Weekend in review – October 22

Motorsport News
October 22, 2018
- Last updated: September 19th 2019
October 22, 2018

Highlights from NASCAR, Australian Supercars, Super GT, the TCR Europe, NASCAR Euro Series and VLN Endurance finales, and a stock car thundering around Surfers Paradise

NASCAR

Kansas: Chase Elliott wins his second playoff race, holding off Kyle Busch by less than a second at Kansas Speedway.

Supercars

Gold Coast 600, race one: Chaz Mostert and James Moffat win the first race of the Gold Coast round as Shane van Gisbergen gets a drive-through penalty for an unsafe release. Race two was rained off.

Super GT

Autopolis: Jenson Button loses the championship lead as Nick Cassidy and Ryo Hirakawa benefit from team orders to win the penultimate Super GT round.

TCR Europe

Barcelona: Mike Halder wins the TCR Europe finale as Mikel Azcona seals the title with eighth place.

VLN Endurance Championship

Nürburgring: The final round of the 2018 VLN Endurance Championship goes to Klaus Bachler and Martin Ragginger in the Falken Porsche.

NASCAR in Australia

Gold Coast NASCAR demonstration: Scott McLaughlin drives Joey Logano’s no22 Team Penske Ford NASCAR stock car around Surfers Paradise.

More: Watch this weekend’s live racing streams – Oct 20-21 

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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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