Following closer examination and due to the new wild card Chase placings available to those with one or more wins among 10th and 20th in points next week, NASCAR has also placed two-time winner Jeff Gordon and three-time winner Kevin Harvick among those safely in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
Nick Heidfeld has officially parted company with the Lotus Renault GP team, after a settlement was reached to bring an end to the dispute over his position in the team.
Tony Stewart hopes two solid weekends can keep him in Chase contention as he continues to look for his first NASCAR Sprint Cup win of the season and his position in the standings comes under growing threat.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. admitted his performance at Hendrick Motorsports so far has not been good enough, but hopes to fulfill his potential with the leading NASCAR Sprint Cup squad after committing to it until 2017.
Dyson Racing scores a 1-2 start, BMW secures its sixth straight GT pole, and some championship contenders have issues during qualifying for Saturday's ALMS race at Baltimore.
Cruz Pedregon, Greg Anderson and Matt Smith also took the provisional top spots in their respective categories at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway
Ron Hornaday Jr. stole a win with fuel-mileage strategy in the Good Sam Club 200, beating teammate-for-a day Clint Bowyer to the finish line by 1.596 seconds to win his second race of the season and the 49th of his career.
The drivers get their first look at the new and challenging downtown circuit.
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