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Saturday night’s NASCAR Banking 500 was appropriately named. After winning the race as his two closest pursuers fell by the wayside, Jimmie Johnson can all but take his fourth consecutive Cup title to the bank.
Johnson, who started from the pole and led all three practice sessions for the fifth race in the Chase, pulled away during a 17-lap run to the finish and beat runner-up Matt Kenseth to the finish line by 2.303 seconds.
In winning his sixth race of the year and the …Â Details
Former Renault boss Flavio Briatore will begin his fight against a lifetime ban from motor racing on Monday when he takes the matter to the French courts.
Briatore is set to lodge papers at the Tribunal de Grand Instance in Paris to try and cancel the lifetime ban that was handed to him by the FIA as the result of his involvement in Renault’s race-fixing controversy at …Â Details
Cowes Torquay Cowes race winner, Cinzano driven by Markus Hendicks from Germany, was involved in a close battle for a second time on Saturday when he finished runner-up to Dean Gibbs aboard Going Lean after leading almost from start to finish. However with Going Lean winning Class A Cinzano was still rewarded with …Â Details