Alvaro Parente, McLaren dominate Pirelli World Challenge weekend at Lime Rock Park

Martin Fuentes, ALec Udell score GTA as well as GT Cup wins on SaturdayRunning doubleheaders in all three of its tip classes over the weekend, the Pirelli World Challenge wrapped up competition for the Grand Prix of Lime Rock at Lime Rock Park (Conn.) on Saturday. Alvaro Parente swept the week finish in the GT class, while Michael Schein as well as Martin Fuentes split the wins in GTA. In GT Cup, Sloan Urry as well as Alec Udell took the victories.Parentes No. 9 McLaren 650S GT3 proposed on pole in front of for both days of GT competition, though the Friday competition gave him the difficult time from the startBentley motorist Andrew Palmer done pass around the outside of Parente going in to spin one as well as took the lead. Parente trailed Palmer until around the 10-minute mark, when traffic allowed Parente to regain the tip mark as well as lift away. Parente went on to take the victory, while Palmer done contact with Patrick Long late in the competition as well as went off course. Palmer managed to salvage the fifth-place finish, while Kyle Marcelli as well as Johnny OConnell joined Parente on the podium.On Saturday, Parente had the dominant opening to take his second feat of the weekend. Most of the competition action centered around Acura motorist Ryan Eversley, who battled for in front of with fellow GT drivers for the majority of the competition in attempts to keep ahold of the third position. Eversley wound up only off of the lectern in fourth in front of at the conclusion of the race, while Long as well as Marcelli completed the lectern at the back of Parente.In GTA competition, Fuentes proposed on pole in the No. 07 Ferrari 458 Italia as well as hold the lead for the majority of the competition on Friday. Eventual winner Schein sat in third in front of until only over 20 laps in to the race, when Frankie Montecalvo pulled off of the track due to the mechanical emanate as well as handed the second mark in the using order to Schein. Schein remained there until the last laps, catching Fuentes with dual laps to go as well as making the pass for the win. Behind Schein, Fuentes as well as Jorge De La Torre finished out the podium. Fuentes came back on Saturday to browbeat the GTA class as well as take the feat ahead of Schein as well as Montecalvo.The No. twenty-two Porsche 911 GT3 Cup of Urry won the GT Cup class from the pole on Friday, leading from the green dwindle to the checkered. Alec Udell attempted to close the gap at the finish of the race, though it was only enough to finish with the one-second necessity between the two. Behind Udell, Corey Fergus completed the podium. Urry led the first third of the competition on Saturday, though eventually Udell done his long-awaited pass for the lead as well as left the field far at the back of him. Udell took the feat over Urry as well as Fergus, who rounded out the podium.The week finish also featured the wreck by dual GT3 cars the that left both of the drivers, Palmer as well as De La Torre, hospitalized. Per the Bentley team release, Palmer sustained the head injury as well as is being closely monitored after treatment by specialists. Aston Martin also released the statement on De La Torre, saying he sustained various injuries, including the series of fractures as well as bruising to the torso.View the recaps as well as results from GT, GTA as well as GT Cup competition on Friday as well as Saturday. By Autoweek Staff


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Weird pit-road collision knocks teammates Ryan Hunter-Reay, Townsend Bell from Indy 500 contention

