THE LINE - JULY 31, 2013
Monday, July 29, 2013 at 10:36AM
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Lewis Hamilton (No. 10 Mercedes AMG F1 W04/04) won the Grand Prix of Hungary at the Hungaroring on Sunday, his 22nd career victory in Formula 1. Kimi Räikkönen (No. 7 Lotus-Renault) was second and Sebastian Vettel (No. 1 Red Bull Racing-Renault) was third.
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Ryan Newman, driver of the No. 39 Stewart-Haas Racing Quicken Loans/The Smurfs Chevrolet SS, won the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Sunday. He's shown with his wife, Krissie, and his children, Brooklyn Sage, left, and Ashlyn Olivia, right. Ryan Newman joined his team owner, Tony Stewart, as the only Indiana natives to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, holding off second-place finisher Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Lowe's Chevrolet SS) by 2.657 seconds. Kasey Kahne (No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Great Clips Chevrolet) finished third, while two-time Brickyard winner Stewart (No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet) was fourth. Matt Kenseth rounded out the top five in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Dollar General Toyota. Hendrick Motorsports (Stewart-Haas Racing uses Hendrick-built engines and chassis) and Chevrolet power dominated the race. But it was also readily apparent that the top Chevy teams' chassis development paid huge dividends at The Speedway on Sunday. Chevy has won 11 consecutive Sprint Cup Series races at IMS. Watch the videos from NASCAR here.
(Photo by Russell LaBounty courtesy of Toyota Racing, LAT 2013)
Kyle Busch (No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota) flat dominated the Indiana 250 Nationwide race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last Saturday, leading 92 of 100 laps. It was the record 59th NASCAR Nationwide Series race win for Busch in 259 starts. This was Busch's fifth victory from the pole this season, breaking a single-season record for wins from the pole. Busch did face a strong challenge late in the race from Brian Scott in the No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet, who passed Busch in Turn 2 on a Lap 95 restart. Busch fell to third place on Lap 96 when he was passed by Joey Logano (No. 22 Penske Racing Discount Ford). Busch got around Logano for second place on Lap 97 before overtaking Scott on the back straightaway for the lead on Lap 98. Busch extended his lead in the final two laps winning by 2.142 seconds over Scott, with Logano finishing third. "It's Indianapolis," Busch said. "It's pretty awesome to be able to win here. It's cool to win at this place with the history, with all the automobiles that have raced on this surface."
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Ryan Dalziel (No. 2 Starworks Motorsport Soloson BMW Riley Daytona Prototype) teamed with Alex Popow to win the second annual Brickyard Grand Prix GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series race Friday, July 26 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the second consecutive Brickyard Grand Prix triumph for Starworks Motorsport in the three-hour race on the 13-turn, 2.534-mile IMS Grand Prix course.
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Indianapolis 500 veteran Scott Pruett and teammate Memo Rojas finished second Friday in the No. 01 TELMEX BMW Riley fielded by Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, 3.438 seconds behind the winners. With their performance, Pruett and Rojas clinched the North American Endurance Championship presented by VISITFLORIDA.com in the Daytona Prototype class, earning a $100,000 bonus. The NAEC consists of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the Sahlen's Six Hours at the Glen and the Brickyard Grand Prix.
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Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty finished third in the No.99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Corvette DP at The Speedway on Friday.
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Jeff Segal and Max Papis (center) teamed in the No. 61 R. Ferrari/AIM Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia to give Ferrari its first GT victory of the season. John Edwards and Robin Liddell (left) finished second in the No. 57 Stevenson Auto Group Chevrolet Camaro, giving Stevenson Motorsports the NAEC GT title. Sylvain Tremblay and Tom Long combined to give SpeedSource its fifth consecutive victory in the GX class, scoring their second triumph of the campaign in the No. 70 MAZDASPEED/Speedsource Mazda6. SpeedSource also won the NAEC title for the class. Dr. Jim Norman finished second in the No. 38 BGB Motorsports Porsche Cayman to secure the GX NAEC driver title. GRAND-AM returns to action at Road America as part of a combined event with the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón. The Rolex Series will join the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge on Saturday, August 10, with the ALMS competing on Sunday.
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Global Rallycross will see no fewer than 18 entrants—a season high—at X Games Los Angeles this week, the final X Games event of the 2013 schedule.
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Fall-Line Motorsports co-drivers Mark Boden and Bryan Sellers (No. 46 BMW M3) grabbed a second consecutive Grand Sport victory in the 2.5-hour Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race, finishing .870 seconds ahead of the No. 61 Mustang driven by Jack Roush Jr. and Billy Johnson. Third place went to Bill Auberlen and Paul Dalla Lana in the No. 96 Turner Motorsport M3.
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The Street Tuner class in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race was a 1-2-3 BMW sweep with Terry Borcheller and Mike La Marra (No. 23 Burton Racing BMW 128i) taking their second victory of the season and moving the duo back to the top of the ST driver point standings. Jesse Combs and Jeff Mosing (No. 56 RACE EPIC/Murillo Racing BMW 328i) finished second. Mosing set the fastest ST race lap with a time of 1:40.945 minutes on lap 51. Last year’s Brickyard Sports Car Challenge winners, the No. 82 BimmerWorld Racing BMW 328i of Daniel Rogers and Seth Thomas finished third.