Sirotkin is set to begin an intensive Formula 1 testing programme next month to prepare him for his grand prix debut in 2014.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, September 5th 2013, 17:37 GMT |
Red Bull sees no reason why Daniel Ricciardo cannot do a 'superb' job in the 2014 Formula 1 season and expects him to get better and better
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| Wednesday, September 4th 2013, 14:16 GMT |
Carlos Sainz Jr will contest the final three rounds of this year's Formula Renault 3.5 for Zeta Corse, the team has announced
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, September 4th 2013, 15:06 GMT |
Scott Dixon has called for the replacement of IndyCar race director Beaux Barfield, while simultaneously firing a broadside against the series' judicial system as a whole
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| By Glenn Freeman | Wednesday, September 4th 2013, 17:34 GMT |
Sauber has told its Formula 1 reserve driver Robin Frijns that he will not be retained for next year
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| By Sam Tremayne | Monday, September 2nd 2013, 16:28 GMT |
Porsche handed Neel Jani his first full test of its updated LMP1 hybrid as part of its ongoing testing programme ahead of its 2014 World Endurance Championship entry.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, September 2nd 2013, 19:21 GMT |
Daniel Ricciardo will be Sebastian Vettel's team-mate in 2014, after Red Bull announced him as its new driver on Monday
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, September 2nd 2013, 19:38 GMT |
Adrian Newey says Red Bull's preferred choice for 2014 was always going for a youngster than chasing an experienced driver like Kimi Raikkonen
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| By Mark Glendenning | Sunday, September 1st 2013, 21:35 GMT |
Simon Pagenaud emerged victorious from a chaotic IndyCar race on the streets of Baltimore.
The Frenchman was one of a cluster of drivers involved in a frantic battle following a late restart, and took the lead from Marco Andretti with seven laps remaining.
As Andretti's charge faded, Josef Newgarden emerged as the main threat to Pagenaud's chances, and the American managed to reduce what had been a 1.9-second deficit to 0.9s within just two laps.
But he leaned too hard in his tyres in doing so, and Pagenaud was able to pull away to win by 4.1s. The win moves the Schmidt driver up to third in the points.
Newgarden held on for second, putting the Sarah Fisher Hartman driver onto the podium for the first time in his IndyCar career, while Sebastien Bourdais was one of many to survive contact on his way to third for Dragon.
Aside from the late action, the race was defined by the proliferation of incidents, a string of disasters for the main title protagonists, and another development in the rivalry between Penske and Ganassi.
A long stretch through the middle of the race was held almost entirely under yellows due to constant accidents on restarts, but the most significant came when Will Power skewed towards the wall on the front straight and slammed straight into Scott Dixon, putting the Kiwi into the barriers.
The clash came just a week after Dixon was penalised for hitting one of Power's pit crew at Sonoma, and the Kiwi's anger was further stoked when IndyCar refused the team's request to bring his car back to the pits so that it could attempt a repair in the hope of salvaging some points.
Prior to the crash, Dixon had been in a strong position to capitalise on what was shaping up to be an awful afternoon for points leader Helio Castroneves, whose dramas included an accident at the start that required him to pit for a new front wing, a bad pitstop in which he was dropped off the jack before his right-front wheel had been fitted, and a drive-through penalty for hitting one of his own tyres in the pits.
Instead, Castroneves came out of the afternoon having actually extended his points lead to 49. He crossed the line in ninth.
Ryan Hunter-Reay's title defence also took a hit when he encountered an anti-stall problem on the first lap that dropped him towards the rear of the field, and his misery was completed when his car shut down with an electrical problem later on.
The Andretti driver was one of several to be sidelined with mechanical or engine problems during the afternoon, joining a list that also included Dario Franchitti, Takuma Sato and Luca Filippi.
