ELKHART LAKE, Wis. – There was a time John Doonan, director of motorsports for Mazda North American Operations, was six weeks old and he was at Road America.

Some years later, Doonan was still going to Road America and he was crawling through the forests looking for the best spots to watch the races.

Many years later, on a warm Sunday in August, Doonan stood in victory lane barely able to keep his emotions in check after the No. 55 Mazda Team Joest DPi class entry co-driven by Jonathan Bomarito and Harry Tincknell won the IMSA Road Race Showcase at Road America.

Just winning at Road America was special for Doonan, but it was also the third-straight victory for Mazda in the DPi class, as well as Mazda’s first win at Road America since 2012.

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Fighting through some tears, Doonan managed to say, “I don’t know what to say.”

He added there were about 200 guests on-hand at Road America from Mazda.

“We did it,” Doonan said. “I can’t believe it.”

Even as time had passed since Tincknell drove the No. 55 across the finish line, .227 seconds ahead of Acura Team Penske’s Dane Cameron, Doonan shook hands and gave firm hugs and handshakes to anyone that congratulated him.

In third place was the No. 55’s team car, the No. 77 of Oliver Jarvis and Tristan Nunez. Mazda was trying to go 1-2 for a third straight race, but the team will happily leave Road America with first and third-place finishes.

“I came up the steps (to the media center) and I kept saying, ‘No way,’” Doonan said. “I woke up this morning, didn’t think we had a chance to win this thing. … But I thought we had third- or fourth-place cars as we talked about this morning. And maybe, by chance, there might be some strategy to play.”

He added, “To get one here is really special.”

Doonan didn’t grow up in Wisconsin, but he called Road America a special place and his home track for one reason: family.

“Road America is a family atmosphere where people come and camp and cookout,” Doonan said. “People in motorsports typically talk about their story of a particular track. There’s a certain track in Indianapolis that we all know. Everybody has their Indianapolis story.

“But I also I think there is a massive population that have their Road America story.”

So what is his?

“For me, it was about family,” Doonan said. “We came here as a family. I would get here early in the morning and my parents wouldn’t see me all day because I was crawling through the forest looking for that perfect place to watch, take lap times and watch my favorite drivers of the club racing level.”

He started coming to IMSA races at Road America in the late 1970s and early 1980s and watched the likes of Jim Downing, Roger Mandeville and Tommy Kendall.

“For me personally, it’s a dream come true,” Doonan said.

Bomarito and Tincknell were excited to bring home a victory that meant so much to Doonan.

“I don’t think I could understand the words he was so happy and crying a bit,” Bomarito said when asked what Doonan said to him in victory lane.

“It’s a huge win for him and his family. For John to get to celebrate a victory in his … near his hometown, considered his home track, there’s tons of friends and family here today. It was special to see.

“That’s our employer and friend, the guy who leads the team. It’s amazing to do that for him, but for the whole Mazda team, everybody that’s involved to be on this ride we are on the last three races it’s very, very special.”

The final minutes of the race didn’t lack excitement. Tires increasingly became a factor late in the two-hour, 40-minute race. The race set a track record for laps turned (83) and miles raced (335.984). The previous records were 76 laps and 307.648 miles in 2015.

With 14 minutes to go, Tincknell led Cameron by more than 6.5 seconds. Traffic became an issue, which helped Cameron chase down Tincknell.

With six minutes to go, the gap was down to 3.8 seconds. Three minutes later, the gap was 2.199 seconds. As Tincknell and Cameron took the white flag, they were nose to tail.

Heading into turn five, Tincknell approached slower cars and drove the car in deep because he wanted to put a lapped car between him and Cameron. But, he ran wide out of turn five, which allowed Cameron to close right onto Tincknell.

With a quick move to his left, Tincknell blocked the upcoming corner and got the advantage heading into turn 6 on Cameron. From there, Tincknell hit his marks and held on for the victory.

It was Bomarito and Tincknell’s second win in the last three races as they started the three-peat June 30 at Watkins Glen Int’l.

BRNO, Czech Republic – Fabio Quartararo and Petronas Yamaha SRT topped the MotoGP testing charts on Monday at the Brno Circuit.

The Frenchman’s 1:55.616 was fastest of all on Monday afternoon, bettering Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Maverick Vinales by .012 seconds. Vinales and his teammate Valentino Rossi were testing an early 2020 YZR-M1 prototype that the Yamaha squad hopes to campaign next year.

