Elmer George born.

Bob Scott died in a USA championship race

Vincent Radermecker born.

Roberto Locatelli born.

Alain Prost's first Formula One win (France)

2 time Indy 500 winner Rodger Ward died at the age of 83

Jorge Lorenzo will try to ride in Sunday s US Grand Prix despite sustaining a right shoulder separation and foot damage after taking pole position at Laguna Seca.

Valentino Rossi was the only one of the three MotoGP title contenders not to be heading for the medical centre at the end of qualifying at Laguna Seca.

Already struggling with a mystery illness that has left him sick and exhausted after the last two rounds, the last thing Casey Stoner needed was a huge highside at the end of Saturday s qualifying session at Laguna Seca.

After three MotoGP races without a Honda rider on the podium, Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso and Toni Elias all feel they have the potential for a US GP rostrum finishing after qualifying fourth, fifth and sixth at Laguna Seca.

The leading American during Saturday s Independence Day qualifying session at Laguna Seca was Monster Yamaha Tech 3 s Colin Edwards, but the 35-year-old - who injured his finger in a morning fall - could only manage seventh.

Chris Vermeulen fought through the pain barrier during Saturday s qualifying session at Laguna Seca to claim ninth on the grid for the US Grand Prix.

Mark Lewis, one of the organisers behind the WRC-BRC Cycle, reflects on the final day and the six-day extravaganza as a whole. He also reveals plans are afoot to do it again in 2010 too.

Jeremy and Shana Mayfield issue a statement to explain why the Mayfield Motorsports team elected to miss Daytona event

Runaway ViSK.com British Superbike Championship leader Leon Camier shows the way in the warm-up at Knockhill.

Would Kyle Busch look at the possibility of going and racing in a new arena for the 2010 season?

Airwaves Yamaha's Leon Camier will line-up second on the grid at Knockhill.

Nicky Hayden will start a Ducati best eighth for his home US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, after lapping 0.862sec behind Jorge Lorenzo in Saturday's qualifying session.

Rob Mac Racing s Jon Kirkham crashed in Q2 at Knockhill falling at Leslie s.

Worx Crescent Suzuki s Michael Rutter will start on the front row at Knockhill, having qualified fourth.

Sweden confirms first-rate team for Corona Rally Mexico's 'Rally of Nations' competition.

The latest news following Jorge Lorenzo s huge highside at the end of MotoGP qualifying at Laguna Seca...

Jorge Lorenzo takes pole position for the US MotoGP at Laguna Seca but finishes the session in the back of an ambulance. Casey Stoner also falls hard.

Bernie Ecclestone creates controversy with his comments on Adolf Hitler, Margaret Thatacher, democracy and totalitarianism.

Josh Brookes grabs pole position at Knockhill ahead of the sixth round of the 2009 British Superbike Championship.

Jorge Lorenzo pipped Casey Stoner on his last lap of Saturday morning practice at Laguna Seca, during a session which saw falls for Nicky Hayden, Colin Edwards and Chris Vermeulen.

Marcos Ambrose has claimed his fifth top 10 finish of the 2009 Sprint Cup season with a sensational sixth place in the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway in Florida today.

The 17th edition of Sertões International Rally was the toughest in history. This is the unanimous opinion among pilots and navigators that participated in the competition, between June 23rd and July 3rd. In this scenario the highest position on the podium could not belong to anyone but him: Carlos Sainz, twice speed rally world champion, and perhaps one of the biggest legends of all times. Beside the navigator, the Spanish Lucas Senra, Sainz finished the race with minimal advantage: 1min04s9 ahead of the pair composed by the Qatari pilot Nasser Al-Attiyah and the German Timo Gottschalk – Sainz’s teammates in Volkswagen, and also riding a Touareg Race 2.

Menasheh Idafar will start this weekend’s 11th and 12th rounds of the 2009 Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship from the 10th row of the grid after a tricky qualifying session at Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit this afternoon, Saturday, 4th July.

Total Control Racing’s Alex MacDowall secured his sixth pole position start of the 2009 season at Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit earlier today, Saturday, 4th July, during qualifying for the 11th and 12th rounds of the ELF Renault Clio Cup.