Results - 75 laps: Pos Driver Team/Engine Time/Gap 1. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt/Honda 2h16m32.3443s 2. Josef Newgarden Fisher/Honda +4.1592s 3. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon/Chevy +7.9588s 4. Justin Wilson Coyne/Honda +10.7598s 5. Simona de Silvestro KV/Chevy +11.6017s 6. Charlie Kimball Ganassi/Honda +21.4160s 7. James Hinchcliffe Andretti/Chevy +22.8422s 8. Sebastian Saavedra Dragon/Chevy +25.5377s 9. Helio Castroneves Penske/Chevy +29.3117s 10. Marco Andretti Andretti/Chevy +40.5499s 11. Tristan Vautier Schmidt/Honda +1 lap 12. Oriol Servia Panther/Chevy +1 lap 13. EJ Viso Andretti/Chevy +1 lap 14. Ed Carpenter Carpenter/Chevy +1 lap 15. Tony Kanaan KV/Chevy +2 laps* 16. Stefan Wilson Coyne/Honda +3 laps 17. Graham Rahal Rahal/Honda +7 laps* 18. Will Power Penske/Chevy +8 laps * Not running at finish Retirements: Scott Dixon Ganassi/Honda 52 laps Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti/Chevy 42 laps Dario Franchitti Ganassi/Honda 22 laps Luca Filippi Herta/Honda 12 laps James Jakes Rahal/Honda 5 laps Takuma Sato Foyt/Honda 4 laps All drivers use Dallara DW12 chassis
| By Gary Watkins | Sunday, September 1st 2013, 23:38 GMT |
Reigning champions Marcel Fassler, Andre Lotterer and Benoit Treluyer claimed victory in the Sao Paulo 6 Hours for Audi to close the gap at the head of the World Endurance Championship.
The trio's Audi R18 e-tron quattro won by three clear laps over team-mates and championship leaders Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Loic Duval, who endured an incident-filled race on the way to second place.
The battle for victory in Brazil became an all-Audi affair little more than half an hour in to the race when the solo Toyota TS030 HYBRID driven by Stephane Sarrazin was taken out by Dominik Kraihamer's Lotus-Praga T128 LMP2.
McNish had taken the lead from the pole-winning Audi in the hands of Fassler away from the start and built a lead of eight seconds when the safety car came out as a result of the Sarrazin/Kraihamer incident.
The positions of the two Audis was reversed during the protracted yellow-flag period after Tom Kristensen took over the #2 car and was caught behind a slow car. This allowed Lotterer, who took over one lap later, to jump ahead.
Lotterer was able to pull an 18-second gap to Kristensen over the following double stint, a gap that grew to just over half a minute when Treluyer and Duval took over their respective Audis.
Duval reduced the gap to as little as 22s before losing the right rear wheel as he left the pits in the middle of his stint.
The car lost a lap as a result and then more time with two stop-go penalties: one of 30s for speeding in the pits and one of 60s for an unsafe release.
"I was able to build a gap to Tom, but you never know what is going to happen," said Lotterer. "It was very hard to keep the tyres working out there, so things could have changed around.
"In the end it is a win and this is what we have to do four more times to successfully defend our title."
The Rebellion Racing team took its first overall podium in the WEC with its Lola-Toyota B12/60 shared by Nick Heidfeld, Nicolas Prost and Mathias Beche.
The #26 G-Drive/Delta-ADR ORECA-Nissan 03 shared by Mike Conway, Roman Rusinov and John Martin dominated the LMP2 division on the way to fourth overall.
The pole-winning P2 car had a clear edge over its opposition as it cruised to a one-lap victory over the OAK Racing Morgan-Nissan LMP2 shared by Bertrand Baguette, Martin Plowman and Ricardo Gonzalez.
The margin of victory in GTE Pro was just 1.4s in favour of the AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia shared by Gianmaria Bruni and Giancarlo Fisichella, which was chased for the better part of the race by the lead Aston Martin Vantage GTE of Stefan Mucke and Darren Turner.
GTE Am honours went to the Aston shared by Jamie Campbell-Walter and Stuart Hall, which inherited the lead when the sister car driven by Nicki Thiim, Kristian Poulsen and Christoffer Nygaard lost a wheel late in the race.
Victory for Fassler, Lotterer and Treluyer means they have closed the 30-point gap to their team-mates to 22 points.