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Andretti Autosport teammates combined to lead 64 of initial 115 laps Ryan Hunter-Reay as well as Townsend Bell led a infancy of a laps in a initial half of a Indianapolis 500 on Sunday but their hopes came to an premature end thanks to an awkward crash on array road.The situation occurred under caution on lap 117 as well as was a outcome of a three-wide array exit between Bell, Hunter-Reay as well as Helio Castroneves. Bell as well as Hunter-Reay pulled out of their stalls at rounded off a same time as well as drew even with a Team Penske veteran.Bell connected with Castroneves as well as spun in front of Hunter-Reay as well as in to a array wall.The crash damaged both Andretti Autosport entries as well as radically knocked them off a lead lap as well as out of contention. Castroneves received minimal damage as well as a single after another on to an 11th-place finish."A automobile as fast as well as dialed-in as a a single you had doesn't come along often," Hunter-Reay pronounced in a tweet. "Especially in a Indy 500. I can't believe it went south on array lane."The sentiment was shared by Bell in his own tweet."We came, you lead as well as you lost," Bell said. "That was a heartbreak. And also for Ryan. I'm bummed for both of us. Andretti Autosport gave us good cars."Hunter-Reay as well as Bell combined to lead 64 of a race's initial 115 laps.The situation scarcely turned aroused as pole sitter James Hinchcliffe had just cleared his case at a time of a crash. If he was released only a few seconds later, he as well as his crew would have also been involved.As it were, a two Andretti cars spun in his case as well as kicked a tire towards a single-remaining Schmidt Peterson Racing crew member. No a single was hurt in a incident. By Matt Weaver

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Rookie Alexander Rossi, Honda win Indy 500: 'I have no idea how we pulled that off'

American competition horse stretches fuel, coasts opposite line to win 100th runningYes, Alexander Rossi is a ultimate Indianapolis 500 champion.In a single of a most stunning finish in Indy 500 competition history, a former Formula One driver reached feat line in his initial oval competition during Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Rossi won for a combined bid of Andretti Autosport as well as Bryan Herta Autosport. Michael Andrettis team won for a for a fourth time -- four different drivers -- as well as Bryan Hertas team has won twice since 2011. The other feat was with Dan Wheldon.Rossi won by conserving fuel as a leaders realized too late they werent going to make it upon fuel. As most pitted, Rossi slowed down as best he could."I have no idea how we pulled which off," Rossi said after a race.Rossi, who won in just his sixth IndyCar race, held off Carlos Munoz as well as Josef Newgarden, who both pitted. The margin of feat was 4.49 seconds.The competition featured 54 lead changes (second-most in 500 history) as well as 13 leaders. IndyCars timing as well as scoring system clocked 850 passes during a 200-lap race.The spectacle of a 100th was displayed from a dawning of a morning, with 350,000 people pouring into a ancestral facility for a initial sellout in IMS history.Buddy Laziers car had a stifle problem ahead of a start, keeping him from taking a immature flag. He missed a initial 48 laps as his crew made repairs.Pole-winner James Hinchcliffe led a sprint to spin one, though as he predicted, he wasnt in a lead a initial time a pack got to spin three. That honor went to Ryan Hunter-Reay, his former Andretti Autosport teammate.The dual took turns swapping a lead -- 12 times in a initial twenty-four laps -- as well as a chase was on. Hinchcliffe initial incurred trouble upon a initial pit stop when a fueling resource stuck, costing him an extra five-plus seconds. He exited sixth.After debris upon a lane during path 47 created a initial caution, most of a competitors came to pit road. Exiting, Will Power drifted far-reaching into a pit road path of Tony Kanaan, who easily brushed a wall. Power was penalized for an unsafe exit, a chastisement Team Penske teammate Simon Pagenaud later incurred as well after attack Mikhail Aleshin.Juan Pablo Montoya wasnt able to defend his pretension after losing control of his Penske appurtenance in Turn 2 of Lap 64. After finishing first, fifth as well as initial in his initial 3 500s, Montoya strike a wall for a initial time in his IMS career.I just mislaid it, said Montoya, who started 17th.The last driver to win consecutive 500s was Helio Castroneves in 2001 as well as 02.Sage Karam was charging to a front after starting 23rd when he ran out of Turn 1 real estate battling Townsend Bell for a fifth spot. Karam found himself too high in a corner, as well as a car wiggled. Before Karam could get behind upon top of a steering wheel, impact with a outside wall came, as well as it was a strike significant enough to damage a SAFER barrier, which compulsory repair.On a pit stop which followed, Bell as well as Castroneves came together upon exit, a hit sending Bell into a path of Hunter-Reay. Both Andretti cars incited to a inside wall, Bells attack a tire sitting out. Both drivers mislaid a path as repairs were made, as well as Bell mislaid another portion a chastisement for an crude move. (He got a single path behind shortly after a restart.)The subsequent counsel was a outcome of Laziers left front circle entrance off upon a warmup line in spin one. While which wasnt newsworthy, a fact which several contenders were upon pit road when a counsel came out as well as others werent was. Castroneves, Kanaan as well as Newgarden led a margin behind to a restart.Castroneves got split upon a restart by Kanaan as well as Newgarden, with Kanaan taking a lead in spin two, Newgarden passing him in spin 3 as well as Kanaan getting a lead behind in a subsequent approach to spin one. Castroneves forsaken to fourth as well as then was struck in a left rear bumper by JR Hildebrand. Castroneves caught a break when a yellow for Takuma Sato drifting into a wall came. The Penske crew replaced a Brazilians rear section, though he was 19th during a restart. Alexander Rossi became a initial rookie since Helio Castroneves in 2001 to win a Indy 500. Photo by LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC 100th running of a Indianapolis 500 By Autoweek Staff