Northern Ireland’s Andrew Herron can’t wait to get stuck into the 11th and 12th rounds of the ELF Renault Clio Cup at Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit tomorrow, Sunday, 5th July, after producing a strong performance in qualifying at the Northamptonshire venue this afternoon.

British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) Rising Star Dean Smith headed Manor Competition’s charge during qualifying at Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit this afternoon, Saturday, 4th July, ahead of the 11th and 12th rounds of the 2009 Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship.

Despite carrying 60 kilograms more weight than the car it replaces, under the current FIA rules, the brand new Lada Priora has completed its very first qualifying session in the FIA World Touring Car Championship with no major problems.

Gabriele Tarquini took pole in a tight session that saw six drivers qualify within three tenths of a second. The Italian achieved a 2:.09.308 early in Q2 which was 0.087 better than Robert Huff's second-place time. Yvan Muller will line up third with Andy Priaulx alongside him.

The opening race of the Silverstone weekend was hard for both of the Ultimate Motorsport drivers. Greg Mansell started ahead of Miguel Molina for the first time this season but the Spaniard was able to use his experience to move up into a points scoring position from a lowly 15th on the grid.

The last time we saw Tony Kanaan in an American Le Mans Series prototype, he took victory at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca at the end of last year in an Acura LMP2 entry with Franck Montagny. The itch to drive prototypes is one Kanaan wants to scratch in a big way even though Andretti Green Racing did not elect to field an Acura P2 for 2009.

25 cars will line up at Donington Park this weekend for round 4 of the 2009 International GT Open. While the grid is the smallest of the season as a handful of European-based squads decided not to make the trip across the channel just one week after the last round at Spa-Francorchamps, it still has plenty of depth across the Super GT and GTS classes. The Easyrace Ferrari and Sun Red SR21s won't be at Donington, but the Super GT class will still boast teams of the calibre of IMSA Performance Matmut, Advanced Engineering, Racing Team Edil Cris and Autorlando Sport as the Ferrari v Porsche battle continues. One driver change in the class sees Italian Ferdinando Monfardini step into the Vittoria Competizioni Ferrari 430 in place of Bulgarian Plamen Kralev. In the GTS class, British squads Apex Motorsport and Tech 9 Motorsport boost the grid, while Marcos Racing will also enter a Marcos Mantis for Luis Bermudez de Castro / Cor Euser. One driving change sees Lucas Guerrero replacing Marco Petrini in the Villois Racing Aston Martin DBRS9. International GT Open - Provisional Donington entry list 3 Autorlando Sport, Richard Lietz / Gianluca Roda, Porsche 997 RSR, Super GT 4 Autorlando Sport, Manuel Gião / Pedro Couceiro, Porsche 997 RSR, Super GT 5 Trottet Racing, Joel Camathias / Marcel Fassler, Ferrari 430 GTC, Super 6 Racing Team Edil Cris, Alessandro Bonetti / Raffaele Gianmaria, Ferrari 430 GT2, Super GT 8 Megadrive, Piergiuseppe Perazzini / Marco Ciocci, Ferrari 430 GT2, Super GT 9 Advanced Engineering, Matt Griffin / Peter Bamford, Ferrari 430 GT2, Super 10 Vittoria Competizioni, Ferdinando Monfardini / Marco Frezza, Ferrari 430 GT2, Super GT 11 Advanced Engineering, Rui Aguas / Alessandro Garofano, Ferrari 430 GT2, Super GT 12 Advanced Engineering, Giacomo Ricci / Michele Rugolo, Ferrari 430 GT2, Super GT 16 IMSA Performance MATMUT, Patrick Pilet / Raymond Narac, Porsche 997 RSR, Super GT 17 IMSA Performance MATMUT, Richard Balandras / Michel Lecourt, Porsche 997 RSR, Super GT 18 IMSA Performance MATMUT, Yannick David / Jean-Philippe Belloc, Porsche 997 RSR, Super GT 21 PCR Sport, Marc Carol / Josep Mayola, Ferrari 430 GT2, Super GT 51 Scuderia 22, Ferdinando Geri / Giacomo Piccini, Corvette GT3, GTS 57 Kessel Racing, Niki Cadei / Paulo Bonifacio, Ferrari 430 GT3 Scuderia, GTS 58 Kessel Racing, Vadim Kuzminykh / Vadim Kuzminykh, Ferrari 430 GT3 Scuderia, GTS 59 Kessel Racing, Philip Peter / Michal Broniszewski, Ferrari 430 GT3 Scuderia, GTS 61 Villois Racing, Gabriele Lancieri / Massimiliano Wiser, Aston Martin DBRS9, GTS 62 Villois Racing, Lucas Guerrero / Marco Petrini, Aston Martin DBRS9, GTS 64 Chad Racing, Jamie Constable / Mike Cantillon, Ferrari 430 GT3, GTS 67 Vittoria Competizioni, John Horejsi / TBA, Ferrari 430 GT3, GTS 69 Jean Claude Lagniez, Jean Claude Lagniez/ Iradj Alexander, Corvette GT3, GTS 72 Mtech Racing, Mike Edmonds /Duncan Cameron, Ferrari 430 GT3, GTS 73 Apex Motorsport, Leyton Clarke / Adam Jones, Jaguar XKR-S GT3, GTS 74 Marcos Racing, Luis Bermudez de Castro / Cor Euser, Marcos Mantis, GTS 75 Tech 9 Motorsport, TBA / TBA, Lamborghini Gallardo GT3, GTS Watch hour-long International GT Open highlights from Donington on Motors TV (Sky Channel 413, Virgin Media 545) on Saturday 18 July at 3.30pm (BST). Andy Wilkinson