Results - 235 laps: Pos Cl Drivers Team/Car Time/Gap 1. P1 Lotterer/Treluyer/Fassler Audi 6h01m26.209s 2. P1 Kristensen/Duval/McNish Audi +3 laps 3. P1 Prost/Heidfeld/Beche Rebellion Lola-Toyota +5 laps 4. P2 Rusinov/Martin/Conway Delta-ADR ORECA-Nissan +13 laps 5. P2 Baguette/Gonzalez/Plowman OAK Morgan-Nissan +14 laps 6. P2 Perez Companc/Minassian/Kaffer Pecom ORECA-Nissan +14 laps 7. P2 Zugel/Jeannette/Wirdheim Greaves Zytek-Nissan +18 laps 8. P2 Nicolet/Merlin/Ihara OAK Morgan-Nissan +21 laps 9. GTE P Bruni/Fisichella AF Ferrari +23 laps 10. GTE P Mucke/Turner Aston Martin +23 laps 11. P2 Pla/Heinemeier Hansson/Brundle OAK Morgan-Nissan +23 laps 12. GTE P Bergmeister/Pilet Manthey Porsche +25 laps 13. GTE P Lieb/Lietz Manthey Porsche +26 laps 14. GTE A Hall/Campbell-Walter Aston Martin +27 laps 15. GTE A Potolicchio/Aguas/Rigon 8Star Ferrari +27 laps 16. GTE A Ried/Roda/Ruberti Proton Porsche +28 laps 17. GTE A Narac/Vernay/Bourret Imsa Porsche +28 laps 18. GTE A Krohn/Jonsson/Mediani Krohn Ferrari +32 laps 19. GTE A Bornhauser/Canal/Rees Larbre Corvette +41 laps 20. GTE P Dalla Lana/Lamy/Stanaway Aston Martin +49 laps Retirements: GTE A Nygaard/Poulsen/Thiim Aston Martin 162 laps GTE A Gerber/Griffin/Cioci AF Ferrari 74 laps GTE P Senna/Bell Aston Martin 61 laps P2 Graves/Walker/Kerr Delta-ADR ORECA-Nissan 58 laps GTE P Kobayashi/Vilander AF Ferrari 51 laps P2 Weeda/Bouchut Lotus 47 laps P1 Davidson/Buemi/Sarrazin Toyota 25 laps P2 Holzer/Kraihamer/Charouz Lotus 23 laps
| By Connell Sanders Jr | Monday, September 2nd 2013, 03:59 GMT |
Kyle Busch claimed victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup's 500-mile night race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
The Joe Gibbs Toyota driver emerged in the lead during the final pitstops and was able to control the closing stages. The win puts Busch's place in this year's Chase beyond doubt.
His erstwhile team-mate Joey Logano made progress through the field during the final stint to take second for Penske, having earlier lost ground with an out-of-sequence pitstop, but Busch remained seven tenths of a second clear up front.
Logano's final pass was on Martin Truex Jr, who coped with both a fractured wrist and a melting support cast on his hand to take third in his Waltrip Toyota.
Both Buschs were in the top four, with Kurt recovering from 32nd on the grid to fourth for Furniture Row, helped in large part by an astounding restart in which he made up eight positions to appear in second place.
Juan Pablo Montoya led much of the first part of the race, but faded to seventh in the end.
His fall was not as great as Carl Edwards' - the Roush Fenway man looking dominant at times early on only to slump to 18th, unable to regain the ground lost when he stayed on old tyres as most around him took fresh rubber mid-race.
Reigning champion Brad Keselowski's bid to at least be in contention for a second title struck another blow when his Penske Ford ran into engine problems while he was leading.
He was eventually classified 35th, leaving him 15th in the points with just Richmond next week remaining before the Chase cut-off.
Championshp leader Jimmie Johnson also had a bad night, getting involved in two collisions and finishing four laps down in 28th.
At one stage he looked set to finally lose the lead in the standings, but was granted a reprieve when nearest rival Clint Bowyer had an engine failure when running in a position to jump to the top of the championship.
Polesitter Ricky Stenhouse Jr immediately slumped down the order when the race began and finished 16th.
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