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Juan Pablo Montoya crashes out of 100th running of the Indy 500

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Defending hold up completes just 63 laps, finishes 33rdA repeat performance was not meant to be for Juan Pablo Montoya on Sunday in a Indianapolis 500.The two-time as well as defending hold up of a eventuality crashed out of a race during lap 64 when his Chevrolet-powered Dallara got loose in a dilemma of spin two, sending a 40-year-old Team Penske motorist nose cone initial in to a outside retaining wall.Montoya was running 19th after starting 17th as well as was pacing himself through a initial half of a event. He wasn't happy with a aggression turn of a field on a lap 54 restart as well as believes it made him pull harder than he wanted to so early in a race.Yeah, I am OK, Montoya said after his recover from a infield care center. People do a lot of dumb things on restarts as well as we were just being clever as well as trying to have up some ground. The car was really good as well as it felt OK. I went in to two as well as got a large pull as well as I got out of a gas as well as it just came around.Montoya was hoping to win his third BorgWarner Trophy in just his fourth career Indy 500 start, having won in his Indianapolis debut behind in 2000. He accomplished fifth in his return in 2014 as well as won again last May. Even yet he was disappointed, Montoya took a better in stride.Its OK, Montoya said. You take a good with a bad. By Matt Weaver


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Parker Kligerman, Dodge earn ARCA victory at New Jersey Motorsports Park

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NASCAR motorist wins initial ARCA start since 2009After leading both practice sessions as well as subordinate upon stick in front of for the Twilight 150 during New Jersey Motorsports Park, Parker Kligerman took his No. 22 Dodge to victory lane as well as gave Cunningham Motorsports the second consecutive ARCA Racing Series win.The race marked the array initial road-course event of the season, as well as Kligermans initial ARCA start since his 2009 Rookie of the Year season. Kligerman led 56 of the 67 laps during his home lane -- which additionally happens to be the lane where he made his array debut in 2008 -- despite losing the lead upon 3 separate occasions. Tom Hessert attempted the late assign during Kligerman upon fresher tires, but couldnt conduct to cut Kligermans lead to under 3 seconds before the mottled flag.Hessert followed Kligerman across the line, with Dalton Sargeant, Chase Briscoe as well as David Levine completing the top five.View the complete recap as well as results. By Alanis King

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Indy 500 flashback: Watch Jim Nabors sing at race for final time

IndyCar VIDEO: Jim Nabors performs 'Back Home Again in Indiana' for final time during Indy 500 After 42 years and 35 performances, Jim Nabors is calling it quits.The television icon, who is known in IndyCar circles as the singer of the famed song, Back Home Again in Indiana, sang ...