Franco Morbidelli was third fastest on the second Petronas Yamaha SRT bike, .139 seconds behind Quartararo.

Alex Rins was fifth fastest for Suzuki, while Cal Crutchlow was fifth fastest for LCR Honda.

Several riders were testing new parts or components their bikes. Quartararo was testing carbon forks, the same forks the factory Yamaha squad uses. Morbidelli tried a thumb brake, though his main focus was on settings aboard his bike.

Sunday’s race winner Marc Marquez had three bikes to ride during the test as did Crutchlow, with each bike having different parts and pieces for the riders to test out.

Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Joan Mir crashed 45 minutes from the end of the session, sending his bike over the fence and into the woods in turn one. Mir was airlifted to a local hospital as a precaution.

SPEED SPORT has been reporting on and covering motorsports happenings from all over the world for 85 years, so we thought it would be fun to take a look back in the archives to see what happened 10, 25 and 50 years ago each week.

So check out what SPEED SPORT was covering 10, 25 and 50 years ago this week in Looking Back!

10 Years Ago (Aug. 5, 2009): Bryan Clauson swept a busy day of racing at the Belleville High Banks, winning the Belleville Midget Nationals as well as the preliminary feature earlier in the day. Rain postponed the Friday feature to Saturday afternoon and Clauson outran Chad Boat to win the 20-lap preliminary feature. He followed it up later in the day by holding off Brad Sweet to win the 30-lap Belleville Midget Nationals finale that evening.

Other Happenings: Ryan Briscoe edged Ed Carpenter by .0162 seconds to win the Indy Racing League event at Kentucky Speedway; Jimmy Mars won the USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway after 13 years of trying; Ferrari announced Michael Schumacher would come out of retirement to sub for injured driver Felipe Massa; Donny Schatz won the 99th race of his World of Outlaws career at K-C Raceway in Ohio; Denny Hamlin won in NASCAR competition at Pocono Raceway.

25 Years Ago (Aug. 3, 1994): The FIA handed down a $500,000 fine to Mild Seven Benetton’s Formula One program for a number of infractions from the British Grand Prix a few weeks earlier. Driver Michael Schumacher was penalized with the loss of second-place points and was banned for two Formula One races for ignoring a black flag during the race. Mika Hakkinen and Rubens Barrichello were also given one-race suspended sentences for other infractions.

Other Happenings: Scott Goodyear survived an attrition filled event to win the IndyCar Marlboro 500 at Michigan Int’l Speedway; Darrell Waltrip made a rare ASA start, winning the AC-Delco Challenge Series Mello Yello 300K at Heartland Park in Kansas; Gerhard Berger snapped Ferrari’s 56-race drought with a victory at the Hockenheimring; Illini racing figure Bob Tezak was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in an arson for insurance plan and threatening witnesses.

50 Years Ago (Aug. 6, 1969): Mark Donohue made it two wins in a row for team owner Roger Penske in Trans-Am competition with a victory at Le Circuit Mont Tremblant Sunday. The race was marred by an eight-car pileup in the seventh corner 14 laps after the green flag waved. The incident started when the engine in George Follmer’s Bud Moore Boss 302 Mustang expired, dropping fluid all over the track. A track marshal, attempting to help Follmer from his car, suffered a fractured left arm and burns to his lower body when he became pinned under a car.

Other Happenings: Sammy Sessions and Todd Gibson collected USAC sprint car victories; Ontario (Calif.) Motor Speedway inked a 10-year agreement with USAC to host 500-mile Indy car events on Labor Day weekend; A.J. Foyt won the Mid-Atlantic 300 stock car event at Dover Downs Int’l Raceway when rain cut the event short; Benny Parsons won the 100-lap ARCA event at Toledo Speedway in Ohio; Jacky Ickx won in F-1 action at the Nurburgring.

PARIS  – Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge winner Simon Pagenaud unveiled his face on the Borg-Warner Trophy on Monday in Paris, the capital city of his native France, the first time the winner’s likeness has debuted outside of the United States.

