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Penske’s Joey Logano booked his place in the NASCAR Cup title decider by sealing Martinsville victory after a last-corner clash with Martin Truex Jr. Reigning champion Truex passed longtime leader Logano to lead with two laps to go, before Logano elbowed back ahead on the last turn… Naoki Yamamoto claimed his second Super Formula title in the Suzuka season finale, after holding onto victory ahead of pre-event points leader Nick Cassidy by just 0.654 seconds. Super Formula’s newfor-2019 car was demonstrated by ex-formula 1 drivers Takuma Sato and Kazuki Nakajima prior to the event… World Touring Car Cup points leader Gabriele Tarquini extended his advantage with victory in the final race at Suzuka, after on-the-road winner Kevin Ceccon picked up a time penalty. Rob Huff, the 2012 World Touring Car champion, scored his second win of the season in the reversed grid second race. In race one, Ceccon delivered Alfa Romeo its first race victory in the series… The Ginetta privateer LMP1 team will miss its third straight round of the World Endurance Championship at Shanghai next month. The CEFC TRSM Racing Ginetta-aer G60-LT-P1 has yet to race with the AER engine that replaced the Mecachrome unit after the car competed at Le Mans in June… Indycar driver Robert Wickens has clarified the severity of his injuries in an Instagram post, describing himself as “a paraplegic today”. The Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver suffered extensive injuries in a severe crash at Pocono in August and continues to undergo “specialty rehab for people with spinal cord injury and brain injury”.