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Cup regular Denny Hamlin wins Xfinity Series race at Charlotte in OT

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Austin Dillon, Joey Logano finish 2-3 in competition dominated by Cup driversIn an event which bore notable similarities to the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race the week earlier, Denny Hamlin won Saturdays Hisense 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series competition at Charlotte Motor Speedway with the pass upon the final lap.Hamlins uninformed rubber trumped the old tires of Kyle Larson as well as Joey Logano, who restarted forward of Hamlin in overtime at the 1.5-mile track.In fact, Hamlin restarted sixth upon path 205 after coming to array road for 4 brand new tires under the eighth as well as final counsel of the race, brought out when pole-sitter Erik Jones, Hamlins teammate, slammed the outward wall as well as achieved the coup de grace upon his already wounded No. 20 Toyota.It was the second opportunity, obviously, Hamlin said. we was hoping for which counsel there at the end, as well as we got it as well as we were able to get 4 tires upon this Hisense Camry as well as took off. A small closer than what we suspicion -- we mean, we were usually really tight those final integrate laps, though what the good day.The victory was Hamlins initial of the year in his usually start so far, as well as it was the fifth this season for the No. eighteen Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, the initial 4 coming with Kyle Busch behind the wheel.Logano surged forward of Larson at the restart, though Hamlin gained huge momentum upon his brand new tires from the outward lane. With reduction than the path left, Hamlin got past Logano as well as held upon to win the competition by .291 second over Austin Dillon, who edged Logano for second in the final corner.Dillon had opted for right-side tires usually upon his final array stop. But for the timely caution, however, Hamlin would not have had the opportunity to win the race. As they had done the week progressing in the All-Star race, Larson as well as Logano substituted the lead, with Logano powering past Larsons No. 42 Chevrolet upon path 166 of the scheduled 200, as well as Larson regaining the tip mark with five laps left in regulation.But when Jones slammed into the wall upon path 199, Hamlin had the possibility to come to array road for tires under caution, while Larson as well as Logano stayed out to safety their track position.With usually two cars up front upon old tires, as had been the box for the final restart in the All-Star Race, Hamlin done short work of the cars in front of him.It was the third last-lap pass for the win in the Xfinity Series this season.Hamlin as well as organisation arch Chris Gayle conferred prior to the final array stop as well as ultimately opted for the uninformed rubber.It was the collaborative call, Hamlin said. He (Gayle) leaned towards staying out, though we suspicion which we could get around those guys in usually two laps even yet we were way faster upon which final run. we suspicion tires were the thing.I knew if we could start upon the outward which we longed for brand new tires as well as it usually worked out upon array road where we came out upon the outside. It all worked out as well as it was very sparkling in which final corner, the small more sparkling than what we expected.Hamlin desperately needed the final counsel since his No. eighteen group had drawn the penalty for an uncontrolled tire upon the array stop under yellow upon path 160.Hamlin restarted mid-pack instead of at the rear of the field as the violation requires, since according to NASCAR, the cars at the rear of the field failed to pass Hamlins No. eighteen Camry prior to the green flag waved upon path 164.Hamlin pronounced he left the large buffer for the laps-down automobile to pass him prior to the restart, though which they declined to do so.By the time Jones strike the wall, Hamlin had driven to third place, trailing usually Larson as well as Logano.The similarities to the finish of the All-Star Race were not lost upon Logano.I suspicion it was kind of supposed to be similar to what