Pagenaud’s likeness is the 106th face to be permanently fixed to the trophy. Pagenaud was the 2016 NTT IndyCar Series champion, has 14 career NTT IndyCar Series race wins and is the fifth French-born driver to win the Indianapolis 500. He captured the 103rd edition of The Greatest Spectacle in Racing in the No. 22 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet on May 26 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

“For a race car driver, having your likeness live on forever is like a writer when they publish a book,” Pagenaud said. “It’s your book. It’s going to stay. That is why this race is so important. Your image, the way you looked when you won, is going to stay forever on that legendary trophy. It’s very special.”

Pagenaud, 35, was born in Montmorillon, about 220 miles southwest of Paris, in central-western France. He is visiting his hometown with the Borg-Warner Trophy this week during a promotional tour that also included unveiling the trophy today in Paris and visiting the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix on Aug. 4 in Budapest.

Among the guests present at the trophy unveiling was Mark Miles, president and CEO of Hulman & Company, the parent company of IMS and IndyCar

BorgWarner commissioned the creation of the iconic, 110-pound sterling silver trophy in 1935 to honor winners of the Indianapolis 500. The first driver to be awarded the trophy was Louis Meyer, who in 1936 was presented with the trophy featuring the previous 24 winner’s faces. The trophy is an integral part of the annual Indianapolis 500 tradition. Drivers from 21 U.S. states and 12 countries are represented on the trophy.

Creating a sterling silver three-dimensional likeness of Pagenaud’s face takes skill and talent. To design the image, sculptor William Behrends, who has been crafting faces which adorn the trophy since 1990, conducts a multi-phase process.

That process starts the day after the race where a 360-degree series of headshots are taken of the winner. Next, an in-studio session takes place where Pagenaud poses while Behrends works on a full-scale clay model of his face to better capture Pagenaud’s personality. The life-size clay model is then used as a three-dimensional reference for the creation of the smaller clay image, which is perfected in polysulfide rubber and plaster, among a series of other processes, to refine the face and capture even the smallest smile line, scar or forehead wrinkle.

Eventually, the image is cast in wax, cleaned and sent to a jeweler to transform the image from wax to sterling silver. Once that is complete, Behrends polishes, buffs and refines the image before affixing it to the Borg-Warner Trophy.

The permanent home of the 5 feet, 4-3/4 inches tall trophy is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. Drivers receive a keepsake trophy, the BorgWarner Championship Driver’s Trophy (also known as the Baby Borg), a miniature replica of the famous trophy, with an exact copy of their sterling silver image mounted to it. BorgWarner will present Pagenaud with his Baby Borg later this year.

In addition to the driver receiving a miniature replica of the Borg-Warner Trophy, the team owner also receives a mini replica of the trophy, the BorgWarner Championship Team Owner’s Trophy.

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In arguably the most significant step towards the PSL returning in full to Pakistan, the owners of the franchises in conjunction with the PCB reaffirmed their commitment to playing the fifth edition of the tournament in the country. Four venues - Lahore, Karachi, Multan and Rawalpindi - have been nominated to cover the entire tournament spanning 34 games, though the UAE remains as a back-up option.

The PCB chairman met all franchise owners on Monday to discuss the plans for the tournament slated to begin on February 20 in Karachi. As things stand, Lahore stands to stage 13 matches.

Multan, which last hosted international cricket in 2008, is also believed to be ready to host the tournament. The stadium in Rawalpindi, meanwhile, is being renovated to ensure it is prepared to host matches.

Over the years, the PCB has used the PSL as a platform to revive international cricket in the country. The ball got rolling in 2017 when the Gadaffi Stadium hosted the final. In the following season, four games were held across Karachi and Lahore.

Earlier this year, the final eight games were scheduled to be played in Lahore and Karachi. However, they were all moved to Karachi following political tensions with India, which shares a border with Lahore.

The 2017 PSL final paved way for an ICC-approved World XI to tour Pakistan for three T20Is, while West Indies and Sri Lanka have also toured the country to play T20Is since. Prior to that, only Zimbabwe visited Pakistan in 2015 for three ODIs and two T20Is since the 2009 terror attack, and while the games themselves went off without a hitch, a a bomb explosion two kilometres from the stadium killed one policeman.

While the World XI series saw an influx of high-profile players, including a strong South African contingent led by Faf du Plessis and Hashim Amla, as well as Tamim Iqbal, Thisara Perera and current Australian Test captain Tim Paine, many others high-profile players have been reluctant to tour Pakistan in the past.

