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The driver of the No 24 Chevrolet, Jimmie Johnson scored victory Sunday in the second race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase held at Dover International Speedway's Monster Mile. Full story...

In a rain-shortened race, DJ Kennington won the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series finale, the Z-Line Designs 250, at the Kawartha Speedway confirming also Andrew Ranger's 2009 title. The race, which was supposed to be run on Saturday night, was postponed to Sunday because of the persistent rain and things were not looking good in the morning as rain was still present. Full story...

As the speculation steadily becomes fact, Renault's new managing director Jean-Francois Caubet on Sunday all but confirmed that the 27-year-old Spaniard is now set to depart the French team. Full story...

Adrian Sutil was fined $20,000 USD and reprimanded by the stewards after retiring from the Singapore grand prix. When trying to rejoin after a spin, the Force India driver drove into BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld. Full story...

Bernie Ecclestone has played down the danger to his role in charge of formula one posed by Sir Martin Sorrell, an outspoken director of F1's commercial rights owner CVC. Full story...

Jacques Villeneuve this weekend is making yet another visit to a formula one paddock, and he told the French daily Le Parisien that he is "reasonably optimistic" of securing a return to the grid in 2010. Full story...

Franck Montagny and Stephane Sarrazin gave Peugeot its first American Le Mans Series victory on Friday, winning a weather-shortened 12th annual Petit Le Mans. Full story...

Lewis Hamilton stayed up front from start to finish Sunday night, in Singapore, and redeemed himself from two weeks ago, when he crashed in the last lap of the race. Hamilton won in front of Timo Glock's Toyota and Fernando Alonso's Renault. Both Glock and Alonso's results is expected to raise the moral of their troops as they both register a season's best. Full story...

Barrichello's 15 point deficit means he needs to claw back more than 5 points to Button in each of the remaining rounds in Japan, Brazil and Abu Dhabi. Vettel did finish ahead of Button in fourth place, but his points deficit to the Brawn was reduced only to 25 points, leaving him with the unlikely task of clawing back more than 8 points at every one of the last three races in 2009. Full story...

BMW-Sauber will soon discover if its place on the 2010 grid is guaranteed. In the meanwhile, the new Malaysian-owned Lotus F1 team is in talks about being sponsored next year by Petronas, the state owned oil company. Full story...

Kimi Raikkonen in Singapore expressed frustration about the reasons for his low qualifying position for Sunday's floodlit race. As for Giancarlo Fisichella, he was bitterly and visibly disappointed after qualifying a lowly 18th for his second grand prix at the wheel of a Ferrari. Full story...

Bernie Ecclestone has played down the danger to his role in charge of formula one posed by Sir Martin Sorrell, an outspoken director of F1's commercial rights owner CVC. Full story...

Every fall it's the same story: Rustproofing companies begin an aggressive advertising campaign, corner garages put up signs on the kerb displaying their available rust treatments and we get coupons in the mail and by email. It is a seasonal topic but rust is a year-round issue. Many people are confronted by something they know they should do to protect their car but are often not certain as to what they should do. Full story...

"DRIVe Towards Zero" is Volvo Cars' vision for developing cars entirely free from harmful exhaust emissions and environment-impacting carbon dioxide. Full story...

Following the recent unveiling of the new McLaren MP4-12C, the first in the company's range of high performance sports cars, McLaren Automotive can now confirm two senior appointments within its global operations. Full story...

Information about traffic, construction and weather will soon be available to drivers on 12 new electronic traffic signs along the QEW and the 400 series of highways in Niagara Region, Hamilton, Simcoe County and Toronto. Full story...

Wake up the Infiniti G37x Sport by planting your right foot, and its four doors sail off the line on a peaky wave of urgency. There's enough power to make the rear end squirm around, and the potent engine only pauses briefly at 7,500 RPM for upshifts. Full story...

Ron Beauchamp Jr. earned his second career NASCAR Canadian Tire Series pole for the season finale Z-Line Designs 250 at Kawartha Speedway. Full story...

Bernie Ecclestone on Saturday cast doubt on the health of formula one's new American team for 2010. "No," he told the British broadcaster BBC in interview from Singapore when asked if he thinks 28 cars will really be ready to watch the five lights go out in Bahrain next March. Full story...

Kris Meeke (Peugeot 207) clinched 2009 title after he won San Remo rallye, while Jan Kopecki (Skoda Fabia) was forced to retire. Full story...