the All-Star Race was with old tires as well as brand new tires, though the (my car) was the fastest its been all year, Logano said. We cant hold our heads down about it. We had the automobile which was able of winning if resources went right. we felt similar to we was going have the good restart subsequent to Kyle.I felt my restarts were the small better than his all day, as well as we thought, OK, if we can transparent him, which we did; we was like, Alright, weve got the shot, though it was really hard to hold off those 4 tires. What the fun race. It got really sparkling there at the end. we got passed upon the tip by Denny as well as afterwards Kyle usually kept ripping up tip as well as had the large run into the corner, so it was fun to watch that. we was hoping they would get into any other, as well as we would sneak one out.NASCAR Xfinity Series Race - Hisense 4K TV 300Charlotte Motor SpeedwayConcord, North CarolinaSaturday, May 28, 2016 1. (3) Denny Hamlin(i), Toyota, 206. 2. (4) Austin Dillon(i), Chevrolet, 206. 3. (7) Joey Logano(i), Ford, 206. 4. (11) Cole Custer(i), Chevrolet, 206. 5. (8) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 206. 6. (5) Kyle Larson(i), Chevrolet, 206. 7. (12) Brandon Jones #, Chevrolet, 206. 8. (10) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 206. 9. (14) Brennan Poole #, Chevrolet, 206. 10. (17) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 206. 11. (27) Jeb Burton, Ford, 206. 12. (2) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 206. 13. (19) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 206. 14. (18) Blake Koch, Chevrolet, 206. 15. (31) Garrett Smithley #, Chevrolet, 206. 16. (13) Ryan Blaney(i), Ford, 205. 17. (16) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 205. 18. (20) Drew Herring, Toyota, 205. 19. (15) Ryan Reed, Ford, 204. 20. (21) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 204. 21. (23) Dakoda Armstrong, Toyota, 204. 22. (26) Ryan Preece #, Chevrolet, 203. 23. (25) JJ Yeley, Toyota, 203. 24. (40) Harrison Rhodes, Chevrolet, 203. 25. (30) BJ McLeod #, Ford, 202. 26. (35) Martin Roy, Chevrolet, 202. 27. (9) Darrell Wallace Jr., Ford, 201. 28. (6) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 200. 29. (22) Spencer Gallagher(i), Chevrolet, 200. 30. (34) Carl Long, Toyota, 200. 31. (1) Erik Jones #, Toyota, Accident, 197. 32. (37) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 183. 33. (36) Timmy Hill(i), Chevrolet, Suspension, 130. 34. (29) Jeff Green, Toyota, Fuel Pump, 127. 35. (38) Mike Harmon, Dodge, Accident, 91. 36. (33) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, Transmission, 84. 37. (32) Ray Black Jr. #, Chevrolet, Oil Line, 27. 38. (39) Cody Ware #, Ford, Accident, 12. 39. (28) Josh Wise(i), Chevrolet, Rear Gear, 5. 40. (24) Matt DiBenedetto(i), Toyota, Vibration, 3.Average Speed of Race Winner: 114.515 mph.Time of Race:2 Hrs, 41 Mins, 54 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.291 Seconds.Caution Flags:8 for 54 laps.Lead Changes:21 among 10 drivers.Lap Leaders: E. Jones # 1-13; D. Hamlin(i) 14-15; E. Jones # 16; J. Green 17; D. Hamlin(i) 18-49; K. Larson(i) 50-54; D. Wallace Jr. 55-59; R. Chastain 60; D. Hamlin(i) 61-97; K. Larson(i) 98-111; R. Blaney(i) 112-113; C. Custer(i) 114; D. Suarez 115-116; D. Hamlin(i) 117-120; J. Logano(i) 121-147; K. Larson(i) 148-159; J. Logano(i) 160; K. Larson(i) 161-165; J. Logano(i) 166-194; K. Larson(i) 195-204; J. Logano(i) 205; D. Hamlin(i) 206;.Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): D. Hamlin(i) 5 times for 76 laps; J. Logano(i) 4 times for 58 laps; K. Larson(i) 5 times for 46 laps; E. Jones # 2 times for fourteen laps; D. Wallace Jr. 1 time for 5 laps; D. Suarez 1 time for 2 laps; R. Blaney(i) 1 time for 2 laps; J. Green 1 time for 1 lap; C. Custer(i) 1 time for 1 lap; R. Chastain 1 time for 1 lap.Top 10 in Points:D. Suarez - 376; E. Sadler - 362; J. Allgaier - 353; T. Dillon - 352; B. Gaughan - 336; B. Jones # - 324; E. Jones # - 320; B. Poole # - 314; D. Wallace Jr. - 283; R. Reed - 266.i=Not using for points in Xfinity Series. #-Xfinity Series rookie By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service


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