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Marcus Ericsson won out at IndyCar's Florida round in a chaotic race which ended in crashes for Romain Grosjean, Colton Herta and Scott McLaughlin
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Long Beach, California: Alexander Rossi dominated at Long Beach to win there for the second year in a row. The Andretti Autosport man finished 20sec clear of Penske’s Josef Newgarden, who increased his points lead with his second-place finish.
Circuit of the Americas, Austin: Suzuki’s Álex Rins took his first MotoGP victory, winning out in a battle with Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi. Marc Márquez had led comfortably from pole but crashed out at half-distance.
Richmond, Virginia: Martin Truex Jr won out after a late battle with Penske’s Joey Logano and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer. It was Truex’s first win since moving to the Joe Gibbs Racing team for this year, as well as his first Cup win at Richmond.
Phillip Island, Australia: Penske’s Scott McLaughlin continued his fine 2019 form by taking his seventh win in nine races in Phillip Island’s race one. His team-mate Fabian Coulthard beat him home in race two, with a slow first stop for McLaughlin proving decisive.
Richmond, Virginia: Cole Custer took his second win of the season in a Stewart-Haas Ford, and with it claimed a $100,000 Xfinity Dash 4 Cash bonus. Custer had lost the lead to Austin Cindric’s Penske Ford on a restart with 26 laps left, but got the place back seven laps later.
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