Short motorsport news of the day

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Here are the main short motorsport news of this day, Friday October 2, 2009.

NASCAR has warned Hendrick Motorsports that cars No 48 and 5 came very close to failing post-race inspection following 1-2 finish at Dover.

GP2: Bruno Senna will drive in 3rd day of GP2 post-season testing session in Jerez for iSport, probably his final appearance in the series.

NASCAR: Mika Salo is eyeing a move into NASCAR and will test a one Michael Waltrip Racing’s Toyota Camry Cup cars in November.

Rally: Dani Sordo remains ahead of Citroen teammate Sebastien Loeb at the end of the first day of competition. Ford’s Mikko Hirvonen is third, 34.2 seconds down to Sordo.

Formula 1: Jarno Trulli is optimistic that he will remain in Formula 1 next year, despite Toyota admitting on Friday that it was 'very unlikely' he would stay with the Japanese manufacturer in 2010.

Superleague Formula: Tristan Gommendy and Max Wissel set the pace in Superleague Formula free practice at Monza Friday.

Formula 1:
Felipe Massa and Nelson Piquet Junior drove their karts together on the Granja Viana circuit in Brazil.

Indy Lights: Italian Alberto Costa tries, with Eddie Cheever, to put together a programme to compete in the Indy Lights series in 2010.


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