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Defending DTM champion Rene Rast doubled up to make it a clean sweep of pole positions and race wins in his Audi RS5 DTM at the Nurburgring last weekend. Gary Paffett took the lead at the top of the standings by two points from Paul di Resta, having claimed a third and fifth

place… Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race was postponed due to persistent rain at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Running of the Brickyard 400 race was rescheduled as Motorsport News went to print. Kyle Busch was due to start from pole, with the grid having been set by owners’ points following the cancellation of qualifying on Saturday… Brit Oliver Turvey is among the drivers Nissan e.dams is in talks with for the 2018/19 Formula E season. Nissan has taken over from Renault as the FE manufacturer partner to the e.dams squad ahead of the 2018/19 championship, with Nico Prost leaving the team. Turvey has raced in FE since the inaugural 2014/15 season, most recently with NIO… The CEFC TRSM Racing LMP1 team will return to the World Endurance Championship at Fuji next month with a single Ginetta G60-LT-P1. Oliver Rowland, Alex Brundle and Mike Simpson are the nominated drivers for the #6 Ginetta entry for the Japanese event. It will be the team’s first race with AER engines after it decided to part ways with previous supplier Mecachrome in the wake of a difficult Le Mans 24 Hours. Manor Endurance Racing has stated it will play no part in the running of the car however.