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The start of the second Indycar race from Detroit was delayed by nearly 40 minutes after the safety car crashed while leading the field on the formation lap. Ryan Hunter-reay won the race after passing Andretti Autosport team-mate Alexander Rossi late on to record his first victory since 2015. Scott Dixon won the first race in Detroit, holding off a late charge from Hunter-reay… Reigning NASCAR Cup series champion Martin Truex Jr held on through a spate of late cautions to take his second victory of the season at Pocono. The Furniture Row Racing driver ran consistently in the top five throughout, and kept ahead of the pack during two caution periods in the last 20 laps to win by 2.4 seconds… The World Touring Car Cup’s Argentina round has been dropped for 2018 and will be replaced with an event in Slovakia. The Termas de Rio Hondo circuit was a permanent fixture on the World Touring Car Championship calendar from 2013 until the category’s final season last year but has been replaced by the Slovakia Ring due to economic difficulties… Australian Supercars is investigating hybrid technology as a possible option for its Gen3 regulations, series boss Sean Seamer has confirmed. Seamer explained that the hybrid talks are still in their infancy, but he hopes to have it locked down by the end of this year to give competitors time to get organised with the Supercars commission currently investigating how it could be incorporated… After a number of clutch and engine management problems, an update is expected for the new Formula 2 car for Paul Ricard later this month, which is expected to fix both issues...