British rider David Knight scored an impressive victory on his seasonal debut in the GNCC championship at Snowshow.

Privateer Brian Wolf entered the GNCC history books at the weekend with an overall win at Round 9 in Snowshoe.

Apex Motorsport will hand their Jaguar XKR-S GT3 its International GT Open debut at Donington Park this weekend.

Peugeot Sport has dropped the appeal it launched against Audi's R15 LMP1 prototype at the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The FIM has released its provisional calendar for the 2010 Motocross World Championships today.

The final round of this season's Kumho Tyres MSA British Rallycross Championship has been switched from Croft to a newly built track at Mallory Park in October.

As the Avon Tyres British GT Championship heads for the power-hungry straights of the Snetterton circuit in Norfolk next weekend (4/5 July), the focus is on the exceptionally tight championship points situation. Five different driver pairings have taken overall race honours already this season, and just three points separates the top six drivers in the series. It's as close a season as anyone can recall.

The British F3 championship heads to Snetterton this weekend with series leader Daniel Ricciardo looking for a return to winning ways.

Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain frontrunner Daniel Cammish has been rewarded for his perfect start to 2009 with a Formula ADAC Championship test at Lausitz, Germany, next week.

The Mosler Mt900Rs of Martin Short and Barry van Elk won the two Dutch Supercar Challenge races at Spa last weekend.

British racer Peter Hardman is to leave Le Mans Series outfit Strakka Racing.

Le Mans Series team owner and driver Luc Alphand has been seriously injured in a motor cycle rally.

The injury sustained by World Superbike Championship leader Noriyuki Haaga is not as serious as first feared.

Cal Crutchlow strengthened his position at the top of the World Supersport standings by winning his home race at Donington Park.

Jonathan Legris stunned the European F3 Open paddock with a superb race 2 win at Spa at the weekend, while Bruno Mendez took the race 1 honours to extend his championship lead.

Raymond Narac and Patrick Pilet gave both IMSA Performance Matmut and a French team their first respective victories in the opening International GT Open race at Spa on Saturday. On Sunday it was the turn of fellow Porsche runners Richard Lietz and Gianluca Roda to claim the spoils, with the Autorlando duo also taking the lead of the championship.

Ben Spies won twice at Donington as championship leader Noriyuki Haga was taken to hospital after a bad crash.

Rui Goncalves returned to winning ways in Latvia to move up to third in the MX2 championship, although long-time leader Marvin Musquin maintained his grip on the title chase thanks to scoring the same number of points as the Portuguese.

Antonio Cairoli took his fourth MX1 victory of the season at the inaugural Latvian Grand Prix on Sunday to cement his place at the top of the championship. Clement Desalle and Josh Coppins completed the podium.