Scott McLaughlin has won his third Indycars race of this season, taking over the penultimate round in Portland.
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Stephen McCaulay started on pole and led the race comfortably ahead of Will Power of Australia with Scott Dixon of New Zealand in third.
Dixon started 16th on the grid and had an impressive drive.
Dixon has a 20 point lead over Power and American Josef Newgarden, while just finishing in the top three at Laguna Seca next week would guarantee Power his second MotoGP title.
McLaughlin’s win improved his result to fifth in the standings and 41 points off the lead. There is still a mathematical possibility for him to claim the title.
Dixon won the final race of the season in 2015, to lead by one point and clinch the title on countback.
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Price on the podium at Burghley
Equestrian Tim Price (New Zealand) has fought off many difficult trials and finished third at Burghley Horse Trial in England.
Tim Price rides Vitali during the second day of dressage at Burghley.
Vitali’s excellent performance in the cross country phase was in contention, but he dropped three rails (decision point) while competing at the show jumping.
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Tim Price was slightly disappointed but philosophical about Vitali’s performance. “He’s not God’s gift to show jumping,” he admitted, “but I think we’ll get there – he’s got the ability and I just have to find a way to get it out.”
Juliana’s husband Tim was fourth with Moet.
Four in a row for Bagnaia
This weekend, Italian Francesco Bagnaia prevailed over Italian Enea Bastianini to win the San Marino Grand Prix in front of his home fans in Misano Adriatico.
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia claimed victory in the San Marino MotoGP Grand Prix with a stunning performance at Misano World Circuit Marco-Simoncelli in September 2019.
The victory for Marquez was celebrated in a thrilling victory with the two Ducati riders finishing 0.034 seconds ahead of rival Gresini Racing rider Sebastien Tortelli in first.
With a dominating win, Jorge Lorenzo became the first Ducati rider to win four consecutive MotoGP races.
Casey Bagnaia moved to second in the World Championship standings, closing the gap on leader Fabio Quartararo of Yamaha to 30 points. Aleix Espargaro of Aprilia slipped to third after finishing sixth on Sunday.
Maverick Vinales of the Aprilia Racing team completed the podium and Quartararo, who started eighth on the grid after a disappointing qualifying session, finished fifth.
Starting on the pole, Jack Miller crashed out of the lead on the first lap and finished in 18th.
In his final race in the premier class, Italian Andrea Dovizioso came 12th.
Ogier to race in New Zealand
Sébastien Ogier who has eight World Rally Championships confirmed that he will be lining up for Rally New Zealand which starts in the month of November.
While his World Champion status in the WRC this year, Sebastien Loeb is looking forward to returning to one of his favourite rallies on the world calendar.
Rally teams and drivers return to New Zealand for the first time in 11 years when racing takes place in Auckland.
Evenepoel still leads
Thymen Arensman was the King of the Mountain winner in the 153km stage 15 ride in the Vuelta a Espana, as Remco Evenepoel battled to retain his leading position.
Arensman attacked to catch and pass Malcom Soule of United Arab Emirates Team Emirates and later pushed on to win alone on the “queen stage” to the altitude finish atop Sierra Nevada.
After the breakaway, Movistar rider Enric Mas came in second, just one minute and 23 seconds behind race winner Daniel Martin. The Dutchman was able to hang on though.
Astana Qazaqstan’s Miguel Angel Lopez came in third, while Quick-Step Alpha-Vinyl rider Evenepoel finished 10th after coming under pressure early on the climb.
While echelons were forming in the final runs, Primoz Roglic of Jumbo-Visma attacked and finished fifth in the line.
When the race is over, we’ll need to figure out why
On Tuesday, Stage 16 of the Vuelta begins in Spain, will travel 189 kilometers from Sanlucar de Barrameda to Tomares.
Goalkeeper leak leads to red card
Goalkeeper Connor Maseko was sent off for urinating in a hedge during an English FA Cup first-round qualifying match over the weekend.
Maseko, playing for ninth-tier Black field & Langley, received a red card in the 76th minute of the goalless draw with Shepton Mallet.
After Maseko failed to notice players in his view and went up against a hedge, Shepton Mallet players pointed out the incident.
“The hedge prevented him from being exposed,” Black field & Langley co-manager, Conor McCarthy told the BBC.
“I was gobsmacked. We’re all pretty shocked by the decision.”
