Weekend in review – July 9

Indycar Racing News
July 9, 2018
July 9, 2018

Highlights from a gripping pair of NASCAR races at Daytona, controversy in F2, Super Formula and IndyCar

NASCAR

Daytona 400: the ‘big one’ strikes as Ricky Stenhouse Jr causes controversy, a late-race crash forces the race into overtime, and a driver picks up his first NASCAR Cup Series victory…

IndyCar

Iowa: a baffling finish to the race gives a driver his first win of the season, as some pitted under a late safety car and some decided to stay out…

Formula 2

Silverstone: not the full race highlights, but a clip of a crash after the chequered flag as the red mist descends on a Haas Formula 1 junior driver…

NASCAR Xfinity

Daytona: another controversial end to a race as a driver gets disqualified for passing under the yellow line, handing victory to a NASCAR Cup series racer instead…

Super Formula

Fuji: a maiden win for Nick Cassidy cuts Naoki Yamamoto’s championship lead to just one point as the race comes down to tyre choice. Commentary in Japanese…

International GT Open

Hungaroring: a first GT Open win for the Mercedes-AMG Drivex pair of Allam Khodair and Marcelo Hahn who controlled the race from the get-go

More: watch the full 2018 Le Mans Classic (and skip through to your chosen race) here 

Samarth Kanal

Staff writer

Samarth spent a couple of years honing his talents with Autosport's development scheme before becoming staff writer. He spends most of his weekends during the season watching NASCAR, so his patience for cars turning in one direction for hours on end is abundant. A degree in accounting was shunned for a (hopefully) lifelong career in motor sport.

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