To PCB's credit, they managed to convince all the foreign players who featured in the 2018 season to tour Pakistan. Among them was Shane Watson, who had earlier expressed his reservations of playing in the country.

During the meeting, the franchises touched upon various other issues, including reworking their 10-year contracts with the PCB, seeking perpetuity rights, abolishing bank guarantees, and pegging dollar rate on payments and taxation.

Since it was an informal meeting, all these matters will be taken up when the PSL's general council meets later this month, with a working group constituted to deliberate matters.

Brendon McCullum, the former New Zealand captain, has called time on his cricket career four years after his international retirement. The ongoing Global T20 Canada, where he is representing the Toronto Nationals, will be his last.

This means McCullum will not turn up for Glasgow Giants as one of the icon players in the inaugural Euro T20 Slam from August 30.

"As much as I'm proud of what I've achieved in my 20 years professional career - more than I ever could have dreamed of when I first entered the game - I have felt the drive to keep going harder to maintain in recent months," he wrote on Instagram.

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— Brendon McCullum (@Bazmccullum) August 5, 2019

"My style of cricket has always been full noise, full throttle. From Culling Park to Lord's and everything in between, there have been some wonderful memories. Unfortunately, the sacrifices needed and commitment required to play that type of cricket have now become too great."

McCullum has been an in-demand T20 cricketer since his international retirement in 2015, with stints in the IPL with Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash, Lahore Qalandars in the PSL and Trinbago Knight Riders in the CPL.

In December 2018, McCullum went unsold at the IPL auction. In February, he called time on his BBL career with Heat after a relatively strong season in which he made 302 runs in 13 innings. At the time, he expressed his desire to continue playing T20 cricket worldwide.

Only two weeks ago in London, McCullum was signed by Glasgow for the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam, where he was to team up with Dale Steyn, among others. However, the want to "plough on regardless" didn't appeal to him.

"I owe it to myself and the teams I represent to close that chapter rather than just plough on regardless of what I know to be true," he wrote. "In T20 cricket, I've enjoyed so many varied challenges, I can leave the game knowing I left no stone unturned."

An early pathbreaker of sorts in T20 cricket, McCullum's highest so far is the unbeaten 158 he made for Kolkata Knight Riders against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the inaugural IPL game in 2008. He is currently second in the list of highest T20 run-aggregators of all-time, with only Chris Gayle ahead of him.

United Arab Emirates 140 for 5 (Shahzad 49, Usman 34) beat Netherlands 136 for 9 (Cooper 46, Seelaar 34, Mustafa 3-27, Zahoor 2-20) by five wickets

Three wickets from Rohan Mustafa and a 59-run fourth-wicket stand between Rameez Shahzad (49) and Muhammad Usman (34) helped UAE take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match T20I series against Netherlands in Amstelveen.

Despite winning their first match while batting first, UAE chose to chase after winning the toss and were rewarded instantly. Netherlands opener Stephan Myburgh was out in the day's first over after pacer Mohammad Naveed rattled his stumps. Sultan Ahmed and Zahoor Khan chipped in with wickets, too, but it was Mustafa's three-for in the middle overs that dismantled the home side.

After Ben Cooper's dismissal for 40 in the 12th over, Mustafa removed Pieter Seelaar (34), Scott Edwards and Sebastiaan Braat in quick succession. Two run-outs didn't help Netherlands' cause either with Saqib Zulfikar and Sikander Zulfiqar falling after getting starts. Eventually Netherlands crawled to 136 for 9 in their 20 overs.

In their chase, UAE lost Mustafa in the second over, but a 27-run second-wicket stand, followed by a 25-run third-wicket partnership provided some stability to their batting. Then the half-century stand between Shahzad and Usman brought UAE closer to victory. By the time Shahzad was out in the 17th over, UAE needed 30 runs in 19 balls, and Usman, alongwith Mohammad Boota (11*) and Waheed Ahmed (2*) took them to victory.

Having stared down England, the chants of the Hollies Stand and their own doubts, the Australian side led by Tim Paine has still more improvement in it, the captain has claimed, not least the tourists' most dominant forces of Edgbaston, Steven Smith and Nathan Lyon.

