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Simon Pagenaud narrowly defeated Scott Dixon to claim his third Indycar victory of the year in Toronto. The Indianapolis 500 winner had led the whole race from pole but fell victim to traffic in the final stages, allowing Dixon, despite racing with an arm injury, to close in. Meanwhile Robert Wickens, who was left with spinal cord injuries last year after a crash at Pocono, drove again for the first time on a parade lap in an adapted Honda Acura NSX… Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kurt Busch clinched his first victory of the

2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, beating his brother Kyle Busch in a thrilling overtime finish at Kentucky. The two brothers battled side-byside after a caution period caused by Joey Logano, with Kurt later describing how the on-track sibling rivalry made him “proud”… Both Rebellion and Ginetta will each run two cars at this month’s World Endurance Championship pre-season test despite not committing to field both their entries in the full series. The two Rebelliongibson R-13s and the pair of Ginetta-aer G60-LT-P1S on the original entry for the 2019/20 WEC announced last month are listed to take part in the prologue test at Barcelona on July 23-24… KCMG’S Tiago Monteiro claimed an emotional home victory in the final World Touring Car Cup race at Vila Real earlier this month, beating the Cyan Racing Lynk & Co 03s of Yvan Muller and Yann Ehrlacher. The win marked his first since victory since his comeback from a serious injury in a testing crash at Barcelona in September 2017… Marino Sato continued his impressive run of form in Euroformula Open, taking both wins at the Red Bull Ring last weekend. It extended his winning-streak to six races and has given him a 108-point lead over Lukas Dunner.