Smith won the match award for a spine-tingling double of 144 and 142 in his first match back from the Newlands scandal ban, leaving Paine to marvel at his concentration while also admitting his tactical alertness had been of major assistance throughout the Test. However, Paine's most telling remark about Smith and Lyon, who spun England out with a startling 6 for 49 on the final day that also took him past 350 Test wickets, was that both have shown the ability to keep building on their games as senior players.

"He could get plenty. As long as he wants to go for I reckon, he doesn't seem to have too many niggles or injuries over his career," Paine said when asked how many more wickets Lyon might take. "The ball is coming out as well as ever. He's a bit the same as Smithy, I feel like every Test match or series they seem to get better which is astonishing at their age. But I think if you come and watch both of them train you see why they keep improving and keep getting better and are a great example for the rest of our group.

"No doubt the pitch had worn but I thought he was threatening in the first innings as well. Nathan has played on all different surfaces now and knows exactly what he is doing in all different situations. I think he bowled a bit quicker, which he tends to do over here because he doesn't get the bounce he gets in Australia or the turn as consistently. He controlled it beautifully and he is going to be a real threat. He can take day five wickets and when you have a spinner like that it can change a game very quickly."

After bearing so much of the leadership load over the past year, Paine said he had gained a lot from the ability to delegate in this match, even if there were times when it looked as though Smith was controlling proceedings almost as much as the official captain was, while David Warner also had input. "It certainly helps. Both of those guys in particular have played a lot more cricket in England than I have," Paine said. "They've played a lot more big tournaments and big series and big Tests than I have.

"The same goes for all of our team - they're not only helping me with the way they lead our group, they're also helping ... the things that Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh and Travis Head are learning from Steve Smith and Daivd Warner in our change room is stuff that cannot be taught. We're all tapping into them whether we're the captain, the coach, the batting coach or bowling coach. They've got things they've learned through experience that other people don't have or don't know. Like I said before, we'd be foolish not to tap into that. They've still got a huge presence in our dressing room, there's no denying that."

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With a tour game in Worcester beginning on Wednesday, the Australians will look to rest key players, notably the bowlers in this Test and also Smith. Nevertheless, Paine said he would not be standing in the way of allowing Smith to hit another surfeit of balls before the Lord's Test after the way his exhaustive preparation for Birmingham played out in the middle.

"I wouldn't argue with his preparation, it seems to work for him, but there's probably a few guys that will miss next week," Paine said. "We've got some guys who haven't played any cricket and some who have played through a World Cup and then straight into a tour game in Southampton and then into a Test match. So we've got to manage not just our fast bowlers but we've got to manage the guys who've been involved in the World Cup and we'll have that conversation today or tonight and make sensible calls."

Another key Australian performer to improve across the Test was Pat Cummins, who bowled presentably in the first innings but delivered truly fiery stuff in the second, starting with a sharp lifter to dismiss Rory Burns that drew life from a pitch that had seemingly breathed its last. "I think he said he just struggled in the first innings for a little bit of rhythm, which can happen, he hasn't played a hell of a lot with the red ball in the last six months, so I think there was a little bit of rhythm," Paine said.

"It was also a big series and something he wanted to have a real impact on so I think there was probably a little bit of nerves as well which was totally fine. I don't think he was on his own there, but I think he settled into the Test match beautifully and the way he set the tone for our team this morning was exactly what we want from Pat Cummins. Now he's settled into some rhythm I think he'll just get better and better.

"One of the reasons we pick so many bowlers was because we knew this Ashes series was going to be wearing on our bowlers. Especially the guys who were at the World Cup. We've got two world class bowlers sat on the sidelines raring to go [Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood]. I imagine they'll bowl in the tour game and then put their hand up for selection. We'll look at the pitch when we get to Lord's and then make our selections on what will be the best combination to get us 20 wickets. We think we have a lot of different options."

Paine also disagreed that the selectors needed to feel "vindicated" by the performances of Matthew Wade and Peter Siddle, pointing out that both had been good, logical selections tailored to the conditions and also out of deference for their recent performances in first-class ranks. "Matty has been the form players in Australian cricket for the last 12 months. Siddle is someone we see as a handful in these conditions," Paine said.

"Even today on a day five wicket he took no wickets but he was still a handful. He asks questions all the time and with the Dukes ball in English conditions he is a real handful. He bowls a beautiful length over here. I wouldn't say they are punts, they were good, educated decisions from our selectors."